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8.5 x 5.5", cloth backed boards, 482pp, extremities lightly worn and sunned, spine ends lightly bumped else a nice copy in a lightly edge-worn dustjacket. FIRST EDITION. A true high-spot in modern Science Fiction.

Hyperion is the first book in the Hyperion Cantos, a tetra-logy of science fiction novels by Dan Simmons. The plot follows a group of pilgrims as they travel to the distant world of Hyperion and share their tales along the journey. The novel is structured in a frame narrative, similar to The Canterbury Tales and has gained critical acclaim for its complexity and literary richness.