He takes the reader through rigorous protocols required prior to a climb as dangerously high as this. A veritable mountain climbers' manual of policies and procedures is exhaustively covered. He describes the inadequacies of the bulky and ineffective equipment of 1925; the various modifications to climbers' tools and innovations in alpine gear, including the more regimented protocols for oxygen use that were just coming into practice in that time period. Where The Abominable works so well is in its continuous blurring of reality and fiction. Real people and events are mixed up with fictional. To my mind, that may create a broad appeal, straddling various genres with ease. Some may just read it as a mystery novel, others by turns an adventure novel, a fictional biography, a tale that in its own way reflects the decadent decline and upheaval of the world in that interwar period between World War 1 and World War 2. For most, but not all of the time, Dan creates a definite world that works. This part opens with the three friends (Jake, J.C. and Deacon) summiting Matterhorn, but if you think that this indicates that in the next couple of chapters they would be at the foot of Mt. Everest, you are wrong. They’ll have two more “practice” climbs before they sail for India and eventually trek to Tibet from Darjeeling. Moreover, you’ll know the benefits of using 12 point crampons over 10 point crampons (if you're a slow learner, don't worry. Simmons will remind you every now and then); you’ll read about dozens of modifications done by half a dozen people on oxygen tanks, same with warm clothes made out of parachutes and whatnot, etcetera etcetera, while travelling with our three friends through half of Europe. A thrilling tale of high-altitude death and survival set on the snowy summits of Mount Everest, from the bestselling author of The Terror I would highly recommend The Abominables to readers that are fans of the late, great Eva Ibbotson. Readers that enjoy animal stories, humor, and adventure will greatly enjoy the story. I am a little unsure on my age recommendations as I think readers around 8 and older would be my best guess. However, there is quite a bit about animal rights and cruelty so some of the youngest set might be upset by. However, (spoiler) every character gets their happy ending so that might be enough to make the mild upset worth the big happy that is sure to follow. I gave this book 4 stars on Goodreads.

Book review: ‘The Abominable,’ by Dan Simmons - The

June 1924, distinguished mountaineer George Mallory with climbing recruit Andrew Irvine perished on their attempt to be the first to conquer Mount Everest, the tallest and fiercest unclimbed ( at that time )mountain in the world. I know what you’re thinking. It’s 1925. Hitler has just been released from Landsberg Prison, following the abortive Beer Hall Putsch. His National Socialist Party is polling around 3%. It doesn’t make any sense that a gang of Nazi thugs would waste time chasing mountain climbers up and down the Himalayas. The title of the book is misleading. There is no Abominable Snowman in “The Abominable”. There is no yeti. Instead, there are Nazi climbers, who are trying to retrieve photographs of a pedophile Adolf Hitler, which somehow ends up on Mt. Everest (which Simmons tries to explain unconvincingly which I am not bothering to write about since it would take around 500 more words to explain all the sub-plots).The novel is full of whimsy, charm, and sly humor. The yetis will tug at readers’ heartstrings and make them laugh. The writing is lean, witty, and subtle. Ibbotson manages to touch on ethical messages of human rights, advocacy, and environmentalism without being obvious." Dan's first published story appeared on Feb. 15, 1982, the day his daughter, Jane Kathryn, was born. He's always attributed that coincidence to "helping in keeping things in perspective when it comes to the relative importance of writing and life." Dan Simmons has done a lot of research for this book and he wants to make sure that you know it. And believe me you, you will. And it isn’t just the rope. Perry’s team has acute future vision because they manage to use groundbreaking new ice climbing methods as well as improved equipment in every phase of their expedition. Even their tents and clothing are such a quantum leap above the gear of the day that I was wondering why they bothered trying to climb Mount Everest when they could have just founded North Face and made a fortune instead.

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The Abominable”. Інгредієнти нібито ті самі: екзотичні пейзажі як із National Geographic, детальний опис фактажу, перетин надприродного жаху і людських злочинів. Але якийсь цей роман трошки недороблений. A thrilling tale of high-altitude death and survival set on the snowy summits of Mount Everest, from the bestselling author of The Terror.

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I may/should write a review on how to ruin books with this (and Liz Jensen Rapture) as prime examples, but for now I will just put a few comments:Dan Simmons’s The Abominable is one of those “found manuscript” novels. It begins with an introduction in which Dan Simmons writes as “Dan Simmons,” a novelist who is interested in speaking with Jake Smith,* an Antarctic explorer who resides in a Colorado nursing home. Simmons and Smith talk, and Smith (groaningly described as “a young version” of Daniel Craig) eventually tells the author that he has something he wants to write, and that he wants Simmons to read it. A manuscript eventually finds its way to Simmons. This manuscript is the first-person narrative, told from Jake Smith’s perspective, that makes up the heart of The Abominable. In summary, The Abominable is a book that works brilliantly well most of the time. There is no doubt that it is well written, engrossing and exciting, although like The Terror before it, it may be too slow, too involved and complex for some. It makes an interesting counterpart to The Terror. If you manage to look past this sometimes silly feeling 'twist' though, the rest is pretty great. Good characters (even if the narrator is perhaps my least favorite): "The Deacon" - incredibly strong, interesting, often unreadable. "J C" - so French that not even a Frenchman can complain of him being a stereotype and Lady Katherine Christina Regina Bromley-Montfort "Reggie", well, who's not a bit smitten by Reggie?