by Dan Simmons
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...
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...
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...
"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...
Full review at http://www.bookgasm.com/reviews/thrillers/the-abominable/
Unless all reality is made worse, one cannot attain liberation ...so wonder in grizzly places and mountain retreats... do not get distracted by doctrines and books...just get real experiences... in the horrid and desolate. - Machig Labdrön June 1924, distinguished mountaineer George Mallory with cl...
Er, Nazis bad, is the moral of this story? What an overripe mess of a novel, unfortunately. All the components would seem to be there for a great read, like The Terror - disparate group trapped on Mt. Everest, chasing something and being chased by something, clashing personalities, period detail, gr...
Title: The Abominable Who wrote it? Dan Simmons, author of The Terror and Dickensian thriller, Drood. Plot in a box: A party of climbers journey to Mt. Everest to recover the missing remains of a young English Lord. Invent a new title for this book: Ice Pick Read this if you liked: ...
Another very satisfying Simmons!
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