Hyperion Book Reviews

AUTHOR
Dan Simmons
SCORE
4.5
TOTAL RATINGS
1,585

Hyperion by Dan Simmons Book Summary

A stunning tour de force filled with transcendent awe and wonder, Hyperion is a masterwork of science fiction that resonates with excitement and invention, the first volume in a remarkable science fiction epic by the multiple-award-winning author of The Hollow Man.

On the world called Hyperion, beyond the reach of galactic law, waits a creature called the Shrike. There are those who worship it. There are those who fear it. And there are those who have vowed to destroy it. In the Valley of the Time Tombs, where huge, brooding structures move backward through time, the Shrike waits for them all.

On the eve of Armageddon, with the entire galaxy at war, seven pilgrims set forth on a final voyage to Hyperion seeking the answers to the unsolved riddles of their lives. Each carries a desperate hope—and a terrible secret. And one may hold the fate of humanity in his hands.

Praise for Dan Simmons and Hyperion

“Dan Simmons has brilliantly conceptualized a future 700 years distant. In sheer scope and complexity it matches, and perhaps even surpasses, those of Isaac Asimov and James Blish.”—The Washington Post Book World 

“An unfailingly inventive narrative . . . generously conceived and stylistically sure-handed.”—The New York Times Book Review

“Simmons’s own genius transforms space opera into a new kind of poetry.”—The Denver Post

“An essential part of any science fiction collection.”—Booklist

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Book Name Hyperion
Genre Sci-Fi & Fantasy
Published
Language English
E-Book Size 2.58 MB

Hyperion (Dan Simmons) Book Reviews 2024

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Wonderful stories. The few complaints here seem to be about not understanding what’s going on. Stick with it. All the odd sci fi elements are explained as you go. Really compelling work.

Couldn’t put down. Great read

So much more than sci-fi. This book has so many parts that would deserve "best story" status in their own right. Sci fi, horror, philosophy, cyberpunk, I'm blown away by the amount of genres Hyperion touches. Can't wait to keep reading the series.

Great book.. Although I don’t like the new modern cover. It looks like a design for a science mag, a news article and like all modernized book covers, they are simple, abstract and don’t do the author service. I prefer the old covers that related to the story inside.

Hyperion. Easily the most imaginative and compelling sci-fi series I have read. If Steven King 'is in awe of Dan Simmons" there must be something to his writing. Be warned though, "Hyperion" is only the first quarter of the story. The 'ending' which in my opinion was great, serves to whet ones appetite for the next three in the series, "Fall of Hyperion", "Endymion", and "RIse of Endymion." I couldn't get through them fast enough, and was sad that there isn't more. Besides his vividly imagined worlds and characters, Simmons is particularly interesting to read because all of his stories have a classic literature aspect to them. In the case of "Hyperion" it is the poet Keats and his life that are a key part of the story. I find this aspect of Simmons writing elevates the storytelling to a higher level, and probably sends many of his hardcore sci-fi fans to the broader horizons of the classics.

God awful. Really really bad. I don’t know how this has such a high rating or regard. “Hey, let me rip off the Canterbury Tales and I will seem so clever.” And I knew that thing about the baby at the beginning. Did it really surprise anyone?

Great book, disappointing edition. Having read this book many years ago, I thoroughly enjoyed it a second time around. The eBook edition is atrocious - the publisher should be ashamed to release a classic book riddled with typos. Was this book scanned by faulty software, and not even checked by the publisher? This is a sure way to turn off people new to the eBook scene. Random House, please address!

Mind blowing. World building- epic Action- epic Writing- epic Story telling - epic Thought provoking- epic Top 5 sci-fi I have ever read

Tedious. Stories told of a sojourn of semi interesting characters on a disjointed quest. Mindless details of what? Having read Dune, Foundation and Lensman series I expected something on that level and finished feeling that I had been bated into purchasing another book in order to have any sense of completing a story. There is no “hero’s journey “. No character the reader can identify with. Just a feeling that maybe I should not have spent the time reading this book.

Least interesting ending. After you invest 500 pages of densely written prose... Spoiler Alert... You are left quite dissatisfied. As interesting and well written as the book is will equal how much you will be let down with the lack of meaning or closure.

The start of a life-changing epic. Learn to take the first step... Read this book

Towards a terrifying future. Simply amazing

Hyperion. Dan Simmons, how could you leave your readers standing on the precipice like this? I’m very upset with you, so I refuse to read the next book... at least for one day!

Quite smart. Simmons is obviously quite intellectual, I felt like I learned so much "reality" that beyond my knowledge base...that the writing often transitioned into fiction without my notice. Is it possible to not just adore that snuggly little Shrike....hugs. Just bought the next book of the cantos. Only negative us authors name misspelled in "about the author" and that's worse than they treated Silenus. Boo digital editor!!

Great series. This book is the first in a series but the series should really be just one long book. So to judge just this one book is hard to do...I have read the series and don't think about the individual books like I do with the Wheel of Time Series by Robert Jordan, for example. So my 5 star rating is for the whole series. It is really a great story. And the end (of the series) which is great, really caught me off guard.

Best Sci Fi Literature. An amazing and well written series. Note that there are four books in this series. It has everything - read it

Garbage. This thing never gets good, it never gets interesting, or even mildly entertaining... I want my money back

Meh. Don’t waste your time.. Bought and read this book because it had won a Hugo and was on many lists for good science fiction. Tbh I don’t know why. It has maybe four or five very good moments and by moments I mean paragraphs. The concept is interesting but the execution is bad and the plot is so full of holes and bizarre forced situations. Even looking back on it now the premise feels a bit half assed. Won’t go into to detail but it’s like some sort of hybrid monster story combined with space opera elements and then a structure where each section is a different characters personal story. All in all it’s really half baked. Love science fiction but for every neuromancer there’s 50 hyperions and I just don’t like this kind of Corny half realized boring work. Aside from one or two little moments this book was a chore to finish and tbh I stopped half way through the consuls story and looked up the ending (spoilers it’s also got a cheesy half baked buy the next book in the serious ending because idk even know why the story is strangely stagnant) because I couldn’t endure another cheesy forced and bizarrely detailed Sex scene. 1/10 just read something else or even a better book again. Best part was private investigator lamia story, but then again that’s already a book and movie ;) that he just copied. Seriously who gave this a Hugo? Also even more points taken off for questionable homophobia and usage of the word f@gg0t AND ALL OF THOSE GOD AWFUL CRACKPOT SEX SCENES.

Best Space Opera EVER.. 'Nuff said!

One of the great imaginings of the future. If you're on the fence, get through the first couple of chapters and it all opens up. Simmons view of the future is startlingly easy to imagine yet still inventive. This book focuses on the individual stories of its characters--like Canterbury Tales--within a greater overall plot to which each person plays a role (it just will take more than this first book to reveal). Someone referenced this to me as "Sci-fi for grown ups." I was cautious at the start but soon found myself plowing through the series. Great book.

Suberb.. I am going to start the second book. Right now. A stellar example of fine science fiction and fine literature. This is one of those books that will keep you up all night, even after you have finished reading it.

Awesome series!. Best SciFi book I've ever read!

One book for the price of two.... I really enjoyed it, but it feels incomplete...as though it was artificially into two books to sell a sequel. Don't buy unless your willing to buy one book for the price of two.

Hard to read at first, and the ending is a MAJOR letdown. This book is written as though the author purposefully wants to make you stop once or twice an hour and use a dictionary to look up a word he just used. In order to balance out the "high brow" feel of it he throws in an occasional cursing character or sequence in an apparent effort to balance out his book. Once you adapt to his style of writing and actually get interested in the story it does indeed move along well with only a few spots (about one per "tale") where you will want to put the book down. The action, I must admit, is done well and was enjoyable. Those times however, were few and far between. The main reason I gave it one star? The ending was the most anti-climactic thing I have ever read and was obviously done in such a manner as to force you to buy the next book. The main plot of the book (the pilgrimage to the temple) NEVER finalizes! Without spoiling it, I think I can safely say if you want to know how it ends, watch the last few minutes of Stanley Kubrick's "Full Metal Jacket." This book ends almost VERBATIM in the same manner; right down to the singing. To summarize, I will never buy another book by this author and warn you (the consumer) to not waste your money. In fact, I've already deleted the book from my devices and once this review is finished I will be deleting it from my computer as well. Considering the size of my "hardcopy" book collection and my affinity for reading, that should tell you just how bad this book really was.

Overrated. What he tries to do in this book doesn’t work. If you’re going to make the narrative confusing and fractured, that’s fine, but it needs to come together at some point. Also the motivations of the characters were rarely clear and they didn’t always do stuff that was in character for them. Very disappointing for a book that I was told by everyone is one of the best sci-fi books of all time. I have no idea what the hype was about. It felt like a college student got high on LSD while reading Neuromancer, went to a Writing class that same day, vomited on the Canterbury Tales and tried to paint what dripped off into a novel.

One of the best novels of any genre of all time.. I adore this book and recommend it for all.

Waste of time. While it's obvious a great deal of thought went into creating the universe this book is set in, that to me is table stakes. Great fiction requires a compelling plot and characters on top of a thoroughly vetted stage, and equally great storytelling to weave it all together. The storytelling here is lazy. Separate, unrelated subplots are exposed, and you plod through them just to get to the resolution. But guess what? There is no resolution, no explanation. Nothing. The story ends just *before* the climax. A huge waste of time.

Rich, full bodied sci-fi. Deliciously described tale; a great adventure begins! Loved it.

My Favorite. sci-fi book of all time. This and the 2nd Cantos. I’ve read both several times and they still hold my interest. Hamilton’s “Judas Unchained“ and the Commonwealth books are a close second.

Enjoyed overall, didn’t enjoy ending. This was well written and interesting. Has all the hallmarks of a great book and a great Sci-fi book. However, I had no clue that it was 600 pages of character building and background, ending in a cliffhanger. I wasn’t expecting that and was let down by that. Otherwise fascinating and fun.

Amazing Find. I’m a lifelong sci-fi fan. I don’t understand why it took me until my 48th year of life to discover this series. It’s remarkable. It’s complicated. The characters are very well written. The emotions feel real. This book is a very good set up for my favorite sci-fi series. Is it difficult for you to imagine how John Keats’ poetry and life can relate to the political struggles and survival of the human race on hundreds of worlds millennia from now? Grab a copy of Hyperion, and let the fantastic journey begin.

Horrible. The download contained only 35 readable pages. The rest (300?) were lost to 'formatting errors'. I paid a reasonable price and got the Prolog and Epilogue for my money. Given no way to request a refund, iBooks is becoming a real rip-off. This is not the first book that I've had this problem with. I'm becoming an ex-iBooks customer.

100 Words or Less. The detailed, unique universal construct makes this novel shine. Yet, all that luscious background cannot hide the weakness of the story. Or I suppose I should say “stories.” This is Sci-fi Canterbury Tales. The entire novel reveals the history of the 7 characters chosen for this specific mission. The individual stories are good enough, but after the fourth, I found myself skimming. It’s too unrelated. Too eclectic. And then comes the end … rushed, abbreviated, truncated, and nonsensical. All this sound and fury leading to nothing. Huge disappointment. And in some ways, a waste of my time.

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Good book.. First book I've read in a while and it was just what I needed. Really interesting ideas, and I now see where half of the sci-fi movies I've seen get their ideas from.

First book is all buildup for the sequel. I realize now that the book is part of a series, however it would have been nice to reach the climax let alone reach a conclusion by the end of this novel. It’s all build up for the sequel...feels like a money grab.... Reading the sequel solves everything. Great story. Thank you for the journey! Steve

One of the finest Scifi books you will read. Hyperion completely floored me the first time I read it. The characters are extremely well developed and the pacing and story is outstanding. This set the stage for 3 other books in the series and remains as the best of the quadrology. Get it and read. You will not be disappointed and you will rush to read the other books as soon as you’re finished.

Incredible. Just really truly breathtaking.

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The Hyperion book written by Dan Simmons was published on 26 May 1989, Friday in the Sci-Fi & Fantasy category. A total of 1,585 readers of the book gave the book 4.5 points out of 5.

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