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Loading... The Rise of Endymion (Hyperion) (original 1998; edition 1998)by Dan Simmons (Author)
Work InformationThe Rise of Endymion by Dan Simmons (Author) (1998)
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Sign up for LibraryThing to find out whether you'll like this book. No current Talk conversations about this book. Review for the end of this amazing series is pending. I purchased the series in paper back (NEW) and before I made it halfway through the first book they began falling apart and had to be held together with rubber bands. But if this book is anything like the first three then it is a gem to behold. I couldn't put this book down. And I don't like long multi-book series as a whole. Unlike others, I enjoyed the religious conversations, the mysticism, even the descriptions of planets. I liked Raul and his sense of humor, and I even went for the romance between Raul and Aenea. To contrast, I read this after reading Fire Upon the Deep by Vinge and found this much more engrossing. no reviews | add a review
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The time of reckoning has arrived. As a final genocidal Crusade threatens to enslave humanity forever, a new messiah has come of age. She is Aenea and she has undergone a strange apprenticeship to those known as the Others. Now her protector, Raul Endymion, onetime shepherd and convicted murderer, must help her deliver her startling message to her growing army of disciples. But first they must embark on a final spectacular mission to discover the underlying meaning of the universe itself. They have been followed on their journey by the mysterious Shrike--monster, angel, killing machine--who is about to reveal the long-held secret of its origin and purpose. And on the planet of Hyperion, where the story first began, the final revelation will be delivered--an apocalyptic message that unlocks the secrets of existence and the fate of humankind in the galaxy. No library descriptions found. |
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