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Drood

Dan Simmons

Hardcover | Pages: 775 pages

Rating: 3.49 | 14226 Users | 2024 Reviews

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Title	:	Drood
Author	:	Dan Simmons
Book Format	:	Hardcover
Book Edition	:	Deluxe Edition
Pages	:	Pages: 775 pages
Published	:	February 1st 2009 by Little Brown and Company (first published 2009)
Categories	:	Historical. Historical Fiction. Horror. Fiction. Mystery. Fantasy

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Drood… is the name and nightmare that obsesses Charles Dickens for the last five years of his life.

On June 9, 1865, Dickens and his mistress are secretly returning to London, when their express train hurtles over a gap in a trestle. All of the first-class carriages except the one carrying Dickens are smashed to bits in the valley below. When Dickens descends into that valley to confront the dead and dying, his life will be changed forever. And at the core of that ensuing five-year nightmare is…

Drood… the name that Dickens whispers to his friend Wilkie Collins. A laudanum addict and lesser novelist, Collins flouts Victorian sensibilities by living with one mistress while having a child with another, but he may be the only man on Earth with whom Dickens can share the secret of…

Drood. Increasingly obsessed with crypts, cemeteries, and the precise length of time it would take for a corpse to dissolve in a lime pit, Dickens ceases writing for four years and wanders the worst slums and catacombs of London at night while staging public readings during the day, gruesome readings that leave his audiences horrified. Finally he begins writing what would have been the world’s first great mystery masterpiece, The Mystery of Edwin Drood, only to be interrupted forever by…

Drood.

Based on actual biographical events, Drood explores the still-unresolved mysteries of one of our greatest writer’s dark final days in a profoundly original tale that confirms Lincoln Child’s assessment of New York Times bestselling author Dan Simmons as “a giant among novelists.”

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Original Title:	Drood
ISBN:	0316007021 (ISBN13: 9780316007023)
Edition Language:	English
Characters:	Wilkie Collins, Charles Dickens
Setting:	United Kingdom
Literary Awards:	Goodreads Choice Award Nominee for Fiction (2009)

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I have a confession. I have never read any Charles Dickens. I have never wanted to read any Charles Dickens. I have seen several versions of A Christmas Carol. So, I can say that I know nothing of Charles Dickens. I suspect this is why I liked this book. I do not have him on some kind a pedestal only to be disappointed by his being human. I had never heard of Wilkie Collins either. I imagine he does not share that same pedestal as his dear friend Charles. I can say that this was an amazing blend

In the same way that Stephen King began to branch out of the horror genre, so it appears is Dan Simmons branching out of the sci-fi and fantasy nook. Two years ago, he blended a historic novel with elements of horror and sci-fi for "The Terror." Now he blends together historical elements with the dark trappings of a turn of the century horror novel in "Drood."Five years before his death, author Charles Dickens was involved in a train wreck. "Drood" begins the story with that wreck and introduces

Two years ago I read Dan Simmons's The Terror in pretty much one go, it was that good and gripping. It expertly combined several areas in which I'm interested and knowledgeable - Victorian Arctic exploration, the Franklin expedition, and supernatural fiction - and I was thrilled when I found out that his next book, Drood, promised more of the same: a doorstopper of a book modeled after the Victorian melodramas I enjoy, featuring two real-life authors whose life and works I know a lot about

I should start off by saying that I loved The Terror. I had no issues with the length of the novel; the story was completely compelling. If Drood had any of the dramatic tension present in Simmons' previous book, I would have finished it with aplomb; sadly, for me it had NO dramatic tension. My friend Jeff noted in his review that a good chunk of this book could have been excised at the editorial level and I now have to agree. I made it through 350 pages and what little Simmons would toss me in

At 771 pages, this book about the rivalry between Charles Dickens and his friend Wilkie Collins was way too long. The two men were rivals and friends, in real life; Dickens wrote to a friend that he found The Moonstone unbearable and Collins in a letter does not seem to be overly upset at Dickens' death. This is a brilliant mix of real and fictional bits of their lives. Collins even has an epiphany towards the end that he could never compare to Dickens' greatness, as he's reading Bleak House,

This was one massive doorstop of a novel. Dan Simmons seems to thrive in this long-as-fuck format. His work should bore me to tears and for whatever reason it doesnt. Its too slow. Too little action. Too looong.And I dig it. The only thing I can figure is the dude obviously has some serious writing/storytelling skills because I didnt get disengaged once while reading this one despite long periods of pretty much nothing happening. Possible Mildly Spoilery Content: (view spoiler)[Wilkie Collins

A galloping, epic saga of the mysterious friendship between Wilike Collins and Charles Dickens. Part literary history and party fantastic imagination, it was a joy to read. I savored it for a while--it's not one to read in a night or a week. But enjoyed every moment I spent with it. Stick with this one and you will be glad you did.