Literary Recommendation of the Day

[realexplodingcat]

On a cold winter night what better book is there to read than one that describes the myriad ways you can die above the Arctic Circle. I highly encourage anyone who loves hypothermia to get their frost-bitten hands on The Terror by Dan Simmons and thank your lucky stars the book is not made of metal, otherwise your flesh would freeze to it. With the help of his extraordinary research skills, Simmons offers a fictional account of what may have happened during Sir John Franklin's effort to force the Northwest Passage in 1845, weaving every known fact about the expedition into a frightening and fascinating tale. This is easily one of the author's best novels; beautiful, harrowing, and so cold your teeth will explode.

Comments

[briskpepper.livejournal.com]

This sounds pretty cool.

[explodingcat.livejournal.com]

I thought so. I think my only complaint is that it could be occasionally wordy and slow, kind of like a history book. But, in a way, that's part of its charm--being like a history book.

[ismene.livejournal.com]

I was just thinking of The Call of the Wild the other night.

[explodingcat.livejournal.com]

I haven't read that in decades. Actually, it's been so long since I picked that up that I'm no longer sure whether I actually read it or not. I will never forget, however, his "To Build A Fire". A pretty grim short story for children to read in school.