The Rise of Endymion

The fourth and final volume, which closes out both halves of the Cantos — Aenea’s purpose, the Church’s hold on the worlds, and what the machine intelligences were ultimately after. It won the Locus Award for best science fiction novel and was a Hugo nominee.

Context: last of the four volumes under a16z’s Hyperion Cantos entry, and the end of the single arc that begins with Hyperion (Simmons novel).

Connections

• a16z Infra Reading List — the list this came from; Fantasy section, Hyperion Cantos entry.
• Dan Simmons — the author.
• Hyperion (Simmons novel) — volume one.
• The Fall of Hyperion — volume two.
• Endymion (Simmons novel) — volume three.
• Science Fiction — the genre.
• a16z — the firm whose infrastructure team curates the list.