Hyperion (Simmons novel)
Hyperion is a 1989 science fiction novel by American author Dan Simmons. The first book of his Hyperion Cantos series, it won the Hugo Award for best novel.
Paperback cover | |
| Author | Dan Simmons |
|---|---|
| Cover artist | Gary Ruddell |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
| Series | Hyperion Cantos |
| Genre | Soft science fiction/Space opera |
| Publisher | Doubleday |
Publication date | 1989 |
| Media type | Print (hardback & paperback) |
| Pages | 482 (mass paperback edition) |
| Awards | Hugo Award for Best Novel Locus Award for Best Science Fiction Novel (1990) |
| ISBN | 0-385-24949-7 (1st ed. hardcover) |
| OCLC | 18816973 |
| 813/.54 19 | |
| LC Class | PS3569.I47292 H97 1989 |
| Followed by | The Fall of Hyperion |
The plot of the novel features multiple time-lines and characters. It follows a similar structure to The Canterbury Tales by Geoffrey Chaucer. The next book in the series was The Fall of Hyperion, published in 1990.
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