#dan simmons

[paperwan]

Sundogs my beloved

#the terror #the terror amc #dan simmons #art #illustration #digital art #sardine's

[ira-shilova-pisatel]

"No more terror" fan art inspired by Dan Simmons' book "The Terror"

#the terror #the terror book #book art #book fan art #dan simmons

[haveyoureadthisbook-poll]

#the terror #dan simmons #historical #horror #book poll #have you read this book poll #polls

[cupsofsilver]

Y’all ever read the reviews for Beechey Island?

#the terror amc #the terror #dan simmons #beechey island #history #franklin's lost expedition #franklin expedition #captain crozier #james fitzjames #cornelius hickey #arctic circle #northwest passage #exploration #voyage #google reviews #john franklin

[bitterkarella]

Midnight Pals: Raw Deal

[mysterious circle of robed figures] JK Rowling: hello children Rowling: i've just learned ssssome disssturbing newsss Rowling: from a reputable sssource Rowling: a random nazi on twitter Rowling: but Rowling: i really really REALLY want it to be true

Rowling: did you know Rowling: that puberty blockers deaden a childsss sssoul? Rowling: a transss child is literally an inhuman shell Kathleen Stock: wow! like a monster! Rowling: yesss Rowling: exactly like a monster Rowling: think about it

Rowling: what i'm sssaying is that trans kids are bassically monsssterss Stock: what about those trans kids who keep saying that gender affirming care is life saving? Rowling: well Rowling: a monssster would lie wouldn't it?

Rowling: now then we all know what to do about monssstersss don't we Stock: yeah! kill them! Rowling: i meant deny them the ussse of magical wandsss as per Claussse Three of the Code of Wand Ussssse Rowling: but alssso yess kill them

Rowling: friendss the time hasss come Rowling: we mussst kill thessse children in order to sssave them Rowling: sssave them from the living death that is ssself-determination!

[meanwhile] Dan Simmons: so i heard some wokies thought frankenstein got a raw deal Mary Shelley: Simmons: like haha! Stupid commies, having sympathy for a monster! Simmons: i mean, he's literally a monster! Shelley: does no one here know how to read

Mary Shelley: the whole point of the fuckin book was that frankenstein got a raw deal Simmons: sounds like cultural marxism to me Shelley: [stabbing Simmons] does anyone ELSE here not know how to read? Rowling: [unfurling from bushes] me, i don't

#midnight pals #the midnight society #midnight society #jk rowling #dan simmons #mary shelley #kathleen stock

[retroscifiart]

Art by Gary Ruddell for Hyperion by Dan Simmons

#dan simmons #hyperion #Gary Ruddell

[bossybigeyes]

listening to The Terror audiobook is just this, constantly

#the terror #dan simmons #the terror amc #francis crozier #hms terror #the franklin expedition

[aye-aye-captain]

Details from "The Terror (Season 1)" Filming Location ⏐Pag⏐Croatia⏐2/2

#the terror #the terror amc #the terror fandom #landscape #filming location #pag #croatia #nature #photography #sea #the franklin expedition #dan simmons #the can was a must even tho it was some ass littering #left the one with my shadow in because i'm so poetic with dead mens spirits fading aaaa #francis crozier #james fitzjames #john franklin #aye aye captain

[alexriesart]

The Shrike meets Colonel Kassad in combat in the sands of Hyperion. 

 A fan work before I found out Dan Simmons sort of sucked.

#hyperion #shrike #dan simmons #fan art #creature design #horror #monster #alhaitham #scifi #science fiction

[nothwell]

The Terror by Dan Simmons There's a lot to dislike about this novel. Wooden dialogue. Clumsy as-you-know-Bob exposition. Epithets worthy of early 2000s fanfic. ("The shorter man," "the younger man," "the captain of the fore-top," often all within the same paragraph referring to the same character.) Rampant unexamined racism and xenophobia under the pretense of an authentically Victorian viewpoint. A truly disturbing glimpse into the author's views on women. The less said of platypus pond, the better. Many dear friends and loved ones warned me against reading the book despite my adoration for the 2018 AMC miniseries. However, there remains the gleaming light of Peglar and Bridgens, a queer love story for the ages. Any basis in historical fact? Probably not. Am I infinitely grateful for its presence in this narrative regardless? Absolutely. So some thanks to Simmons for a tender romance amidst all the (intentional and unintentional) horror. And many, many, MANY more thanks to David Kajganich and Soo Hugh for somehow turning this dreck into a compelling and compassionate season of television.

#the terror #dan simmons #the terror amc #amc the terror #henry peglar #harry peglar #john bridgens #bridglar #book review

[twigoffir]

Pain in person

#hyperion #dan simmons #shrike #watercolour #illustration

[ubyr-babaj]

....did this motherfucker really base Carnival on "The Masque of the Red Death". Did he.

#dan simmons #the terror

[cassowariess]

I love that when I go into the Hyperion Cantos tag there are two types of people:

Type A: "Oh god, the spiritual horror. This book has moved me to tears."

Type B: "I want to fuck the Shrike."

#hyperion cantos #dan simmons #books #the shrike #this certainly is the monster fucker site #though shouldn't you guys be saying that you want the shrike to impale you?

[leo-fie]

There aren't enough Dyson Trees in Science Fiction.

I can't believe Dan Simmon's Hyperion was the first time I heard of this concept.

It's a tree that's a space ship. A space ship that is a tree. It's the most delicious idea! Where is it?

It's called Dyson after Feeman J. Dyson, a mathematician and physicist, who also thought up the Dyson Sphere. A concept I'm sure many are familiar with. (There's also the O'Neill Cylinder, that colony thing at the end of Interstellar)

A Dyson Tree is a construct where a plant grows inside a comet or asteroid or something and produces it's own atmosphere. With a human crew it could easily be envisioned as a system where humans produce CO2 and the plant produces oxygen. Slap on some thrusters and you have a space ship. Some artificial gravity and you have a tree instead of a bush.

Tree houses! In space!

And it's not just some fancy scifi nonsense, oh no! An actual nerd thought of this!

#dan simmons #hyperion #hyperion cantos #science fiction #worldbuilding #space travel #space stations #space ships #freeman j dyson #dyson tree #dyson sphere #space colony #colony ship

[bitterkarella]

Midnight Pals: Cats

Abby Howard: what if i made a comic all about how funny my cat is Clive Barker: how funny is this cat Howard: here, take a look Junji Ito: [immediately pointing at cat]

Howard: this is my cat Junji Ito: cat Poe: cat Lovecraft: cat Barker: oh my god you guys Barker: it’s just a fuckin cat, get over it Junji Ito: no Poe: no Lovecraft: no Barker: Barker: okay then

Junji Ito: i also made a comic about my funny cat Howard: oh yeah? let me see Ito: here Howard: Howard: :|

Lovecraft: you know, i have a funny cat too Poe: no howard Poe: we’re not doing this again Lovecraft: b-but Poe: no howard Lovecraft: e-everyone else gets to talk about their cats Howard: :|

Howard: hold on i’m gonna make a face Poe: face? Poe: what face are you talking about Howard: the slightly wall-eyed face with a flat expressionless mouth Howard: with just a hint of cheek Poe: ohh THAT face

Howard: :| Dan Simmons: ugh cal-arts face Simmons: guess all the snowflakes draw that face because they’re all PC cowards!!! Simmons: i see by your confused expressions that you didn’t expect this to be an issue dan simmons cared about huh? Simmons: nobody knows about dan simmons’ secret squash & stretch walk cycle tumblr!

#midnight pals #the midnight society #midnight society #clive barker #edgar allan poe #hp lovecraft #junji ito #abby howard #dan simmons

[retroscifiart]

Art by Noriyoshi Ohrai for Dan Simmons’ Hyperion Cantos

#noriyoshi ohrai #dan simmons #hyperion #Endymion #Hyperion cantos #shrike #the shrike