"Sci-Fi Writer Dan Simmons Explores the Horror..." Topic

… of Frozen Landscapes.

"Dan Simmons is best known for his far-future science fiction series the Hyperion Cantos, but he's also published popular books in a wide range of other genres, including horror, fantasy, and historicals. His 2007 bestseller The Terror, which explores the disappearance of a real-life Arctic expedition, is currently in development at AMC, with Ridley Scott attached to direct. Simmons' new book The Abominable also deals with the hazards that befall an expedition making their way across a frozen landscape, though in this case that landscape is the slopes of Mount Everest.

When people ask if there's a scary, hairy abominable snowman in the book, I tell them there's something much worse," says Dan Simmons in Episode 96 of the Geek's Guide to the Galaxy podcast.

Indeed, The Abominable contains enough mayhem and dread to satisfy any horror fan, though some of the book's most macabre moments are drawn straight from real life, such as a climber whose body was so battered after falling thousands of feet that only his jawbone was ever found, or a Tibetan funeral in which the deceased is hacked apart with knives and fed to vultures. That dark edge combined with the book's fine writing, well-drawn characters, and carefully researched historical detail make it a worthy successor to The Terror…"
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I'll be waiting for this one. I really enjoyed The Terror. Simmons is a very good writer.

Actually Simmons started off his novel writing career as a horror writer (song of Kali, Carrion Comfort) so labelling him as a sci-fi writer seems kinda wrong even if he is obviously best known for Hyperion.

Terror indeed was a very nice read.

I've only read his "The Terror" which was a good horror read based on Franklin's lost expedition to the NW passage.
I'll have to read some more of his books once I rescue them from storage

It could be a very good film, and I'll go and see it if it comes to pass.