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Carrion Comfort [Paperback]

Dan Simmons
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  • Paperback: 784 pages
  • Publisher: Quercus; Revised 20th anniversary ed edition (1 July 2010)
  • Language English
  • ISBN-10: 1849162212
  • ISBN-13: 978-1849162210
  • Product Dimensions: 19.6 x 13 x 5.4 cm
  • Average Customer Review: 3.9 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (15 customer reviews)
  • Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 150,330 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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'Carrion Comfort is one of the three greatest horror novels of the 20th century. Simple as that' Stephen King.

'A nightmarish chronicle of predator and prey that will shatter your world view forever. A true classic' Guillermo del Toro.

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'Carrion Comfort is one of the three greatest horror novels of the 20th century. Simple as that' Stephen King. 'A nightmarish chronicle of predator and prey that will shatter your world view forever. A true classic' Guillermo del Toro.

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10 of 10 people found the following review helpful
Format:Mass Market Paperback
Dan Simmons is famous for his much-heralded SF epic "Hyperion Cantos" (winner of the 1990 Hugo Award for SF), but he has written many other books, horror as well as SF.
"Carrion Comfort" is one of his earlier horror books. It is a chilling story about a group of vampire-like, mutated humans, who do not feed on blood, but on other people's minds. Their so-called Ability enables them to enter a person's mind, take over control and force the victim to do whatever they want him to. Their favourite game is putting their victims up to killing other people.
Dr. Saul Laski, a Jewish psychiatrist, accidentally meets one of these 'mind rapists' during World War II in a concentration camp in Poland. He manages to escape and decides to spend the rest of his life searching for this horrible character. A series of killings in the town of Charleston in 1980 finally puts Laski on to the right track. In collaboration with Natalie Preston, a girl whose father has been murdered by one of these creatures, he follows the bloody trail left by the mind vampires.

This is not just another vampire story. It is an original and disturbing tale about a small group of apparently ordinary people, whose insatiable appetite for violence and their ability to control other people's minds transforms them into monsters. The vivid descriptions of the principal characters and of the 'mind rapes' experienced by the vampires' victims, really send shivers down your spine. In spite of the generally dark and gloomy atmosphere of the book, Simmons occasionally manages to squeeze in some rather funny passages too.
If you're into horror stories and you'd like to read a really good one, try "Carrion Comfort". I'm sure you won't be disappointed.

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Dan Simmons is a jack-of-all-trades when it comes to writing fiction. He is also, I'm happy to report, a genuine master of each. From the mind-blowing SF of his 'Hyperion Cantos' to the small-town nostalgia (and horror) of 'Summer of Night; from the chaos theory mathematics of 'The Hollow Man' to the 'psycho-analysis' of a retired astronaut in 'Phases of Gravity'; from a original modern twist on the vampire myth in 'Children of the Night' to the taut historical thriller of 'The Crook Factory', Dan Simmons has it all.

'Carrion Comfort' is no exception to his genre-breaking nature. Simmons single-handedly redefines the epic horror novel, so long the sole territory of authors such as Stephen King and Dean Koontz.

This is a very gripping tale, and very surpising. Just when you think you have everything sorted in your mind Simmons pulls the rug from under you and sends you well and truly spinning. It is a high recommendation indeed when you can say of a novel that spans nearly to 1,000 pages that you wished it were longer. (Simmons' own 'Hyperion Cantos' sequence of SF novels exceeds 2,400 pages over 4 volumes and the same wish is also true of that tale.)

This is a true horror classic in every sense of the word. I just wish that Dan Simmons got the recognition that he so rightly deserves in terms of worldwide sales.

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Simmons conjures up a race within-the-race of humans, with tremendous mental powers, who can make any other soul obey their smallest wish. The power keeps them strong and young, far stronger and far younger than they ought to be.
They use their powers differently, a Television preacher to enhance his wealth, a slimy producer to get more sex, but the strongest of them all is of course the most frightening..

An old Gestapo devil, with many lives on his hands, still resides on his private island and has a great future planned for the human race, as he plans to make the world's leaders start the Final War against each other.
Only a few stand against him, one old woman of considerable powers herself(yet not nearly strong enough for the combined evil forces..)A young black woman and an overweight white southern state sheriff make an unusual couple in their hometown and joins the fight,together with an old jewish ex-death camp prisoner.
How does one protect oneself against an enemy who reads your thoughts and may command your will? An enemy that can find you wherever you hide?
The book is a page-turner, in spite of its colossal format(some 900 pages) and I strongly recommend it to anyone who loves horror books or modern fantasy.
Mr Simmons is a writer of great proportion, although far too unknown an translated in my country.

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Classic - but also flawed
Dan Simmons is an award winning writer of sf and horror. Carrion comfort is one of his earliest books.
The book has been rereleased on its 20th anniversary. Read more
Published 1 month ago by D. J. Ketchin
Epic
"Carrion Comfort" is an epic tale that spans several decades and features a multitude of characters. Read more
Published 6 months ago by Zeynep CB
Good concept but overblown
I've read a few of Dan Simmons' books and they ranged from good to excellent, the high point being 'The Terror' which I loved and have read more than once, despite it's length. Read more
Published 9 months ago by Mr. Gareth J. Hughes
Suspense thriller with a big Stephen King-style
Wow, this book totally blew me away. Don't let the cheer size keep you from reading this tome. Each page is worth the read and the book keeps a very fast pace, never really having... Read more
Published 12 months ago by Tim Dams
Some errors but Good
Dan Simmons is one of my favourite authors and this is one of his earlier works. Unlike his other books, this one suffered from a couple of errors. Read more
Published 14 months ago by Dago
has some moments but drags for the most part
It's just too long. I can handle long. Stephen's King's IT is of similar length and that flew by. But this has crazy amounts of padding that are an effort to get through. Read more
Published 15 months ago by PianoNut
An epic from one of the best modern writers.
To those who have compared this book unfavourably to Stephen King... Get real!!
To categorise novels into genre is to do an injustice to anyone who wants to write a good... Read more
Published 15 months ago by ninevoices
Couldn't finish it...
I admit that I'm not really a sci-fi fan; I prefer to watch sci-fi rather than read it. This book is a classic example of why that is.

Simmons has a great basic concept. Read more
Published 16 months ago by bloodsimple
Can't believe this only has a handful of reviews on Amazon
Being a longtime reader of both horror and SF (I read and reread the Hyperion books many years ago), I am astonished that this book has been in print for 20 years without me... Read more
Published 20 months ago by L. E. Ryan
Stephen King?!
To the recent reviewer who compared Dan Simmons unfavourably with Stephen King, I must say - no way!!! Read more
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