Ilium
by Simmons, Dan
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 KingFrom 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.Thomas Hockenberry, former twenty-first-century professor and Iliad scholar, watches as well. It is Hockenberry's duty to observe and report on the Trojan War's progress to the so-called deities who saw fit to return him from the dead. But the muse he serves has a new assignment for the wary scholic, one dictated by Aphrodite herself. With the help of fortieth-century technology, Hockenberry is to infiltrate Olympos, spy on its divine inhabitants ... and ultimately destroy Aphrodite's sister and rival, the goddess Pallas Athena.On an Earth profoundly changed since the departure of the Post-Humans centuries earlier, the great events on the bloody plains of Ilium serve as mere entertainment. Its scenes of unrivaled heroics and unequaled carnage add excitement to human lives devoid of courage, strife, labor, and purpose. But this eloi-like existence is not enough for Harman, a man in the last year of his last Twenty. That rarest of post-postmodern men -- an "adventurer" -- he intends to explore far beyond the boundaries of his world before his allotted time expires, in search of a lost past, a devastating truth, and an escape from his own inevitable "final fax." Meanwhile, from the radiation-swept reaches of Jovian space, four sentient machines race to investigate -- and, perhaps, terminate -- the potentially catastrophic emissions of unexplained quantum-flux emanating from a mountaintop miles above the terraformed surface of Mars ...The first book in a remarkable two-part epic to be concluded in the upcoming Olympos, Dan Simmons's Ilium is a breathtaking adventure, enormous in scope and imagination, sweeping across time and space to connect three seemingly disparate stories in fresh, thrilling, and totally unexpected ways. A truly masterful work of speculative fiction, it is quite possibly Simmons's finest achievement to date in an already storied literary career.
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ILIUM
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New York: Eos Books. Very Good+ in Very Good+ dust jacket. 2003. 1st Trade Edition; 1st Printing. Hardcover. Cover Art; SIGNED EDITION. This copy has been signed by the author on the title page. The book is in Very Good+ to Near Fine - condition and has a Very Good+ to Near Fine- dust jacket. The book and… Read more about this item Item Price
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London, England: Eos/Harper-collins, 2003. Book. Near Fine. Hardcover. Signed by Author(s). 1ST. Excellent Copy - Signed By The Author On The Title Page. A Brirish First Edition, First Printing. Book Is In Near Fine Condition. Boards Are Clean, No Real Shelf Wear. Interior Is Clean And Legible. Not Remaindered. Dust Jacket Is In Near Fine Condition. Not Chipped Or… Read more about this item Item Price
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London;: Gollancz, 2003. First edition, TPBO, Trade paperback, Very Good/Near Fine,. Larry Rostant,. London;: Gollancz:, 2003. First edition, TPBO, Trade paperback, Very Good/Near Fine, 576 pp. Cover artwork by: Larry Rostant, The trade paperback, produced simultaneously with the hardcover. Text block lightly toned at extremities. Item Price
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U.S.A.: Harper Voyager, 2003. Book. Very Good+. Hardcover. Signed by Author(s). 1ST. Signed By The Author On The Title Page. A First Edition, First Printing. Book Is In Very Good Plus Condition. Boards Have A Tiny Bit Of Shelf Wear. Not Bumped. Fore Edges Have A Tiny Bit Of Reading Wear. Interior Is Clean And Legible. Not Remaindered. Dust Jacket… Read more about this item Item Price
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Ilium
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Maigret and the Bum
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Eos / HarperCollins, 2003. Paperback. Very Good. 6x1x9. Signed. Softcover, uncorrected proof in advance of the hardback first edition. Signed by author Dan Simmons at the title page. Wraps very good with scuffing and edgewear, including long faint crease to back near fore-edge and tiny closed tears from bottom edge. Spine square and uncreased. Binding sound. Text bright… Read more about this item Item Price
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Ilium
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