I guess what I'm asking is, is there solace in finishing the series? De Soya is a Pax Fleet officer and Catholic priest who had attempted to capture Aenea in the novel, Father Lenar Hoyt. The novel's critical reception was moderately positive. There is always Orphans of the Helix, which is staged centuries after what happened in Rise of Endymion, however it clears up some stuff which i will nog get into right here. It’s mostly because what I was going through in life at the time though. As seems to be the case with most sci-fi novelists, after an original masterpiece, the writer falls into the trap of trying to do philosophy in his later books. The last book was my favorite my first time through. Instead, our system considers things like how recent a review is and if the reviewer bought the item on Amazon. Fantasy too. It also analyses reviews to verify trustworthiness. Press J to jump to the feed. Then you can start reading Kindle books on your smartphone, tablet, or computer - no Kindle device required. While there are some issues with some minor retconning of previous details, RoE answers a lot of questions and provides a really satisfying conclusion to the whole saga. To calculate the overall star rating and percentage breakdown by star, we don’t use a simple average. Two scenes in TRoE gave me especially emotional responses. Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 18 July 2019. Never before has a description of scenery hit me so hard, I had chills the entire time reading that part. So it was Raul that fathered the child. When she is sixteen, Aenea tells Raul to leave Earth and retrieve the Consul's ship. Move forward, you will find other books and other interesting things. On God's Grove, three cyborgs retrieve Radamanth Nemes. Weren't the labyrinths ancient, how could the Core have created them in the past before they existed? ( Log Out /  It seemed more like an early version of some ideas that would later become Hyperion from what I saw online? Like its predecessor Endymion, The Rise of Endymion follows Raul Endymion, Aenea, and A. Bettik as they support Aenea in completing her mysterious mission. The final denouement is obvious the minute the intrigue is introduced. Amazing books but... points at username. Are the short stories worth reading? I've always interpreted this to be something the LTB's did as part of their "meddling", in order to get rid of the TechnoCore's destructive exploitation of the VWB. Edit: was it also ever explained what the labyrinths were and who created them? Fuck tell me about it, I had just celebrated two years with my gf when I finished that book. Book 4 - Rise of Endymion - is the culmination of this series, and is done so masterfully that one could be forgiven if they were to mistake this as a recounting if historical events from the perspective of the author. Kenzo Isozaki is the CEO of the Pax Mercantilus, a Church-recognized super-corporation, and considered to be almost as powerful as Cardinal Lourdusamy. Previously a nomadic shepherd on Hyperion, he was enlisted into Aenea's service by Martin Silenus. That is less clear -- perhaps the selection of the planet to eventually host the Time Tombs could have been on one of the other worlds, and the UI was covering its bets. and over 8 million other books are available for, © 1996-2020, Amazon.com, Inc. or its affiliates. So Aenea had a child with Raul Endymion. She is resurrected by the lions and tigers and bears and she is changed further by the experience – she knows what to do in the future (as shown by Dem Loa and Petyr’s actions in Orphans Of The Helix). Also, it doesn’t fit in with Aenea’s visit to Raul in his Schrodinger box at the end of Endymion and her words to him at the end of Rise of Endymion ‘We will always be together for eternity … ‘. For Kassad, I have no clue. New comments cannot be posted and votes cannot be cast. Two scenes in TRoE gave me especially emotional responses. By using our Services or clicking I agree, you agree to our use of cookies. Aenea reveals that many people on the planets she has visited have taken communion from her. Loved the first two books enjoyed the third but this I ended up 'speed' reading and skipping huge chunks of the writing which was clumsy and forced. At the moment of her death, Aenea's thoughts were broadcast to most of humanity through the Void, creating a widespread rebellion against the Pax and the TechnoCore. I realize that it's likely I won't ever love a series as much as the Cantos (Game of Thrones, Dune, and LoTR were up there, but were surpassed). Aenea, Raul, many other humans, and the Shrike escape on a treeship captained by Het Masteen. Noté /5. Skip to main content.com.au. Gash. And finally the writer brings back all his original characters for a final encore, mashing the better narrative of the original two books. I loved the story through and through, both times lol. etc. It's been a while since I read it, so I have some questions. It provides so much depth, explanation, and emotional force. The second is the obvious one: the ending. Aenea also claims that the Shrike does not hold any specific allegiance or motive of its own, but is more of a pawn, designed to act as the Avatar of the TechnoCore Ultimate Intelligence, the Human Ultimate Intelligence, and the Lions and Tigers and Bears at different times and for different purposes. The first was the description of the gas giant sunset. During this time the older Aenea has been attending to other duties – planning the future of the Aenean movement with Peytr ( Peytr’s actions in Helix), the elimination of the remmenants of the PAX and freeing of hostages (like Ces Ambre), and visiting the lions and tigers and bears. She knows that this is going to happen but does not reveal it to Raul because it is not yet time for him to know. ( Log Out /  In order to navigate out of this carousel please use your heading shortcut key to navigate to the next or previous heading. Change ). I did some digging around online and it looks like Dan Simmons will be relesaing a few short stories next year under the title of ‘Shrike Quincunx’. Two years goes by so fast... My only concern is that I have many other things on my TBR that I never know when I’ll actually get the chance to read this series again! Press question mark to learn the rest of the keyboard shortcuts. From the highs to the lows, this book will move you, no mater how unfeeling you are - it certainly taught me that emotions do exist. Did you read The Death of the Centaur, if so is it related to the overall story? So, I've been trying to get myself to read the last book for months now, and I just can't convince myself to do it. When the Church declares a holy war on Aenea's … Also, it doesn’t fit in with Aenea’s visit to Raul in his Schrodinger box at the end of Endymion and her words to him at the end of Rise of Endymion ‘We will always be together for eternity … ‘. Remembering Siri actually came out before Hyperion and is exactly the same as the Consul’s tale. It's nearly impossible to try to rank the four books, I enjoyed them all for different reasons. He's fighting himself in a very literal sense, which is a recurring theme in the Cantos. It was set in the same universe as Endymion and intrigued me enough to get me looking for more. It is known that it will be created at a point in the galaxy's distant future, although by whom, and for what purpose, remains ambiguous. Yeah! Urban announces a new Crusade upon his conception as Pope, and with the development of the new "Archangel"-class starships, sends his fleets out to … 34 comments. But orphans of the helix is worth it, I found it really interesting. [2] Publishers Weekly praised its action sequences, but criticized its overly complex plot and Aenea's unclear explanation of her purpose. About a day before young Aenea returns to fulfill her destiny, the older Aenea appears with the Shrike and greets the young Aenea, Raul, and the baby Peytr (Aenea and Raul’s son described in Helix). ( Log Out /  Prime members enjoy fast & free shipping, unlimited streaming of movies and TV shows with Prime Video and many more exclusive benefits. Raul is still imprisoned and writing his memoirs of his time with Aenea. a moronic, misogynistic, controlling joke of a man who is so badly written he has inexplicably extensive and diverse sets of knowledge, crassly explains the author's literary 'techniques' (such as switching tense to the present tense), and uses certain phrases designed to sound profound and poignant, but that are used on repeat to such an extent (as does the author in his own voice) as to try the patience of a saint (eg: 'this day' used instead of 'today' or 'now'; 'infinitely' used again and again and again; 'glowered' used again and again and again).