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The book that reinvented Space Opera.

About the Author

Dan Simmons won the World Fantasy Award for his first novel, SONG OF KALI, inspired by his travels in India. In the 1990s he rewrote the SF rulebook with his Hyperion Cantos quartet. He has also written thrillers. Alongside his writing he maintains a career as a college lecturer in English Literature in the USA.

Reviews

Truly astonishing
*Iain M Banks*

Unfailingly inventive...bears comparison with FOUNDATION and DUNE
*NEW YORK TIMES*