The Terror

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Published 2007 by Little, Brown and Company.

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978-0-316-00386-5
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3 stars (4 reviews)

"Dan Simmons writes with the salty grace and precision of Patrick O'Brian. But in piling supernatural nightmare upon historical nightmare, layering mystery upon mystery, he has produced a turbocharged vision of popular doom." -Men's JournalGreeted with excited critical praise, this extraordinary novel-inspired by the true story of two ice ships that disappeared in the Arctic Circle during an 1845 expedition-swells with the heart-stopping suspense and heroic adventure that have won Dan Simmons praise as "a writer who not only makes big promises but keeps them" (Seattle Post-Intelligencer). THE TERROR chills readers to the core."Brutal, relentless, yet oddly uplifting, THE TERROR is a masterfully chilling work." -Entertainment Weekly"In the hands of a lesser writer than Dan Simmons, THE TERROR might well have dissolved into a series of frigid days and three-dog nights. But Simmons is too good a writer to ignore the real gold in his story-its beleaguered cast." -Bookpage"Guaranteed to …

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2 stars

I think I liked this book. I'm not sure. But I don't know that I'd recommend it to anybody. The writing is engaging, the book is well-researched based on the theories of Terror and Erebus at the time he was writing. But it's so long! And so miserable! And does the protagonist have to fuck the only woman he meets?

I mean, based on the tale of a famous lost mission, it's not surprising it is grim, dark, and miserable. So if you want that in a book, then 4 stars. Because it's still too long.

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The Terror was a ship - a state-of-the-art ice-breaker - and it had a sister-ship, Erebus. If you know mountains you may note that two volcanoes in Antarctica share these names. They were, in fact, named after the ships. These ships later saw service on an expedition to find the North-West Passage - and never returned.

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