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| Title | : | The Rise of Endymion (Hyperion Cantos #4) |
| Author | : | Dan Simmons |
| Book Format | : | Mass Market Paperback |
| Book Edition | : | Special Edition |
| Pages | : | Pages: 709 pages |
| Published | : | July 1st 1998 by Spectra (first published 1997) |
| Categories | : | Science Fiction. Fiction. Fantasy. Space. Space Opera |
Dan Simmons
Mass Market Paperback | Pages: 709 pages Rating: 4.18 | 42293 Users | 1481 Reviews
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The time of reckoning has arrived. As a final genocidal Crusade threatens to enslave humanity forever, a new messiah has come of age. She is Aenea and she has undergone a strange apprenticeship to those known as the Others. Now her protector, Raul Endymion, one-time shepherd and convicted murderer, must help her deliver her startling message to her growing army of disciples.But first they must embark on a final spectacular mission to discover the underlying meaning of the universe itself. They have been followed on their journey by the mysterious Shrike--monster, angel, killing machine--who is about to reveal the long-held secret of its origin and purpose. And on the planet of Hyperion, where the story first began, the final revelation will be delivered--an apocalyptic message that unlocks the secrets of existence and the fate of humankind in the galaxy.
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| Original Title: | The Rise of Endymion |
| ISBN: | 0553572989 (ISBN13: 9780553572988) |
| Edition Language: | English |
| Series: | Hyperion Cantos #4 |
| Characters: | Martin Silenus, The Shrike, Aenea, Raul Endymion, Federico de Soya, A. Bettik, Paul Duré, Lenar Hoyt, Cardinal Lourdusamy, Rhadamanth Nemes |
| Literary Awards: | Hugo Award Nominee for Best Novel (1998), Locus Award for Best Science Fiction Novel (1998), SF ga Yomitai for Best Translated SF of the Year in Japan (2000) |
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Ratings: 4.18 From 42293 Users | 1481 ReviewsArticle Out Of Books The Rise of Endymion (Hyperion Cantos #4)
A fitting end to a truly great series. A concentrated dose of existential anxiety. Bright and heartwarming sadness. A strong ecological, religious and ethical message in a friggin' space opera. Evolutionary paradigms. Merging some 4 or 5 major sci-fi genres into one book. Lovable mains, interesting secondaries and terrific villains. And despite "Cantos" easily making into my all-time top-3 sci-fi series, I cannot rate this book a 5*. I felt that Dan Simmons overdid by trying to mergeVery disappointed with the conclusion of the series. Halfway through the book I paused and checked to make sure I wasn't reading Twilight. The evolution into a love story was forced and I felt absolutely none of the chemistry and undying love and loyalty that was supposed to have grown between Raul and Aenea. On top of that, her repeated response of "I'll explain later" to a lot of the plot-hole seeming sections were never actually explained! The sex scenes were unnecessary and just seemed like
Finally I have finished the entire Hyperion Cantos, the series than began with the all-time sci-fi classic Hyperion, almost concluded in The Fall of Hyperion, launched a second arc in Endymion and ends here with The Rise of Endymion. These last two books read more like a duology than the third and fourth installations of a series. The Cantos is often discussed in PrintSF, my sci-fi books discussions online community. The second half of the series tend to be quite polarizing. Some people love it,
6.0 stars. On my list of All Time Favorites (along with the other three books of the Hyperion Cantos). In my opinion, along with the Dune series, the Hyperion Cantos is the best SF space opera series ever written and Dan Simmons is one of the best writers working today. Hyperion is a recognized classic in SF, but I believe that the other three books in the Cantos, The Fall of Hyperion, Endymion and this novel are equally superb and I think readers are really missing out if they stop at the first
Over seven years and four books later, I have finished the Hyperion Cantos. What a journey. Id be lying if I said I remembered much about the first three books at this point (thats why I write reviews). I kept putting off reading The Rise of Endymion; it has been sitting in my to-read pile since I bought the last three books from the used book store. But Dan Simmons science fiction is just so damn dense I knew it was going to take days to get through it, and I was not looking forward to making
Rise of Endymion: The Epic Conclusion of the Hyperion Cantos seriesRise of Endymion ties together all the events of of the earlier Hyperion sequence and Endymion, taking us deep into a very different galactic milieu dominated by a reinvigorated Catholic Church, in an epic struggle for supremacy with the genetically modified Ousters, super-powerful AIs with cryptic agendas, and a young girl named Aenea, who may be the Messiah of a new era, and her companion Raul Endymion. Aenea is the child of
This review is for both Endymion, book 3 in the Hyperion Cantos tetrology and Rise of Endymion, which is book 4. If you have not read Books 1 and 2, take a look at my review here first. I was a big fan of Books 1 and 2, but I'm split right down the middle on Books 3 and 4. Book 3 was a thrilling sci fi adventure ride, but Book 4 drove me up a wall. Different kind of ride. The following review probably won't make much sense, or be worth reading, unless you are familiar with Books 1 and 2 or my
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