Dan Simmons
Hardcover | Pages: 769 pages Rating: 4.07 | 39728 Users | 4311 Reviews
Mention Regarding Books The Terror
| Title | : | The Terror |
| Author | : | Dan Simmons |
| Book Format | : | Hardcover |
| Book Edition | : | Anniversary Edition |
| Pages | : | Pages: 769 pages |
| Published | : | January 8th 2007 by Little, Brown and Company |
| Categories | : | Horror. Historical. Historical Fiction. Fiction. Fantasy. Thriller |
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The men on board HMS Terror have every expectation of triumph. As part of the 1845 Franklin Expedition, the first steam-powered vessels ever to search for the legendary Northwest Passage, they are as scientifically supported an enterprise as has ever set forth. As they enter a second summer in the Arctic Circle without a thaw, though, they are stranded in a nightmarish landscape of encroaching ice and darkness. Endlessly cold, with diminishing rations, 126 men fight to survive with poisonous food, a dwindling supply of coal, and ships buckling in the grip of crushing ice. But their real enemy is far more terrifying. There is something out there in the frigid darkness: an unseen predator stalking their ship, a monstrous terror constantly clawing to get in.When the expedition's leader, Sir John Franklin, meets a terrible death, Captain Francis Crozier takes command and leads his surviving crewmen on a last, desperate attempt to flee south across the ice. With them travels an Inuit woman who cannot speak and who may be the key to survival, or the harbinger of their deaths. But as another winter approaches, as scurvy and starvation grow more terrible, and as the terror on the ice stalks them southward, Crozier and his men begin to fear that there is no escape.
Present Books Toward The Terror
| Original Title: | The Terror |
| ISBN: | 0316017442 (ISBN13: 9780316017442) |
| Edition Language: | English |
| Setting: | Nunavut(Canada) |
| Literary Awards: | Bram Stoker Award Nominee for Best Novel (2007), International Horror Guild Award for Best Novel (2008), Shirley Jackson Award Nominee for Novel (Finalist) (2007), British Fantasy Award Nominee for Best Novel (2008) |
Rating Regarding Books The Terror
Ratings: 4.07 From 39728 Users | 4311 ReviewsArticle Regarding Books The Terror
Whew! I finished it. Wowza!This is such a long book!!!!!!!Dont go into this one unless you enjoy big books, having the patience to let the story evolve and knowing that the pace can be slow at times.I stuck in there from the beginning and the ending was well worth it! I was struggling in the beginning because the first 10 or so chapters in this book alternate between the present and the past when the Franklin expedition was started.It also has different POV chapters with characters so also knowWow... I absolutely loved this book. Don't let the page length stop you from reading it! Despite its length, the story moves quickly and there's incredible tension throughout. There are a ton of characters to keep you interested (but not too many that you lose track) and who you'll want to scream at for doing the wrong thing or an incredibly awful thing. Some parts were breathtakingly tense and some parts were frightening. Don't think of this as a horror book with a monster... This is so much
Review on English, followed by the Bulgarian one. Ревюто на английски е първо, следва това на български.I don't know if you will ever read this but anyway - thank you for the great book Mr. Simmons!!!What a novel -simply epic!With a smooth, almost somnolent start, a surprise rise of the tension to the finish that far exceeded my expectations!Simmons is familiar to us mainly with his science fiction books, but this is pure adventurous novel with unheard-of scope, at least for me.The atmosphere
September 7, 2010: I don't want to talk about it right now. It's too soon and the pain is still too fresh. I shall review on another day.September 17, 2010: It's been well over a week since my encounter with The Terror and the thought of writing a review still exhausts me, but here it goes. I have read many glowing reviews of The Terror. That is, in fact, why I bought it. I mean, check out this kick ass plot: Two British ships, the Terror and the Erebus, are frozen in the polar sea for years,
Dan Simmons has a multitude of strengths -- undeniable attention to detail, dialogue that sings with clarity, set pieces that can haunt for days -- but most notable might be restraint from barreling down any one genre: ghost story, alien story, survival story. The Terror has elements of each but trusts the reader's imagination to give the novel shape and texture.This epic is a fictionalized account of the final voyage of Captain John Franklin, who set off for the Arctic Ocean in 1845 to locate
Just re-read this deeply atmospheric gem of a novel and loved it just as much as the first time I read it! Probably even more since I have been thinking about this book for more than a year and couldnt wait to get my hands on it again. I am absolutely gobsmacked by this riveting blend of historical fiction, adventure, horror and the folklore/myths of the Inuit people of the arctic circle. This was especially interesting to me since the long lost Northwest Passage expedition ship The Terror was
This is so good!!!!!!!! What took me so long to read this?????The men aboard the HHS Terror believe they will be the ones to successfully search for the Northwest Passage. The year is 1845 and the Franklin Expedition is steam-powered and after spending another a second summer in the arctic circle, their rations begin to dwindle, men's spirits begin to plummet and there is no end to the ice, cold and darkness. As the men begin to show signs of scurvy, they also are confronted by poisonous food,
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