Ahira's Hangar

What is your favorite subplot of Ilium? Dan Simmons, of course, begins to masterfully weave them all together by book's end, but each is quite different in tone...the humans, ie Harman, Daeman, Hannah, Ada, etc.the Trojan War, Greek gods, and scholicsthe moravecsShow results Our lives are the songs that sing the universe into existence.~David Zindell
****Tavern Wench of DOGMA, the Defenders of George Martin's Art****<i></i>

The moravec's tale is the best, although the others are good. <i></i>

I liked all three, but found the moravecs to be very charming. Our lives are the songs that sing the universe into existence.~David Zindell
****Tavern Wench of DOGMA, the Defenders of George Martin's Art****<i></i>

In fact, now that I have had time to think about Ilium some more, I think that I enjoyed the robots the most (though I did truly like all three main storylines) because somehow they seemed to be the most human of all of the characters... Our lives are the songs that sing the universe into existence.~David Zindell
****Tavern Wench of DOGMA, the Defenders of George Martin's Art****<i></i>

I loved the scholics and the War. I agree, the moravecs had a feeling of humaness far greater than the "humans'. However, the Trojan War was certainly my favorite part of the story. Oddly it seemed to be the most likely to occur. I found myself constantly rooting for the mortals whenever they fought the "gods" too. <i></i>