The ending leave the question of what the Time Tombs are open, and in that fashion it begs for a sequel, but with the tales of the pilgrims having so much weight in the story, that the book also works fine as a standalone. This is the stuff that leaves you thinking and wondering long after you have put down the book. His story is very interesting and he manages to weave philosophical and religious subjects into the story without making it stiff and stuffy. Retrieving Aenea from the Sphinx before the Church troops reach her is only the beginning. ENDYMION Two hundred and seventy-four years after the fall of the WorldWeb in Fall of Hyperion, Raoul Endymion is sent on a quest. Simmons writes in a deep and full language that reads as a dream. The triumphant concluding novels to the Hyperion Quartet, together in one volume for the first time. Lets get one thing clear this novel is a masterpiece! I can fully understand why it won a Hugo Award. Most of the book consists of these tales. Along the way some of the pilgrims get to tell their tale, about why they where chosen to this mission and what the Tombs mean to them. Hyperion is the tale of a bunch of pilgrims, on their way to the Time Tombs on remote planet of Hyperion. This is the first book that I've read by Dan Simmons, but definitely not the last - actually I've already started on the sequel. Hyperion is a science fiction novel by the author Dan Simmons.
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