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Summer of Night
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Dan Simmons |
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G.P. Putnam's Sons, 1991 |
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1992 BFS Nominated |
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  (2 reads / 2 ratings)
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Synopsis
In the summer of 1960 in Elm Haven, Illinois, a sinister being is stalking the town's children, and when a long-silent bell peals in the middle of the night, the townfolk know it marks the end of innocence.
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- Book Review Tuesday: Summer of Night
Published in 1991, Summer of Night by Dan Simmons is a coming-of-age story set in small town America in the 1960s. The plot revolves around a group of children who realise that their town is in great. ... - Tor.com / Science fiction and fantasy / Blog posts / Dan Simmons ...
But he is equally at home with horror novels like the just-released Carrion Comfort, Summer of Night, and A Winter Haunting, and with the detective stories in his Joe Kurtz series. Recent novels The Terror, about a real attempt to find ... - Review: Neverland by Douglas Clegg « King of the Nerds!!!
In truth many of my favorite horror novels have taken place during the summer, notably Caitlin Kiernan's Red Tree and Dan Simmons Summer of Night make excellent use of the summer months to enhance their settings. ... - Tor.com / Science fiction and fantasy / Blog posts / Better to ...
Dan Simmons may not be the best SF writer, or the best horror writer, or the best detective story writer, or the best historical fiction writer, but the fact that he is a damned good writer in all of these genres continues to amaze me. ... I consider Summer of Night a nearly perfect horror story. Go on to A Winter Haunting if you are patient enough for subtle, disturbing horror (there's no battle royale there, just beautifully sustained creepiness). The Terror is A Winter ... - Black Hills: A Novel
Dan Simmons continues to amaze me. He initially made his name in the horror genre writing classics like CARRION COMFORT and SUMMER OF NIGHT. He has since succeeded in several different genres, from science fiction to hard-boiled crime ... - Summer Reading to Chill Your Bones
SUMMER OF NIGHT by Dan Simmons. SWAN SONG by Robert McCammon. THE ELEMENTALS by Michael McDowell. THE ABSENCE by Bill Hussey. THE TERROR by Dan Simmons. IT by Stephen King. GRIMM MEMORIALS by R. Patrick Gates. GHOUL by Michael Slade ... - The Hollow Man Dan Simmons Bantam 1st Hc
The Hollow Man by Dan Simmons Award-winning author of Hyperion and Summer Of Night Published by Bantam, New York, 1992. Hardcover. 293 pages. Jacket illustration by John Jude Palencar. First edition, first edition with complete number ... - Hazy Days of Horror 2010
This quarter, our very own Sheila Merritt reviews Summer of Night by Dan Simmons, a classic review of a classic novel. And below the review, you'll find links to other reviews provided by other horror web sites. ... - Dan Simmons' Perfect Summer Read | Writing | SPLICETODAY.com
At Chicklet last year I found a few books by Jeffrey Ford, and a few weeks ago I ran across Dan Simmons' Summer of Night, a book that I had been meaning to read, for two dollars. During a conference in Memphis, Tennessee I had devoured ... - Books I read May 2010
Here Simmons brings back a character from his earlier novel Summer of Night, to the place where many of his personal demons still exist. A well-written, sometimes overly-detailed piece of fiction that, once again, entertains, ...
