The original Hyperion duology was a great success
for Dan Simmons. It won him numerous awards and accolades, not to mention rave
reviews and huge sales figures. The
setting so fertile, Simmons indulged further, producing additional books
typically called the Endymion duology. No less imaginative and visual, the pair, Endymion and The Rise of Endymion, nevertheless take Simmons’ universe in a new
direction: where Hyperion focused on mythological quests for power from a base of Keats' poetry, Endymion is
honed to spirituality from a personal view.
The following review is for the first half of the duology.
