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Ilium
by Dan Simmons
And here I thought I'd be getting a futuristic retelling of the Trojan war. And I did...sort of, but what I got so completely transcended my initial expectations. I want to know how Simmons' mind works, how he creates such believable, hard sci-fi futures and populates them with engaging characters, some of whom are Greek gods. A huge fan of his, having read the entire Hyperion Cantos, his style is intelligent sci-fi adventure, a multi-layered story encompassing so many different ideas and theories. But he still finds time for the engaging, rousing adventure or action scene and on the fields of Troy, there is certainly ample opportunity for bloodshed. Definitely recommend it. I'm onto Olympos now, the sequel, to see how the story ends.