Symbolism, Imagery, Allegory
Setting
HyperionHyperion is an important planet. Duh, it's title of the book! Plus, it sounds like a wonderful place, with cities like Port Romance and The Poet's City. Great vacation spots, can't wait to...
Narrator Point of View
Hyperion starts in third-person. However, much like the plot itself, the P.O.V.s shift back and forth more than (insert political candidate here)'s views on (insert sensitive political issue here)....
Genre
What genre isn't covered in Hyperion? (We'll play a few games of table tennis with our android servant while you try to come up with answer.) It's science fiction at its core, but within its tales...
What's Up With the Title?
If the name Hyperion sounds familiar, you must have been paying attention in mythology class, that Romantic poetry lecture, or both. Hyperion was the Titan god of light. You know, the Titans, those...
What's Up With the Ending?
What ending? You mean the one where all the Shrike pilgrims join hands and skip toward the glowing Time Tombs while singing a song from The Wizard of Oz? (No, we're not joking.) That's not an endin...
Tough-o-Meter
Hyperion begins "The Hegemony Consul sat on the balcony of his ebony spaceship and played Rachmaninoff's Prelude in C-sharp Minor on an ancient but well-maintained Steinway while great, green, saur...