丹·西濛斯（1948~ ）：美國最天纔橫溢的小說傢，寫遍奇幻、科幻、恐怖、推理、驚悚、曆史、主流文學，任何類型，隻要他一齣手，必定叫好又叫座，捧迴無數大奬，是名副其實的“跨界之王”。

奇幻小說《迦梨之歌》獲得奇幻小說的最高奬項世界奇幻文學奬；恐怖小說《腐朽的慰藉》將恐怖小說界最重量級的三大奬項布蘭姆?史托剋奬、英倫奇幻奬和軌跡奬收入囊中；科幻小說《海伯利安》囊括全球所有科幻重要奬項，與《銀河帝國》並稱為科幻文學史上不可逾越的兩座巔峰！

The multiple-award-winning science fiction master returns to the universe that is his greatest triumph--the world of "Hyperion" and "The Fall ofHyperion" --with a novel even more magnificent than its predecessors. Dan Simmons's "Hyperion" was an immediate sensation on its first publication in 1989. This staggering multifaceted tale of the far future heralded the conquest of the science fiction field by a man who had already won the World Fantasy Award for his first novel ("Song of Kali") and had also published one of the most well-received horror novels in the field, "Carrion Comfort." "Hyperion" went on to win the Hugo Award as Best Novel, and it and its companion volume, "The Fall of Hyperion," took their rightful places in the science fiction pantheon of new classics. Now, six years later, Simmons returns to this richly imagined world of technological achievement, excitement, wonder and fear. "Endymion" is a story about love and memory, triumph and terror--an instant candidate for the field's highest honors.