What is Ilium (book)?
{{italictitle}} {{Infobox book | | name = Ilium | title_orig = | translator = | author = [[Dan Simmons]] | illustrator = | cover_artist = [[Gary Ruddell]] | country = United States | language = English | series = [[Ilium/Olympos]] | genre = [[Science fiction]] | publisher = [[HarperCollins]], Eos imprint | release_date = 2003 | media_type = Print (hardback & paperback) | pages = 731 (paperback edition) | isbn = 0-380-97893-8 | preceded_by = | followed_by = [[Olympos (novel)|Olympos]] }} '''''Ilium''''' is a [[science fiction]] book that was written by [[Dan Simmons]]. It is the first part of the ''[[Ilium/Olympos]]'' cycle, and is about the re-creation of the events in the ''[[Iliad]]'' on [[Mars (planet)|Mars]]. In July [[2004]], ''Ilium'' got the [[Locus Award]] for best science fiction novel of 2003. It was later nominated for the 2004 [[Hugo Award]] for best book.<ref>{{Citation |url=http://www.noreascon.org/hugos/nominees.html |title=Hugo and Retro Hugo Nominations |accessdate=2008-02-22 |archive-date=2004-05-14 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20040514041848/http://www.noreascon.org/hugos/nominees.html |url-status=dead }}</ref> ==References== {{reflist}} {{lit-stub}} [[Category:2003 books]] [[Category:Ilium/Olympos]] [[Category:Science fiction books]]