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Originally Posted by mikephoen
How did you like The Terror? It's one of my favorite Simmons books, and I agree he is an really amazing writer to be able to excel in so many different genres.
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I liked it a lot. Really atmospheric. Unpredictable. Simmons seemed to get the history right. He does have a habit of overwriting, where he'll go into such great scientific detail that the drama seeps away. Like a scene where a crew member is escaping the monster in the rigging and Simmons goes on for about 8 pages about ropes swinging in parabellas and arcs, exact distances between the mast and rigging - all for a scene that takes about 80 seconds. And the ending was a bit unsatisfying.
Still, it was a well-written and fascinating story. I've now read Hyperion, Summer of Night, and the Terror, and enjoyed them all.