Comments on: The Terror http://www.bookgasm.com/reviews/horror/the-terror/ reading material to get excited about Fri, 10 Feb 2012 20:08:36 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: Paul W. Oxby http://www.bookgasm.com/reviews/horror/the-terror/comment-page-1/#comment-12510 Paul W. Oxby Thu, 30 Aug 2007 08:19:12 +0000 http://www.bookgasm.com/?p=446#comment-12510 Simmons does make one curious omission in "The Terror". At least one of the ships would have sailed with a marine chronometer. This instrument was critical to establishing longitude. Practical navigation is discussed in the story but Simmons seems to suggest, incorrectly, that the only instrument needed was a sextant. Simmons does make one curious omission in “The Terror”. At least one of the ships would have sailed with a marine chronometer. This instrument was critical to establishing longitude. Practical navigation is discussed in the story but Simmons seems to suggest, incorrectly, that the only instrument needed was a sextant.

]]> By: Paul W. Oxby http://www.bookgasm.com/reviews/horror/the-terror/comment-page-1/#comment-11591 Paul W. Oxby Tue, 07 Aug 2007 06:57:38 +0000 http://www.bookgasm.com/?p=446#comment-11591 Rod, It happens that I'm Canadian and we Canucks can be real prickly about American/British distinctions. For example, my pet peeve is that maybe one American in 100,000 knows that two British flyers, Alcock and Brown (not Lindbergh), made the first non-stop flight across the Atlantic Ocean. And they did it in an open-cockpit WWI bomber eight years before Lindbergh. I just finished reading "The Terror" and, being a longtime fan of Dan Simmons, it did not disappoint. Sci-fi readers who liked "The Terror" should definitely consider Simmon's award-winning "Hyperion" and "The Fall of Hyperion" novels. Rod, It happens that I’m Canadian and we Canucks can be real prickly about American/British distinctions. For example, my pet peeve is that maybe one American in 100,000 knows that two British flyers, Alcock and Brown (not Lindbergh), made the first non-stop flight across the Atlantic Ocean. And they did it in an open-cockpit WWI bomber eight years before Lindbergh.

I just finished reading “The Terror” and, being a longtime fan of Dan Simmons, it did not disappoint. Sci-fi readers who liked “The Terror” should definitely consider Simmon’s award-winning “Hyperion” and “The Fall of Hyperion” novels.

]]> By: Rod Lott http://www.bookgasm.com/reviews/horror/the-terror/comment-page-1/#comment-11554 Rod Lott Mon, 06 Aug 2007 11:32:27 +0000 http://www.bookgasm.com/?p=446#comment-11554 Good catch! Why'd it take someone eight months to point out my error? Good catch! Why’d it take someone eight months to point out my error?

]]> By: Paul W. Oxby http://www.bookgasm.com/reviews/horror/the-terror/comment-page-1/#comment-11532 Paul W. Oxby Mon, 06 Aug 2007 05:00:29 +0000 http://www.bookgasm.com/?p=446#comment-11532 "USS Terror and USS Erebus"? Oh, please! Try "HMS Terror and HMS Erebus". In the reign of Queen Victoria "HMS" would have stood for "Her Majesty's Ship". "USS" stands for "United States Ship". “USS Terror and USS Erebus”? Oh, please! Try “HMS Terror and HMS Erebus”. In the reign of Queen Victoria “HMS” would have stood for “Her Majesty’s Ship”. “USS” stands for “United States Ship”.

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