Series
Hyperion
Hyperion
Gary Ruddell
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The Fall of Hyperion
Gary Ruddell
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Endymion
Gary Ruddell
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Rise of Endymion
Gary Ruddell
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Hyperion Cantos
Ron Walotsky
Omnibus
Science Ficton Book Club (1990)
Hyperion & Fall of Hyperion
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Hyperion
Hyperion is a linked
series of stories, all relating to the
mysterious planet Hyperion. The stories are told by 7 hand-picked
pilgrims, while in transit to the Time Tombs of Hyperion, which are
opening for the first time in centuries, and are normally inaccessible
due to the lethal actions of its guardian, The Shrike. The stories are
told against a space opera backdrop in which humankind has formed the
Hegemony, a far-flung collective of planetary systems linked by
farcaster portals, threatened with attack by the Ousters (who are
space-evolved humans) as the novel opens. The novel has elements of
both science fiction and horror, and covers a wide range of themes such
as: time-travel, artificial intelligence, virtual reality, religion,
ecology, and the works of John Keats.
The
Fall of Hyperion
On
the world of Hyperion, the mysterious Time Tombs are opening. And
the secrets they contain mean that nothing--nothing anywhere in the
universe--will ever be the same.
Endymion
On
the world of Hyperion, in the year 3126, Raul Endymion is executed.
However, Silenus, author of the notorious Cantos, has chosen him. So
when Raul wakes up he finds he has been chosen to take the One Who
Teaches into the future and protect her until her destiny is fulfilled.
The
Rise of Endymion
It
begins with two momentous events: the death and resurrection of Pope
Julius XV and the coming-of-age of the new messiah, Aenea. Together
with her protector, Endymion, she embarks on a final mission to find
and comprehend the underlying fabric of the universe.
Ilium
Ilium
Gary Ruddell
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Olympos
Gary Ruddell
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Ilium
From the
towering heights of Olympos Mons on Mars, the mighty Zeus and his
immortal family of gods, goddesses, and demigods look down upon a
momentous battle, observing – and often influencing-the legendary
exploits of Paris, Achilles, Hector, Odysseus, and the clashing armies
of Greece and Troy.Thomas
Hockenberry, former twenty-first-century professor and Iliad scholar,
watches as well.It is Hockenberry’s duty to observe and report on the
Trojan War’s
progress...
Olympos
Helen
of Troy is in mourning for her dead husband, Paris. Killed in
single combat with the merciless Apollo. His body a scorched and
blasted thing. Hockenberry, her lover, still sneaks from her bed after
their nights of lovemaking. And the Gods still strike out from the
besieged Olympos. Their single-molecule bomb casings quantum
phase-shifting through the moravecs' force shield and laying waste to
Ilium. Or so Hockenberry and the amusing little metal creature,
Mahnmut, have tried to explain to her. Helen of Troy does not give a
fig about machines. She must dress for the funeral. And man and the
gods and the unknown players in this tragedy must prepare for the final
act. And a battle that will decide the future of the universe itself.
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