Simmons' novel Summer of Nighttime recounts the childhood of a class action of pre-teens world health organization band together in the 1960's to defeat the centuries-old evil that terrorizes their hometown, Elm Haven, Illinois. This novel is similar to Stephen King's It, in its revolve about microscopic town life, a corruption of innocence, a link to of an ancient evil, & a responsibility for others that emerges by using a transition from either youth to adulthood. Shortly when this novel, Simmons, world health organization got written mostly horror fiction, began writing science fiction. He occurs as respected creator one & more genres, including a mystery & a thriller.

Within January 2004, it was announced that a screenplay he wrote for his novels Ilium & Olympos would become mass produced into the film by Digital Domain and Barnet Bain Films, with Simmons acting when executive producer. Ilium is described as an "epic tale that spans 5,000 years and sweeps across the entire solar system, including themes and characters from Homer's The Iliad and Shakespeare's The Tempest." In July 2004, Ilium received a Locus Award for best science fiction novel of 2003.

Works
Hyperion Cantos