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Ilium / Dan Simmons / 2003 HC/DJ / 1st Printing / Hardcover

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Condition
Very Good
A book that has been read and does not look new, but is in excellent condition. No obvious damage to the book cover, with the dust jacket (if applicable) included for hard covers. No missing or damaged pages, no creases or tears, no underlining or highlighting of text, and no writing in the margins. Some identifying marks on the inside cover, but this is minimal. Very little wear and tear. See the seller’s listing for full details and description of any imperfections. See all condition definitionsopens in a new window or tab
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“Very good condition. Light signs of reading/handling. 1st printing. See photos.”
Signed
No
Ex Libris
No
Narrative Type
Fiction
Original Language
English
Intended Audience
Young Adults, Adults
Inscribed
No
Edition
First Edition
Vintage
Yes
Personalize
No
Type
Novel
Personalized
No
Features
Dust Jacket
Country/Region of Manufacture
United States
ISBN
9780380978939
Book Title
Ilium
Item Length
9.2 in
Publisher
HarperCollins
Publication Year
2003
Format
Hardcover
Language
English
Item Height
1.7 in
Author
Dan Simmons
Genre
Fiction
Topic
Science Fiction / Time Travel, Science Fiction / Space Opera, General, Fantasy / Historical
Item Width
6.1 in
Item Weight
34 Oz
Number of Pages
592 Pages

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From 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.

Product Identifiers

Publisher
HarperCollins
ISBN-10
0380978938
ISBN-13
9780380978939
eBay Product ID (ePID)
2324027

Product Key Features

Book Title
Ilium
Author
Dan Simmons
Format
Hardcover
Language
English
Topic
Science Fiction / Time Travel, Science Fiction / Space Opera, General, Fantasy / Historical
Publication Year
2003
Genre
Fiction
Number of Pages
592 Pages

Dimensions

Item Length
9.2 in
Item Height
1.7 in
Item Width
6.1 in
Item Weight
34 Oz

Additional Product Features

Intended Audience
Trade
Lc Classification Number
Ps3569.I47292i45 200
Reviews
[Ilium] Will Leave Most Readers Waiting Breathlessly for the Next Installment...Utterly Addictive.
eBook Format
Netlibrary
Copyright Date
2003
Lccn
2002-044791
Dewey Decimal
813/.54
Dewey Edition
21

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  • A Real Page Turner

    Simmons does it again with this tale of angry Greek gods, robots who lack self-confidence, and post-apocalyptic victorian human societies. The author weaves a complex tale that stays fresh from page one to page seven hundred, and he always keeps you guessing what will happen next. This book hits on multiple levels, pleasing the ancient history buff, the hard science fiction lover, and the dystopian cynic in all of us. There's a reason this guy keeps getting nominated for Hugo Awards - he creates a massive, yet complete, world and populates it with interesting characters who will naturally come to conflict, given the situations they've been thrust into. Highly recommended.