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The Canterbury Tales influenced Hyperion Cantos
Added by Media Influence Map · 29 September 2026
The evidence
Dan Simmons built Hyperion on Chaucer's frame: seven pilgrims travelling together to the Time Tombs on the planet Hyperion each tell the story of why they are going, each in a different genre, and the tales together reveal the world and its coming war.
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