The Fall of Hyperion

Author: Dan Simmons Series: Gollancz S.F.

The critically acclaimed and bestselling sequel to HYPERION

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Summary

The critically acclaimed and bestselling sequel to HYPERION

Description

The mysterious Time Tombs are opening and the Shrike that has risen from them may well control the fate of all mankind. The Ousters are laying seige to the Hegemony of Man and the AIs we created have turned against us to build the Ultimate Intelligence; God. The God of Machines. His genesis could mean annihilation for man. Something is drawing the hegemony, the Ousters, the AIs, the entire universe to the Shrike.

Awards

Winner of British Science Fiction Association Award for Best Novel 1992 (UK)
Short-listed for Arthur C. Clarke Award 1992 (UK)

About the Author

Dan Simmons won the World Fantasy Award for his first novel, Song of Kali, inspired by his travels in India. In the 1990s he rewrote the SF rulebook with his Hyperion Cantos quartet. He has also written thrillers. Alongside his writing he maintains a career as a college lecturer in English Literature in the USA.