Ebook {Epub PDF} Ilium by Dan Simmons

Book 1. Ilium. by Dan Simmons. · 29, Ratings · 1, Reviews · published · 55 editions. The Trojan War rages at the foot of Olympos Mons o. . Ilium is, fundamentally, a story about literacy. Every relationship, every plot development, every conflict, is a facet of Simmons examining the meaning of literacy in various human societies, the role of literacy and storytelling, and the ways in which our technology might influence those two things.4/5(K).  · Ilium and its sequel Olympos were Dan Simmons's first returns to the world of epic mythology-inspired space opera since the incredibly successful and powerful Hyperion series. It's best known for revolving around the Trojan War, and there's more classic plot inserted directly in the story than with Hyperion, but there's still quite a bit more to this than only bltadwin.rught:

Ilium and its sequel Olympos were Dan Simmons's first returns to the world of epic mythology-inspired space opera since the incredibly successful and powerful Hyperion series. It's best known for revolving around the Trojan War, and there's more classic plot inserted directly in the story than with Hyperion, but there's still quite a bit more. Because Ilium ends without any conclusion, I would recomend readers new to Dan Simmons to read Hyperion, Fall of Hyperion, Endymion, and Rise of Endymion first. After reading those, wait until Olympus has been released to read Ilium and Olympus at the same time. Ilium/Olympos by Dan Simmons uuuh, what? (spoilers) Discussion in 'Science Fiction Fantasy' started by D Man, . D Man Commodore Commodore. It was like pages of more set-up but done much more poorly than Ilium, then at the end Simmons tossed in some half-assed nonsense about Islamic terrorism that didn't tie into the.

With the aggressive literary references and allusions, Simmons is trying to convince you Ilium is serious, Great Literature. It all has an air of desperation about it. Ilium obviously invites comparison to Roger Zelazny's Lord of Light, mentioned earlier. Zelazny does not try to explain how his gods' technology works; he confidently states what the technology does, trusts the reader to accept it, and gets on with the story. Ilium is, fundamentally, a story about literacy. Every relationship, every plot development, every conflict, is a facet of Simmons examining the meaning of literacy in various human societies, the role of literacy and storytelling, and the ways in which our technology might influence those two things. The simple truth is, Simmons writes about a million checks in Ilium (which makes it seem like a great book building to something cool) but he can't cash *any* of them in the sequel Olympos. Without spoiling the ending, after both books finish up.