The Abominable (Audio) - Dan Simmons • BookLikes (ISBN:1478952784)

The Abominable (Audio)

by: Dan Simmons (author)

ISBN: 9781478952787 (1478952784)

Publish date: August 1st 2013

Publisher: Hachette Audio

Edition language: English

Category:

Fantasy, Adventure, Historical Fiction, Mystery, Thriller, Horror, Suspense

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11811 rated it

11 years ago

http://11811.booklikes.com 11811 5.0 The Abominable

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This has a wealth of low ratings with the main complaint seeming to be the ridiculously slow pacing. It is a valid complaint. All my clothes went out of style over the course of this novel.I'm going five stars anyway. It think this was Simmons at his best regarding impeccable research, historical...

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Arbie's Unoriginally Titled Book Blog rated it

11 years ago

http://arbieroo.booklikes.com Arbie's Unoriginally Titled Book Blog 4.0 The Abominable, Dan Simmons

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Dan Simmons does it again! This does not come as a surprise anymore, but it does come as a delight every time. Here we have another historical novel, which seems to be Simmons' latest fad, though he can hardly be accused of repeating himself, given the range of setting, time period and perspective...

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Telynor's Library, and then some rated it

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http://telynor.booklikes.com Telynor's Library, and then some 3.0 Climbing, an ongoing mystery, climbing, dumb finale, and oh yes, climbing

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This one I picked up mostly for the fact that I had enjoyed the previous novels of Dan Simmons, and besides, tales of mountains and climbing them have always interested me. This one is set in 1924 and three skilled mountaineers discover that George Mallory and Sandy Irvine have vanished on Mount Eve...

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http://janfleming.booklikes.com Cushla 5.0 The Abominable by Dan Simmons

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"It's 1924 and the race to summit the world's highest mountain has been brought to a terrified pause by the shocking disappearance of George Mallory and Sandy Irvine high on the shoulder of Mount Everest. By the following year, three climbers--a British poet and veteran of the Great War, a young Fre...

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