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Each carries a desperate hope-and a terrible secret.Īs many reviews have stated, Hyperion is like The Canterbury Tales in space.

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.

In the Valley of the Time Tombs, where huge, brooding structures move backward through time, the Shrike waits for them all. And there are those who have vowed to destroy it. On the world called Hyperion, beyond the reach of galactic law, there waits a creature called the Shrike. Hyperion is the first book in the Hyperion Cantos quartet by Dan Simmons. “It occurs to me that our survival may depend upon our talking to one another.” Hyperion has been on my TBR pile for almost 6 years, and because I’ve been missing sci-fi a lot lately, I thought I might as well read this series now, and I’m definitely not disappointed by the first installment of the series. This felt like a book written way ahead of its time, and I’m not surprised this has become a classic now. I’m actually pretty shocked that Hyperion was first published in 1989. Before I started reading this novel, I didn’t know much about the premise or the content of the Hyperion except that there’s this creature called The Shrike in it, and also this book or series is one of the most beloved and highly praised sci-fi novels of all time. My 600th review goes to Hyperion, an imaginative and magnificent classic science fiction novel.Īfter years of having Hyperion by Dan Simmons on my TBR, I can finally say that I’ve read this beloved classic sci-fi novel.