![]() ![]() While mapping one of the Tombs, the Shrike appears Rachel contracts a disease which causes her to age backwards. Twenty years ago, Sol's adult daughter became an archaeologist and went to Hyperion. Sol Weintraub, a Jewish professor, is present on the pilgrimage with his infant daughter Rachel. See also: The Curious Case of Benjamin Button (short story) Part Four, The Scholar's Tale: "The River Lethe's Taste Is Bitter" In the centuries since, reliant on life-extending treatments, Silenus has been waiting to return to Hyperion to finish the poem. Billy burns the Cantos manuscript and is taken away by the Shrike. Silenus resumes work on the Cantos and becomes convinced that the Shrike is his muse. Billy is an aristocrat who decides to relocate to Hyperion and establish a kingdom of artists. Silenus joins Sad King Billy on Hyperion. His Dying Earth series becomes an enormous hit, making him a multi-billionaire. During this time, he starts work on his Hyperion Cantos, his magnum opus. Martin Silenus trained as a poet, but his training was interrupted when a black hole destroyed Earth. Part Three, The Poet's Tale: "Hyperion Cantos" After Kassad is rescued, he becomes an anti-war activist. Kassad realizes that Moneta and the Shrike have been manipulating him and wish to use him to spark an interstellar war in which billions of people will die. Moneta and the Shrike teach him to use time-altering abilities in combat. Kassad sees the Tree of Pain, a gigantic steel tree on which the Shrike impales its victims. There he is reunited with his lover Moneta. Kassad hijacks an Ouster shuttle and crashes it onto Hyperion. During a simulation battle, a mysterious woman saves Kassad and becomes his lover. Part Two, The Soldier's Tale: "The War Lovers" Ĭolonel Fedmahn Kassad's tale begins with a flashback to his days training in the FORCE military academy on Mars. The Bikura are destroyed with nuclear weapons, but not before Hoyt is infected with both Duré's cruciform and one of his own. As Hoyt touches Duré, the cruciform falls from his body and allows him finally to die. For seven years, Father Duré had been continually electrocuted and resurrected. Hoyt reveals that Duré crucified himself to a tesla tree in a desperate attempt to rid himself of the cruciform. Severe pain prevents Duré from either cutting out the cruciform or leaving the Bikura his journal entries end. Duré encounters the Shrike and is infected with a cruciform. After death, the cruciform rebuilds the physical body and resurrects them. Duré deduces that the Bikura have been infected with cross-shaped parasites called cruciforms. He researches an isolated civilization known as the Bikura. Paul Duré and Lenar Hoyt are Catholic priests. Part One, The Priest's Tale: "The Man who Cried God" The pilgrims decide that they will each tell their tale of how they were chosen for the pilgrimage. On the eve of an Ouster invasion of Hyperion, a final pilgrimage to the Time Tombs has been organized. One of these planets is Hyperion, home to structures known as the Time Tombs, which are moving backwards in time and guarded by a legendary creature known as the Shrike. Numerous "Outback" planets have no farcasters and cannot be accessed without incurring significant time dilation. Modified humans known as Ousters live in space stations between stars and are engaged in conflict with the Hegemony. The Hegemony maintains an uneasy alliance with the TechnoCore, a civilization of AIs. In the 29th century, the Hegemony of Man comprises hundreds of planets connected by farcaster portals. The next book in the series was The Fall of Hyperion, published in 1990. It follows a similar structure to The Canterbury Tales by Geoffrey Chaucer. The plot of the novel features multiple time-lines and characters. The first book of his Hyperion Cantos series, it won the Hugo Award for best novel. ![]() ![]() Hyperion is a 1989 science fiction novel by American author Dan Simmons. ![]()
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