History Creator / DanSimmons

* ''Literature/TheHollowMan'' -- A MagicalRealism novel about a man who's [[HearingVoices helplessly]] [[{{Telepathy}} telepathic]], and how he copes with life after his long-time wife passes away and he's forced to deal with the world at large.

Dan Simmons is a SpeculativeFiction author, best known for his sprawling and imaginative horror-tinged ScienceFiction series, the '' Literature/HyperionCantos''. He has also written {{fantasy}} and {{horror}}, and has won awards for best novel of the year in all three categories.

!!! Works by Dan Simmons with pages on this wiki:

* ''Literature/HyperionCantos'': ''Hyperion'', ''The Fall of Hyperion'', ''Endymion'', ''The Rise of Endymion''
* ''Literature/{{Illium}}''/''Olympos''

* ''Literature/SummerOfNight'' - A Creator/StephenKing-esque horror novel about a group of young boys living in a small town facing off against an eldritch supernatural terror.
* ''Literature/TheTerror'' -- A HistoricalFantasy that depicts the RealLife [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Franklin%27s_lost_expedition British lost expedition]] to find the fabled Northwest Passage around Canada's northern shore. After getting stuck in the polar ice, horror ensues when a supernatural beast starts picking off the survivors one by one.

!!! Other works by Dan Simmons include:
* ''Song of Kali'' - A MaybeMagicMaybeMundane PsychologicalHorror about a journalist who encounters a cult in [[UsefulNotes/{{India}} Calcutta]].
* ''The Hollow Man'' - A MagicalRealism novel about a man who's [[HearingVoices helplessly]] [[{{Telepathy}} telepathic]], and how he copes with life after his long-time wife passes away and he's forced to deal with the world at large.
* ''Hardcase''- A hard-boiled detective novel about Joe Kurtz, an unlicensed P.I. who investigates a series of truck hijackings for the mafia. It had two sequels, titled ''Hard Freeze'' and ''Hard as Nails'' respectively.

* AuthorAppeal: Greek Mythology and the works of William Shakespeare appear prominently in his books.

* ''Hardcase'' a hard-boiled detective book about Joe Kurtz, an unlicensed P.I. who investigates a series of truck hijackings for the mafia. It had two sequels, titled ''Hard Freeze'' and ''Hard as Nails'' respectively.

* AuthorAppeal: Greek Mythology and the world of William Shakespeare appear prominently in his books.

* AuthorAppeal: A strong fear of Islam taking over globally, with most people letting it happen, can be found in his work.

* ''Literature/SummerOfNight'' - A Creator/StephenKing-esque horror novel about a group of young boys living in a small town facing off against an eldritch supernatural terror.

* ''Summer of Night'' - A Creator/StephenKing-esque horror novel about a group of young boys living in a small town facing off against an eldritch supernatural terror.

* ''Literature/TheTerror'' -- A HistoricalFantasy that depicts the RealLife British lost expedition [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Franklin%27s_lost_expedition]] to find the fabled Northwest Passage around Canada's northern shore. After getting stuck in the polar ice, horror ensues when a supernatural beast starts picking off the survivors one by one.

* CreatorBreakdown: He was always a bit paranoid about Islam, but the September 11th attacks tipped him over the edge into making every book a diatribe against it, and people's apathy in the face of the perceived threat.

* AMindIsATerribleThingToRead: Jeremy Bremen from ''The Hollow Man'' suffers this as soon as his wife dies, who was the only other telepath he had met. Being around large crowds of people makes him suffer horrible migraines, considering his ability is the equivalent of watching thousands of television shows at once in 3D at full volume with no way to turn it off. The only people who he can be around with no negative effects to him are those who are mentally deficient or psychotic.

* CreatorBreakdown: He was always a bit paranoid about Islam, but the September 11th attacks tipped him over the edge into making every book a diatribe against them.

A common thread throughout all Simmons' novels are references to classic literature, either directly or metaphorically. ([[AuthorAppeal Simmons was once a middle-school English teacher]]).

* ''Song Of Kali'' - A MaybeMagicMaybeMundane PsychologicalHorror about a journalist who encounters a cult in [[UsefulNotes/{{India}} Calcutta]].

* ''Literature/TheTerror''

* ''The Terror'' - A HistoricalFantasy that depicts the RealLife British lost expedition [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Franklin%27s_lost_expedition]] to find the fabled Northwest Passage around Canada's northern shore. After getting stuck in the polar ice, horror ensues when a supernatural beast starts picking off the survivors one by one.

* ''Carrion Comfort'' - Psychic vampires secretly run the world, and make us have wars so they can feed off our pain.