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Ilium

Dan Simmons · 2003 · Novel

Setting: far future + Trojan War recreation

Series: Ilium — #1

Synopsis

From the author of the Hyperion Cantos -- one of the most acclaimed popular series in contemporary science fiction -- comes a powerful epic of high-tech gods, human heroes, total war, and the extraordinary transcendence of ordinary beings. The first book in a two-part epic. "I am in awe of Dan Simmons." -- Stephen King. From the towering heights of Olympos Mons on Mars, the mighty Zeus and his immortal family of gods, goddesses, and demigods look down upon a momentous battle, observing -- and often influencing -- the legendary exploits of Paris, Achilles, Hector, Odysseus, and the clashing armies of Greece and Troy.

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Metadata

Source: OpenLibrary

Tags: Gods, GreekGreek MythologyGreek GodsFictionScience FictionImaginary wars and battlesMythology, GreekFiction, science fiction, generalFiction, fantasy, historicalScience fiction, fantasy, horror

isfdb_id: 23854

openlibrary_id: OL1963271W

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