Shrike Sign in to edit "Large red eyes turned my way and I found myself hypnotized by the dance of light within the multifaceted prisms there: not merely reflected light but a fierce, blood-bright glow which seemed to burn within the creature's barbed skull and pulse in the terrible gems set where God meant eyes to be." The Hyperion Cantos is a series of science fiction novels by Dan Simmons. The title was originally used for the collection of the first pair of books in the series, Hyperion and The Fall of Hyperion, [1] [2] and later came to refer to the overall storyline, including Endymion, The Rise of Endymion, and a number of short stories.
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The creature known as the Shrike in the Hyperion Cantos is one of the most intriguing characters to come out of modern science fiction. The creature, which was named for carnivorous passerine. The Shrike is the secondary antagonist of the series of Science Fiction novels The Hyperion Cantos by Dan Simmons. It is a mysterious mechanical being of great power, size and cruelty which allegedly serves as the guardian of the planet Hyperion. Nearly as infamous as the Shrike itself, the Tree of Pain, also known as the Final Tree, is a fabled tree of thorns and an integral part of the Shrike legend and folklore as told on Hyperion, being the location of the horrifying thorns upon which the Shrike, like its namesake carnivorous bird, impales its victims (when he chooses not to eviscera. The Shrike didn't kill Nemes. The two fought, then a ship in orbit hit Nemes with a massive energy weapon, which pinned her in place. As the rock under her melted she sank into the ground. Here's a little more detail on the scene (Wikipedia) Share Improve this answer Follow edited Jun 30, 2015 at 20:50 answered Jun 30, 2015 at 20:39 JohnWinkelman
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Just finished reading The Fall of Hyperion, and I have a 2-part question - both tightly connected to the same event and to each other:. One on hand, it seems that the Shrike's ability to teleport in space-time continuum was ineffective against Kassad due to the powers of the skin-suit given to him by Moneta, as hinted by the reference to the time when Kassad, Moneta and the Shrike battled. Hyperion (1989) is Dan Simmons's first novel in his four-part science fiction series, Hyperion Cantos. Set several hundred years in the future, Hyperion follows seven people, who have been selected to make the final pilgrimage to the terrifying Shrike creature on the mysterious Outback world of Hyperion before the Ouster invasion. On the voyage to the planet, the pilgrims tell their stories. The Shrike is a character from Dan Simmons' Hyperion universe, set far in humanity's future. The Shrike appears in all of the Hyperion books and is something of an enigma; its true purpose isn't 'revealed' until the second book, but even then it is left a malleable purpose. In fact, this explanation is changed significantly in the latter two. Hyperion is a 1989 science fiction novel by American author Dan Simmons.The first book of his Hyperion Cantos series, it won the Hugo Award for best novel.. The plot of the novel features multiple time-lines and characters. It follows a similar structure to The Canterbury Tales by Geoffrey Chaucer.The next book in the series was The Fall of Hyperion, published in 1990.
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Hyperion is the first book in the Hyperion Cantos quartet by Dan Simmons. On the world called Hyperion, beyond the reach of galactic law, there waits a creature called the Shrike.. and it's disappointing that it doesn't add many big revelations regarding The Shrike or Hyperion. "Most murders," I said, "are acts of sudden, mindless rage. The Final Shrike Pilgrimage was the last journey authorized by the Hegemony of Man to the Time Tombs on Hyperion, initiated approximately three weeks following the expansion of the anti-entropic fields around the Time Tombs and the increase in the range of the Shrike. [1] Contents 1 Seven Pilgrims 2 The Journey 2.1 Departure 2.2 Descent & Arrival
WELCOME TO HYPERION CANTOS WIKI This wiki is devoted to the award-winning Hyperion series of science fiction novels by author Dan Simmons. The story is centered around the events set into motion by the opening of the Time Tombs on the planet Hyperion. The Shrike is a creature made of razorwire, blades and thorns, associated with the eerie Time Tombs of Hyperion, a planet in the far Outback of the Hegemony of Man. Legend says that seven people may take the pilgrimage to the Time Tombs, and there, they may each make a wish to the creature.
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At some point during the Hegemony, the bizarre structures known as the Time Tombs appeared on the distant world of Hyperion. It was thought that the large ob. How did Fedmahn Kassad beat the Shrike (s) exactly? Hyperion Spoiler. Like even if he had the Shrikes tech and abilities how could he match it's reflexes? Feels like fighting a supercomputer in processes to time hop and teleport. I recall him fighting it gladiatorial style 1 v 1 ( 1 million?) just insane.
