Dan Simmons Anyone?

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kingricefan

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Ayuh, Simmons does tend to get into details. I admit that there were sections (paragraphs, not pages!) of The Abominable that I skimmed through. Simmons is in my top three list of fav authors because he can tell a great story.
 
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Tooly

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Ayuh, Simmons does tend to get into details. I admit that there were sections (paragraphs, not pages!) of The Abominable that I skimmed through. Simmons is in my top three list of fav authors because he can tell a great story.
I find he writes in a way that if you love the detail, which I do mostly, it's rather impressive, but if you're a skimmer, you don't lose out by doing that.
 

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I usually read the first couple hundred pages of a Simmons novel and then take a break. Come back to it later and finish up. His books are good enough to read but sometimes not good enough like. I would rank him well behind the likes of Robert McCammon in that regard. I could read most of McCammon's books more than once, but not Simmons.
 

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I usually read the first couple hundred pages of a Simmons novel and then take a break. Come back to it later and finish up. His books are good enough to read but sometimes not good enough like. I would rank him well behind the likes of Robert McCammon in that regard. I could read most of McCammon's books more than once, but not Simmons.
Kind of agree with you there. Simmons is an author that you can read but you dont feel that itch to read again (except perhaps Carrion Comfort) and he needs breaks, sometimes several depending on length. McCammon are much more reliable there. Hill too for that matter. Simmons good thing is that he is mostly interesting which is a good thing.
 

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I usually read the first couple hundred pages of a Simmons novel and then take a break. Come back to it later and finish up. His books are good enough to read but sometimes not good enough like. I would rank him well behind the likes of Robert McCammon in that regard. I could read most of McCammon's books more than once, but not Simmons.
I actually did that with Neal Stephenson's Baroque Cycle trilogy. And Jonathan Strange and Mr. Norrell. Just too big and detailed to read in one go.
 

kingricefan

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From what I understand, Dan is not doing well. Fell and shattered his ankle in Nov. and has been in and out of the hospital I believe?

Hope he makes a full recovery.
Oh, that's not good. I don't do Facebook and he doesn't update his 'official' webpage for months at a time so I never know what's going on with him. I hope he has a speedy recovery!!
 
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kingricefan

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Working my way through "Flashback" which is an odd book for Simmons. A lot more action oriented than many of his books but with political themes that might irk some. More a poor man's "Carrion Comfort" than "Drood."
Both Carrion Comfort and Flashback began (and were published) as short stories that Simmons expanded on. Both of the short stories were good, but I'm glad that they were expanded as there was so much more story to tell than what was in the shorts.
 

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Hello, I have 1 question about Entropy's bed at midnight (one of his stories from Lovedeath), I tried googling the answer but couldn't find anything... didn't know where to ask and I decided to try it here, since I've been following SK's forum for some time.


So, I've just finished reading Entropy's bed at midnight and I don't know what to think about the ending, can someone explain it to me maybe?
I will copy the last sentence:

Knowing that she’s not looking, I lift a hand and wave.

And wave again.

That's it, and now I really want to know if...

the first wave meant just sending a wave back to her, but the second one was to warn her because something was happening and she was going to get into an accident and maybe crash or something and die?

Maybe this book isnt that popular so not many people comment about those stories on the internet? Hope someone from here can help me, thanks. :)
 

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Hello, I have 1 question about Entropy's bed at midnight (one of his stories from Lovedeath), I tried googling the answer but couldn't find anything... didn't know where to ask and I decided to try it here, since I've been following SK's forum for some time.


So, I've just finished reading Entropy's bed at midnight and I don't know what to think about the ending, can someone explain it to me maybe?
I will copy the last sentence:

Knowing that she’s not looking, I lift a hand and wave.

And wave again.

That's it, and now I really want to know if...

the first wave meant just sending a wave back to her, but the second one was to warn her because something was happening and she was going to get into an accident and maybe crash or something and die?

Maybe this book isnt that popular so not many people comment about those stories on the internet? Hope someone from here can help me, thanks. :)
Welcome to the site, el-dorado. :smile:
 

GNTLGNT

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