| Ilium | |
 Cover to the 2003 first edition |
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| Author | Dan Simmons |
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| Cover artist | Gary Ruddell |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
| Series | Ilium/Olympos duology |
| Genre(s) | Science fiction novel |
| Publisher | HarperCollins, Eos imprint |
| Publication date | 2003 |
| Media type | Print (Hardback & Paperback) |
| Pages | 731 pp (paperback edition) |
| ISBN | ISBN 0-360-81792-6 |
| Followed by | Olympos |
Ilium is a science fiction novel by Dan Simmons, the first part of the Ilium/Olympos cycle, concerning the re-creation of the events in the Iliad on Mars. Dan Simmons (born April 4, 1948 in Peoria, Illinois) is an American Author most widely known for his Hugo Award Gary Ruddell (born 1951 in San Mateo California) is an American artist best known for his cover paintings for works of Science fiction and Fantasy The United States of America —commonly referred to as the English is a West Germanic language originating in England and is the First language for most people in the United Kingdom, the United States Ilium/Olympos is a Science fiction duology by Dan Simmons. These events are set in motion by beings who have taken on the roles of the Greek gods. Publishing is the process of production and dissemination of Literature or Information &ndash the activity of making information available for public view HarperCollins is a Publishing company owned by News Corporation. A hardcover (or hardback or hardbound) is a Book bound with rigid protective covers (typically of cardboard covered with Cloth Paperback, softback, or softcover describe and refer to a Book by the nature of its binding. Olympos, Dan Simmons ' novel published in 2005 is the sequel to Ilium and final part of Ilium/Olympus duology Dan Simmons (born April 4, 1948 in Peoria, Illinois) is an American Author most widely known for his Hugo Award Ilium/Olympos is a Science fiction duology by Dan Simmons. These events are set in motion by beings who have taken on the roles of the Greek gods. The Iliad ( Greek: Ἰλιάς (Ancient Ιλιάδα (Modern is together with the Odyssey, one of two ancient These events are set in motion by beings who have taken on the roles of the Greek gods. A listing of Greek mythological beings Many of the gods and goddesses had Roman and Etruscan equivalents. Like Simmons' earlier series, the Hyperion Cantos, the novel is a form of "literary science fiction" which relies heavily on intertextuality, in this case with Homer and Shakespeare, as well as periodic references to Marcel Proust's À la recherche du temps perdu (or In Search of Lost Time) and Vladimir Nabokov's novel Ada or Ardor: A Family Chronicle. The Hyperion Cantos form a Tetralogy of Science fiction Novels by Dan Simmons. Intertextuality is the shaping of texts' meanings by other texts Homer ( Ancient Greek:, Homēros) is a legendary ancient Greek epic Poet, traditionally said to be the author of the epic poems the William Shakespeare ( baptised Valentin Louis Georges Eugène Marcel Proust (maʁsɛl pʁust (10 July 1871 &ndash 18 November 1922 was a French Novelist Essayist and Critic In Search of Lost Time or Remembrance of Things Past (À la recherche du temps perdu is a semi-autobiographical This page is about the novelist For his father the politician see Vladimir Dmitrievich Nabokov. Ada or Ardor A Family Chronicle is a Novel by Vladimir Nabokov published in 1969. In July 2004, Ilium received a Locus Award for best science fiction novel of 2003. July 2004: January - February - March - April - May - June - July - August - September The Locus Awards were established in 1971 and are presented to winners of Locus Magazine 's annual readers' poll
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Plot summary
The novel centers on three main character groups; that of Hockenberry (a resurrected twentieth-century Homeric scholar whose duty is to compare the events of the Iliad to the events that he observes), Helen and Greek and Trojan warriors from the Iliad; Daeman, Harman, Ada and the other humans of Earth; and the "moravec" robots (probably named for scientist and futurist Hans Moravec), specifically Mahnmut the Europan and Orphu of Io. The term ancient Greece refers to the period of Greek history lasting from the Greek Dark Ages ca Hans Moravec (born November 30 1948 in Austria) is a research Professor at the Robotics Institute (Carnegie Mellon of Carnegie The novel is written in first-person, present-tense when centered on Hockenberry's character, but features third-person, past-tense narrative in all other instances. Present Tense is the first Sagittarius album released in 1968 by Columbia Records. The third-person narrative is a Narrative mode applying the third person. The past tense is a Verb tense expressing action activity state or being in the past of the current moment (in an Absolute tense system or prior Much like Simmons' Hyperion where the actual events serve as a frame, the three groups of characters' stories are told over the course of the novel and their stories do not begin to converge until the end. For the novel 'Hyperion' written by Friedrich Hölderlin see Hyperion (Hölderlin Hyperion is a Hugo Award A frame story (also frame tale, frame narrative, etc is a narrative technique whereby an introductory main story is composed at least in part for the purpose of
Reception
Ilium was nominated for a 2004 Hugo Award for Best Novel. Winners of the Hugo Award for best science fiction or fantasy Novel, along with all the nominees are presented here [1]
References
- ^ Hugo and Retro Hugo Nominations, <http://www.noreascon.org/hugos/nominees.html>. Retrieved on 22 February 2008
External links
- Dan Simmons – Author's Official Website.
- Ilium duology Wiki.
- Ilium publication history at the Internet Speculative Fiction Database
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