Carrion Comfort penetrates the darkest recesses of the 20th century, as one man seeks to justify his belief that a secret society of powerful beings is behind many of the world's most horrific catastrophes. Ranking among the greatest reinventions of the vampire legend, this classic novel explores humanity's attraction to violence and what it means for our future.
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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.
'A nightmarish chronicle of predator and prey that will shatter your world view forever. A true classic' Guillermo del Toro.
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THE PAST. Caught behind the lines of Hitler's Final Solution, Saul Laski is one of the multitudes destined to die in the notorious Chelmno extermination camp. But he will soon fall into the clutches of an evil far older and greater than the Nazis themselves. THE PRESENT. A rare few individuals have the Ability - the psychic power to influence the minds of others. Each year they meet to discuss their ongoing campaign of debauchery and slaughter. But this year things are not going according to plan... The story that follows spans decades and continents and penetrates the darkest recesses of the 20th century. As well as ranking among the greatest reinventions of the vampire legend, Carrion Comfort explores humanity's attraction to violence and what it means for our future. Revised and reissued for the 20th anniversary of its first publication, with a brand new introduction by Dan Simmons.
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11 of 11 people found the following review helpful
By "mhaar6"
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.
"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.
4 of 4 people found the following review helpful
By B. Jonsson
Format:Paperback
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..
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.
11 of 12 people found the following review helpful
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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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Loved it
Lots of action, lots of twists, this book kept me on the edge of my seat all the way through.
Action/Horror.. what more could you want!
Action/Horror.. what more could you want!
Published 1 month ago by David
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Excellent read
As usual, Dan Simmons did it again!
It is a great story, greatly woven and skilfully concluded. Read more
It is a great story, greatly woven and skilfully concluded. Read more
Published 4 months ago by Sleep Mode
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Who's On Your Mind?
Dan Simmons' novel is science fiction because some of its characters have an unusual ability to invade, control, and destroy other people's minds. Read more
Published 10 months ago by John M. Ford
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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
The book has been rereleased on its 20th anniversary. Read more
Published 13 months ago by D. J. Ketchin
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Epic
"Carrion Comfort" is an epic tale that spans several decades and features a multitude of characters. Read more
Published 18 months ago by Z de MC
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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 21 months ago by Mr. Gareth J. Hughes
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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 on 23 May 2011 by Tim Dams
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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 on 19 Mar 2011 by Dago
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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 on 23 Feb 2011 by PianoNut
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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
To categorise novels into genre is to do an injustice to anyone who wants to write a good... Read more
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