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Dear Don and List...
Forgive me if this is old hat and I'm simply making a fool of myself. But
I was having a free read in a Johannesburg bookshop last night and I came
across an SF opus by a writer called Dan Simmons, entitled "Ilium". It
seems to leap back and forth from the Trojan War to some distant future,
where a character called Daeman travels to an Ardis Hall, intent on
seducing the lady of the manor -- the creamy-skinned, sensuous,
raven-haired, ultra-cultivated Ada. They discuss lepidopterology. It's too
blatant to be plagiarism, so does it count as a VN sighting? When I got to
page 50, Exclusive Books closed, so I was left in limbo. Does anyone have
a comment?
Hope you're all well...
Tom (Rymour)
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EDNOTE. 'Tis indeed a legitimate VN sighting. Dan Simmons is apparently a
high-end S-F writer. I amazoned him and see he quotes Proust as well.
Forgive me if this is old hat and I'm simply making a fool of myself. But
I was having a free read in a Johannesburg bookshop last night and I came
across an SF opus by a writer called Dan Simmons, entitled "Ilium". It
seems to leap back and forth from the Trojan War to some distant future,
where a character called Daeman travels to an Ardis Hall, intent on
seducing the lady of the manor -- the creamy-skinned, sensuous,
raven-haired, ultra-cultivated Ada. They discuss lepidopterology. It's too
blatant to be plagiarism, so does it count as a VN sighting? When I got to
page 50, Exclusive Books closed, so I was left in limbo. Does anyone have
a comment?
Hope you're all well...
Tom (Rymour)
----- End forwarded message -----
EDNOTE. 'Tis indeed a legitimate VN sighting. Dan Simmons is apparently a
high-end S-F writer. I amazoned him and see he quotes Proust as well.