Praise for Dan Simmons
“I am in awe of Dan Simmons.”
—Stephen King
“Dan Simmons is brilliant.”
—Dean R. Koontz
Praise for Children of the Night
“A mesmerizing tour through the ghostly, gray tatters of Romania.”
—Publishers Weekly
“Simmons gives a chilling description of post-Ceauşescu Romania and neatly ties the vampire legend into political history to create a new and clever twist to the idea of the vampire’s craving for blood.”
—Library Journal
“His best novel ever … Toothsomely well written.”
—Kirkus Reviews
“Brilliant ideas … The most rigorous and interesting scientific rationale for vampirism I’ve ever seen … You keep turning the pages.”
—Locus
Praise for Summer of Night
“Simmons writes like a hot-rodding angel, loading his American nightmare with scares, suspense, and a sweet, surprising nostalgia. One of those rare must-read books, I am in awe of Dan Simmons.”
—Stephen King on Summer of Night
“An outstandingly eerie and truly horrifying tale, a page-turner of the first order.”
—Dallas Times-Herald
“Impressive … combines beautiful writing and suspense into a book for which Dan Simmons deserves the bestseller status of King and Koontz.”
—The Denver Post
“One can only wonder what Simmons will do next, now that he’s shown us he can do everything the best writers in horror and science fiction can do.”
—Philadelphia Inquirer
“It stands with the best of King and Straub in the traditional modern horror genre.… Summer of Night is a powerful horror novel, graphic without explicitness, well-written without obvious stylistic tricks.… This is a writer who not only makes big promises, but keeps them.”
—Seattle Post-Intelligencer
“If you like Stephen King’s It and The Body, you will be enthralled by Summer of Night.”
—Rocky Mountain News
“Blood-freezing scenarios … the true source of Simmons’s terrifying vision lies in his uncanny ability to tap into that primal dread that every child knows and every adult denies; the monster under the bed, the darkness in the closet, the not-quite-human face at the window.… If you are easily frightened, don’t buy this book.”
—Los Angeles Daily News
“A superior read in the genre.”
—Kirkus Reviews
“An outstandingly eerie horror story about a group of Midwestern boys stalked by an ancient evil.”
—Publishers Weekly
“Simmons, winner of several prestigious awards for science fiction and horror, ranks with the best the genre has to offer.… The children are well drawn and affecting in their bravery.”
—Library Journal
“Skilled writer par excellence Dan Simmons takes a subject straight from Stephen King land and runs with it.… Simmons keeps the tension high.”
—Locus
“One of the best supernatural chillers in years … Summer of Night promises to mark the dawn of a great horror novelist.”
—Flint Journal
“Lots of frights in the ‘Night’ … The kind of story that has readers locking doors and checking under their own beds even as the characters in the book go through their own nightly ritual.”
—Ocala Star-Banner
“For those of us to whom good writing is everything, the name Dan Simmons bears great weight.”
—Harlan Ellison
“Simmons is not only good, he’s versatile.”
—Isaac Asimov’s Science Fiction Magazine
“A compelling writer.”
—F. Paul Wilson, author of The Keep
Praise for Carrion Comfort
“Carrion Comfort is one of the three greatest horror novels of the 20th century. Simple as that.”
—Stephen King
“Epic in scale and scope but intimately disturbing, Carrion Comfort spans the ages to rewrite history and tug at the very fabric of reality. A nightmarish chronicle of predator and prey that will shatter your worldview forever. A true classic.”
—Guillermo del Toro
“Carrion Comfort is one of the scariest books ever written. Whenever I get the question asked Who’s your favorite author? my answer is always Dan Simmons.”
—James Rollins
“One of the few major reinventions of the vampire concept, on a par with Jack Finney’s Invasion of the Body Snatchers, Richard Matheson’s I Am Legend, and Stephen King’s Salem’s Lot.”
—David Morrell
“Carrion Comfort is a fascinating, disturbing, and endlessly entertaining novel.”
—Greg Bear
“Dark … Macabre … Epic horror in the the tradition of King’s The Stand.”
—San Francisco Chronicle
“Extraordinary … Simmons is a master of the shifting viewpoint and the three dimensional character.”
—Locus
“Carrion Comfort zips along with the smoothly padded precision of beach blanket faves Ludlum, le Carré, and Clancy … Simmons draws out the connection between the fictional carnival of souls and the real thing.”
—The Village Voice