Hyperion

New York: Doubleday, (1989). First edition, 1st printing. 8vo. 482 pp. Original quarter navy cloth over lavender paper-covered boards, stamped in gold, in original unclipped ($18.95) dust-jacket. Light edge wear, a few nicks, some handling wrinkling to jacket. Bottom front edge of jacket with production gloss edge faintly miss-cut. Protected in archival mylar. Book is tight, square and firm. Light wear to edges, panels and corners. A few nicks and bumps. Faint crease indentation to front panel. Page edges with light vintage toning, a few light smudges. Light curling to spine foot. Interior is clean and unmarked.

Dust Jacket: Near Fine

Hardcover: Near Fine

“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. The novel won the 1990 Locus Award for Best Science Fiction Novel. It was nominated for the 1991 BSFA Award for Best Novel. With its sequel The Fall of Hyperion, it was nominated for the 1992 Arthur C. Clarke Award.”