Endymion

Themultiple-award-winningsciencefictionmasterreturnstotheuniversethatishisgreatesttriumph--theworldofHyperionandTheFallofHyperion--withanovelevenmoremagnificentthanitspredecessors.DanSimmons'sHyperionwasanimmediatesensationonitsfirstpublicationin1989.ThisstaggeringmultifacetedtaleofthefarfutureheraldedtheconquestofthesciencefictionfieldbyamanwhohadalreadywontheWorldFantasyAwardforhisfirstnovel(SongofKali)andhadalsopublishedoneofthemostwell-receivedhorrornovelsinthefield，CarrionComfort.HyperionwentontowintheHugoAwardasBestNovel，anditanditscompanionvolume，TheFallofHyperion，tooktheirrightfulplacesinthesciencefictionpantheonofnewclassics.Now，sixyearslater，Simmonsreturnstothisrichlyimaginedworldoftechnologicalachievement，excitement，wonderandfear.Endymionisastoryaboutloveandmemory，triumphandterror--aninstantcandidateforthefield'shighesthonors.