Ilium (novel)
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Ilium is a
À la recherche du temps perdu (or In Search of Lost Time) and Vladimir Nabokov's novel Ada or Ardor: A Family Chronicle. In July 2004, Ilium received a Locus Award for Best Science Fiction Novel of 2004.[1]
Plot summary
The novel centers on three character groups: that of Hockenberry (a resurrected twentieth-century Homeric scholar whose duty is to compare the events of the Iliad to the
third-person, past-tense narrative in all other instances. Much like Simmons' Hyperion, where the actual events serve as a frame
, the three groups of characters' stories are told over the course of the novel and begin to converge as the climax nears.
Reception
Ilium won the Locus Award for Best Science Fiction Novel in 2004,[1] and was nominated for a Hugo Award for Best Novel,[2][3] that same year.
References
- ^ a b "2004 Award Winners & Nominees". Worlds Without End. Retrieved 2009-07-16.
- ^ Van Gelder, Lawrence (April 14, 2004). "Arts Briefing: Sci-Fi Nominees". The New York Times. Retrieved March 30, 2010.
- ^ "Hugo and Retro Hugo Nominations". Archived from the original on 2004-05-14. Retrieved 2008-02-22.
External links
- Dan Simmons – Author's Official Website. Archived 2020-05-24 at the Wayback Machine
- Ilium title listing at the Internet Speculative Fiction Database
- Ilium at Worlds Without End