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Ilium (Ilium #1)

Dan Simmons

Mass Market Paperback | Pages: 752 pages

Rating: 4.03 | 24767 Users | 1085 Reviews

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Title	:	Ilium (Ilium #1)
Author	:	Dan Simmons
Book Format	:	Mass Market Paperback
Book Edition	:	Special Edition
Pages	:	Pages: 752 pages
Published	:	June 28th 2005 by HarperTorch (first published 2003)
Categories	:	Science Fiction. Fantasy. Fiction. Mythology. Science Fiction Fantasy. Space. Space Opera. Historical. Historical Fiction

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The Trojan War rages at the foot of Olympos Mons on Mars—observed and influenced from on high by Zeus and his immortal family—and twenty-first-century professor Thomas Hockenberry is there to play a role in the insidious private wars of vengeful gods and goddesses. On Earth, a small band of the few remaining humans pursues a lost past and devastating truth—as four sentient machines depart from Jovian space to investigate, perhaps terminate, the potentially catastrophic emissions emanating from a mountaintop miles above the terraformed surface of the Red Planet.

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Original Title:	Ilium
ISBN:	0380817926 (ISBN13: 9780380817924)
Edition Language:	English
Series:	Ilium #1, Ilion 1 (El asedio), Ilium/Olympos #1 , more
Characters:	Odysseus, Hector of Troy, Achilles (Greek hero), Hockenberry, Mahnmut, Orphu
Literary Awards:	Hugo Award Nominee for Best Novel (2004), Locus Award for Best Science Fiction Novel (2004), Cena Akademie SFFH for Kniha roku (Book of the Year) (2005)

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Ratings: 4.03 From 24767 Users | 1085 Reviews

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According to the cover for Ilium, it was nominated for the Hugo Novel of the Year in 2004. It absolutely deserved it. It also didn't win, and it deserved that as well. Don't get me wrong. It's a great book and I loved reading it (indeed, this was the second time I read it and I think I enjoyed it more the second time). It's really three stories all happening in different places in the solar system at the same time, inevitably approaching one another. It's rare to find a book tries this and does

Was there ever a more tedious read?? I have been meaning to read Hyperion and Ilium for a while now, and since I am a huge fan of Ancient Greece, I decided to start with Ilium. Perhaps that was a mistake, as I was so disappointed that I don't think I want to read Hyperion or anything else by Simmons ever again. The story sounded interesting when I read the description, but the book just killed it for me. There are three storylines which will eventually overlap: one with some humans on a

"Literary science fiction". One of the words in this phrase struggles and strains against the other two like an 18-month old who doesn't want to be picked up. It doesn't want to be associated with a genre that often is long on ideas and short on quality prose and sharp and distinct style. It often succeeds in escaping the pull of science fiction's weak gravity. Occassionaly, an author creates a story that is so dense that the word is held in place in an unstable orbit. Ultimately many of those

Prepare to have mind blown.I like dense reads, and I like immersing myself in complex worlds created by brilliant minds... but never, NEVER have I read a more astonishingly complex novel. 1/2 the way through this gigantic mind bender I was still completely without a clue about what was going on in the book. The fact that I and so many others rate this book so highly tells you a little something about our Mr. Simmons and the quality of his writing. Who get's away with this?? Nobody does... excpet

I love the idea of a throwback, an author who takes cues from classics and puts a new spin on them. Mieville took rollicking pulp and updated it, Susanna Clarke made fairy tales and the Gothic novel sing for a modern audience--but if you're going to adopt a bygone style, take only the best, and leave the dross. By all means, copy Howard's verve and brooding, but skip the sexist titillation. Copy Lovecraft's cosmic horror, but skip the racist epithets. Dan Simmon's Ilium feels like 50's sci fi

John wrote: "Great review. I am hooked."Thanks, John. It is an incredible book. The second one is way different but still pretty impressive.

Hands down the best scifi that Ive read in the last ten years. This was the first time that Id read Dan Simmons and I was floored by the depth of his characters, the complexity of his plot, and the intricate and fascinating world(s) he created. I personally liked the feeling over never really knowing more than any of the characters. I enjoyed the mystery of being on level with the characters, unsure of what would come next. Nothing about this is a light read. The book treats you like an adult,