Hyperion Cantos: The Cruciform Parasite and the Bikura
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- Spoilers! Seventy Bikura survived the initial crash landing on the world of Hyperion. Several centuries after this, the 67-year-old Jesuit Priest, Paul Dure would encounter the Bikura after being exiled to the Outcast world of Hyperion. The details of what happened to father Dure on Hyperion are recounted by father Hoyt, during the beginning of the pilgrimage to Hyperion which takes place in the first book in the series. Dure’s fanatic loyalty to his faith had been the reason for his exile; he had attempted to create false evidence for a Pre-human Christian society of the Labyrinthine World of Armaghast. He had falsified archaeological records during his time researching the Labyrinthes of Armaghast. Hyperion was his punishment.
Early on during his time on Hyperion, he had paired with a man named Tuk, who would be his guide to the high country of Hyperion. Eventually, they made it to their destination, The Cleft, where he had intended to set up an ethnological research station. The flame forest near the cleft made it unreachable for most of the Hyperion year, and the region was believed to be uninhabited by most, but father Dure knew of the Bikura and had intended to study them in the context of the retrograde cultural effects of their extreme isolation over adaptation and inbreeding.
But when Dure eventually finds the Bikura they are not what he expected...
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The story of father Duré in the first book alone would make an incredible horror movie. This story terrified me.
It was such a bold and strong start to the book, I wasn't sure if the stories of the other characters could keep up when the bar was set so high from the get go, but they delivered one after the other.
And the baby faced Bikura. *shudder*
@@BLooDCoMPleX For me, the first story was SO GOOD that the rest of them seemed dull in comparison, even if they were solid
@@OleKristianElns Each other one was completely different but they all managed to impress me in different ways. The one that impacted me the most was Sol Weintraub's story (unfortunately somewhat cheapened by the later books imo), probably due to fatherhood and Job related themes in it.
@@OleKristianElns it was the opposite for me. I loved each one of the stories. It was like reading a different genre everytime! What a remarkable book Hyperion is.
The Bakura had a very lovecraftian energy to them. They've achieved immortality, but at the cost of becoming stunted, misshapen, little more than beasts. They may live eternally, but the degenerated pitiful creatures they've become are most certainly not capable of appreciating this fact. Very excellent and unsettling bit of writing.
Any being who achieves seeing the eldritch truth in bloodborne
Well, they did get evaporated with lasers by the regional governement when they were found out… So not really immortality
Much like jellyfish, who in case you didn’t know are in fact biologically immortal. As long as they aren’t eaten they live forever
Even more Lovecraftian is the ever so slightly bigoted views on Down Syndrome.
It’s not bigoted to point out the reality that Down syndrome patients are below-average intelligent. (because statistics is real, math is real, biology is real, pathology is real, no matter what some people’s feelings are) They are people and deserve respect and dignity. But ‘dignity’ does not entail people lying about objective standard-based measurements of traits, nor a need to keep quiet about those traits all the time or pretend they do not exist. This fiction was perhaps like bigotry only in that it gave them Down-typical facial features without proper explanation of why those particular tissues had to get destroyed or malformed. There are plenty of other genetic, including chromosomal defects leading to other characteristic features of face or body. (eg Tanner shield chest, low hair line, wide nape skin, widely spaced nipples-though tanner typical intelligence is not particularly low-or Klinefelter gynecomastia … or Edwards rocker bottom feet or Patau 6th finger). Mental decay including decreasing intelligence, like super-dementia, make sense since a brain would be hard to regenerate due to complexity. It’s not like Down syndrome is the only disease of reduced intelligence. Why would you think of Down, instead of so many others, or just no decay of peripheral tissues, or decay of whatever needs to regenerate cellularly quickly? The author tried to communicate something artistically, show-not-tell, that would add to the atmosphere and foreshadow future discoveries by the character. That can be exciting. But it probably backfired for some of us, since we are trying to enjoy a story here, and that move could come off like an unnecessary low blow.
"The Priest's Tale" is the ultimate hook for a book. It sinks into you deeply and doesn't let go.
Like the cruciform!
It’s literally the scariest story I’ve ever read.
Even months and months later. It still sits in your brain. Doesn't it?
Poor father Dure.
@@FIT2BREAD Years later and it's still the most striking memory I have from Hyperion.
The story of Father Dure has stuck with me for the longest time
In Tekken there’s a stage called Souq so esports commentators like to joke that there’s a second version of the stage called Madiq
This was the most freakish, strange part of whole book, almost like sci-fi horror
Self-crucifixion and dying every day in agony for seven years. That really spooked me when I read it.
@@caspasesumo Yep, though that detective story was the most awesome.
The girl with the Merlin disease was the most WTF for me, but the cruciform is a close second.
@Joe Mama Yup, her. I did a refresher on Hyperion wiki because it's been years since I last read the books. The cruciform is a more straight forward horror, But the psychological aspect of loosing your own identity and current life because you are going back in time, definitely hit me harder.
Simmons' horror fiction will be very satisfying, then. Summer of Night. Good luck. Daytime reading.
This guy should read books on tape, his voice is perfect for it.
It's so ironic that they didn't kill the priest because they thought his crucifix was a parasite they all had.
Well...isnt it? ;)
@@stephenwest6738 lmaoooo Religion really is like tht
The cruciform parasites were one of the elements from the first two books that went somewhere I was not expecting in book 3.
No one expects the pax!
Man the way the story and the worldbuilding expanded over the course of the series was so damn good. One of my favorite sci-fi series ever
My favorite connecting point between hyperion and fall of hyperiion is the reveal, in "Fall" , about the purpose and meaning of the cruciforms
Yes, the way humanity exploited the cruciform is so disturbing.
The scene with Father Dure entering the laberinto from the Cave Tooms and what he finds there is so damm impactful
@@TheJaviferrol yes that part!
Father paul duré and sol Weintraub story was my favourite. Sol's story almost made me cry so many times
My son and I just started this book series not but 2 days ago. Now you come out with these.
Quinn I can not thank you enough for how you have helped my son learn to love reading. Plus my son and I get Amazing and exciting times together.
How old is your son? Mine is 12. He's read Ready Player One 5 times, kinda read Enders Game, and reads some manga, other than that i can't get him to expand past it...
You are a great father. o7 to you.
@@FIT2BREAD Introduce "The Hobbit" to him and thank me later....My dad got me that book for Christmas back in the day, and I have read it at least 8 times over.
Keep going with that and enjoy every moment of it;-)
@@FIT2BREAD Mine is about to turn 14. But Quinn's videos on Dune 4 years ago got my son interested in Sci Fi. We started out with me reading a chapter then my son reading one. We read to eachother. One chapter each at night before bed.
Now my son and I have read ALL the Dune. The Hyperion and MOST of Lovecraft.
Quinns videos really help with getting my son interested.
Sit down with your son and watch a few of Quinn's videos. That might be just what does it. It did for my son.
@@monkeybusiness673 TRIED. No interest.
He does like Lovecraft though.
The whole lore of hyperion and the way it's told in the first book make me think it will be better as tv show then a movie :3
Yep, 7 episodes for 1st season
With a total of 4 seasons
*than a movie
Maybe a 7 part Epic like Star Wars. The budget needs to be in the billions.
something like the expanse series
@@cromulom2223 yeah totally like this :)
The first time I read this story, it haunted me for a long time
I haven’t read this story but just the narrated bits in this video are haunting me...
Same.
Read it. It's very good. It's among the best that I have read in 40 years of sci-fi fanaticism.
This is one of the best SF stories ever I read. 25 years passed from the last time I read Hyperion series, but I still think of them.
I hope I would not see masacare of the idea in some movie, couse none would be good enough to recreate this feelings, ideas, and universe.
It was freaky but for me it was the part with kassad that i remembered well
The Cruciform was the most disturbing element of the Hyperion series until I discovered The Pax method for traveling faster than the speed of light. You have to give Dan Simmons credit for creating the most brutal form of space travel that's ever been imagined😂
Worse than 40k/Event Horizon?
Being licquified in a tank every time when they take off, and then ressurected, as far as I remember
@@tsoliot5913 Yes, the person dies every time the ship takes off and they count on their body being resurrected by the parasite. It's like that one guy in The Expanse that gets jellied, only they have it happen every time.
@@aenea22980 yes plus if you used such a method in warhammer 40k your soul would definitly be lost upon death meaning the cruciform "resurections" are purely surface level purely siperficial more like uploading yourself without the benifits of a mechnical body or the sense of safety of self that organic immortality would give.
I forggot about this
You have a remarkable ability to make me excited about every story you're excited about. I read the Dune series because of you.
he definitely has that ability. I found him because of dune and was introduced to foundation through him. But yea if you haven't read the Hyperion cantos you must it is truly remarkable. If you are into audiobooks audible has a really good full cast unabridged reading of the series.
Read this one too. Trust me.
This is beautiful
holy crap Dune was pretentious drivel. waffling on by someone who obviously loved their own words. the second book was even worse if that were possible and i just dropped it.
@@dmign I agree it's pretentious but so is hopping on the forum specifically to berate the series.
I finally finished the final book in this series over the summer. What started with this story as the most gripping introduction, and concluded with the most heart wrenching and otherworldly ending... I can only say it was one of the most impactful set of stories I've ever come across. Truly amazing books, I recommend them to everyone I know.
edit: also just want to add, I really love your videos.. I'm a pretty firm believer in science fiction being the ultimate genre, the genre that contains all others. Thanks for your work
It has
Paul Dure's story was definitely my favorite part of the whole series. A lot of horror and adventure elements.
it's not until now that i see how Hyperion definitely inspired the plot of Dark Souls. in Dark Souls immortality is also both a blessing and a curse; some people are branded by the so-called "darksign" and will live forever, however, after dying over and over they eventually lose their sanity, and turn into hollow, mindless husks. these people are sent to a land cut-off from the rest of the world, forever trapped - sounds a lot like the bikura, no? :P the darksign also manifests itself on the body, just like the cruciform, in the shape of roots on the left side of the chest, where the heart is.
this part of Hyperion really drew me in and i found it to be the best part of the book. it's been a couple of years since i read it, but now i really feel like reading the rest of the books as well, even though i found Hyperion to be quite a hard read. thanks for the inspiration! :P
I cannot express in words nor action how glad I am that I stopped in the first few moments to go and listen to the audiobook, at least "The Priest's Tale" the blind experience was divine.
The audiobook is sublime.
Man, the Shrike had me thinking of 40k, but this parasite is right in there too. I think I need to go find the books to go read this, cuz it's sounds creepy as hell
In the grimdark future, Dan Simmons unknowingly devised the tale of the 19th Primarch's immortal exaltation. Father of the Raven Guard says "Nobody outgrimdarks Corvus Corax"
I read Hyperion when it came out, and Fall of Hyperion. I haven't read them since. I somehow completely forgot about Father Dure, though snatches of it came back as I watched this video. How I forgot this is beyond me, as the Sol and Rachel story are fresh in my memory. I need to go back and re-read this.
The most horrific thing about Father Paul Dure's true death is this: It's not over for him yet, is it Father Lennar?
The cruciform is one of those more cruel versions of immortality.
One that robs one of mind and selfdom the more one uses it. And even when the uer wants it to end it will not
I NEVER EVEN THOUGHT ABOUT THIS. BECAUSE IT FUSES INTO THE OTHERS TO REVIVE THEM. OH MY GOD DURE NO.
I first read the Cantos in Russian, now I'm in the process of re-reading it in English. Easily my favorite book series, and the father Duré story is probably the best part of it.
Lovecraft is one of my favorite writers and I instantly fell in love with Hyperion during the priest's tale, each story has it's own energy and that one was pure Lovecraft in all the best ways.
Awesome.
So glad you made this video... The Hyperion Cantos is the best sci-fi I e ever read and Ive read a LOT of scifi.
And you just can't get much more badass than the Shrike
This was the most horrifying story I've ever heard in my life nothing is comparable
The thing I really love about Hyperion is that it has elements of so many different genres from cyberpunk to fantasy to sci fi and horror and mystery. It really is one of the best universes and world building ever created. I know it would be super hard to make this into a live action series but I would love to see it done as an anime series. How sick would it be if Simmons could get some amazing illustrators and animators to really do this series justice.
Yay, a new Hyperion Cantos video, thank you! ❤️
I just started reading Hyperion, and I am amazed the series is not more popular or better known. It is a gem among sci-fi novels.
Bravo!!! Wonderfully told! True talent for storytelling!
I read Hyperion decades ago as a teen. All I remembered from the book was the story of Father Duré. Such a terrifying story.
Well I recently started reading Hyperion and at the moment I have just reached the third chapter. I found the Priest`s Tale absolutely facinating. I could be wrong as I know nothing about the author, but to me this is a hard hitting exploration of the parasitic nature of religion. I will probably read this part again, maybe many times, once I have finished the book(s)
Just finished the series and daaaaaaaammn what a finale!
I’m so happy you’re putting out more Hyperion content!!! 🙏🏼😁🙌🏼🙌🏼🙌🏼
I'm so glad you're expanding into some new and exciting topics. I had not heard of this canon and I'm totally there for it.
I'm really glad I found your series cause I had never heard of Hyperion before
WOW. More of this please! So interesting.
God. I love this channel. I read a lot of these series a while ago and really appreciate these very specific vids as reminders w/o having to reread everything. I'd been on pretty heavy pain meds when I read this one so it's really appreaciated.
I'll Admit it - that final part of the last novel in the series made me weep like the horrified catholic schoolboy I once was! There WAS an adaptation of the Cantos in the works by Bradley Cooper (who is as obsessed with the series as anyone else with a SOUL must surely be! 😉), but...
MAYBE if the upcoming release of Foundation and Dune adaptations are successful we'll get to see this series adapted. 🤞🤞🤞
I would love it if those movies set off a Sci Fi renessance
Great video! Gave me the shivers
I just started to get back into this book for a second time weeks ago, I’m glad and surprised to see that you made videos about it ! I only knew your channel for you GOT videos. I read this book in high school 15 years ago, forgot almost all of it but still remember that I loved it.
Can’t wait to get into this series after I finish Dune. Thanks for providing such incredible content!
I am so grateful for this channel it gives me new and interesting book choices😁
Please delve further!
You've opened quite a few doors for me with these Videos. Keep rocking out!
It'd be so awesome if I could just listen to you read the entire book with these types of interactive animations included 😭
This may be the series that gets me back into reading... Thank you for the videos.
I just started reading Hyperion because of your videos. I'm only like almost halfway through and I absolutely LOVE it! Thank you for bringing this fantastic book to my attention :)
Oh goodness, thank you. I had this series as an audiobook when I was 12. I thought I'd imagine the entire story. It was quite a trip for my young developing mind. I shall have to buy this and read it again thank you
i actually have hyperion.... its been in my too read pile for a long time... might read it now.
Dooooo iiiit!! My favorite sci-fi series of all time.
I loved it and I know some have it as their #1 or #2, id be surprised if someone read it and didn't have it in their top 10. Its def in my top 5
Quinn - keep up the great output for Hyperion Saga - thank you for this and the other videos
I bought and started reading The Hyperion Cantos after watching some of your other videos. I just finished the chapter that this video references: it definitely got me hooked! And your explanation of its contents and the production quality of this video were great (I especially appreciate some of the renderings you share of things described in the book, as some are difficult to visualize).
Holy shit! Another Quinn video! This week has been like Christmas!
Love your channel. It's amazing how you create great content from such a small topic domain. You are a great example of how TH-cam is bottomless in opportunity.
This one sounds like a really interesting series. Once I have finished what I am reading, I will look into these. Thanks for the great video
I finished reading the Hyperion series only three months ago. This is a nice review. Please keep it up…
Good. Keep talking about this great series!
Quickly becoming one of my favourite channels. Great idea to expand into dune, the foundation and Hyperion cantos. You've gotten me into dune and it's great so far. Thanks for coming online and sharing what you love.
Next video:
Connection between the cruciform and shrike please.
I love your book explanations, Quinn. 😊
Always great content
Father Leonard Hoyt Lived in constant pain from the cruciform. And it was just not his it was also father dure
I read Hyperion a few years ago and this is the story that hooked me. Thank you for this :) Also, I'm currently reading Mary Doria Russell's 'The Sparrow' which often reminds of this story, loving it.
Thanks for the suggestion for a next read!
Keep the Hyoerion content coming! It's one of my favorites, and my wife is going through it for the first time right now :)
As always amazing work Quin!
I'm learning about all kinds of new sci fi worlds from your channel.
Yay. I’m so glad you’re covering Hyperion again
You have a great reading voice! I could listen to you read the whole story in its entirety.
So cool man. I just finished the first book at your recommendation and now you post this. It's almost as if your writing the future.
Whaaa? Cannot end there! Man I need to really pick this series of books up!
Thanks Quinn, great stuff
You are pretty amazing. Just found and subscribed. Thanks for all the reading ideas.
So glad you're doing Hyperion cantos! Hoping you do ilium/olympos someday!
Great video. Great voice.
Loving all these hyperion vids
More Hyperion stuff please! This is right up your channel's alley
I had no idea these books even existed until I stumbled upon your videos. I will definitely have to read them!
I really like your videos.
I was hoping you'd make a video on this subject, thank you!
Always here for Quinn’s commentary!
I just finished the series. So elegantly written and poetic.
Your awesome bro. Love your videos
The whole book is a great read but Father Dure’s was the best part and a fabulous way to get you into this universe. If the book would have started with Brawnie’s story I might not have gone through it all.
Please make more of these!!
superb Video!
this is my go to channel when it comes to science fiction, I whish you cover more series in the future. Thanks and the universe bless
Just found your channel thanks for the great content
Recently read the first two Hyperion books for the first time--great worldbuilding and plan to get the last two soon--anyway, you've got yourself a new sub, great content!
Just finished Endymion and got "Rise" today, as well as Dune! I had a copy years ago but leant it out and it got lost...can't wait to re-acquaint myself with that masterpiece
Hey Quinn just wanted to thank you for making these videos, they inspired me to listen to the Hyperion audio book and I'm almost done with the first one. Excellent books, really well written.
Dayumn! That was so cool! You got me to read the Dune saga now it looks like Hyperion is next! Very well done as always👍😄
@Joe Mama Thanks 🙏
Outstanding illustrations.
I have to read this now bc of your channel👀👀
My man digging into Hyperion like an Alabama tick. Love it keep up the good work
My Like, Comment and Subscription. I love your love for these storys
Hey Quinn, so the other day I was telling a friend about all the great sci-fi I have read over the last few years: Three Body Problem series, Children of Time (and Ruin) and I just recently started Hyperion which I’ve barely been able to put down. She asked me where I got recommendations for these series and I didn’t really think about it until she asked but it’s all you. Getting a little taste of each of these amazing stories from you as an introduction has profoundly shaped my reading habits over the last few years and I didn’t even realize it. I figure it’s about time I thank you for what you do here on your channel. Really appreciate you.
I definitely don't have a chance to start this series due to time limitations but I love you videos! There are some brutal entities/characters in this series!
Thank you for breaking this down, I could not follow the story and it’s nice to finally know what was going on
I gave a like JUST because you dealt with this specific thing!
Something about the landscape you pictured and quoted from the book, reminded me of Beksinski's landscapes. Another great video, Quinn.
I love that you're doing more Hyperion videos. I picked it up because of your channel and it's become possibly my favorite science fiction series ever.
PROFOUNDLY underrated imo.
Gotta say, I loved these as audiobooks, these are oddly well thought out and feel utterly incomplete. It's all very mysterious and strangely fulfilling while still leaving you asking.. "wait, is that it"?
I ordered the book "Children Of Time " today because of your channel :)
Your video about the Shrike prompted me to begin reading this book. Just finished the priest’s tale part, and…. I’m shooketh.