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Hyperion Audible Audiobook – Unabridged

Dan Simmons (Author), Marc Vietor (Narrator), Allyson Johnson (Narrator),
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On the world called Hyperion, beyond the law of the Hegemony of Man, there waits the creature called the Shrike. There are those who worship it. There are those who fear it. And there are those who have vowed to destroy it.

In the Valley of the Time Tombs, where huge, brooding structures move backward through time, the Shrike waits for them all. 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. Each carries a desperate hope - and a terrible secret. And one may hold the fate of humanity in his hands.

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  1. Listening Length
    20 hours and 44 minutes
  2. Author
    Dan Simmons
  3. Narrator
    Marc Vietor, see all
  4. Audible release date
    December 22, 2008
  5. Language
    English
  6. Publisher
    Audible Studios
  7. ASIN
    B001OC2W04
  8. Version
    Unabridged
  9. Program Type
    Audiobook
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Listening Length 20 hours and 44 minutes
Author Dan Simmons
Narrator Marc Vietor, Allyson Johnson, Kevin Pariseau, Jay Snyder, Victor Bevine
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Audible.com Release Date December 22, 2008
Publisher Audible Studios
Program Type Audiobook
Version Unabridged
Language English
ASIN B001OC2W04
Best Sellers Rank #661 in Audible Books & Originals (See Top 100 in Audible Books & Originals)
#13 in Space Opera Science Fiction (Audible Books & Originals)
#18 in Space Operas
#25 in Adventure Science Fiction

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3mm inner margins. Story [5/5] Pysical Book [2/5]
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3mm inner margins. Story [5/5] Pysical Book [2/5]
I had a tough time time deciding if I should take off stars, and ultimately concluded it would be unfair to Dan Simmons if I did.Make no mistake, the contents of this book are 5 stars and worth of all the praise. Others have more elegantly reviewed the contents, so I'll spare my two cents. It's worth noting the first 30 or so pages introduce an almost overwhelming amount of characters and made up words from the Hyperion universe. It gets much more enjoyable once that's settled, and the sub-stories within the larger story are significantly more focused.My only gripe is the almost humorous 3mm inner margins. Not every book needs Harry Potter level 4" margins, but these are ridiculous even for a mass market paperback. You'll have to really work the spine and constantly apply a two handed grip to force it open against its will. Unless, of course, you don't mind guessing what the obscured words might be. I would give the physical book a 2/5 due to the uncomfortable reading experience it provides.
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Josh Mauthe
5.0 out of 5 stars An ambitious, imaginative tale full of craft, character, worldbuilding, and stories to tell
Reviewed in the United States on April 26, 2023
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I didn't know that Dan Simmons's Hyperion was essentially the first half of a story that was split into two sections for publishing purposes (per the author, anyway) up until close to the end, and I wish I'd been aware of that going in - it would have helped me perhaps get a better sense of the structure of this strange, ambitious tale. Inspired by the storytelling pilgrims of The Canterbury Tales, Hyperion is the story of seven people chosen to go on a pilgrimage to the ruined, haunted world of Hyperion, to see the Shrike - a mythical, deadly figure which is said to grant a wish under certain circumstances, though no one seems to come back alive from this pilgrimage. As our pilgrims make their way, each tells their own tale of how they came to be on this journey, and in doing so, Simmons gets to let his imagination roam freely, giving us one found narrative of an explorer who finds a doomed tribe, another a hard-boiled detective tale, a third an action-packed military story, and so forth. During our seven narratives, Simmons carefully gives us clues and ideas about the nature of the Shrike, how this world came to be, and a sense of the larger galactic picture - all of which comes together by the end of the book, as lots of small details snap into place and we get a sense of maybe how the Shrike came to be, the role this pilgrimage is playing, and what the larger stakes are. Hyperion ends at a climactic point, one that works as a nicely ambiguous ending even as it's clear that there's a second part to come; thankfully, the second book is long since published, so I can see where the story goes from here, because I was completely fascinated by this dense, rich narrative. The characterization provided through each story, the rich range of imagination across the sprawling saga, the careful and thoughtful worldbuilding - Hyperion sucked me in pretty early on and never let go (even though the first couple of pages are a pretty bad example of XKCD's Fiction Rule of Thumb). I have no idea where this tale goes from here, but that's okay - with something this fascinating, I'm glad for the unpredictability.
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Brian Seiler
4.0 out of 5 stars Mildly Exasperating
Reviewed in the United States on November 24, 2004
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The first thing that I would like to lead off with in this review is a warning. This book is the first of a series of four, and you really can't get the whole story without at least reading the next one. I had foolishsly suspected this not to be the case, and now I am going to have to go scrounge up The Fall of Hyperion somewhere in order to finish the plot that I started.

That, by the way, is my major complaint with respect to the book. While Simmons does an excellent job of building and interweaving his stories (though the linearity in the realization of the sub-plots of the book makes the supposedly random order that the pilgrims were supposed to tell their stories in somewhat difficult to believe), he does a very poor job of resolving the issues that he brings up before the end of the story. Certainly, there are more satisfying ways to end a book about a pilgrimage to a supposedly sacred site than with the pilgrims still on their way to the supposedly sacred site without much in the way of facts revealed or resolved.

On the plus side, however, stands the fact that this may be one of the most exceptional works by a science fiction writer in some time. Simmons does not demonstrate a mastery with the genres into which he delves in his six stories, but he does display a deep and impressive aptitude and familiarity with the craft. There are better detective stories you will read than The Detective's Tale--I can assure you of that much--but I doubt that you will read a better one interwoven with as many other distinct flavors of story.

The story is ultimately engaging and intriguing, if a bit plodding and, given recent writing in the genre, possibly a little passe to readers just coming into the series, but fulfilling on the whole. Just make sure that you order the other parts of the series to go with this book, as you will no doubt be searching for the next book in the series to resolve the story that remains unfinished at the end of this book.
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Nick
5.0 out of 5 stars Awe inspiring
Reviewed in Canada on August 26, 2023
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The entire series blew me away. I'm not sure I've watched or read anything quite like it. It is one of those generational monoliths that only come around rarely. Truly a treasure to have read these.
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Renato Augusto
5.0 out of 5 stars Edição econômica
Reviewed in Brazil on February 24, 2022
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Eu não posso comentar sobre a história porque eu ainda não o li. Mas sobre o livro em si, eu comprei a versão econômica e ela é bem econômica mesmo, ela é uma edição de bolso, portanto o tamanho das letras é um pouco menor do que o normal (como já era de se esperar) e as páginas internas são de um papel parecido com papel jornal, até tem o cheiro parecido. Eu já comprei o livro esperando mais ou menos esse nível de qualidade, então pra mim tudo bem, só estou fazendo esse review para futuros compradores estarem cientes do que irão receber e não se decepcionarem com a compra depois.
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Renato Augusto
5.0 out of 5 stars Edição econômica
Reviewed in Brazil on February 24, 2022
Eu não posso comentar sobre a história porque eu ainda não o li. Mas sobre o livro em si, eu comprei a versão econômica e ela é bem econômica mesmo, ela é uma edição de bolso, portanto o tamanho das letras é um pouco menor do que o normal (como já era de se esperar) e as páginas internas são de um papel parecido com papel jornal, até tem o cheiro parecido. Eu já comprei o livro esperando mais ou menos esse nível de qualidade, então pra mim tudo bem, só estou fazendo esse review para futuros compradores estarem cientes do que irão receber e não se decepcionarem com a compra depois.
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uberChickenBok
5.0 out of 5 stars Gripping read from start to finish
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on April 10, 2024
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Great characters with fantastic mini stories buried inside. Story hasn't aged a bit with is quite remarkable. Top top read
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lethenarl
4.0 out of 5 stars Challenging language for a non-native english speaker.
Reviewed in the Netherlands on March 28, 2023
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My english level is C1 yet while reading this book, I had to keep looking at the dictionary in every page like at least 4-5 times. This is good in a way, improving my vocabulary yet I can not really get into the book on the other hand because of this issue.
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Arjit
5.0 out of 5 stars Amazing
Reviewed in India on February 9, 2023
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Maybe one of the best i have read yet, reminds me of chaucers works. Very relevant after 30 odd years of release.
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