The Fall of Hyperion
The mysterious Time Tombs are opening and the Shrike that has risen from them may well control the fate of all mankind. The Ousters are laying seige to the Hegemony of Man and the AIs we created have turned against us to build the Ultimate Intelligence; God. The God of Machines. His genesis could...
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The mysterious Time Tombs are opening and the Shrike that has risen from them may well control the fate of all mankind. The Ousters are laying seige to the Hegemony of Man and the AIs we created have turned against us to build the Ultimate Intelligence; God. The God of Machines. His genesis could mean annihilation for man. Something is drawing the hegemony, the Ousters, the AIs, the entire universe to the Shrike.
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ISBN:
9780575076389 (0575076380)
Publish date: December 1st 2005
Publisher: Gollancz
Pages no: 535
Edition language: English
Series: Hyperion Cantos (#2)
Synopsis: Against a backdrop of interstellar war and looming apocalypse, the drama of seven pilgrims on a hopeless mission expands. Review: I fucking loved this book. The first book dragged a bit, and didn't really answer the questions that I had so I was a little hesitant about getting to the sec...
کتابهای ایزاک آسیموف و آرتور سی کلارک در برابر این کتاب همچون داستانهای کودکانهاندبه نظرم بعضی از جنبههای آیندهٔ شرح دادهشده در این کتاب بسیار محتمل است: هجرت و گسترش انسانها در تمام کهکشان. انسانهایی که خودشان را با فضای اطراف تطبیق دادهاند و از ظاهر انسانی بیرون آمدهاند و اختلافاتی که سر ...
Masterwork is right. God alive, where do you even begin to start conceiving of a project like this? Huge pay-offs at the end, full on invasion and destruction of multiple worlds, the obliteration of the "Farcaster" network and depiction of all the ramifications and then its tears ahoy as Sol's daugh...
Nie podobała mi się ta książka. Już od początku coś szło nie tak i skutecznie mnie odrzucała. Po przeczytaniu pierwszej części chciałem więcej, a nawet WIĘCEJ a dostałem mniej. Teraz pewnie spojrzycie na ocenę i zadacie sobie pytanie "O czym on gada? Przecież ocenił bardzo wysoko. Może się pomylił i...
This was a book that I had been looking forward to reading since I finished the first book in the series last year but unfortunately it turned out to be somewhat of a disappointment. The story remains interesting and Dan Simmons delivers a good ending to this story arc but he completely changed the ...