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Format: Paperback
ISBN-10: 0380817934
ISBN-13: 9780380817931
Aug 2006
Publisher: Harpercollins
891 pages
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Language: English |
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Synopsis
Dan Simmons's extraordinarily complex, epic science fictional exploration of Homer's ILIAD, the structure and history of human literature, and the future of humanity wraps up in this sequel to ILIUM. The far-future reenactment of the Trojan War on an alternate version of Mars goes wildly off track as the Greeks and Trojans temporarily forget their differences to fight against the post-humans who have taken on the roles and powers of the Greek gods. Aiding them in their battle are the moravecs, part-organic sentient machines from Jupiter's moons. Meanwhile on Earth, the Eloi-like humans desperately scramble to resist their now dangerously violent former slaves, the voynix, and the forces of the evil alien Setebos.
| Size | | Length: | 891 pages | | Height: | 6.8 in | | Width: | 4.3 in | | Thickness: | 1.5 in | | Weight: | 15.2 oz |
Publisher's Notes
First Line: "Helen of Troy awakes just before dawn to the sound of air raid sirens."
Industry Reviews
"Simmons's gift for vivid description is evident throughout....He effectively combines a serious subject, ironic perspective, strong action and believable (if not always sympathetic) characters. Ambitious, witty, moving: Simmons at his best.
Kirkus (05/15/2005)
"Simmons achieves another triumph....This is powerful stuff, rich in both high-tech sense of wonder and literary allusions, but Simmons is in complete control of his material as half a dozen baroque plot lines smoothly converge on a rousing and highly satisfying conclusion." (starred review)
Publishers Weekly (05/30/2005)
"[A] supreme achievement....[T]his is...something resembling the ultimate SF novel, a convergence of most, if not all, of SF's idioms and narrative potentials into a synthesis so commanding that it might appear to put a capstone to the entire literary project that is SF, obviating any need to go further....[T]he reviewer can only doff hat to such a splendid edifice of words."
Locus - Nick Gevers (06/01/2005)
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