# Dan Simmons' 'Ilium' and 'Olympos': Any more books after Olympos?

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**Created:** [August 22, 2005, 2:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dan-simmons-ilium-and-olympos-any-more-books-after-olympos/318103 "2005-08-22T14:05:17Z")\
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Anybody know if Simmons is planning any more books in the ‘Ilium’ universe after Olympos?

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**Post date:** [August 23, 2005, 11:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dan-simmons-ilium-and-olympos-any-more-books-after-olympos/318103/2 "2005-08-23T23:07:27Z")

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To answer my own question:

[http://www.locusmag.com/2002/Issue10/Simmons.html](http://www.locusmag.com/2002/Issue10/Simmons.html)

“I don’t think it will grow into four books like Hyperion, but who  
knows? I’m contracted for two. But at least if it grows into four  
books, I know what the model for the other two books would be. People  
have said Ilium and Olympos are based on The Iliad and The Odyssey. But  
they’re not. Ilium and Olympos are both based on The Iliad themes. So  
if I do two more, I know where I’m going for inspiration." – Dan  
Simmons