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The Fall of Hyperion

By: Dan Simmons
Narrated by: Victor Bevine
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 In the stunning continuation of the epic adventure begun in Hyperion, Simmons returns us to a far future resplendent with drama and invention.

On the world of Hyperion, the mysterious Time Tombs are opening. And the secrets they contain mean that nothing - nothing anywhere in the universe - will ever be the same.

©1990 Dan Simmons (P)2008 Audible, Inc. Adventure Fantasy Fiction Science Fiction Space Opera Mythology Greek Mythology

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Critic reviews

"Dan Simmons was a star from the outset. It was the Hyperion books that made him a superstar. The man, quite simply, is what we in the trade call a writer's writer." (Mike Resnick, Hugo and Nebula Award-winning author)
"State of the art science fiction...A landmark novel." (Isaac Asimov's Science Fiction Magazine)
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On the book...
The fall of Hyperion is well named, with each new calamity coming after the last. I've just finished all four audiobooks, so I can't remember the exact details of this one - but I really liked them all!

On narration...
I didn't really think much of the narrator - it sounded like English wasn't his first language maybe. He pronounced every single word - like 'to' and 'a' - fully, which - when you actually hear it done - is quite strange. He occasionally made little errors in pronunciation - saying the 'chasm' with a soft 'ch' sound - which is a bit weird - or maybe he just did the whole thing in one take without bothering to fix the error. He also pronounced 'Aargh' exactly as it is written, with a clear 'r' and then a hard 'g' sound on the end. No-one really says that when they scream - that's just obvious - again - weird. The thing I disliked the most though was his inability to portray anything other than a small range of emotions. Whenever he took on a woman's voice - there was one set tone - and any emotion - such as anger - was not portrayed at all - it was always just 'the soft woman tone'. The range of accents for the different characters was good - just a bit more attention to tone and emotion was needed.

Great!

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Not much to add to other reviewers except that excellent doesn't begin to describe this book. But read "Hyperion" first as this book follows on right from the end of it. Narration was faultless too. What a great book. Strongly recommended.

Brilliant

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Hyperion had many players voices, this has one ( however talented) which is a shame as you tend to identify with the original voices. Other audio Sci-Fi books have extensive music and effects this has none. The story however is compelling. If you listened to Hyperion this listen is essential.

Compared to Hyperion

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I started hyperion which was slightly confusing to begin with until you find out it broken into parts of the story of each pilgrim. I stayed for the plot but the imagery and voice acting on this book is insanely good. for someone who finds books boring, I found myself immersed in the world dan simmons created and I can't believe this book is so old!! excellent writing. can't recommend enough.

immersive. excellent reading

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This is another epic journey in all the questions humanity should be asking itself. From AI to religion and time travel. Don't be put off by the long way round and sometimes overly descriptive moments.
The narrator is great. sounds like he is enjoying it not just reading it.

sci-fi at it's epic best!

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