tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9919027.post6285776122078120213..comments2024-03-04T14:52:40.445+02:00Comments on pulpetti: Dan Simmons: Summer of NightUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9919027.post-46803280983971681882017-01-16T17:33:35.634+02:002017-01-16T17:33:35.634+02:00Thanks for your comment, Will! I noticed some Step...Thanks for your comment, Will! I noticed some Stephen King vibes in SUMMER OF NIGHT,but having read only little King in the past 25 years, I thought best not to say anything about that.jurinummelinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16341211256652624861noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9919027.post-42212372601310415102017-01-14T18:47:25.380+02:002017-01-14T18:47:25.380+02:00I can easily recommend SONG OF KALI as well, a won...I can easily recommend SONG OF KALI as well, a wonderful '80s horror novel that offers more, as was said above, that just escapist chills. It is brutally efficient and almost palpably evil. Also fantastic is HYPERION, his grand SF epic. But other than a few '80s short stories, I've been little taken with his other work. Honestly I found SUMMER OF NIGHT to be a weak and obvious Stephen King copy, but I know I'm in the minority with that opinion!Will Erricksonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16285306262078600804noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9919027.post-45552168328980998822017-01-14T12:50:58.288+02:002017-01-14T12:50:58.288+02:00Thanks for your comment, JF! Nice to know this was...Thanks for your comment, JF! Nice to know this was useful. I've heard about Song of Kali and many friends have recommended it, so I'll try that. jurinummelinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16341211256652624861noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9919027.post-54198152575919267352017-01-13T22:46:02.372+02:002017-01-13T22:46:02.372+02:00I've only read SONG OF KALI by Simmons. Compar...I've only read SONG OF KALI by Simmons. Compared to his most recent work -- bloated doorstop tomes, all of them -- it's practically a novella. Compactly told with rich detail and breathtakingly short. If you're interested in more of Simmons, I very much recommend it. It has a taste of horror and the occult (Indian mythology, Kali death cult) but I'd hesitate to slap any genre label on it because it's a lot more going for it than typical escapist horror fiction meant to thrill or repulse. It was (I think) his first novel. His science fiction is highly regarded, though I rarely read anything in that genre so I can't give any recommendations of that portion of his work. Of all his books that I do want to read SUMMER OF NIGHT is the most often lauded by people whose tastes I share and respect. Thanks for another positive review, one that highlights the aspects I like to know about in advance. I'll try to add it to my reading list this year. J F Norrishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06473487417479127354noreply@blogger.com