Burton, MI, Subterranean Press, 2005. Limited Edition. Hardback. 136 of 724 copies, signed by the author to a tipped in leaf as issued. No jacket, as issued. Top edge a little spotted. Dan Simmons (1948-) is an American speculative fiction writer best known for his Hyperion Cantos, the first book of which takes some inspiration from the Decameron and the Canterbury Tales making use of their framing narratives. Simmons' Ilium and Olympos cycle retells the tales of Homer. [12330, Hyraxia Books].