Frik51's Collection

[frik51]

I'll put a Simmons book on my TBR, but I don't know which one yet.

If you want a Simmons-addiction-for-life, go for Carrion Comfort.
YouŽll love it!!

sk

[frik51]

You used a comma instead of a period in your amounts. I thought it was $150,000, instead of $150.00! Makes more sense...

Oops - that's the Dutch way of separating euros and cents...I always get this mixed up.

sk

[srboone]

I'll put a Simmons book on my TBR, but I don't know which one yet.

[srboone]

You used a comma instead of a period in your amounts. I thought it was $150,000, instead of $150.00! Makes more sense...

[frik51]

I was hoping it would be less than that. Is it a signed edition? Maybe there is one unsigned with the same cover?

Limited: 474 signed numbered hardcover copies - $125,00
Lettered: 52 signed leatherbound copies housed in a custom traycase - $300,00

We're pleased to announce the signed limited edition of Dan Simmons's classic space opera Hyperion. Fans will be thrilled to know that we plan limited editions for the subsequent three novels in the Hyperion Cantos, as well.

From the Subterranean site.

(Now I just wish I had ordered the lettered edition as well. Unfortunately, it has been long sold-out. Great news about the upcoming editions, though. )

sk

[peteOcha]

Hey, HEY!!! I'll just whip out my checkbook!

Mine can't take anymore whipping!!

[peteOcha]

I was hoping it would be less than that. Is it a signed edition? Maybe there is one unsigned with the same cover?

[srboone]

Hey, HEY!!! I'll just whip out my checkbook!

[frik51]

One sold for $150,00 on eBay recently.
That's not too bad a price.
(And it is one gorgeous edition!)

sk

[peteOcha]

Wow, awesome cover indeed Siep!!! I think I might just have to get that book!

[frik51]

To be followed, of course, by A Winter Haunting!
(Unfortunately, one of Simmons'lesser efforts. He doesn't disappoint often, but there aren't many that think AWH is a worthy follow up to SoN.)

sk

[bookworm 1]

Yes and now is a good time.It is a great summer read.

I think I have a couple paperback copies of Summer of Night sitting here. I might have to read that then.

[Teriw]

Someday then Siep, someday. For now...too much King, so little time.

[frik51]

when I looked him up he didn't seem like someone i'd be interested in. Maybe because he seemed to lean more toward fantasy than horror.

I don't know; it's hard to put a label on what Simmons writes. Still, I feel his books lean more towards horror than fantasy.

sk

[Dan Hocker]

To those of you (Squire, Teri, others??) who never read anything by Dan Simmons, what the heck are you waiting for? Simmons is one of the few authors I faithfully read, whatever he comes up with. He's an excellent writer and deserves a huge following. Carrion Comfort is one of the best novels I've ever read. It's about vampires of a different kind. Awesome, awesome book! Stephen King called Summer of Night ...one of those rare must-read books, easily surpassing Clive Barker's Books of Blood. The Hyperion novels contain some of the best fantasy/sf prose ever written (imo.. ), and The Terror is one of my favorite novels of the past ten years.
Enough said. Now read Simmons!

sk

I think I have a couple paperback copies of Summer of Night sitting here. I might have to read that then.