Shrike

I remember enjoying the Canterbury Tales-esque nature of the stories, and the Shrike is an interesting mystery character.

Show #1: Pre-show discussion : The Kick-Ass Mystic Ninjas 2005

Plus, it's got the Shrike, and the Shrike is just ... cool.

Brian Ruckley - News & Views 2008

Still an amazing world with no boundaries, with heavy-minded religion and ethical dilemmas, with personality and mystery and a couple great “a-ha” moments (“Did you know the fucking Shrike is right behind you?” being my favorite).

Smoking drivers can smoke a stick of sugar-coated dynamite pabba 2009

Plus, it’s got the Shrike, and the Shrike is just … cool.

Brian Ruckley · Pre-Web Books: The Christmas Edition 2008

These ancient tombs are shrouded in mystery and suspicion; all that remains of an ancient race known as the Shrike, but they may be the salvation that humanity has been waiting for.

“Hyperion” by Dan Simmons (Doubleday, 1989) « The BookBanter Blog 2010

These ancient tombs are shrouded in mystery and suspicion; all that remains of an ancient race known as the Shrike, but they may be the salvation that humanity has been waiting for.

2010 February 15 « The BookBanter Blog 2010

The tombs are guarded by a monster called the Shrike, which impales people on metal trees.

Dan Simmons's Hyperion Sci-Fi Series Being Adapted by Warner Bros « FirstShowing.net 2008

What the pilgrims do know, is that they are to face a dreadful creature known as the Shrike I can't help but think of him as Edward Scissorhands' older brother for some reason.

The Hyperion Omnibus - Dan Simmons Val 2009

The Shrike was a native and knew its way in and out of the mountains well.

Ilse Witch Brooks, Terry 2000

Shrike, which is, however, common enough both at Allahabad and at

The Nests and Eggs of Indian Birds, Volume 1 Allan Octavian Hume 1870