![]() Meanwhile, back on Earth, the “old style” humans need to rediscover a lot of technology and skills fast, because their former servitor robots the voynix are really keen on killing all the humans. Into this fray come the moravecs, part-human and part-machine, descendants of machines sent out to Jupiter prior to humanity’s leap into posthumanity. He has had a part in convincing the Trojans and Greeks to unite against the Olympian Gods, who are actually posthumans. First we have Thomas Hockenberry, a “scholic” rebuilt from the writings and DNA of a 21st-century scholar to bear witness to the ersatz Trojan War playing out on a terraformed Mars. ![]() Picking up where Ilium left off, Olympos has a lot of plot threads/characters to summarize, so bear with me. ![]() As with Ilium, I almost gave up on it-but I soldiered on, and honestly? Not worth it. This is what clinched my dislike of Olympos. Not only would it have refreshed me on the plot, but I actually mentioned the uncomfortable, rapey, male-gazeyness of Simmons’ writing in that review. ![]() I really should have read my review of Ilium before diving into Olympos. Sometimes, Kara, you need to listen to yourself more. ![]()
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