explorer / books · 2004
Ilium
Dan Simmons

Published 2003 by Eos · 576 pages
Hugo Nominee 2004
Science FantasySynopsis
On a terraformed Mars, resurrected twentieth-century scholar Thomas Hockenberry observes gods and heroes reenacting the Trojan War. On a far-future Earth, post-humans live in blissful ignorance while sentient robots from Jupiter’s moons undertake a dangerous voyage. Three storylines converge in a sweeping epic that blends Homer, Shakespeare, and Proust.
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Series
Ilium/Olympos #1
Author Nationality
US
ISBN
9780380978939