# Olympos by Dan Simmons

3 Hacker News commenters recommended Olympos by Dan Simmons and 1 criticized it, November 2025 to November 2026. It was recommended in 2 of 13 months.

**Verdict:** Recommended for its considerable action, though one critic found it forgettable and another warned of odd post-9/11 material.

## Why people recommend it

- Considerable action (1 comments): "Work with considerably more action are Olympus and Ilium" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47185568))

## What people warn about

- Weird post-9/11 content (1 comments): "if you can stomach some weird post-9/11 shit" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49114743))
- Forgettable, not memorable (1 comments): "Olympus/etc was pretty forgettable" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47186056))

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## Where to get it

- [See price on Amazon](https://www.amazon.com/dp/0380817934?tag=hackerapprove-20) (affiliate link)
- [Bookshop.org](https://bookshop.org/a/130825/9780380817931) (affiliate link)

## Cite as

Hacker Approved, "Olympos by Dan Simmons", https://hackerapproved.com/p/olympos/ (counts from 1,795,640 Hacker News comments, November 2025 to November 2026).