Dan Simmons
Author of The Rise of Endymion

We had a chat with him on Thursday, August 14, 1997. You can read a transcript here.

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The Rise of Endymion
by Dan Simmons
(Bantam, 1997, $23.95)

Dan Simmons, a full time public school teacher until 1987, is one of the few writers who consistently work across genres, producing award-winning novels and stories in science fiction, fantasy, horror, and mainstream. His first novel, Song of Kali, won the World Fantasy Award, and his first science fiction novel, Hyperion, won the Hugo Award. His short fiction has been collected in Prayers to Broken Stones and Lovedeath.