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Dan Simmons (2024) Hyperion , UK limited edition, published by Curious King. One of only 300 numbered copies, signed by author Dan Simmons and the artist. If ordered before 3 November 2024 the buyer will receive the rights for the remaining three novels of the Hyperion Cantos. Condition: fine and unread Production details according to the publisher: Limited to 300 copies. Printed two colour letterpress on Munken Soft Cream 120gsm over 448 pages by Nomad Letterpress of Cheltenham. The interior contains custom chapter headings and drop caps and is signed by both Author and Artist. Fully bound in blue Nigerian Goatskin with all over Labrynth blind stamping design. The boards feature the Sphinx time tomb design with four colours of hot foil stamping and the spine has been rounded with a further 2 colour passes of foil stamping. Head and tailbands are brown and the book comes with a gilded top edge and finished off with a black ribbon. The book is housed within a clamshell enclosure. The clamshell comes with a two colour label in Munken and has further foil stamping on the front and spine. The final version will be covered in Metalium (a metal sheen style cloth) and trays covered in sumptuous Suedel. 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.