Reddit reviews The Rage of Achilles

Great list!

I'd like to add in The Fall of Troy by Quintus of Smyrna, aka The Posthomerica.

It's a 4th century retelling of the Aethiopis, Iliupersis, and Little Iliad - all parts of the Epic Cycle that are now lost, but which detailed events like the death of Achilles, Trojan Horse, and Sack of Troy - and is considered to be the closest thing we have to the originals.

I'm also rather fond of The Rage of Achilles by Terence Hawkins, for how it explores the bicameral mind theory in pursuit of a realistic take on the involvement of the Greek Gods in the story.

hmm well I guess my suggestions are pretty obscure but I actually read this book after someone in /r scifi recommended it and it was really really good. It's one of my favorite books ever and it was quite disturbing. I believe Science Fiction has always been about pushing the extremes of human imagination and this book definitely does that. There's a lot of hardcore violence/sex scenes and some insane stuff that seems like it might be from a David Cronenberg movie.

The other book is called "The Rage of Achilles" it's a retelling of "The Illiad" although the dialogue is written in modern English. It's extremely violent and sexually graphic - very hardcore, it's quite well written though. It really took me by surprise how good it was, I think the author made a lot of interesting choices and had a lot of new interesting ideas about the "The Illiad".