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Endymion
- Narrated by: Victor Bevine
- Length: 23 hrs and 17 mins
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Summary
Dan Simmons's Hyperion was an immediate sensation on its first publication in 1989. This staggering multifaceted tale of the far future heralded the conquest of the science-fiction field by a man who had already won the World Fantasy Award for his first novel (Song of Kali) and had also published one of the most well-received horror novels in the field, Carrion Comfort. Hyperion went on to win the Hugo Award as Best Novel, and it and its companion volume, The Fall of Hyperion, took their rightful places in the science-fiction pantheon of new classics.
Here, Simmons returns to this richly imagined world of technological achievement, excitement, wonder and fear. Endymion is a story about love and memory, triumph and terror - an instant candidate for the field's highest honors.
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- jack penny
- 10-03-22
Read it.
Cracking book to continue the story, so many chapters that are ingrained in my brain, if you haven't started the Hyperion series start now and catch up its a series you won't ever forget.
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- Miss DePlume
- 16-08-16
Slightly Less Compelling Installment
Where does Endymion rank among all the audiobooks you’ve listened to so far?
This is my least favourite of the Hyperion series (it's book 3). While it still presents a fascinating world, I found as the book wore on I was less engrossed than with the other two installments. By the end I felt I needed a break and felt less interested in jumping into the 4th book. That said, it's still a great book and a very interesting series!
What was one of the most memorable moments of Endymion?
There is a possible revelation towards the end that poses an interesting question about the true origin of the Shrike!
What about Victor Bevine’s performance did you like?
He does a very decent job with the reading.
Was there a moment in the book that particularly moved you?
I found it very upsetting every time the Priest General and his crew get liquified by - oh, well.... no spoilers!
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- Customer
- 14-02-10
Great adventure
I thought that this book was really fantastic. I thought Hyperion and fall of Hyperion were excellent novels.However from this point on in the series of books it just gets better. Its an excellent adventure, with plenty of action. I really enjoyed this book and I would recommend it to any reader.
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- Alistair McW
- 24-10-18
Shame about the range of Voice Actors
It's a shame that such a great story is only voiced by one person (who does a good job mind!), it would be enhanced by having more voice actors to better reflect the characters
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- Amazon Customer
- 30-11-22
Favourite
favourite sci-fi classic I've read this couple of times now and probably will return to it again 🙂
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- James Williams
- 22-07-19
Absolutely enthralling!
I will not spoil books in the review. I will not spoil books in the review.I will not spoil books in the review.
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- Peter
- 06-07-10
Like it's two prequels, superb!
This book is the sequel to the 'Hyperion' books and unlike many Sci-fi series that start to flag after the first sequel or so, this book maintains the pace, excellent story-telling and excitement of it's two predecessors.
I loved this book as well as the final book in the series, ?Rise of Endymion? (also available on Audible) and cannot recommend them highly enough. This book is a real page-turner and I found myself making time whenever possible to listen so I could submerge myself into the brilliant world it paints.
Endymion is the new main protagonist of the story, moving the series into a first-person historical narrative of his exploits with the original pilgrims to the Time Tombs and the fearsome Shrike.
This is the only series of four books that I would ever consider returning to, and as they total some 96 hours, or four days, I guess this is testament to the very high regard I hold for them!
First class narration throughout.
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- Night owl
- 14-05-19
Outstanding
The quality continues to be outstandingly high. Story is imaginative and characters are realistic. The world feels so complete and it's hard to believe this written in the mid ninties, it's the best sci-fi novel I've ever read/heard.
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- Christopher Tierney
- 06-05-19
Absolutely outstanding.
Honestly this was a whole other gear for DS. Amazing, compelling, dizzying, Hyperion was just the bedrock.
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- Tom
- 07-02-10
Simply superb
If you are reading this review, then I assume that you have read/listened to the first two books in the series, Hyperion and The Fall of Hyperion - if not, best to do so as you will get much more from this book - and want to know if Endymion is as good as its predecessors.
Well the answer is a resounding yes! Endymion is indeed right up to the high standard of the earlier books. Set a couple of hundred years after the events in the Fall of Hyperion, with some intriguing links to the characters of the earlier books, it tells a gripping and spellbinding story, a kind of quest again - and it's unputdownable! Dan Simmons is just so good at weaving the personal stories of the characters into a fascinating and plausibly drawn SF universe, and keeping up the narrative momentum despite the length of the book. In my SF reading, only Frank Herbert with "Dune" comes close to being as good as Dan Simmons in telling this type of tale. And "Dune" is an all-time classic!
Sound quality and narration are again superb. This book is a real five star listen and strongly recommended. I'm looking forward to listening to the fourth book in the series!
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