Saturday, March 7, 2009

BINGO'S BOOK PREVIEW AND GIVEAWAY!


THE TERROR

by
Dan Simmons



Enter to Win One of Five Copies in
THE TERROR GIVEAWAY
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Terrence Rafferty of "The New York Times" stated, "Writing fiction isn’t an activity for the faint-hearted, and anyone who has managed, as Dan Simmons has, to generate two dozen books (in an impressive variety of genres) in just 22 years clearly deserves credit for discipline, diligence, resolve and, most of all, confidence. ...his résumé includes a Hugo award (from the World Science Fiction Society), four Bram Stoker awards (from the Horror Writers Association) and a couple of World Fantasy awards."

David Masiel of "THE WASHINGTON POST" says, "This mix of historical realism, gothic horror and ancient mythology is a difficult walk on fractured ice, and anyone without Simmons's mastery of narrative craft would have undoubtedly fallen through....THE TERROR proves a compelling read, while making the average meal consumed by the average American seem a precious gift from warm-weather gods."

From Amazon.com's STARRED REVIEW, we learn a little about the story of THE TERROR.
"Hugo-winner Simmons (Olympos) brings the horrific trials and tribulations of arctic exploration vividly to life in this beautifully written historical, which injects a note of supernatural horror into the 1840s Franklin expedition and its doomed search for the Northwest Passage. Sir John Franklin, the leader of the expedition and captain of the Erebus, is an aging fool. Francis Crozier, his second in command and captain of the Terror, is a competent sailor, but embittered after years of seeing lesser men with better connections given preferment over him. With their two ships quickly trapped in pack ice, their voyage is a disaster from start to finish...This complex tale should find many devoted readers and add significantly to Simmons's already considerable reputation."


DATES: MARCH 7 through March 21 at 6:00 PM, EST

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