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New York: Doubleday, (March) (1990)., (1990). Fine. FIRST PRINTING SIGNED BY DAN SIMMONS WITH AN ORIGINAL CARICATURE PEN & INK DRAWING OF HIMSELF - Octavo, 8-1/4 inches high by 5-1/2 inches wide. Hardcover, bound in violet paper-covered boards backed with light brown cloth titled in gilt on the spine, laid into a pictorial dust wrapper with an illustration by Gary Ruddell. The dust jacket bears its original price of $19.95. [10] & 517 pages. The slip replacing page 305 is laid in. Fine. First edition, first printing of the sequel to Hyperion. Only 4,000 copies of the hardcover were printed. SIGNED BY DAN SIMMONS WITH AN ORIGINAL CARICATURE PEN & INK DRAWING OF HIMSELF ON THE TITLE PAGE.

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.