A perceptive subset of those readers-perhaps the majority-know that this so-called epic actually consists of two long and mutually dependent tales, the two Hyperion stories combined and the two Endymion stories combined, broken into four books because of the realities of publishing. Some readers may know that I've written four novels set in the "Hyperion Universe"- Hyperion, The Fall of Hyperion, Endymion, and The Rise of Endymion. In his introduction to "Orphans of the Helix", Simmons elaborates: The original Hyperion Cantos has been described as a novel published in two volumes, published separately at first for reasons of length. "Orphans" is currently the final work in the Cantos, both chronologically and internally. After the quartet was published came the short story " Orphans of the Helix". It then inspired his short story "Remembering Siri", which eventually became the nucleus around which Hyperion and The Fall of Hyperion formed. The Hyperion universe originated when Simmons was an elementary school teacher, as an extended tale he told at intervals to his young students this is recorded in " The Death of the Centaur", and its introduction.
" Remembering Siri" (1983, included almost verbatim in Hyperion).The series also includes three short stories:
This final novel in the series finishes the story begun in Endymion, expanding on the themes in Endymion, as Raul and Aenea battle the Church and meet their respective destinies.
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