Stop! If you've read Hyperion and Fall of Hyperion, stop there. The series does not continue. Pretend like these two books (endymion and rise of endymion) do not exist. On the other hand, if you haven't read hyperion, go read it. It's great. Really good. One of my favorite books. Amazing. But endymion takes a huge step down. After Fall of Hyperion, you're probably hungry for more, but trust me, it just has to stay that way. Some of the mysteries just have to be left as mysteries. Endymion and Ri...

Want a free cruciform? Won´t hurt that long. Bodily. It´s so realistic that humans would use a groundbreaking, new biotechnological option to (view spoiler)[establish a new reign of faith fueled torture and terror state that makes the empire look weak in contrast, because they at least didn´t want your immortal soul and forced you to get indoctrination body horror parasites (hide spoiler)] I am absolutely sure that this is going to happen, that people will be manipulated without their knowledge

Hyperion and The Fall of Hyperion are two books fans of science fiction literature should not miss. They are exciting, mind blowing, beautiful, lyrical and thought provoking. The first volume Hyperion is often ranked as one of the top ten greatest sci-fi books ever. That said, I read The Fall of Hyperion in November 2012 and only got around to reading Endymion almost two years later. I am too easily influenced by reviews or readers’ comments, and while Endymion tend to be more positively reviewe...

As I’ve written in my reviews of Hyperion and The Fall of Hyperion, Dan Simmons is trying to melt my brain.After weeks of medical treatment and therapy I’ve recovered enough to be rolled out to a sunny spot in my wheel chair with a nurse to wipe the drool from my chin. Despite the doctors’ warnings about continued exposure to Hyperion, I’ve gone ahead and read the third book in the series, Endymion. While there are still monumentally big sci-fi ideas in this story, I think that my earlier encou...

In the faraway year of 3126 the 32nd century , things have regressed in a remote corner of the Milky Way Galaxy some two -hundred -seventy -four after the fall of the Hegemony Empire, a young man is sentenced to death on the once prosperous planet Hyperion were he was born, for a crime that was in actuality self-defense. Raul Endymion a hunting guide, was very angry understandably at a rich spoiled jerk , he and his friends disobeyed safety rules endangering him and others firing wildly, missing...

My reaction to this book after reading #1 and #2:My god, for the sake of all that is good and holy in this imperfect world, DO NOT read this book.Never, I mean literally never before in my life, have I been so in love with an author to be so let down.I don't even know. This might sound a little melodramatic, but reading this book honestly put me off reading scifi for months, so crushing was the blow. I haven't recovered yet.I don't even know how to critique this book. I don't want to dredge up t...

How do I know what I think until I see what I say? wrote some pre-Hegira writer. Precisely. I must see these things in order to know what to think of them.Endymion begins with its POV character Raul Endymion, stuck in a prison that is to be where he dies, writing the events on this book in order to understand. His writings follow his rescue of the child Aenea, hunted by the church and accompanying her on a quest along with the android A. Bettik that has the trio following the river Tethys throug...

This was such a wild ride, I loved it! Compared to the first two books in the Hyperion Cantos, this was a much faster paced, easier to read, and thrilling story. I loved these characters, so full of heart and friendship, even the Pax crew were good, and I cannot wait to see what happens with them, and Aenea and A. Bettik. Hell, even the ship AI was a cool character and hope it's also in the next Rise of Endymion.

Almost three centuries after the Fall of Hyperion, the Time Tombs open and Aenea, child of Brawne Lamia and Johnny Keats emerges. Along with a former hunting guide named Raul Endymion and android A. Bettik, Aenea goes on a journey to fulfill her destiny as the one who teaches. Only the Pax has other ideas. Can Aenea reach her goal without being captured by Father Captain de Soya of the Pax?With all the two star reviews out there, I wasn't expecting magic from Endymion. Imagine my surprise when I...

After having re-read the superlative original Hyperion Cantos recently, I was saddled with the thought that nothing afterward could possibly match the quality and lyricism or the sheer gorgeousness of story, worldbuilding, or character.Alas, this still remains true after reading book three, taking place over 250 years after the events that irrevocably transformed the known universe at the end of Fall of Hyperion.HOWEVER, this is not a lament for Endymion. Indeed, comparing it to just about any m...

Many fans of Dan Simmons's Hyperion series were not enamored of this more separate entity within the saga. It does not detract, however, from what a fun thrill-ride this book truly is. You need not have read the first two books to enjoy this one, and in fact, it might be better if you haven't. Simmons incorporated the more fun elements of the previous books, weaving them into this grand and tremendously entertaining adventure of science fiction. The Worldweb and the mysterious Shrike creature ad...

The level of coincidence plus the foreknowledge of the messiah in this story, coupled with the incompetence at the side of the authorities (not to speak of the near unlimited power of the Shrike) make this book of travelling an interplanetary river surprisingly dullOnce again we ignored common senseEndymion nearly got me into a reading slump in terms of all the attention for inventory, fleets, troops, weapons and logistics Dan Simmons has. And titular Endymion is not only boring and not very obs...

This is a disappointing fall for Dan Simmons.Endymion is a tedious and ultimately pointless sci-fi chase novel that recycles rather than expands the concepts from Hyperion and The Fall of Hyperion. Simmons starts by resetting the environment: it is 247 years later, and the reader no longer knows anything about anything. A bunch of travellers have to go on another journey of even more obscure purpose because one of them has "dreams", a completely unexplained plot contrivance. They are pursued by

Pretty big letdown after the first 2 books in this series. This book had none of the tension, mystery or brilliant world-building of the first one and none of the complex military and political shenanigans of the second. The first half to 2/3 of this book was especially slow and although it picked up a bit towards the end still wasn't enough to redeem it. Hoping that the fourth book picks the series up again in a big way.The start of this book was really frustrating and slow with lots of bad stu...

"If there is a God, I thought, it’s a painkiller."- Dan Simmons, EndymionEnjoyed it, just not as much as Hyperion and The Fall of Hyperion. This is the equivalent of the Return of the Jedi for me. Still buzzing from the first two, but not as good as the first two either. There are certain parts I enjoyed and somethings that just seemed a bit overdone. I'll review more later.

I finally got to the second half of this amazing series!! I love me some Dan Simmons. Rich, epic world building, engaging storytelling, teaming with ideas, concepts and adventure. Loved reconnecting with the Hyperion universe. Not quite as engaging as Hyperion or as densely packed with ideas as Fall of Hyperion, but for me this is great continuation of a fantastic series. Can't wait to find out how this ends.4.5 StarsListened to Audible. Victor Bevine did an excellent job.

If I hadn't already read (and been blown away by) the first two books in this series earlier this year, I would have been very impressed with this book. But as it is, even though it is very good and exciting and has great characters and poignant themes and hints at even more to come, it pales when compared to the complexity and madcap storytelling of Hyperion and The Fall of Hyperion. Those two books were chock full of stories and characters and layers of meaning, and there were about five to si...

This third book in the Hyperion Cantos series takes places a few hundred years after the dramatic final events told in The Fall of Hyperion. With the large time lapse it is perhaps no surprise that only a few familiar faces from the first duology remain. This book focuses on the story of Aenea, the child of Brawne Lamia and the John Keats cybrid, and her traveling companions as she seeks to travel to an unknown destination and evade the capture of those who seek her end. It was an entertaining e...

Buddy read with Athena, Desinka, Gavin & Kaora3.5 stars“You want to be a hero,” he repeated. “You want to be one of those rare human beings who make history, rather than merely watch it flow around them like water around a rock.”More than two centuries have passed since the pilgrimage to the Valley of the Time Tombs, and the Hegemony of Man, the beating heart of humanity, has been completely destroyed. The Worldweb is gone, along with the farcaster network and everything that made the universe w...

First of all, I thought it was such a cool and almost unprecedented idea having the third book in this momentous series being so far ahead (270+ years) of the previous book, especially as it also allows as long a break as one wants parts two and three. So it's back to this utterly spellbinding reality where travel between worlds is enabled by the wondrous amalgamation of ancient alien portals and... waterways!This book was never going to reach the heights of the previous two (because they were a...