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  • Olympos is the closing sequel to Ilium, and reveals the deeper mysteries behind the events of Olympos, as the situation of the last humans on earth goes from bad to dire.

    27 « April « 2008 « I Can’t Stop Reading! 2008

  • Olympos is the closing sequel to Ilium, and reveals the deeper mysteries behind the events of Olympos, as the situation of the last humans on earth goes from bad to dire.

    April « 2008 « I Can’t Stop Reading! 2008

  • Olympos is the closing sequel to Ilium, and reveals the deeper mysteries behind the events of Olympos, as the situation of the last humans on earth goes from bad to dire.

    Olympos by Dan Simmons « I Can’t Stop Reading! 2008

  • His latest duo: Ilium and Olympos, is the same deal.

    Show #1: Pre-show discussion : The Kick-Ass Mystic Ninjas 2005

  • Olympos, which is called Histiaiotis; and when it was driven from

    The History of Herodotus Herodotus 2003

  • For these were the most eminent races in ancient time, the second being a Pelasgian and the first a Hellenic race: and the one never migrated from its place in any direction, while the other was very exceedingly given to wanderings; for in the reign of Deucalion this race dwelt in Pthiotis, and in the time of Doros the son of Hellen in the land lying below Ossa and Olympos, which is called Histiaiotis; and when it was driven from Histiaiotis by the sons of Cadmos, it dwelt in Pindos and was called Makednian; and thence it moved afterwards to Dryopis, and from Dryopis it came finally to Peloponnesus, and began to be called Dorian.

    The history of Herodotus — Volume 1 480? BC-420? BC Herodotus 1883

  • There's also some remarkable similarities to Dan Simmons "Olympos," but I don't want to say more for fear of revealing spoilers.

    Big thumbs up for Neal Stephenson's version of Harry Potter 2008

  • Same to be said for his like minded Illium and Olympos.

    What SF would you recommend to a non-reader? 2009

  • I have cited him as my favorite writer many, many times, yet I have not read Olympos, The Terror or the aforementioned Drood.

    MIND MELD: What SF/F/H Books Are On The Top of Your "To-Be-Read" Pile? 2010

  • After reading the extraordinary Ilium, which ended after several hundred pages with more questions left, I was concerned that the sequel Olympos would not live up to the high bar Mr. Simmons set.

    Dusk Before the Dawn » 2009 » February 2009

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