Book Review: Olympos
- August 23, 2014
- Tagged as: book review, dan simmons
Ben reviews Dan Simmons’ novel Olympos. The first half of the review is spoiler free.
Despite the cautionary proverb about books and their covers, I not only judged but promised myself I’d buy David Mack’s Second Nature, the first entry in Pocket Books’ new Star Trek: Seekers series, as soon…
Book V doesn’t contain the fall of either Satan or Adam and Eve but is nonetheless, arguably the most tragic book in all of Paradise Lost. Ben explains why in this video
Ben looks at Book IV of Paradise Lost focusing on the apocalyptic overtones Milton introduces, Satan’s heartbreaking soliloquy regarding his fall, the nature of Eden, Eve and her narcissistic moment and the curious appearance of…
Book Review: Ilium
- July 28, 2014
- Tagged as: book review, dan simmons
Ben reviews Dan Simmons’ masterpiece Ilium
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