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Ilium/Olympos
''Ilium/Olympos'' is a series of two science fiction novels by Dan Simmons. The events are set in motion by beings who have taken on the roles of the Greek gods. Like Simmons' earlier series, the Hyperion Cantos, it is a form of "literary science fiction"; it relies heavily on intertextuality, in this case with Homer and Shakespeare as well as 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''.
As with most of his science fiction and in particular with ''Hyperion'', ''Ilium'' demonstrates that Simmons writes in the soft science fiction tradition of Ray Bradbury and Ursula K. Le Guin. ''Ilium'' is based on a literary approach similar to most of Bradbury's work, but describes larger segments of society and broader historical events. As in Le Guin's Hainish series, Simmons places the action of ''Ilium'' in a vast and complex universe made of relatively plausible technological and scientific elements. Yet ''Ilium'' is different from any of the works of Bradbury and Le Guin in its exploration of the very far future of humanity, and in the extra human or post-human themes associated with this. It deals with the concept of technological singularity where technological change starts to occur beyond the ability of humanity to presently predict or comprehend. The first book, ''Ilium'', received the Locus Award for Best Science Fiction novel in 2004.〔(【引用サイトリンク】 2004 Award Winners & Nominees )〕
==Plot introduction==
The series centers on three main character groups: that of the scholic Hockenberry, Helen and Greek and Trojan warriors from the Iliad; Daeman, Harman, Ada and the other humans of Earth; and the moravecs, specifically Mahnmut the Europan and Orphu of Io. The novels are written in first-person, present-tense when centered on Hockenberry's character, but features third-person, past-tense narrative in all other instances. Much like Simmons' Hyperion where the characters' stories are told over the course of the novels and the actual events serve as a frame, the three groups of characters' stories are told over the course of the novels and their stories do not begin to converge until the end.
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