{"product_id":"ilium-book-dan-simmons-9780380817924","title":"Ilium","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eFrom the Hugo Award-winning author of the Hyperion Cantos, the first book of a breathtaking duology (with \u003ci\u003eOlympos\u003c\/i\u003e) based on the themes of Homer's \u003ci\u003eThe Iliad\u003c\/i\u003e and Shakespeare's \u003ci\u003eThe Tempest\u003c\/i\u003e--a groundbreaking work from a \"magnificently original\" (\u003ci\u003eDenver Post\u003c\/i\u003e) writer.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eDan Simmons's Hyperion created a sensation among readers worldwide. \u003ci\u003eThe New York Times\u003c\/i\u003e called the four Hyperion novels \"an unfailingly inventive narrative that bears comparison with such classics as Isaac Asimov's Foundation series, Frank Herbert's \u003ci\u003eDune\u003c\/i\u003e, and Gene Wolfe's \u003ci\u003eBook of the New Sun\u003c\/i\u003e.\" In this return to epic science fiction, Simmons begins a new saga based on the themes of \u003ci\u003eThe Iliad\u003c\/i\u003e and T\u003ci\u003ehe Tempest\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eWith events set 3,000 years in the past and 2,500 years in the future, with action leaping from the volcanoes and terraformed oceans of Mars, to Jupiter space, to the Plains of Ilium during the Trojan War, to the wildly changed Earth of the distant future--in a story filled with characters like Caliban and Achilles and Helen of Troy, with immortal gods who may be neither immortal nor gods, with all-too mortal humans who might be much more than human--\u003ci\u003eIlium\u003c\/i\u003e celebrates science fiction's sense of wonder in a way few other tales have attempted. Full of action, passion, and intelligence sure to appeal to a diverse range of readers, \u003ci\u003eIlium\u003c\/i\u003e explores the themes of fate, courage, friendship, duty, and death on a heroic scale.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"WoB","offers":[{"title":"US \/ WELL_READ \/ SBYB","offer_id":49674745348369,"sku":"CIN0380817926A","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false},{"title":"US \/ GOOD \/ SBYB","offer_id":49675128897809,"sku":"CIN0380817926G","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false},{"title":"US \/ VERY_GOOD \/ SBYB","offer_id":49985356202257,"sku":"CIN0380817926VG","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false},{"title":"US \/ NEW \/ INGRAM","offer_id":51001945784593,"sku":"NIN9780380817924","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false},{"title":"GB \/ VERY_GOOD \/ INTERNAL","offer_id":52108944245009,"sku":"GOR003930245","price":22.7,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false},{"title":"GB \/ GOOD \/ INTERNAL","offer_id":53144460591377,"sku":"GOR005105479","price":20.9,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0784\/4072\/6801\/files\/0380817926.jpg?v=1786111750","url":"https:\/\/www.worldofbooks.com\/en-gb\/products\/ilium-book-dan-simmons-9780380817924","provider":"World of Books ","version":"1.0","type":"link"}