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Hyperion

Dan Simmons

First published June 1989
Type Novel
Series Hyperion Cantos #1

Structured in a manner reminiscent of Chaucer’s <i>The Canterbury Tales</i>, <i>Hyperion</i> is a linked series of stories, all relating to the mysterious planet Hyperion. The stories are told by 7 hand-picked pilgrims, while in transit to the Time Tombs of Hyperion, which are opening for the first time in centuries, and are normally inaccessible due to the lethal actions of its guardian, The Shrike. The stories are told against a space opera backdrop in which humankind has formed the Hegemony, a far-flung collective of planetary systems linked by farcaster portals, threatened with attack by the Ousters (who are space-evolved humans) as the novel opens. The novel has elements of both science fiction and horror, and covers a wide range of themes such as: time-travel, artificial intelligence, virtual reality, religion, ecology, and the works of John Keats. The book does not have closure in the conventional sense, and is continued in the sequel <i>The Fall of Hyperion</i>.

YearAwardCategoryStatus
1990 British Science Fiction Award Best Novel Nominee/Finalist
1990 Hugo Award Best Novel Winner
1990 Locus Poll Award Best SF Novel Winner
1990 SF Chronicle Award Novel Nominee/Finalist
1992 Arthur C. Clarke Award Best Science Fiction Novel Nominee/Finalist
1998 Locus Poll Award All-Time Best SF Novel before 1990 Nominee/Finalist
2012 Locus Online 20th Century Science Fiction Novel Nominee/Finalist

Date Publication Publisher Type Page
June 1989 Cover Hyperion Doubleday Foundation Novel
June 1989 Cover Hyperion Doubleday Foundation Novel
1990 Cover Hyperion Headline Novel
1990 Cover Hyperion Luitingh-Sijthoff Novel
March 1990 Cover Hyperion Bantam Spectra Novel 2
May 1990 Cover Hyperion Cantos GuildAmerica Books / SFBC Omnibus 1
July 1990 Cover Hyperion Headline Novel
July 1990 Cover Hyperion Headline Novel
December 1990 Cover Hyperion Headline Novel
1991 Hyperion Heyne Novel
1991 Cover Hyperion Headline Feature Novel
1991 Cover Hyperion Luitingh-Sijthoff Novel
1991 Cover Hyperion Luitingh-Sijthoff Novel
April 1991 Cover Hyperion Headline Novel
May 1991 Cover Hyperion Interno Giallo Novel
1992 Cover Hyperion Luitingh-Sijthoff Novel 5
August 1992 Cover Hypérion Robert Laffont Novel
1993 Cover Hyperion The Easton Press Novel 1
1993 Hyperion Izvori Novel
1993 Cover Hiperion Polaris Beograd Novel 5
April 1993 Cover Hypérion Robert Laffont Novel
October 1993 Hyperion Ediciones B Novel
1994 Hyperion Wydawnictwo Amber Sp. z o.o. Novel
1994 Cover Hyperion Luitingh-Sijthoff Novel
January 1994 Cover Hypérion Robert Laffont Novel
December 1994 Cover ハイペリオン 早川書房 Novel
1995 Cover Хиперион Бард Novel 7
1995 Cover Гиперион АСТ Novel 5
May 1995 Cover Hyperion Tome 1 Presses Pocket Novel
May 1995 Cover Hypérion Tome 2 Presses Pocket Novel
August 1995 Cover Hypérion France Loisirs Novel
December 1995 Cover Hyperion Bantam Spectra Novel
1996 Cover Гиперион АСТ Novel 5
1996 Hyperion Laser Novel
1996 Cover Hyperion Luitingh-Sijthoff Novel
January 1996 Cover Hyperion Cantos GuildAmerica Books / SFBC Omnibus 1
October 1996 Cover Hypérion Tome 1 Presses Pocket Novel
1997 Cover Гиперион АСТ Novel 5
1997 Cover Hyperion Cicero (Denmark) Novel
December 1997 Cover Hyperion Heyne Novel 13
1998 Cover Гиперион АСТ Novel
1998 Cover Гиперион АСТ Novel
1998 Hyperion Laser Novel
March 1999 Cover Hypérion Robert Laffont Novel
May 1999 Cover Hypérion France Loisirs Novel
May 1999 Cover Hyperion Tome 1 Presses Pocket Novel
June 1999 Cover Hyperion Prima Parte Mondadori Novel 17
July 1999 Cover Hyperion Seconda Parte Mondadori Novel
September 1999 Cover Hypérion Tome 2 Presses Pocket Novel
October 1999 Cover Hypérion France Loisirs Novel
2000 Cover Гиперион АСТ Novel 5
November 2000 Cover Hypérion Tome 1 Presses Pocket Novel
December 2000 Cover Hypérion Tome 2 Presses Pocket Novel
2001 Cover Гиперион АСТ Novel 5
2002 Cover Гиперион АСТ Novel 5
February 2002 Cover Hyperion Tome 1 Presses Pocket Novel
March 2002 Cover Hypérion Tome 2 Presses Pocket Novel
June 2002 Cover Die Hyperion-Gesänge Heyne Omnibus 21
2003 Cover Гиперион АСТ Novel 5
2004 Cover Hyperion Like Novel
November 2004 Cover Hypérion Tome 2 Presses Pocket Novel
December 2004 Cover The Hyperion Omnibus Gollancz Omnibus
June 2005 Cover Hyperion Ediciones B Novel
September 2005 Cover Hypérion Tome 2 Presses Pocket Novel
October 2005 Cover Hyperion Tome 1 Presses Pocket Novel
December 2005 Cover Hyperion Gollancz Novel
November 2006 Cover Hyperion Cantos Science Fiction Book Club Omnibus 1
2007 Cover Hyperion en De ondergang van Hyperion Luitingh-Sijthoff Omnibus 7
February 2007 Cover Hyperion Tome 1 Presses Pocket Novel
August 2007 Cover Hyperion Gollancz / Orion Novel 1
March 2008 Cover Hyperion Tome 1 Presses Pocket Novel
July 2008 Cover Hypérion Tome 2 Presses Pocket Novel
December 2008 Cover Hyperion Audible Studios Novel
2009 Cover Die Hyperion-Gesänge Heyne Omnibus 21
April 2009 Cover Hyperion Brilliance Audio Novel
April 2009 Cover Hyperion Editura Nemira Novel
August 2010 Cover Hyperion Gollancz / Orion Novel
2011 Cover Hyperion Gollancz / Orion Novel 1
January 2011 Cover Hyperion Ballantine Books Novel
May 2011 Cover Hyperion Gollancz / Orion Novel 1
August 2011 Cover Hyperion Playaway Novel
September 2011 Cover Hyperion Gollancz / Orion Novel 1
April 2012 Cover Hyperion Subterranean Press Novel
February 2013 Cover Hypérion Tome 2 Presses Pocket Novel
February 2013 Cover Die Hyperion-Gesänge Heyne Omnibus 7
March 2013 Cover Hyperion Tome 1 Presses Pocket Novel
August 2014 Cover Hyperion Luitingh-Sijthoff Novel
August 2014 Cover Hyperion Luitingh-Sijthoff Novel
2016 Cover Гіперіон НК "Богдан" Novel 3
September 2016 Cover Гіперіон НК "Богдан" Novel 13
2017 Cover Гіперіон НК "Богдан" Novel
August 2017 Cover Hyperion Del Rey Novel
June 2018 Cover Гиперион АСТ Novel 5
April 2023 Cover Hiperion Hangar 7 Novel 5
April 2023 Cover Hiperion Hangar 7 Novel 5
November 2023 Cover Hyperion Gollancz Novel