Question: What is the name of the author who wrote a series of two science fiction novels, about beings who have taken on the roles of the Greek gods, which makes references to a novel written by a Russian author known by the pen name Vladimir Sirin?
Sentence (from "Ilium/Olympos"): Like Simmons' earlier series, the Hyperion Cantos, it is a form of "literary science fiction"; it relies heavily on intertextuality, in this case with Homer and Shakespeare as well as references to Marcel Proust's "À la recherche du temps perdu" (or "In Search of Lost Time") and Vladimir Nabokov's novel "".
Relevant evidence: Yes