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by Dan Simmons (Author)
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  • Paperback: 704 pages
  • Publisher: Gollancz (16 Jun 2005)
  • Language English
  • ISBN-10: 0575072628
  • ISBN-13: 978-0575072626
  • Product Dimensions: 23 x 15 x 5 cm
  • Average Customer Review: 3.2 out of 5 stars See all reviews (24 customer reviews)
  • Amazon.co.uk Sales Rank: 274,146 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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Tom Holland, SUNDAY TELEGRAPH
"The most authentically Homeric portrayal of the Gods that I have read in a modern work of fiction. The violence and terror are convincingly epic."

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"The most authentically Homeric portrayal of the Gods that I have read in a modern work of fiction. The violence and terror are convincingly epic." (Tom Holland SUNDAY TELEGRAPH )

"...a mind-blasting look at the nature of humanity, and what it truly means to be a hero. Complex and multi-stranded, this free-wheeling and beautifully bonkers epic [is] more than worth the effort. " (Saxon Bullock SFX )

"A deeply satisfying and dark twist on the old comics idea of fictional heroes existing in parallel universes. The action is non-stop and it has an ending that's satisfying. Heavy but rewarding stuff." (Anthony Brown STARBURST )

"This is powerful stuff, rich in both high-tech sense of wonder and literary allusions, but Simmons is in complete control of his material as half a dozen baroque plot lines smoothly converge on a rousing and highly satisfying conclusion." (PUBLISHER'S WEEKLY )

" Like so many epics and space operas, Olympos measures individual lives against a cosmic scale... combines the historical and literary Trojan war with biotechnology, nano-engineering, quantum physics, geology, astronomy, sex, politics, and religion." (The Guardian )

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9 of 9 people found the following review helpful:
3.0 out of 5 stars what happened??, 5 Aug 2005
By F. G. Pagano Amersfoort "Ferri" (Spain) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Olympos (Hardcover)
I own most books by Dan simmons and loved all of them - except this one.
the first part, Ilium conveys a wonderful adaptation to sci fi of troy with its heroes and gods.
in Olympos it seems the narrative escapes the author, with too many threads running amok, leaving too little time for each individual thread.. too many things are left unexplained or just glossed over, leaving a jumble that , to me, just got boring. Also, while in a novel full of gods you expect some deus-ex he overdoes it. gods, overgods, and
"evenmorepowerfulgodsyouneverseebutsolvetheplotline" ruin the story, as all the plotting and the plans of ALL characters in the book are ultimately made irrelevant.
Dont get me wrong, its not a bad book, but not up to the standards one has come to expect from Dan Simmons.
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22 of 24 people found the following review helpful:
2.0 out of 5 stars So what was all that about?, 2 Dec 2005
By Davywavy2 - See all my reviews
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By the time I'd finished reading Ilium (the first book of this pair) I was enthused with anticipation. How on earth, I wondered, can the author tie up all the plot threads, characters and storylines into a satisfying, coherent and meaningful conclusion. I couldn't wait to find out.
If you're wondering the same thing, I can answer you: he isn't going to.
Ilium was a fast moving, exciting Sci-fi blockbuster with a lot of good ideas. With Olympos, Simmons piles on even more plot threads and ideas until the whole thing just collapses into incoherence. With the Greek Gods, teleportation, nanotechnology, magic, alternate universes, Shakespeare, Proust, artificial intelligences, quantum effects of consciousness, shaceships, islamic fundamentalists, black-hole bombs, little green men, Mars and more, the author throws in everything you can think of - by the end I was expecting Hitler to wander into the narrative, possibly carrying the kitchen sink because they were the only things which hadn't thrown into the mix.
Long flagged plot threads are wrapped up in a couple of lines, the villain of the book just ups and leaves about a hundred pages from the end with no satisfying resolution, major characters appear and then disappear with no indication of where they have gone, and other characters have resolutions which - to put it politely - make no sense whatsoever.
Terry Pratchett can get away with using the excuse of "it's all Quantum, innit?" when excusing plot hoes in his books because he writes comedy. An author of Simmons' calibre cannot get away with it and having read Olympos from start to finish my over-riding feeling is that not only did I not understand how the book ends, I don't think the author does either. What is worse, is that there isn't much evidence of the author caring. The last hundred pages feel rushed, as if the author is as sick as you are of the whole thing and just wants to get it finished so he could go and watch Lost instead. Which is what I advise you do. It's more satisfying and it makes more sense.
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11 of 12 people found the following review helpful:
1.0 out of 5 stars If you've read Ilium don't bother, 22 Oct 2005
Being a great fan of Dan Simmons I expected much of his new epos. Ilium was an intriguing book and although the storyline was confusing at times it had the makings of a great story.

One year later Olympos comes along. I had forgotten most of the story from the first book, but that wasn't really a problem. It's just more of the same. Greeks, little green men, gods, moravecs, Caliban..... and the list goes on.

The story moves along at a very slow pace. You even have to labour through page after page of dialouge between some of the surviving captains of Ilium. And then there are the poems. Why?

Instead of giving a background story and shedding some light on the strange fenomenons of the story, new and seemingly pointless elements are added. There is a side story about a sunken sub which for some reason seems important in the book, but no explanation is given as to why this is.

Olympus is a poor attempt to finish the story in one book. I think Mr. Simmons would have been better off doing it in 3 or 4 volumes like the Hyperion saga.

If you've read Ilium, you'll only be dissapointed by this book. The story is better without the last installment.

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2.0 out of 5 stars Does not improve on Ilium - I've just stopped reading
I've loved the Hyperion and Endymnion Ominibus and was so much looking forward to reading Ilium and Olympos. Unfortunately, I've been deeply disappointed. Read more
Published 3 months ago by Francois

5.0 out of 5 stars Fantastic follow up
Twists and turns, but keeps you engrossed and on your toes at all times. You just know your not going to be disappointed.
Published 3 months ago by D. Martin

5.0 out of 5 stars Mammoth Fun
To be honest, I would give this book a four, but I felt a lot of the reviews were far to low. This book is a worthy follow-up. Read more
Published 4 months ago by Luka Rejec

1.0 out of 5 stars What was the publisher thinking?
After Ilium, this is a big let down. It reads as if Simmons couldn't be bothered work out how to develop the story any more, and just started to make stuff up to fill out the... Read more
Published 8 months ago by DonSC

2.0 out of 5 stars Putdownable!
Simply a contrived, hokey show off of Simmon's obvious knowledge of classic literature and a good amount of research in the classic texts of Homer, Virgil and whatnot. Read more
Published 13 months ago by Mads Bødker

4.0 out of 5 stars Ignore the ignorami!
Quite a few reviewers have been negative about this sequel to the admittedly quite a bit more successful 'Ilium'. Read more
Published 14 months ago by R. Tavener

5.0 out of 5 stars Inspired
I am a avid fan of Dan Simmons' work. To my mind, he is the best contemporary sci-fi writer: no-one else comes even remotely close. Read more
Published 14 months ago by J. Tallis

2.0 out of 5 stars Missing pages
I still didn't finish it, but I found pages between 217-251 are missing in my edition. So far a 4 for the reading (however I am still far from the supossedly dissapointing end)... Read more
Published 15 months ago by Alberto Gomez Casado

2.0 out of 5 stars Hmmm put off now
I enjoyed Ilium, as did other reviewers here
and was thinking about the sequel.

BUT other reviewers found the book a cure for insomnia and the authors rantings... Read more
Published 18 months ago by CjW

3.0 out of 5 stars Even sillier than Ilium - who'd have thought it possible?
Ilium was the first Dan Simmons book I had read, and I enjoyed it although found it all a bit hard to understand. Read more
Published 22 months ago by Mr. I. A. Macpherson

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