Praise for Dan Simmons and Hyperion Dan Simmons has brilliantly conceptualized a future 700 years distant. In sheer scope and complexity it matches, and perhaps even surpasses, those of Isaac Asimov and James Blish. --The Washington Post Book World An unfailingly inventive narrative . . . generously conceived and stylistically sure-handed. --The New York Times Book Review Simmons's own genius transforms space opera into a new kind of poetry. --The Denver Post An essential part of any science fiction collection. --Booklist