![]() By virtue of a superscientific technology known as ''quantum teleporting,'' these self-proclaimed gods can move around in time and space at will. but the actual volcano on Mars that is the tallest mountain in the solar system. Wielding energy-hungry devices of unknown provenance, they have established a base on Mount Olympos, not the mythical abode of Zeus et al. ![]() This time, the threat comes from beings who literally cloak themselves in the guise of Greek gods. Once again, the fabric of the universe is threatened by ill-considered use of godlike powers. But whereas the Hyperion books were deadly serious, wrestling with end-time issues of sin and redemption, ''Ilium'' takes a more playful approach to apocalypse. With ILIUM (Eos/HarperCollins, $25.95), he returns to science fiction on a grand scale. In the massive four-volume space opera that he has retrospectively called the ''Hyperion Cantos,'' Dan Simmons not only created a galaxywide civilization of plausible complexity but filled it with characters whose fate we came to care about. ![]()
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