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Hyperion Cantos

4 books in reading order by Simmons, Dan

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  1. Hyperion

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    Hyperion

    by Simmons, Dan

    Hugo winner 1990

    So most of this series is in fact, not Dying Earth but it is a pinnacle of science fiction. The Poet's Tale: Hyperion Cantos in the first novel of Hyperion is a part of the Dying Earth sub-genre and it is the connection the readers have from Earth to the strange new universe of Hyperion.

    A grand intelligent space opera tale that also tells a series of very personal tales. This juxtaposition between epic and the personal gives real life to the story. The whole...

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  2. The Fall Of Hyperion

    Book 2

    The Fall Of Hyperion

    by Simmons, Dan

    A more recent example of a winning space opera series is the Hyperion Cantos by Dan Simmons. The series contains four novels and several short stories, and they've been wildly successful with fans and critics alike. In 1990 the first novel in the series, Hyperion, won both the Hugo and Locus Awards.

    This work is the only comprehensive guide to sequels in English, with over 84,000 works by 12,500 authors in 17,000 sequences.

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  3. Endymion

    Book 3

    Endymion

    by Simmons, Dan

    The multiple-award-winning science fiction master returns to the universe that is his greatest triumph--the world of Hyperion and The Fall of Hyperion --with a novel even more magnificent than its...

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  4. The Rise Of Endymion

    Book 4

    The Rise Of Endymion

    by Simmons, Dan

    As a final genocidal Crusade threatens to enslave humanity forever, Aenea, a new messiah, comes of age and must deliver her startling message to her growing army of disciples, but...

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