[UA] Book Recommendation

[Barrett Anderson]

I personally really enjoyed his Hyperion, which felt more sci-fi than 
horror to me, even with the Shrike in there.  Unfortunately it doesn't 
really end (despite sequels of varying quality), but it's a great book 
nonetheless.

Barrett

At 04:19 PM 2/2/2004, you wrote:
>Been a while since I last saw a book recommendation on the list, so....
>
>Just finished _Hard As Nails_, by Dan Simmons.  A "Joe Kurtz" book, latest 
>in a series of very violent crime novels.
>
>Nothing supernatural about the plot, but still felt very UAish to me 
>nevertheless.  A couple of truly horrific scenes (including an especially 
>unsettling one at an abandoned amusement park), a hero with plenty of 
>hardened Violence notches, and some interesting characterization.
>
>Simmons is an excellent, and verstaile, writer.  I suspect that most of 
>the folks on this list are already familiar with him, but if not: check 
>him out.  He's got a handful of SF books, the Joe Kurtz series, and a 
>number of horror novels.  It's horror where he does his best work, in my 
>opinion, particularly with _Carrion Comfort_.
>
>John Crimmins
>
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