Science fiction
Hyperion
Seven pilgrims travel across a remote planet to a mysterious creature called the Shrike, in the shadow of a looming interstellar war. On the way each tells the story of how they came to be there.
- First published
- 1989
- Pace
- slow
- Length
- long
- Format
- Standalone
Read this if you like layered, ambitious space opera told as separate stories, each with its own genre and mood.
Skip this if you want the whole plot resolved, since this book ends partway and needs its sequel.
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