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Josef K. Sourdust posted:Yes,I think the Simmons book definitely counts. I heard about it but was reluctant to try it because it had some supernatural element. Is that right? Personally, I enjoy horror fiction but I find the Franklin mystery so amazing that I think it doesn't need that extra element. But each to their own taste. Was the book good? It's a great book. Simmons uses the Arctic setting so well, it's definitely made me want to read more books that feature it, or anything similar, so I'm glad you made this thread.
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bartlebyshop posted:I liked the Inuit myth stuff but it could have been presented a lot better. After I finished the Terror I thought it would have been pretty cool to have a novel about these Arctic expeditions (or even the Norse in Greenland/Newfoundland) where the Inuit are the protagonists. I read the first Edie Kiglatuk novel last month. They're a modern day detective series but the protagonist is an Inuit woman who works as an Arctic guide. Umiapik posted:Also, the book's about 500 pages too long. Does Dan Simmons get paid by the word, or something? all his books are over-long like that! He just loves going on tangents on whatever subject he's most passionate about at the time. It took me forever to get into Abominable cuz it starts off with so much stuff about mountain climbing before the plot has a chance to kick into gear. It was good once it did get to Mount Everest though. People who love Arctic type settings and expedition survival stories would probably like this for a lot of the same reasons.
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