El Ascenso de Endymion / The Rise of Endymion

from erecstebbins

What to say about a beautiful, tragic, epic, transformative, visionary conclusion to likely the greatest sci-fi series every written? Perhaps that it is even better than the first two books, and a fitting mate to the third. Hyperion, and Fall of Hyperion had the advantage of the shocking newness ...

from Drakhir

Superb. An awesome and totally right ending to the Hyperion Cantos. What can I say about this book? You are reading it because you have read the other three. Really, there isn't much point otherwise. Hyperion was so strong, that even the brilliance of the Fall of Hyperion could not quite match it...

from millata

A great conclusion to the story that began with Hyperion. The series is definitely one of the best in sci-fi and well worth finishing if you've read the first book(s). Unlike so many other series the story does not begin to repeat itself. Instead, you may even be surprised by some of the turns of...

from texascheeseman

The Rise of Endymion By Dan Simmons Publisher: Bantam Books Published In: New York City, NY, USA Date: 1997 Pgs: 579 Summary: The time has come for Aenea and her flock to return to Pax Space. Destiny calls. They must discover the Meaning. They must bring it to the people. And again, the spiked mo...

from JasonBrownPDX

I hate to see good things come to an end. Simultaneously, I feel that a well crafted conclusion to a great series is one of the highlights to reading. There was no disappointment to the Hyperion Cantos. Warning to readers, this book is far more dense than others in the series. You have to expect ...