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Rise of Endymion
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Binding: Mass Market Paperback
Dewey Decimal Number: 813.54
EAN: 9780553572988
ISBN: 0553572989
Label: Spectra
Manufacturer: Spectra
Number Of Items: 1
Number Of Pages: 720
Publication Date: July 01, 1998
Publisher: Spectra
Studio: Spectra
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Editorial Review:
This conclusion of the Hyperion saga (Hyperion, Fall of Hyperion, and Endymion) finds Raul Endymion, Aenea, and M. Bettik still on the run from agents of both the Pax and the TechnoCore. But Aenea is reaching maturity, clearly growing into the messiah who will one day bring down the church and stop "the resurrection." One answer lies in Aenea's blood, which she shares with her followers through a ritual of communion; the blood allows anyone to travel through the Void Which Binds, but it cannot coexist with the cruciform that brings immortality. And although Aenea's gift makes her both a power and a danger, she is also a young woman, vulnerable to the forces allied against her.
The magnificent conclusion to one of the greatest science fiction sagas of our timeThe time of reckoning has arrived. As a final genocidal Crusade threatens to enslave humanity forever, a new messiah has come of age. She is Aenea and she has undergone a strange apprenticeship to those known as the Others. Now her protector, Raul Endymion, one-time shepherd and convicted murderer, must help her deliver her startling message to her growing army of disciples. But first they must embark on a final spectacular mission to discover the underlying meaning of the universe itself. They have been followed on their journey by the mysterious Shrike--monster, angel, killing machine--who is about to reveal the long-held secret of its origin and purpose. And on the planet of Hyperion, where the story first began, the final revelation will be delivered--an apocalyptic message that unlocks the secrets of existence and the fate of humankind in the galaxy.
Customer Reviews
Average Rating: 
Rating:  - Speechless
To me the mark of a good author is their ability to create people who you can relate to. Dan Simmons is a master at this. The characters of Raul, Aenea, etc... are etched into my memory. The writing may have been wordy at times, but the tale was told.
Half way through the book, I had a bad foreboding feeling about what was coming. I have not been touched by a book as much as I have been touched by this one. If you are like me where you get attached to characters, this book can rip your ... Read More
Rating: - Triumphant conclusion to an amazing series
Note that I did not say *perfect* conclusion--there were several elements that did not work well for me. Let me get those out of the way first:
- I agree with the complaints that Aenea's "teaching phase" on T'ien Shan is unnecessarily drawn out and a bit hokey: I had unpleasant flashbacks to Card's post-"Enders Game" trilogy, which I felt weakened precipitously as the series went on. Ever since "the Force", SF writers seem compelled to invent pseudo-religions that are vaguely Buddhist/Daoist ... Read More
Rating: - Just a LITTLE boring.
I'm not being sarcastic. It was a little boring at times. Simmons could have clipped about 100 pages from the book - especially where he spent too much time describing the beautiful places where the character happened to be.
I like the characters in Endymion and Rise of Endymion. In a book like this, it would be too easy to make characters over the top but here but the good guys have their weaknesses and so do the bad guys.
Although the Shrike always conveniently appears when he's ... Read More
Rating: - mixed feelings
I'm torn about this book. There were so many things that frustrated and annoyed me ,so I'll start there:
- The Shrike is now Spider-Man. He shows up again and again simply to save our heroine from one certain-death scenario after another. It gets old fast, not to mention completely incongruous with the first two novels and never really explained.
- Aenea leaks information (that she's had since birth) at a trickle, dodging questions with annoying phrases like "I'll tell you when it's time to know," ... Read More
Rating:  - A bit boring
I will try to be laconic, a quality the author apparently lacks. Overall I like the story and the characters, however the story at times gets a little boring. There are pastoral descriptions that run over several pages that I had to skip, otherwise I would have fallen asleep. The science part is rather enjoyable and innovative, the part about the genetic algorithms and their hyper-parasitic nature is rather clever without getting into too many computer science details as to the nature of the algorithm, my only comment ... Read More
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