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Endymion

by Dan Simmons · 1996

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The multiple-award-winning SF master returns to the universe that is his greatest success—the world of Hyperion and The Fall of Hyperion—to tell a story of love and memory, triumph and terror in a novel even more magnificent than its predecessors.

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aliens and first contactaliens and first contactMore like thisLess of thisscience fictionscience fictionMore like thisLess of thisspace operaspace operaMore like thisLess of thisfantasyfantasyMore like thisLess of thistime traveltime travelMore like thisLess of this
Themes
religionreligionMore like thisLess of thisartificial intelligenceartificial intelligenceMore like thisLess of thismusicmusicMore like thisLess of this
Mood
action packedaction packedMore like thisLess of thisintrigueintrigueMore like thisLess of thisintenseintenseMore like thisLess of thisthought provokingthought provokingMore like thisLess of this
Subject
sciencescienceMore like thisLess of this
Audience
adult
Length
long · 563 pages

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