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Dan Simmons (2024) Hyperion, UK limited edition, published by Curious King. One of only 26 lettered copies of which this is letter Q. Signed by the author, and the artist on the limitation page. Comes with the rights for all future Hyperion Cantos publications if ordered before 18 October 2024. Condition: fine and unread as published. Production details according to the publisher: Fully bound in finest black Harmatan leather with rounded spine and four raised bands. The boards have two beautifully marbled leather onlays of The Shrike and The Sphinx by Freya at Paperwilds, with a foil stamp outline. The book is finished with a further 3 colours of foil stamping to both covers and the spine. Finished with gold gilding to all three sides as well as blue ribbon, and black and blue head and tailbands. This edition also comes with beautifully marbled endpapers by Freya from Paperwilds. The enclosure is a rounded spine solander with four raised headbands fully covered in finest black Harmatan leather. There are two further marbled leather onlays of Cruciforms on both the front and the back, and the box is edged with another strip of the marbled leather to tie in the design completely. Inside the box is lined with sumptuous black suede with silhouetted gold stamped design of the pilgrims heading towards the time tombs. There is also a well included underneath the main book. John Keats The Lettered Edition also comes with another book. John Keats epic poem Hyperion hand set in Caslon 12pt monotype (a popular font from the era) by Nomad Letterpress. This book is printed on some of the few remaining pieces of Zerkell 8181 115gsm and is 48 pages long. Hyperion is a sci-fi masterpiece which won the 1990 Hugo and Locus Award for best novel. An adaptation is currently in production hell tackled by Bradley Cooper. First and Fine.

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.