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Summary: THRILLS CHILLS AND SINISTER INTRIGUE
Review: SIMMONS HAS WRITTEN A EPIC SAGA OF TERROR.CARRION COMFORT HAS A RACE A PSYCHIC VAMPIRES WHO USE HUMANS IN THEIR NEVERENDING WAR FOR DOMINATION.THEY INCLUDE A RACIST OLD LADY, A NAZI
WAR CRIMINAL AND HOLLYWOOD AGENT ONLY THREE PEOPLE
HAVE THE COURAGE TO FIGHT THEM. WHAT MAKES THIS NOVEL A HORROR CLASSIC IS THAT; SIMMONS COMBINES
KING-STYLE HORROR AND COMPLEX INTRIGUE AND ACTION
IN THE STYLE OF ROBERT LUDLUM.
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Summary: The story of two ordanary people caught in a web of insanity
Review: A holocost surviver and a black girl make an unliky pair as they fight the most savage and powerfull people on the planet. A cross-country battle between good and evil. The best book I have ever read. Surpasses King. I could not put it down, evan the second time. I highly reccomend this book. I came to care for or hate the characters created by Dan Simmons. If you want to read a great horror story about modern day vampires this is it. A must read
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Summary: This is a really great book.
Review: I enjoyed it thoughly when I read it a few years ago.
It's about time to read it again. I love big, complicated
books!
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Summary: 1990 Bram Stoker Award Winner
Review: This book is a very ambitious undertaking, with a very
original premise. Taking the lore of the vampire a step further, into the mental stage. This book centers on people
that can control others, like a puppet, through their minds,
becoming "rejuvenated" through Using another person, partic-
ularly for murder. The storyline revolves around three main
"vampires", and a man that has set out to stop them. There is a vaguely "X-files" touch to this, as many of the upper
level members of the government are also "Users". Very
entertaining book, although, some people may be daunted by
it's size (a little less than 900 pages), it is a fast
read, and the last 100 pages are in the "I-can't-put-this-
down" category. Well worth the money spent, I recommend this book wholeheartedly to any and all fans of horror/
thrillers. In fact, I recommend just about anything written
by Dan Simmons, he is a well kept secret in today's better
authors.
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Summary: Long winded story that could be told with less effort.
Review: At about 900 pages, you would think is book is an epic spanning
many generations. It is, however, a relatively simple Stephen
King-ish story of "mind Vampires" who, instead of sucking blood,
thrive on violence and death. None of the characters are very
likeable, and the story just goes on and on, into areas that I believe could have been cut out. I like Dan Simmons style, but
here he's just not editing himself. His other book, Hyperion, is
a much better read.
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Summary: how some people prey on the weakness of others
Review: The best of today's new writers is Dan Simmons. His understanding of people and master control of the art of writing transforms this novel into one scary insight into
the lives of vultures in our society. Makes Stephen King
horror look like comic book reading. Simmons is hard to
label, as he writes sf/horror/fantasy, but he is just a
master at fiction.
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Summary: how some people prey on the weakness of others
Review: The best of today's new writers is Dan Simmons. His understanding of people and master control of the art of
writing transforms this novel into one scary insight into
the lives of vultures in our society. Makes Stephen King
horror look like comic book reading. Simmons is hard to label, as he writes sf/horror/fantasy, but he is just a
master at fiction.
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Summary: Addictive even after 4 reading!
Review: This is the best SciFi or Horror book I've ever read. And I've read many over the last 25 years. King, McCammon, Barker, Cussler, Asimov, Heinlen, etc. The book has a horror tone, but the "abilities" of the characters seems more in line with SciFi and "mental mutants." The amount of detail, combined with the fast pace of this book and total depravity of the characters make it nearly impossible to place down once you get past the first 15 pages. It just pulls you in. Interestingly, this is one of only two books by Simmons that I've been able to finish -- but this one I couldn't stop reading. Most writers can't seem to develop characters without the story really slowing down. But in Carrion Comfort, these sections of the story are especially captivating. I've read this 4 times over the last 10 years -- more than any book other than a couple by Niven.
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Summary: Epic horror and very well done
Review: You don't see a lot of "epic horror" books. Epic sci-fi, epic historical fiction, epic fantasy, yes. But epic horror is a rare beast. Simmons produces a wonderfully horrific novel on an epic scale in _Carrion Comfort_ and I heartily recommend this book to horror fans or to fans of Simmons' sci-fi and recent suspense books.The novel spans more than 100 years and moves effortlessly from first to third person, present to past, and is told by multiple narrators. Usually, this technique fails to hold my attention, either because all of the characters sounds the same, or because one or more the characters have nothing to say. Not so here. Simmons imbues each narrative with vitality and purpose...the overall effect is that you reading multiple short stories that are linked by a common ending and sometimes feature the same characters. The story itself is a horror take on the concept of how absolute power corrupts absolutely. There is just enough of the supernatural element to give the book that creepy feel but not so much that one thinks "this couldn't possibly happen." Buy this book, sit back in your favorite reading place, and enjoy.
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Summary: 1990 Bram Stoker Award Winner
Review: This book is a very ambitious undertaking, with a veryoriginal premise. Taking the lore of the vampire a step further, into the mental stage. This book centers on people that can control others, like a puppet, through their minds, becoming "rejuvenated" through Using another person, partic- ularly for murder. The storyline revolves around three main "vampires", and a man that has set out to stop them. There is a vaguely "X-files" touch to this, as many of the upper level members of the government are also "Users". Very entertaining book, although, some people may be daunted by it's size (a little less than 900 pages), it is a fast read, and the last 100 pages are in the "I-can't-put-this- down" category. Well worth the money spent, I recommend this book wholeheartedly to any and all fans of horror/ thrillers. In fact, I recommend just about anything written by Dan Simmons, he is a well kept secret in today's better authors.
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