Good horror. 8 out of 12. But despite the horrific plot, one thing that Simmons does really well is character building and backstory. Carrion Comfort (Aline Templeton) 3278. By Gerard Manley Hopkins. Simple as that." Willi’s bought the rights to a paperback best-seller called The White Slaver. Set this time in Caithness, alternatively interesting and rather ghastly with a village set against the main characters. Goodreads helps you keep track of books you want to read. A nightmarish chronicle of predator and prey that will shatter your world view forever. Find books like Swan Song from the world’s largest community of readers. There are thousands of studies that have been done on chapter and novel length, but the truth of the matter is: a reader only notices page count when the writing and/or story sucks. Very nicely plotted with a twist at the end that I certainly didn't see coming! October 1st 1990 Carrion Comfort is an A+, Song of Kali an A-. Wanted to give this 4 stars as I really like the series, set in the remoter parts of Scotland which I visited last summer. Clocking in at 886 pages, it isn't the longest I have read, either. CARRION COMFORT is one of the three greatest horror novels of the 20th century. In fact, I would upload a picture of it but yet another of my friends is currently reading it. 4.5 stars. A nightmarish chronicle of predator and prey that will shatter your world view forever. There are no discussion topics on this book yet. We”, “He wished he were home in Charleston, listening to the Dave Brubeck Quartet on the stereo and reading Bruce Catton.”, World Fantasy Award Nominee for Best Novel (1990), British Fantasy Award for Best Novel (1990). So, bas. I read because I like knowing the deepest thoughts and motivations of the characters who populate my fiction. Another good yarn, with a backdrop of another Scottish landscape, the Flow country. If you love the fantasy genre, this is the season for you! Download it once and read it on your Kindle device, PC, phones or tablets. Kelso Strang as fly in fly out DCI to solve crimes in the remote parts of Scotland solves a very strange and horrifying crime with the help of the young female offsider from the first book. Dust jacket cover art and interior illustrations in color and b&w by Kathleen McNeil Sherman. it is also about as one-dimensional as they come, despite the potential of the multi-leveled subject matter and the breadth of the narrative (from World War 2 Germany to present-day Hollywood, and dozens of locales in between). I can; Can something, hope, wish day come, not choose not to be. Not, I'll not, carrion comfort, Despair, not feast on thee; Not untwist — slack they may be — these last strands of man. In me ór, most weary, cry I can no more. A nightmarish chronicle of predator and prey that will shatter your world view forever. Use features like bookmarks, note taking and highlighting while reading Carrion Comfort: A Novel. Oh well, that's ok. Between Stephen King's the Stand, Robert McCammon's Swan Song, and this book Carrion Comfort by the master Dan Simmons; they are the three Classic novels of Good vs. It is very different from Hyperion but that is not unusual for Simmons as he is a very versatile writer. Excellent! Love the growing professional relations. We’d love your help. Love the growing professional relationship between DCI Strang and Constable Murray though, much improved over the Human Face, where Murray apparently couldn't do anything right, to a point where she is hoping at the end of the book to work with him again. One glance of the wear on the spine of my copy of Carrion Comfort would be enough to tell this is a must read. This is a wonderful book that may have been a victim of my ADD. 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