Hyperion Explained In FIVE Minutes (No Major Spoilers)
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- Опубликовано: 26 июл 2021
- The Hyperion Cantos is a Science Fiction Series by Dan Simmons that consists of 4 books. Hyperion, The Fall of Hyperion, Endymion, and the Rise of Endymion. The First book of the series opens up in the 29th century and follows seven humans as they make the journey to the outback world of Hyperion in order to partake in the Shrike Pilgrimage. The Technocore, the amalgamation of all sentient AI, has dubious motivations throughout much of the books. The Hegemony of Man maintains a seeming alliance with the core, and the core has also gifted several groundbreaking technologies to humanity. The Technocore advises the Hegemony through avatars of its own creation, using Cybrids, beings that are grown from human DNA, but whose true being exists inside of the Technocore itself. Technocore also manages the All-Thing in real-time. In this time humans of the Hegemony were all linked through the “All Thing” Through the All Thing they could vote on legislation, communicate with each other with ease, and instantaneously access whatever information they needed.
But this was only possible on worlds connected by Fatline technology. The world of Hyperion was one of the hundreds of inhabited worlds of the galactic Hegemony which was not connected by Farcaster, or Fatline technology. Because of this Journeys to the world of Hyperion had to be made by way of conventional space travel. At the start of Hyperion 7 pilgrims have been chosen by the Shrike Church, also known as the Church of the Final Atonement to Partake in the Shrike Pilgrimage. The Shrike is a legendary being that appeared on Hyperion at the same time as the mysterious objects known as the time tombs who were believed to have been sent backward in time from some distant future point.
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Just a heads-up! The Pictures for the Consul and Kassad that appear at 3:23 and 3:48 are reversed. Sorry about that.
Wow I just noticed this is my boy ser quinn. I had no idea and just randomly downloaded this on RUclips red, glad I did and what's up brother long time no hear
Also, shouldn't the Consul tricorne be golden?, just asking.
Also Merin is The Consul's grandfather. The Consul is never named.
Hi Quinn! I just wanna say thank you for existing. Hope you live to be 100!
You beat me to my comment. Thank you from saving me from being “that guy”!
I read this series while me and my wife were on the verge of divorce. I drove her two hours to one of her graduate courses and finished the last book while she was taking a test. I hadn't expected this series to be so powerful and when I finished the last page, I broke down. Each and every single book had a substantial impact on me, and the grief I felt having finished the series (there was a lot) helped give me the strength to work on my marriage. A few years down the road, and we're about to welcome our first baby -- I still think about this series.
That’s strange a space opera type of book would bring about deep feeling like that. How did it save your marriage ?
I love that a marriage was strengthened through science fiction! ❤️
Lol
Badass
@@magnegrofromx-people4325 [SPOILER] I'm an addict. It's caused a lot of strain. When Aenea and Rual got married and went on their last journey together knowing they only had a finite amount of time, that really stuck with me. I cleaned up my act, got sober (though I still struggle) and went to groups to focus on my marriage.
Robot porcupine from the future frightens Symbiote catholics and quantum hippies.
Now that's a concise overview. It's missing some subtle plot points but...bwahahaha! Do Foundation!
@@doandroidsdream1748 He is half robot, half porcupine and half spoilers
It's part chicken, a particularly brutal breed of bukka pullet that pecks people relentlessly. This is what influenced the impalement tree simulator
If you only know what Shrike really is.
And smartphone !
First “Dune,” then Lovecraft, and now this?! I can only read so much, Quinn!
Google algorithm: Did I hear you want an Audible account?
Don't forget about Foundation!
@@Ki_Adi_Mundi seriously considering an apple TV account for September when that series is released.
Hyperion is easier to read than Dune so you might want to begin with this one.
Hyperion is freaking awesome. Check out the culture novels by Iain Banks too, very entertaining and fun universe to explore.
My husband was reading this series when his health degenerated in late 2019 and he was diagnosed with Pancreatic Cancer. He died less than 2 months later.
I still have the second book with his book mark next to the last page he read... It was the last page of literature he would ever read. He was in the last months of his wonderful life when was he reading the series!! One of the first things that attracted us to one another was our mutual love of the genre.
He said I should read them, I would enjoy them.
Have you begun them?
I'm so sorry for your loss, hon. :(
My condolences. I hope he was right, and that you do enjoy them
Sad story. I'm sorry for your loss.
R.I.P.
Such a fabulous book series. I've never met someone in real life who has read these also.
Yeah, same. You can also try your best to get your friends to read the series, but it's usually a wasted effort. At least for me haha.
Ive met one but he was a jerk
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:-(
Kind of rings the bell here. Well, at least it was a useful experience for life, . . . . hopefully.
I’m on my second reading! I love this series!
@@jaellenwarren1895 It took me 3 readings to finally understand a lot of it.
Im proud to have my art part of your amazing videos, thankyou as always!! You helped me experience these stories so much more richly which helps me make my work!
your art is amazing!!
The story of Father Paul in the first book still hits hard after so many reads. Absolutely beautiful
What I love is how each of the pilgrims' stories is in a distinct style. The first one feels like "A Canticle for Leibowitz." The next feels like WH40K (or maybe Heinlein). Another is clearly a hard-boiled reminiscent of Gibson's "Neuromancer." I think the Consul's story was probably the least interesting, but it wasn't bad. The others are filled with some of the best reveals I've ever seen in sci-fi. Very compelling.
I loved the Consuls story and I think it may resonate with pessimistic people. I mean His whole story not just the first book. I like that he is just a lonely sad man who lost everything and hates himself for becoming kind of evil to get his mission done. I like it and him as a character. I also loved Meina Gladstone as a character.
This series was one of the more difficult ones I've ever read. NOT light reading, and very impactful. I finished the last book in the wee hours one night - and there I was, wide awake, having been through an EXPERIENCE, and since there was no one else I knew that was reading them, I had no one to discuss the experience WITH.
@@KevinJDildonik Yo pretention boy, that's not even what he was saying homie.
@@KevinJDildonik Ah yes, and here we have our token literary elitist
I feel your pain. So much to discuss but no one able or willing.
Quinn, you should do audio books. I LOVE how you narrate you videos. I also have to say that you're among the relatively few on youtube who still makes quality content that's scripted, and not just rambling cut-outs from a stream. Thank you for doing this!
I’ve made it about halfway thru the first book, and never connected the seven pilgrims and their stories to Chaucer! Thank you for that observation👍🏼
it is mentioned in the first book
Besides, each story is written in the style of a different SF period or subgenre.
I consider this entire series, in quality, as to Dune, the Foundation Series, The Wheel of Time etc.. I remember the smell of the indoor pool at the hotel that I was staying at while I was reading this book in my 20s. That’s how it into where I was. It was almost like a spiritual experience, going along with these pilgrims on this journey. It was magical, and I hope everybody gets a chance to experience it.
I've read the masters and there's nobody better than Simmons in these four books. He starts with some close-ups and then keeps pulling back to let you see more and more context until the story is really epic. His use of Chaucer's Canterbury Tales in the first half is brilliant. You won't realize until much later that he's really addressing some important questions about artificial intelligence. Rewards rereading.
This is one of my favorite sci fi series. Saw one of your vids on Hyperion a little while ago and it made me want to re read the series again. It just keeps getting better. Thank you for bringing attention to this series man. Great vids.
Keep that hyperion content coming, i just finished the first book!
So I am 36. I have had two strokes. 1 took the ability to word... The Poet's story... Speaks to me on such a deep level.
I'm sorry to hear that. You're very young to be having such issues. I also had heart problems, and i resolved many of mine using natural diet therapy. For instance, most of my issues came about due to a potassium deficiency that i didn't know that i had. Taking the necessary amount of potassium every day, which is a substantial amount, reversed most of the damage caused by my high blood pressure.
Drinking wheatgrass juice, kale and habanero peppers has slowly been fixing everything else that was wrong with me.
You're only a few years older than myself, I wish you all the best from here on out. Thankful that words and stories are still available for you
Mate, that is rough. You can still word good enough to get your point across though, although I guess it's probably harder when you don't have time to type it out. Good luck mate. Thanks for sharing your situation, I often forget how much I have to be grateful for.
@@trackerbuckmann1627 mine is structural. I was basically born without a inner heart wall.
In Scouting I hiked the biggest mountian in Philmont(sp?), I did a 105 mile trek in boundary waters.
All that was done while I had an undiagnosed 16 mm hole in the top of my heart. That I didn't learn about until my 30s.
@@pstrap1311 We all forget what me have. Even myself.
The stroke that took a portion of my eye sight. It was was a coin flip on what portion of eyesight I lost.
It hit the top left portion of my eyesight. Which is almost perfect. I can read my phone. I can see where I am walking.
I say almost perfect because I am left eye/left hand dominate. I make it work.
My neuropathy is manageable. It only surfaces with stimulus. Which some people like me it is just ever present and excruciating. I could not imagine what those people go through.
I saw your episode on the Shrike and ended up reading this series. Although it isn't perfect, it is an absolutely incredible journey. Absolutely beautiful and devastating at the same time. One of the best reads out there.
I've just found your channel through one of your Dune videos and saw you have a whole series on the Cantos and now I've been taken back to my teenage years when I first read it. So glad to see people who appreciate great science fiction!
God how I wish someone like Denis Villeneuve would adapt this book series into film.. The source material is so rich and multifaceted, with so many interesting, horrific, stunningly beautiful aspects to work with. Practically _begs_ for an adaptation.
Bradley Cooper has the rights and after a long wait will be making this as movies instead of a tv show.
@@mcblaze1968 Can't wait! :) Would still have preferred Villeneuve; his attention to detail is impeccable, but beggars can't be choosers. Damn, I hope Cooper & co can pull it off..
It would be perfect for Villenueve
Villenueve will apparently direct Rendezvous With Rama
@@lilnav7602 Interesting!
I started listening to this book per you recommendation and it's amazing. I didn't know about it before I heard you talking about it a year or so ago. Thank you for the great recommendation and honest review. 😊
The thumbnail picture has got to be the most frightening interpretation of the shrike I've ever seen.
You convinced me to read the Hyperion Cantos a year or so ago, and I want to thank you for it. This is now one of my favourite sci fi series, although I've got to admit the first two books were better than the second half.
So this is book is about a bunch of dudes who gets asked "do you want to take at rip to this remote planet and be tortured for all eternity by a horrific monster?" and they all accept?!
Thanks for introducing me to Hyperion! You’re videos got me interested in it, and now I’m halfway through Fall of Hyperion and loving it.
Simmons wrote a Cantos novella about the Amoiete Spectrum Helix people, Orphans of the Helix.
I picked up the series based on your recommendation here, and after putting them off for a few months I’m finally reading them. I’m halfway through the first book and figured I’d revisit this video. Definitely loving it so far. Thanks Quinn!
Another brilliant review Quinn. You’ve sold me on this series ❤️
I just finished the audiobook a couple weeks ago then came upon these videos. I highly recommend the audiobook, the voice cast is top-notch and lends well to the format of the story.
This is a great idea 👌🏻. I’ve been interested in this series for a while but wasn’t fully sure to get into it (I heard mixed things like the 1st one is brilliant but the next books aren’t as good??) but now I’m certainly keen.
This video got you my sub. Just discovered your channel this morning. I really like these synopses you do about various sci fi works and concepts from those works: informative enough to convey what they need to convey, but concise enough that they won't scare away people who maybe just want to get their feet wet.
I JUST started Hyperion. Honestly, I have you to thank for my starting this journey. If you hadn't brought it up in previous videos, I might never have sought it out. I'm excited to delve into this book. Thank you.
Excellent recap. So nice to be reminded of the characters and the story line. Spent countless hours listening to the audio book. Excellent production and great voice actors.
ty for making a clip over hyperion from dan simmons. it is one of my favorite and most impressing sci fi books i read.
These videos mean a lot to me Quinn, thank you.
Thank you. You've often compared this series to Foundation and Dune, but I haven't read these books, so this was helpful.
Love your channel. This video cost me many hours as I now have to re-read them all
This video got me into the series and I absolutely love it. Thank you Quinn!!
Great post!! This stunning series of books - the best
I read a lot of sci-fi as a young kid (lots of Clarke), and when I got out of high school I tried sci-fi again. The first book was Hyperion, and it spoiled me for science fiction for years.
I know how you feel. I read Hyperion and discovered Ian M Banks the same year. I have been spoiled now going on the second decade.
Incredible novels.
I will be re-reading them soon as its been a few years.
I wasn't a fan of SI-FI fiction...I read Simmons " The Terror " and was so blown away I bought all his novels.
The Hyperion series is truly mind blowing and clearly will get better with multiple readings.
Dive in :)
Love this book. Hope things are going well with the channel.
GREAT video. I like having some sort of understanding when starting a new book and this was perfect. Thanks!
Thank you for the recap!
Thanks for the video. Love your work!
I was a Over the Road Trucker when I listened to these books. Very enjoyable to listen as I drove. I visit them every few years now that I'm retired. Very good story telling.
This was great work.
Just got the Hyperion Cantos and the new Dune boxset. Thanks for bringing in content to get us interested in these great series!
Keep it up God emperor or i mean quins ideas i can't keep up these days
i love your channel man , anytime it seems like i wanna get into a book, looking for a first print right now , you have the great taste, found you through your dune stuff , and now this lol , awesome stuff .
Great video but a quick correction! Merin is not the Consul, the Consul is Merin's grandson.
Also worth pointing out that the Consul is the one wearing the fancy hat. The video got the soldier and the diplomat mixed up in their introduction. Fedmahn Kassad is the one wearing armor. (But I'm still liking the video.)
@@davefig yep good call, the Consul frequently wears a tricorne when wearing his best and the video gets his and Kassad's outfits mixed. Still a great video though! I also am not a fan of Brawne's artwork and her depiction of carrying a revolver. She carries an automatic pistol which I never imagined as a revolver. But I could be wrong :shrug:
This book is one of my favourite sf books. Love your videos, you are very entertaining.
Very good overview. I had started book 1 awhile ago. Now I can resume reading without the need to start over so much.
Sold. This has been in my wish list for a while now.
This is one of the rare series that I've read twice. I'd love to see a well done adaptation, even an animated one.
Great video, thank you Quinn.
I started reading these books because of your suggestion and loved them thank you. Please make more videos on this because some things in the cantos are kinda confusing tho
I've been dying to read the rest of the series (Hyperion's one of my favorites), so I am glad this video didn't spoil anything!
This is awesome that I stumbled upon this by chance I red the Hyperion Contos and its definitely my favorite series I never met anyone else who knew about. My copies were real worn out and old I figured it was just an oldschool scifi.
Ah man, I live for Hyperion content. I mean, try describing the plot of any of these books to a stranger, and the more into detail you go, the more insane it is.
They’re my favorite books of all time. While reading, I remember being in constant disbelief that a person actually came up with all this stuff, and not only that, but told it all in such beautiful stories. I read the final 100 pages of the final book through tears.
I Was a❤a
I love your videos. Thank you Quinn.
Started listening to the audiobook of this based on your videos
It took me a while to get invested, but once I finally finished father Hoyt's story, I was hooked until the last book, incredible series. I love how the Pax would use the resurrection later on. Only two things bothered me, and that was Endymion and Aenea's time on that world with the Dalai Lama-like character, and Endymion constantly shagging Aenea while still calling her kiddo lol.
A-Betik and Martin were my fav characters throughout, who were yours?
Great summation. Loved this series so much we named our band after it!
(The Shrike)
Sound fascinating, thanks Quinn.
Digging your videos man!
Your channel is addictive.
Please do more on the Hyperion Cantos
i read the hyperion series because of you quinn. i loved them both and id like to personally say thank you.
Hello Quinn. I really enjoy your insight and commentary on this and Dune. Keep up the good work. Have you by chance read the other Dan Simmons books? Illium and Olympos - his take on the Iliad and the Odyssey? Or The Terror and Drood (which by virtue of Dickens writing a play about the Franklin Expedition ties the two together)? I really enjoy how he interweaves literary aspects within his books - in Illium and Olympos it is a discussion around Shakespeare and another classical writer (sorry, cannot recall the name).
Great summary! I think you have The Captain and the Consul backwards when you focus on the illustrations of them however
My favorite series of sci-fi books. Dan is one of the best sci-fi writers of all time
Yikes the Shrike!
Just finished the first Hyperion book, mainly bc of this channel. Thanks! Great read, the format added variety and each story managed to flesh out different parts of the society.
I think the Consul was Merin's grandson, not Merin himself.
Gracias amigo,
hugs from Toledo, Spain
Welp. Looks like another series for me to read. Thank you, Sir!
I love your videos, I was wondering if you could do streamlined versions for your ASoIaF podcasts, condensed for just info
At 3:24 you have the images of the Colonel and the Consul swapped. Otherwise great video and very accurate. Love your work man.
Can you do a video reviewing the Downstreamers the super godlike transcendent humans from "Manifold" by Stephen Baxter?
As well as Xeelee Sequence and the Culture series?
I love that Rise of Endymion cover art at 00:27!
When describing the pilgrims you flipped the images of The Consul and Kassad. :)
Great content though! More hyperion please
I was just going to comment that! Good eye.
Nice video but did you mistake the two pics shown for the Consul and Kassad? Seems the two were switched. Great video nonetheless.
My favorite quote from Simmons, and honestly one of my favorite quotes of all time is the following:
"To lose all this forever is the essence of being human," - Chapter 10, The Rise of Endymion
Thanks Quinn for the introduction
3:55 Cool! Never thought of that before.
Dune is great, but Hyperion remains my all time favorite. It’s the only science fiction that has made me cry. They’d never do it right, but a Hyperion movie would be beyond epic.
What is the introduction theme tune? I love it so much and it sounds so familiar but I'm not entirely sure what it is...
Hyperion explained in 5 minutes, I would have thought this impossible but you've done it. Hopefully that will get more interest in the books so we can see a TV show!
I'm a huge SF fan and have an entire room as a library of SF and fantasy.
Hyperion is one of the very few books that I gave up on and never finished.
I love science fiction too, and Hyperion didn't do it for me.
Quinn I'm from Mexico and I'm big fan of your channel, I found it back a couple of years ago and I really love your content and I'm really glad to see that you like Hyperion as well, have you read Malazan Book of the Fallen from Steven Erikson?
Hyperion is a great story. The first book in the Malazan series, Gardens of the Moon was great too. One of my favorites
this is on my reading list for a contemporary scifi literature course im taking this semester and ive been too intimidated to break into it, but this video should help me get past that. thanks!
Too intimidated to read a book? I don't understand at all. Just open it and read the words.
@@siegfriedpintar doesnt count much for comprehending and studying them. no need to be condescending, some books are simply difficult.
You had me at “living tree ship”
Can’t wait to read it!
Funnily enough, I've only ever read Simmons' horror/historical fiction until now, but these look fantastic.
I remember seeing this in my bookstore and being rather Intrigued I never read it but it always stayed in the back of my mind.
This is exactly what I have wanted for a while a basic synopsis of a famous book. I always meant to read but none of the reviews were helpful. Everybody wanted to put in their opinion and I could never get the basic story.
Your appreciation for the genre and the internal integrity of the story plot character philosophy is sincere and it shows. I have been reading Dune since 85 and you are the only non Frank Herbert that I bother with.
Thank you for the effort
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Ok Quinn, youve convinced me... I gotta order these books now!
As a fan I'll say: this is a much better use of your voice and energy than making videos about the dune film or wb being generally horrible. I support your struggle against those Corp bastards all day and will boycott any content they have made claims on in solidarity, just let us audience members know when it occurs. Thanks so much for all the amazing lore videos and all your hard work.
Hi Quinn I've been watching a lot of your videos about Dune, Foundation and now Hyperion. I'm currently on Rise of Endymion about 1/3 through, can you do a short video about who or what exactly is the Nemis character or the clone siblings. im not afraid of spoilers if it matters.
Eine wirklich tolle Romansammlung die unbedingt gelesen werden sollte. Ich lese sie alle paar Jahre einmal durch und entdecke immer wieder neue Ideen und Anspielungen. Auf Deutsch in 2 Büchern zusammengefasst. Die Hyperion Gesänge und Endymion.