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1. Hugo awards

(Guide)

... Upon the Deep (tie) Vernor Vinge 1992 Barrayar Lois McMaster Bujold 1991 The Vor Game Lois McMaster Bujold 1990 Hyperion Dan Simmons 1989 Cyteen C. J. Cherryh 1988 The Uplift War David Brin 1987 ...

Created on 27 December 2011

2. Tarsem Singh's Immortals: a triumph of vision and spectacle

(Fantasy films)

... forging a magnificent warrior. King Hyperion of Crete (Mickey Rourke) leads his army on a bloody rampage across Greece in search of the Bow of Epirus, an invincible weapon of legend created ...

Created on 13 November 2011

3. New trailer for Tarsem Singh's Immortals

(Fantasy films)

...  The story is loosely based on the legend of Theseus (Henry Cavill), demi-god son of Poseidon, and founder of Athens. The King of Crete, Hyperion (Mickey Rourke), has declared war on humanity ...

Created on 17 August 2011

4. Flashback, by Dan Simmons: "scarily possible" future or Right wing propaganda?

(Science fiction books)

... Hyperion and The Fall of Hyperion are comparable to Frank Herbert's Dune in my estimation; Song of Kali, Phases of Gravity, Ilium, The Terror, Drood, Black Hills to name but a few are outstanding works ...

Created on 02 August 2011

5. Awesome trailer for Tarsem Singh's Immortals

(Fantasy films)

... Theseus (Henry Cavill), demi-god son of Poseidon, and founder of Athens. The King of Crete, Hyperion (Mickey Rourke), has declared war on humanity and leads his ruthless ...

Created on 29 June 2011

6. HBO wins the Game of Thrones and takes on American Gods

(Fantasy TV)

... admirably, those changes can be interesting rather than detrimental given the latitude of a TV series, talented writers and a respectable budget. This is how Frank Herbert’s Dune and Dan Simmons’ Hyperion ...

Created on 15 June 2011

7. Bradley Cooper to write the script for Dan Simmons' Hyperion?

(Science fiction films)

... Earlier we announced that the adaptation of William Gibson’s Neuromancer has entered pre-production, and now we learn that there's a spark of life in the adaptation of Dan Simmons’ superlative Hyperion ...

Created on 29 May 2011

8. Neil Gaiman's American Gods heads for the big screen

(Fantasy films)

... hell (Hyperion, Neuromancer, Elric to name but a few), colour me very excited by this news: American Gods truly is a masterpiece of modern fantasy and given the right director an adaptation for the big ...

Created on 28 March 2011

9. Ray Bradbury's The Martian Chronicles to be filmed

(Science fiction films)

... Dick's parallel universe where the the Nazi's occupy the US? Or what about Dan Simmons' Hyperion books? Space opera at its best.  There was talk of a Hyperion movie ages ago, but nothing came of it. ...

Created on 27 June 2010

10. What the Dickens! Del Toro to adapt Dan Simmons' Drood for the screen

(Fantasy films)

... get much better than a marriage between genre fiction's most versatile and accomplished author (Simmons has awards in Fantasy, SF and Horror for Hyperion, Fall of Hyperion, Carrion Comfort, Song of Kali ...

Created on 24 November 2009

11. Scott Derrickson to direct Dan Simmons' Hyperion movie

(Science fiction films)

One of the most exciting announcements we made last year was the purchase by Warner Bros. of the rights to Dan Simmons’ Hyperion Cantos. The first two novels in the sequence, the Hugo Award winning Hyperion ...

Created on 02 February 2009

12. China Miéville's Details to be filmed by Pascal Laugier

(Fantasy films)

... forces that inhabit the random patterns of everyday objects (whatever that means). Sadly, we've announced too many exciting adaptations (Hyperion, Neuromancer, Elric...) - all of which have subsequently ...

Created on 26 November 2008

13. Simmons’ Hyperion Cantos and Moorcock’s Elric head for the big screen

(Science fiction films)

... multi award winning Hyperion Cantos and Michael Moorcock’s Elric to the big screen. If you’re familiar with either of these icons of science fiction (Hyperion) and fantasy (Elric), you’ll probably understand ...

Created on 27 May 2008

14. Are you getting superhero fatigue? What if Brad Pitt was Thor?

(Fantasy films)

... but come on, there’s so much more interesting and original material out there to bring to the big screen! (Did someone mention Dan Simmon’s Hyperion Cantos, Michael Moorcock’s Elric, Terry Brook’s Shannara?) ...

Created on 20 May 2008

15. Hugo and Nebula awards

(Science fiction books)

... Bujold 1991 Stations of the Tide, Michael Swanwick The Vor Game, Lois McMaster Bujold 1990 Tehanu: The Last Book of Earthsea, Ursula K. Le Guin Hyperion, ...

Created on 26 September 2007