 Cover to the 2005 first edition | |
| Author | Dan Simmons |
|---|---|
| Cover artist | Gary Ruddell; cover design by Ervin Serrano |
| Language | English |
| Series | Ilium/Olympos |
| Genre | Science fiction |
| Publisher | HarperCollins, Eos imprint |
Publication date | June 28, 2005 |
| Publication place | United States |
| Media type | Print (Hardback) |
| Pages | 690 hardcover, 891 paperback |
| ISBN | 0-380-97894-6 |
| OCLC | 57694972 |
| 813/.54 22 | |
| LC Class | PS3569.I47292 O49 2005 |
| Preceded by | Ilium (2003) |
Olympos is ascience fiction novel by American writerDan Simmons published in 2005; it is the sequel toIlium and final part of theIlium/Olympos series. Like its predecessor it contains many literary references: it blends togetherHomer's epics theIliad and theOdyssey,Shakespeare'sThe Tempest, and has frequent smaller references to other works, includingProust,James Joyce,Caliban upon Setebos,Shelley'sPrometheus Unbound, Shakespearean poetry and evenWilliam Blake andVirgil'sAeneid.
The novel centers on three main character groups; that of thescholic Hockenberry, Helen andGreek and Trojan warriors from theIliad; Daeman, Harman, Ada and the other humans of Earth; and the moravecs, specifically Mahnmut the Europan and Orphu of Io. The novel is written inpresent-tense when centered on Hockenberry's character, but featuresthird-person,past-tense narrative in all other instances. Much like Simmons'Hyperion where the actual events serve as aframe, the three groups of characters' stories are told over the course of the novel and their stories do not begin to converge until the end.
The "Paris Crater" location (a devastated French capital) includes a few references to the real world, supposedly produced byfolk etymology such as "Invalid Hotel" for "Hôtel des Invalides", "Champs Ulysses" for "Champs-Élysées" or "Guarded Lion" for "Gare de Lyon". A single reference in passing is made to the mountain "Pikespik" (for "Pikes Peak").
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