This Is as Far as I Go: Thomas Blanky and John Bridgens realize the futility of the situation and decide to die with a modicum of dignity. Blanky is eaten by the Thing; Bridgens' fate is not written but certainly he dies as well. Apocalyptic Log: Goodsir's diary. By the end, as he's dying from the effects of self-administered poison, it's very hard to read. Wheatcroft, Stephen G. (September 2000). "The Scale and Nature of Stalinist Repression and its Demographic Significance: On Comments by Keep and Conquest" (PDF). Europe-Asia Studies. London, England: Routledge. 52 (6): 1143–1159. doi: 10.1080/09668130050143860. JSTOR 153593. PMID 19326595. S2CID 205667754 . Retrieved 1 September 2021– via Soviet Studies. I’m still not sure how to categorize this book. I’m guessing its a main dish of historical fiction, a side dish of some horror with a dessert of magical realism.

From Song of Kali and Carrion Comfort to a host of sci-fi classics, Dan Simmons is no stranger to lengthy literary outings. The last decade or so found the author hitting his stride with immersive historical horror fiction, the best of which is the story of the HMS Terror’s failed search for the Northwest Passage. While most of the horrors awaiting the ship’s crew are all-too-real—shrinking rations, scurvy, bitter cold—there’s a looming supernatural presence driving the survivors farther from civilization and any hope of rescue. Don’t wimp out of reading this in favor of the AMC television series—Simmons is a long-time genre master finding new ways to reinvent himself each decade.

The Terror, providentially, is more than all this. What is it exactly? ~ This is a horror book, right? Yes. Even though it didn't have to be. Dan Simmons could have left out all the fantastical elements in his historical tale and it would've been enough to cringe to and have nightmares about and be fascinated by all the same. But, he didn't stop there, thankfully. An in-universe example, one of the crew members suggest the Grand Venetian Carnivale tents be designed in the same manner as the colored rooms in Poe's " The Masque of the Red Death".

Scrapbook Story: Dr. Goodsir keeps a diary and most of the chapters centering on him consist of his diary entries. Running on All Fours: Inverted — the ability of the Terror to walk on its hind legs is what's creepy. Water Source Tampering: The other theorized source of lead poisoning. The desalination system installed to support the locomotive engines aboard the ships (which required fresh water to operate) would have produced water with a dangerously high lead content.

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I believe it is Dan Simmons magnum opus. I give it 5 stars not because I'm necesarily going to return and re-read it again anytime soon but because, other than being a tad too long, it is flawless. It doesn't fall into modern traps or pitfalls of always trying to please the reader nor does it have the feeling of a Hollywood movie where you know your main characters are going to survive to the end, regardless of any other surprises. Tampering with Food and Drink: The expedition has enough tinned food to last them years if needed. Unfortunately, the food was bought from a dodgy contractor who failed to cook the ingredients long enough or seal the tins properly, so most of it has spoiled or has dangerously high levels of lead. There are many reasons why you should want to read this though. In this book you will share and feel the experience the crew are feeling: the cold, the despair, the loneliness, the dread and terror of the unknown, unstoppable creature, and the tragic understanding of, what inevitably feels to be, a hopeless outcome. You might feel the need to put on layers and layers of clothing, and stand so close to a fire you may be tempted to put your hands and feet right into it. You will feel like you are living this book. Cosmic Horror Story: Downplayed, but the elements are there. The expedition stumbles across an abomination left over from an ancient war fought between the Inuit gods. It's a hopeless fight as the crew cannot even comprehend what the monster is, let alone harm it. And it's implied the Tuunbaaq is only the tip of the iceberg and there are things much worse lurking in the frozen north. All while the crew is slowly losing it from both the horror of the monster and their compromised food stores.

Rittersporn, Gábor (1991). Stalinist Simplifications and Soviet Complications, 1933–1953 (illustrateded.). New York City, New York: Harwood Academic Publishers. ISBN 9783718651078 . Retrieved 2 September 2021– via Google Books. Have you ever wanted to do anything other than write? When I was very young I wanted to be a judge. I have no idea why. Then I wanted to be a vet until I saw Star Wars at the ripe old age of seven. After that I knew what I wanted to be. I wanted to be Han Solo. I was never any of those things, though, and by the time I was a teenager, I knew I wanted to be a writer. Nothing else would have been good enough. Apart from, perhaps, being Han Solo. Nor does The Terror live up to the beauty and period detailing of the set design, as it alternates between the claustrophobic interiors of the two vessels and the bright, desolate expanse outside. Maybe it is trying to do too much, or maybe 10 episodes is simply too long to keep sufficient suspense going. Amazingly, embarrassingly, we debated whether or not to include Anne Rice’s Interview With the Vampire on this list. Is the novel truly horror, or is it gothic romance? What an absurd delineation! Written in the wake of her young daughter’s death, Rice’s first installment in The Vampire Chronicles is a psychosexual marvel, and a turning point in vampire fiction. Rice’s vampires are tortured souls who’ve lived too long, trapped in bodies that refuse to age. It’s not simply the requirement of blood or the avoidance of sunlight that pains Rice’s immortals, but the accumulated weight of existence, and the limbo of a “life” without change. A direct line can be traced from Interview and its famous film adaptation to the surge in ‘90s goth culture and the romanticizing of vampires up through Twilight—but don’t hold that against Rice. While there’s one more vampire novel higher up our list, Interview is potentially the most important work in the subgenre since Stoker. When Sir John Franklin meets a gruesome death, Captain Francais Crozier takes charge and leads the men on a last-ditch effort to take their chances and flee on the ice. Will they survive? Will they starve to death? Will scurvy be their downfall or will the real "terror" on the ice be the death of them all?You can only read three books for the rest of your life, what would they be? Well, if you asked me this on another day I might give you a completely different answer but today I’m going to say Lord of The Flies by William Golding because it’s a brilliant story about children who find themselves in a terrifying situation without any adults to help them, The Old Man and The Sea by Ernest Hemingway because it’s the classic tale of man versus nature, and The Go-Between by LP Hartley because it’s a summery, dreamy tale about a shy child who is thrown into an adult world that he struggles to understand. Our Werebeasts Are Different: There's some speculation among the officers that Lady Silence and the Terror are the same, enough to contemplate killing her. This book was a tragic, brilliant story, and I would highly recommend it to anyone that enjoys a sort of slow-burn story of terror and tragedy.