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The Fall of Hyperion

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The Fall of HyperionDan SimmonsThe Hyperion Cantos, book 2

Characters in The Fall of Hyperion

4 characters, main characters first.

Main characters

  • Joseph Severn

    A cybrid of the poet John Keats, rebuilt after his death in Hyperion; he narrates this installment and seeks to understand his own nature as a constructed consciousness.

Antagonists

  • The Shrike

    The lethal guardian of the Time Tombs, now fully in motion.

    Also in Hyperion, Endymion

Supporting characters

  • Meina Gladstone

    CEO of the Hegemony of Man, steering a civilisation through war.

    Also in Hyperion

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