Endymion Omnibus
by Dan Simmons
Book Summary Information
Author: Dan SimmonsEdition: Paperback
Audio: English (Unknown); English (Original Language); English (Published)
Format: Import
Published: 2005-12-01
ISBN: 0575076348
Number of pages: 992
Publisher: FIRETHORN PRESS
Book Reviews of Endymion Omnibus
Book Review: Fantastic concluding omnibus
Summary: 5 Stars
How does a novelist follow up one of the most incredible, awe-inspiring and enlightening SF books ever written...?
Dan Simmons does it by taking the formula of Hyperion (another journey this time through the River Tethys and its farcasters, the manipulation of humankind by the TechnoCore, the reappearances of the strikingly memorable shrike), but placing it in a very different post-Web universe. The Christian society known as the Pax has taken over most of the fallen worlds, and rules ruthlessly and unforgivingly, rather than the vast Capitalist government seen in the Hyperion omnibus.
Anyway, that is all irrelevant, you will read all of this when you buy the book. WHEN (not if) you buy the book.
For ease of explanation (and to limit my waffling on about the greatness of the two books), I will review the omnibus as a whole rather than two seperate novels:
Simmons' narrative is, again, breathtaking. It is often common for SF to be this descriptive and expansive and absorbing, but never since Hyperion have I read a book that can convey so much emotion, and completely involve me in that emotion (especially with regards to the main characters, who you inevitably relate to and hope for). Love, hatred, fear, anger, are all put across with unfailing brilliance, and the book ranges from the deepest pits of despair, loss and pain up to the highest reaches of ecstasy and glory, exuberance and vibrance - and everything in between. Even if you are not a fan of SF, you should read these books just to experience the literary genius of Dan Simmons. The man is awesome.
There is always the risk that having read a review that quite clearly "brown-noses" a book, a reader of that book may feel it is incapable of living up to the surrounding hype, so there is perhaps something you should know. If you want to follow straight on from Hyperion, if you want immediate answers, you will not be satisfied. These books are set two-hundred and seventy-four years after the fall of the World-Web, and follows a set of new (brilliantly conveyed) characters, and we all know no human can live for two-hundred and seventy-four years...
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