Written by the late Dan Simmons, Hyperion is a challenging yet immensely rewarding sci-fi epic and one of the best reading experiences of the last century or so. The word "masterpiece" is certainly overused, but if there's one book that earns the title, it's this one. Will We Ever See a 'Hyperion' Adaptation? As early as 2009, there were talks of a Hyperion adaptation. In other words, a Hyperion TV show would be too expensive, and a movie would be too constrictive.