What is the author's style in Hyperion by Dan Simmons?

Hyperion provides the reader with several differing points of view. The chapters are interchangeable from third person omniscient to first person. The pilgrims tell their stories in first person, while the interludes explaining where they are on Hyperion are told in third person omniscient. Each chapter begins with the third person omniscient, allowing the reader to reassess with the characters as a group.

Each chapter includes one of the pilgrim's stories, in first person. This variation on perspective allows the reader to fully experience what it would be like to actually travel on the pilgrimage and to hear the story firsthand. The author did an excellent job seamlessly transitioning between the two perspectives.

The plot of the novel is entirely about the pilgrimage to Hyperion. The sub sections to the plot would be the pilgrim's individual tales, the myths of the Shrike and the Time Tombs, and the war between the Ousters and the TechnoCore. The novel ends with the pilgrims ready to face the Shrike, allowing the reader wanting more.