The Fall of Hyperion

By: Dan Simmons

Narrated by: Victor Bevine

Length: 21 hrs and 45 mins

Publisher's summary

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.

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)

An Incredible Piece

Undeniably and great sci-fi with broad span and an engaging storyline, well performed. I would recommend this to anyone, especially lovers of Dune or the Three Body Problem.

Great story, soulless recording

The story is great. I read the first 26 chapters on my kindle. Then I listened. The story is great—engaging, vivid, entertaining. The narration—as if it’s being read by a 2005 Tom-Tom GPS, pilfered from the windscreen of a Ford Taurus. The dramatic pauses are too brief, all dialog sounds indifferent or flat, and it’s so “off” it distracts from the story. It totally misses the natural rhythm of the prose. 100+ audio books in my library, and this is the worst recording I’ve heard. The book is great! Whoever approved this recording totally blew it. If you enjoyed the first book, skip this recording and read it the hard way.

Loved it

Really loved how it all tied together from the first book. Dan Simmons is a great writer

Very good sequel

Very good sequel to Hyperion. gripping, good character development and transporting to another world. thanks

Loved this follow up to Hyperion

Looking forward to the rest of the series to see how the story plays out.

One of the top 5 series in 50 years of reading SciFi

3rd time reading. Always amazing. This series will surprise you. Vivid, world to world chase. Man vs machine vs….something incredible

a pretty good follow-up

The first Hyperion book was a love affair. I really enjoyed the story, the narrative technique the voices in the audiobook. it was all very good. this one does a pretty good job of wrapping up that story, although it doesn't have the same collection of voice actors and that is sad. it also lacks the interesting narrative technique of the first one. but still it's a worthy read. I do recommend that if you enjoy this book, probably stop here. I went on to Endymion which is okay, but leads to rise of Endymion, which I'm about 2/3 of the way through and it is really boring

This will spoil you for anything less

I don't write separate reviews for books in a series. Especially here, where Hyperion has been called the prologue to the Fall of Hyperion (FoH), it's been intimated that the former cannot stand on its own and I agree. Some have compared and contrasted the two connoting that there is perhaps a lack of cohesion and that they are very dissimilar. To that end, I disagree. The "prologue" smoothly transitions into the main body of the work and feels completely natural. Taken together, the two seem very much a part of a cohesive whole.

I was skeptical that the stellar cast of narrators of Hyperion could be equaled by a single actor, albeit Victor Bevine in FoH. Mr. Bevine was phenomenal and I never, at any point in the listening, felt like the work was diminished.

It is good that I have listened to this author later in life. Having been brought up reading the classics of all genre of literature, it is often difficult to appreciate lesser works after having experienced the masters. Dan Simmons is a master when compared to authors of any genre. I have heard Simmons compared to Dickens. Truly in his development of characters, the comparison seems a fair one. It would be hard to compare the plot of this work to that of any other.

Often fraught with and characterized by fantastic imagery and incongruous juxtapositions, the work is almost too much to be believed. But somehow Simmons makes it all believable for some time in the future. Unlike some classic, older SciFi which seemed futuristic when it was written but then later became seemingly dated, this piece is fresh, modern or hopefully even timeless. There's religion, technology, philosophy, excitement, a great deal of love and caring among seven pilgrim strangers and funny, now that I think about it, only one real villain in a world that is more vast than I can even imagine. This is truly a magnum opus in every sense of the word.

thanks for the new narrator

i really found this one good. the first book in the series with multi narrators was not that good and the story was okay, but when you get into this book the story takes over the narrator does a great job and it leaves you s dan simmons fan dont judge until you listen to both books in this series.

Superb story!

This sequel to Hyperion neatly wraps up the adventures of our intrepid pilgrims as they face up to the future unknown being deposited at their feet, willing or not. Simmons keeps the listener glued to the book as the story unfolds and all the threads come together in a brilliant climax.

Definitely one of my best in a long history of science fiction reading. Characters with enormous development, technology and time shifts to spin the mind and a brilliant story to bind it all make this a "cannot press pause or stop" book.

Hyperion leaves you on the edge, thirsting for more. The Fall of Hyperion drowns you in the scale and breadth of the sequel.

A brilliant book with brilliant narration make this a modern day classic equal of the best in any genre.