821 2fc68c15-c95f-4cb4-b66f-3c5e22845450 Endymion Dan Simmons calibre (7.16.0) [https://calibre-ebook.com] 1996-02-15T03:43:21.119400+00:00 <h3>Amazon.com Review</h3><p>Two hundred and seventy-four years after the fall of the WorldWeb in <em>Fall of Hyperion</em>, Raoul Endymion is sent on a quest. Retrieving Aenea from the Sphinx before the Church troops reach her is only the beginning. With help from a blue-skinned android named A. Bettik, Raoul and Aenea travel the river Tethys, pursued by Father Captain Frederico DeSoya, an influential warrior-priest and his troops. The shrike continues to make enigmatic appearances, and while many questions were raised in <em>Hyperion</em> and <em>Fall of Hyperion</em>, still more are raised here. Raoul's quest will continue in at least one more volume. </p><p>This series has something for everyone: Simmons's prose is imaginative and stylistically varied; point-of-view and time-scale are handled with finesse; the action is always gripping; the device of Old Earth allows Simmons to work in entertaining references to present-day culture; and the technology raises bizarre questions of ethics and morality in its use of repeated death and resurrection. </p><h3>From Library Journal</h3><p>After a recent foray into the horror field (Fires of Eden, LJ 11/15/94), the multitalented Simmons returns to the sf genre with a sequel to the Hugo Award-winning Hyperion (Doubleday, 1989) and The Fall of Hyperion (LJ <br />Copyright 1995 Reed Business Information, Inc. </p> Bantam Books 9780553572940 c33b9253-2fb8-4bc8-b624-2cb4677fc14e eng Fiction General Science Fiction Space Opera Imaginary places