![]() ![]() The overall theme is the author exploring a combination of three elements: Clarke’s Law (a sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable from magic) advanced post-singularity intelligences, and literary world-building (specifically the idea that a sufficiently powerful creative process can have very significant impacts although this angle is only hinted at in this volume). I felt there was enough movement in the major plot threads that the book did not disapoint. ![]() However, I still found it quite enjoyable even though much is left unexplained. It is the first volume of an unknown length series (at least one more, Olympos, is planned that I am aware of). Ilium is the new book by multi-genre author Dan Simmons (Hyperion, Carrion Comfort, The Crook Factory, Hard Case, etc). ![]()
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