Carl wanted to share with me just how cool a Farcaster Portal network could be. I received Hyperion and The Fall of Hyperion for my birthday. Every morning that she wakes up she is one day younger.

The most heart wrenching of them comes from Sol Weintraub and the story of his daughter Rachel who at the age of 26, as a field archeologist is caught in an entropic wave in the Time Tombs and is diagnosed with a new disease. For example, Braun Lamia is a private investigator and her tale reads like a hard-boil detective novel, albeit it's pure sci-fi.

Simmons talent for telling each pilgrim's story is beyond mere imagination, for he is successful in capturing the dialect and thematic style of each of the travelers. From the start they realize that each has been chosen because of some special knowledge and past experience with Hyperion. And so they reluctantly and painfully agree to tell their stories as they make their interesting journey. Each story is absolutely captivating. Structured much like the Canterbury Tales,we learn the stories of each of the travelers. To complicate matters, the Ousters are on their way to stage a war to take over the planet and the interstellar Hegemony is making plans to both evacuate and protect Hyperion. Typically, those who make this trip do not return. And this time it is believed that the Time Tombs are about to open freeing the Shrike. This flashback-addict becomes the one man who may be able to change the course of an entire nation turning away from the future to live in the past.Seven people are chosen by the Church of Shrike and confirmed by the All Thing for the final pilgrimage to the Time Tombs on the outback world of Hyperion. Nick may be a lost soul but he’s still a good cop, so he is hired to investigate the murder of a top governmental advisor’s son.

After ex-detective Nick Bottom’s wife died in a car accident, he went under the flash to be with her he’s lost his job, his teenage son, and his livelihood as a result. But 87% of the population doesn’t care: they’re addicted to flashback, a drug that allows its users to re-experience the best moments of their lives. The United States is near total collapse. Simmons will read from and sign his new novel Flashback ($27.99 Little, Brown). Historic LoDo: Colorado author Dan Simmons, is the multiple award-winning, bestselling author of The Hyperion Cantos, Ilium and Olympos, The Terror, and many other mystery, science fiction, and historical works.

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