Hyperion (edit title)

Timothy Gray approved Pequeño saltamontes’s request to combine 15 books, including Hyperion, Wednesday, November 25 2009.

Pequeño saltamontes edited the awards of Hyperion Tuesday, November 24 2009.

• Edited an award: Hugo AwardHugo
• Edited category of an award: Hugo AwardHugo best scienceBest sciencie fiction or fantasy works and achievements of the previous yearnovel
• Edited an award: Locus AwardLocus

Pequeño saltamontes submitted a request to combine 15 books, including Hyperion, Tuesday, November 24 2009.

Vidreven edited the glossary of Hyperion Tuesday, October 13 2009.

• Added the definition of Hawking drive: Hawking drive enables faster than ligh travel. It was named after Stephen Hawking.
• Added the definition of Farcaster: A farcaster is an instantaneous transportation device. Farcasters allow two points separated by a vast distance to be brought together at a Farcaster Portal.
• Added the definition of EMV: Presumably standing for Electro-Magnetic Vehicles, EMVs are variable-sized transports which use a planets magnetic field to fly above the surface.
• Added the definition of Autosurgeon: The Autosurgeon is a (non-sentient) AI assisted system capable of diagnosing and treating illness and injury.
• Added the definition of Treeship: Living trees that are propelled by ergs (spider-like solid-state alien being that emits force fields) through space.

Vidreven edited the books like this book of Hyperion Thursday, October 8 2009.

• Added The Fall of Hyperion

Vidreven edited the awards of Hyperion Thursday, October 8 2009.

• Added an award: Hugo Award
• Added category of an award: Hugo Award best science fiction or fantasy works and achievements of the previous year
• Added year of an award: Hugo Award 1990
• Added an award: Locus Award
• Added category of an award: Locus Award reader's poll for best works of fantasy or science fiction
• Added year of an award: Locus Award 1990

Vidreven edited the characters of Hyperion Thursday, October 8 2009.

• Changed the section title: Cast of Characters/Important People
• Added the description of The Consul: The Consul is the former planetary governor of Hyperion.
• marked the description of The Consul as not a spoiler
• Added the description of Lenar Hoyt: Lenar Hoyt is a Roman Catholic priest in his early 30's, in a universe where Catholicism has shrunk to a shadow of its former self, claiming only a few thousand followers.
• marked the description of Lenar Hoyt as not a spoiler
• Added the description of Fedmahn Kassad: Fedmahn Kassad is a colonel in the Hegemony of Man's FORCE military, of Palestinian descent.
• marked the description of Fedmahn Kassad as not a spoiler
• Added the description of Brawne Lamia: Brawne Lamia is a private detective.
• marked the description of Brawne Lamia as not a spoiler
• Added the description of Het Masteen: Het Masteen is a Templar -- a nature priest of sorts -- who captains the Treeship Yggdrasil that brings the pilgrims to Hyperion.
• marked the description of Het Masteen as not a spoiler
• Added the description of Martin Silenus: Martin Silenus is a foul-mouthed poet. Born on Earth before its destruction, he is incredibly old.
• marked the description of Martin Silenus as not a spoiler
• Added the description of Sol Weintraub: Sol Weintraub is a Jewish scholar. His daughter was afflicted with an illness dubbed the "Merlin Sickness" that caused her to age backwards; she gets younger as time progresses, progressively forgetting a day of her past every night she sleeps.
• Added the spoiler-free description of Sol Weintraub: Sol Weintraub is a Jewish scholar.
• marked the description of Sol Weintraub as a spoiler
• Added the description of Shrike: The Shrike is the monster and anti-hero of the novel.
• marked the description of Shrike as not a spoiler

Ahmad F edited the series of Hyperion Thursday, August 13 2009.

• Added this book in the series: The Hyperion Cantos book 1 (Primary series)

Shelfari edited the description of Hyperion Saturday, August 1 2009.

• The winner of a 1990 Hugo Award follows seven pilgrims on a voyage to the world of Hyperion--dominated by the all-powerful creature, the Shrike--where they hope to learn the secret that will save humanity. Reissue.

Shelfari edited the contributors of Hyperion Wednesday, July 22 2009.

• Added a contributor: Dan Simmons: (Primary Author)