Sociología del Renacimiento

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In this conclusion to the futuristic tale begun in Hyperion, Earth has long since been destroyed, and humans now occupy more than 150 worlds linked by the Web, an instantaneous travel system created and operated by artificial intelligences (AIs)—self-aware, highly advanced computers. These worlds are about to go to war with the Ousters, a branch of humanity that has disdained dependency on the AIs. At risk are the planet Hyperion, its mysterious Tombs that travel backward in time, and the Shrike, its god/avatar of pain or retribution. Good struggles for supremacy over evil in these epic...

En el siglo XLV, después de la gran guerra nuclear, la humanidad lucha por sobrevivir. En una de las pocas ciudades que existen en el mundo, con una vida monótona donde los gobernantes persiguen a aquellos que destacan, un joven, a pesar de intentar pasar desapercibido, es descubierto por su inteligencia y es puesto a prueba. En ese momento, descubre que posee unas habilidades especiales que lo desconciertan; además, una leyenda despierta revelando que hay más como él, dormidos bajo la sombra opresiva de los regentes de las ciudades que, al ver que suponen una amenaza, empiezan una...

Ischiano Scalo, un pueblecito de cuatro casas junto a una marisma llena de mosquitos, es el escenario en que se desarrollan dos tormentosas historias de amor. Una es la de Pietro y Gloria, dos chiquillos; ella es hija de un director de banco; él, de un pa