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A society devoted to self-destruction and waste but unwilling to acknowledge its indulgent ways.

Dan Simmons

A society devoted to self-destruction and waste but unwilling to acknowledge its indulgent ways.

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About Dan Simmons

Dan Simmons (born April 4, 1948) is an American science fiction and horror writer. He is the author of the Hyperion Cantos and the Ilium/Olympos cycles, among other works which span the science fiction, horror, and fantasy genres, sometimes within a single novel. Simmons's genre-intermingling Song of Kali (1985) won the World Fantasy Award. He also writes mysteries and thrillers, some of which feature the continuing character Joe Kurtz.