To kick off the release of Black Hills by Dan Simmons, Hachette Book Group is generously offering a giveaway of five copies of the paperback edition being released this month. This contest is open to residents of the US and Canada this time. Simply leave a comment below and let me know what appeals to you about Drood or share with us any thoughts about other Dan Simmons books. This contest will run until Valentines Day, because it is my cat Ownen Beanie's Birthday. Good luck to all -- Owen Beanie will be routing for you.
Oh...don't forget to leave your crypted email for me.
Full Description from the Back Cover:
On June 9, 1865, while traveling by train to London with his secret mistress, 53-year-old Charles Dickens--at the height of his powers and popularity, the most famous and successful novelist in the world and perhaps in the history of the world--hurtled into a disaster that changed his life forever. Did Dickens begin living a dark double life after the accident? Were his nightly forays into the worst slums of London and his deepening obsession with corpses, crypts, murder, opium dens, the use of lime pits to dissolve bodies, and a hidden subterranean London mere research . . . or something more terrifying?
Just as he did in The Terror, Dan Simmons draws impeccably from history to create a gloriously engaging and terrifying narrative. Based on the historical details of Charles Dickens's life and narrated by Wilkie Collins (Dickens's friend, frequent collaborator, and Salieri-style secret rival), DROOD explores the still-unsolved mysteries of the famous author's last years and may provide the key to Dickens's final, unfinished work: The Mystery of Edwin Drood. Chilling, haunting, and utterly original, DROOD is Dan Simmons at his powerful best.
25 comments:
I so want to read Drood...the whole Dickens and Wilkie Collins factor is what excites me about Drood.
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Thanks in advance :)
This sounds like a facsinating read. Friends on a writer's forum have commented about the strange things we writers research online. Best poisons to kill a person? Google it. Ways to break someone out of prison? Google it. Would the FBI believe we're writing a novel? Charles Dickens venturing into underworld London? Perhaps the same thing as our online research--except not as safely.
Can't wait to read it!
I'd love to win! Drood appeals to me (despite it's somewhat daunting length) because I love novels featuring real historical characters. Thanks! Novels featuring authors as characters are a bonus!
Very intrigued... Would like to read this as a companion piece to The Mystery of Edwin Drood. The real life/basis-in-real life connections & questions are quite compelling...
- ng
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Dickens wrote so well about the darker side of human nature and the miseries of mankind. Is it possible that he wrote from his own first-hand knowledge? Verrry Interesssting! Please enter my name in the drawing.
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Diane, nomadreader, ng, and Virginia..thanks for entering and good luck.
Diane..I am such a Dickens fan myself. Good luck.
nomadreader..Yes it is long, but so worth it. Good luck.
ng...Simmons has an extensive bibliography of sources for backup in his new book Black Hills Lots of history in this one as well. I love his writing.
Virginia..I'm sure he did. AS I said..I am a huge follower and fan of Dickens. So Drood appeals to me too. Good luck
I'm a huge Dickens fan, so I'm very intrigued by this book. Thanks so much for the giveaway!
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The Dickens part makes this sound like a fascinating book.
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i love historical terror books
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I've heard differing opinions about this book which is why I'm curious about it. Plus having a well-known author in fiction is always a plus for me.
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this one sounds really interesting! please include me, thanks!
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I've heard a lot of good things about this one so please enter me in the drawing - sounds wonderful! Thanks Wisteria :)
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I want to read Drood because I have heard a lot of good things about the book and Charles Dickens' life entrigues me. Thanks for the contest!
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I would love to read Drood! I have a fascination with Dickens' life and this book sounds fantastic. I've read a lot of good reviews of it and it sounds like a book that is right up my alley.
Thanks for the great giveaway!
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I'm very curious about this book - especially learning trhat Wilkie Collins figures large.
Thanks for the giveaway!
Abby
I like the brooding cover...happy birthday Owen!
anjamie4 AT gmail dot com
Heard good things about this one
wickdogg AT gmaildot com
The Dickens aspect makes it sounds like a interesting book.
bacchus76 at myself dot com
I guess learning about the dark, underside of London at the time appeals to me.
rsgrandinetti@yahoo(dot)com
Sounds like a great page turner. The fact that it revolves around lots of mystery and a hidden subterranean London.
I would love to read up on Dickens sounds very interesting as to the things he did.
dlsmith44@msn.com
love reading about real life mysteries
copperllama at yahoo dot com
I would love to read this!
hsemonick at gmail dot com
I have always been a fan of Dickens and a peep into his dark side would be intriging.
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