dan simmons

Hi folks, I'm just about to finish the omibus and im a bit upset as its the best sifi novel ive ever read. Simple question: whats next? Where do i go from here?

So I'm looking for opinions on Dan Simmons' novel Hyperion. From what I've read about him I was surprised to find he doesn't have a thread in the authors section. First off, I'm not the most avid Science fiction reader, mostly fantasy and horror. But lately I've been interested in delving into...

Olympos Dan Simmons Eos, Jun 2005, $25.95, 576 pp. ISBN: 0380978946 While Helen mourns the death of her husband with the help of her lover twentieth century scholar Hockenberry, the Greek and Trojan warriors have united to fight the Olympic Gods who caused much of the conflict with their...

The Terror Dan Simmons Little, Brown, Jan 2007, $25.99 ISBN 0316017442 A few years earlier Captain Sir John Franklin and James Ross found the previously unknown continent f Antarctica. In the mid 1840s, John leads a two ship expedition through the waterways of Northern Canada seeking the...

Carrion Comfort Dan Simmons Dunne, Nov 2009, $19.99 ISBN: 9780312567071 In 1942 in Chelmno, Saul Laski knows he lies in a death camp having his two former roommates already dead and many to follow; he vows to live although the SS and the Oberst came every third Thursday in the month. Saul...

Black Hills Dan Simmons Little, Brown, Feb 24 2010, $25.99 ISBN: 9780316006989 In 1876 following the battle of Little Big Horn, ten years old Sioux warrior Paha Sapa collects coup from the dead. However, on his last breath, the spirit of General George Custer leaves his dead body to enter that...

Summer of Night Dan Simmons Dunne, Jul 12 2011, $15.99 ISBN: 9780312550677 In 1960 in Elm Haven, Illinois, school’s out for summer, but five twelve year old boys (Duane, Mike, Dale, Kevin, Lawrence and Jim) are happy to be free though they also know there is nothing to do. When Tubby the fourth...

I have not read any Simmons yet but I have his Hyperion omnibus on the shelf. How do his other works compare with these? I notice he writes horror too but those get lower marks at Goodreads.

anyone else read this gem? a truly spellbinding book, until the last 100 pages or so, where it turns from magic to cheap parlour trick firstly, the explanation of the monster itself. considering the mystique and menace simmons created around it, i knew that there would be no truly satisfying...

I know both of these books have been out for a little while, but I did a quick search of The Chron and couldn't find any threads on them. I was actually a bit surprised that there weren't more Dan Simmons threads, cos I know he's a fairly popular and well-regarded author. BUT ANYWAY. Ilium...

In 1865 a steam train derails whilst it is crossing a bridge at Staplehurst in Kent. Ten people are killed and forty more injured, some very severely. Amongst the shaken but unhurt passengers is the novelist Charles Dickens, who lends aid and succor to the dying and injured. Dickens is lauded as...

Has anyone read this yet? I just finished this weekend and absolutely loved every word of it. I'll preface this by saying I'm a huge Dan Simmons fan, and I'm constantly amazed at how easily he floats between genres. Drood is a wonderful book. Dark, creepy, thought-provoking, evocative, the...

In the summer of 1845, the Royal Navy dispatched two ships, HMS Erebus and HMS Terror, under the command of Sir John Franklin to the Arctic Ocean. Their orders were to enter the Canadian Arctic Archipelago by means of Lancaster Sound (west of Greenland) and seek out the North-West Passage, which...

Spent part of this summer rereading the awesome Hyperion by Dan Simmons, in truth the greatest SF I've ever read, except for the gory parts. I've read it along with Fall of Hyperion before, and started Endymion. I got about 150 pages in before I put it down in disappointment - it felt trite and...

The Fall of Hyperion is the second novel in the four-volume Hyperion Cantos, although it does effectively resolve the storylines opened up in Hyperion. When the first book ended, the pilgrims had arrived at the Valley of the Time Tombs on Hyperion where each was supposed to confront the Shrike...

Just finished Hyperion:

This sequel to Hyperion (reviewed on this blog on 28 March 08) continues where the first volume left off. The pilgrims are still in the valley of the Time Tombs on Hyperion (where most of them remain, more or less, for the duration of the tale), and one of the two main plot threads follows their...

I kept reading about how good the two Hyperion books were so I eventually bought an omnibus edition including both Hyperion and The Fall of Hyperion. It is the size of a substantial doorstop so it sat on my shelf for a few months while I found excuses to read shorter books. However, I eventually...

Has anyone read this one yet? I LOVED the Hyperion books, and also the illium set. Plus, I'm a huge history buff, so this new book seems like it will appeal to me. I may head to the book shop today to add onto my to read pile, and was wondering if this one is worth a look? Thanks....

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