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Originally Posted by Death Aflame
Now I am onto another Simmons Scifi work Ilium which is a a retelling of the classic Iliad only set on Mars, with a whole techno-pantheon in addition to containing Shakespearian as well as Proustian literary shades (I am no classic literature specialist, but this is a good thing, so I have heard). Hopefully its a good read. After this 'series' (Of which Olympos is the second and final book) I think I will either move onto Zelazny's Lord of Light or abandon scifi altogether (for now at least) for something either more classic or contemporary.
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I read
Ilium. I was not impressed at all. I, like you, thought it would be excellent.