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The Rise of Endymion

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Part One
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Part Three
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 The Hyperion Cantos*
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The Hyperion Cantos*   See series as if on a bookshelf
A series of science fiction novels by Dan Simmons.

1) Hyperion
2) The Fall of Hyperion
3) Endymion
4) The Rise of Endymion
Copyright © 1997 by Dan Simmons
This book is for Jack Vance, our finest creator of worlds.
It is also dedicted to the memory of Dr. Carl Sagan, scientist, author, and teacher, who articulated the noblest dreams of humankind.
"The Pope is dead! Long live the Pope!"
May contain spoilers
Already trusting the North Star as our guide, softly discussing a likely looking campsite on high ground some kilometers west, we passed over the old poet's grave where the Shrike still stood silent guard, flew out over the river where the ripples and whirlpools caught the last glows of sunset, and gained altitude as we gazed down on the lush meadows and enticing forests of our new playground, our ancient world... our new world... our first and future and finest world.
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Added: 31-Jan-2015
Last Updated: 13-Dec-2019

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 01-Jul-1998
Bantam Spectra Books
Paperback A
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Date Issued:
01-Jul-1998
Format:
Paperback A
Cover Price:
$7.99
Pages*:
709
Read:
Once
Cover Link(s):
Internal ID:
1494
ISBN:
0-553-57298-9
ISBN-13:
978-0-553-57298-8
Country:
United States
Language:
English
Credits:
Gary Ruddell  - Cover Artist
THE MAGNIFICANT CONCLUSION TO ONE OF THE GREATEST SCIENCE FICTION SAGAS OF OUR TIME

The time of reckoning has arrived.  As a final genocidal Cusade 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 apocalypse message that unlocks the secrets of existence and the fate of humankind in the galaxy.

"THE RISE OF ENDYMION, LIKE ITS PREDECESSORS, IS A FULL-BLOODED ACTION NOVEL... DISTINGUISHED FROM FORMULAIC SPACE OPERA BY THE MAGNITUDE OF WHAT IS AT STKE - WHICH IS NOTHING LESS THAN THE SALVATION OF THE HUMAN SOUL."
- The New York Times Book Review


"A NOVEL RISH WITH POWER AND PASSION, AND AN ENORMOUSLY SATISFYING CONCLUSION TO ONE OF THE MAJOR WORKS OF MODERN SCIENCE FICTION."
- Locus
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Notes and Comments:
I read this just after finishing Endymion.

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Author(s)

Dan Simmons  
Birth: 04 Apr 1948 East Peoria, IL

Awards

1998Locus MagazineBest SF Novel Winner
1998World Science Fiction SocietyHugo Award - Best Novel Nominee
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