29th century, other planets. Book 1 of quartet: Hyperion , The Fall of Hyperion , Endymion , and The Rise of Endymion . Winner of the 1990 Hugo Award, winner of the 1990 Locus Award for Best Science Fiction Novel, winner of the Prix Cosmos 2000.
"It is the twenty-ninth century and the universe of the Human Hegemony is under threat. Invasion by the warlike rebel Ousters looms, and the mysterious schemes of the secessionist AI TechnoCore bring Chaos ever closer.
"On the eve of disaster, seven citizens of the Hegemony set out on a pilgrimage to the planet Hyperion, where the fabled Time Tombs seem poised to reveal their secrets. But Hyperion is home to the Shrike, a lethal creature, part god and part killing machine, whose powers transcend the limits of space and time. The seven have been chosen by the Church of the Shrike to travel on what may be the last pilgrimage. And as they travel to their destination, where huge artifacts which have travelled back in time a million years are on the verge of opening, these travellers, like another fabled group of pilgrims, share their own stories..." [jacket blurb, UK trade pbk, 1990]
"An unusual pilgrimage. Yet a truly classic odyssey.
"With a proverbial tip of the hat to Chaucer." --Henry W.Targowski (in Mark/Space , 1995).
This book is often linked with cyberpunk.
Recommended.
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