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First Printing, cloth issue, one of 2,000 copies. Octavo (21.75cm); lavender paper-covered boards and navy blue cloth backstrip, with titles stamped in gilt on spine; dustjacket; [viii],[2],3-481,[7]pp. Signed by the author on the title page, dated 11/18/90. Fine in a Fine, unclipped dustjacket (priced $18.95). A sharp copy of Simmons's Hugo and Locus Award-winning novel, interweaving the tales of seven pilgrims on their way to the Time Tombs of Hyperion, where they await a meeting with a malevolent and god-like being called the Shrike. "As in Chaucer, each pilgrim has his or her own story to tell; stories that are individually riveting and contribute to thematically to the novel as a whole. The book ends just as the travelers reach their destination" (Barron, Anatomy of Wonder II-1033). Basis for a forthcoming film adaptation by Bradley Cooper.

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.