A Reading Life

Here be monsters

By Katherine A. Powers

March 25, 2007

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Dan Simmons's novel "The Terror" (Little, Brown, $25.99) is nearly 800 pages long, a feature not likely to endear it to the professional reader. Its Arctic setting, too, might be considered a handicap, given that it came into the house during the preternaturally cold spell of some weeks ago. But having survived both its length and location, I am here ... (Full article: 1127 words)