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  • Dan Simmons (April 4, 1948 -- February 21, 2026)

    From James Nicoll@3:633/10 to All on Fri Feb 27 14:58:53 2026


    Noted author, bigot Dan Simmons reported dead of stroke.
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  • From Bobbie Sellers@3:633/10 to All on Fri Feb 27 13:12:50 2026


    On 2/27/26 11:58, James Nicoll wrote:

    Noted author, bigot Dan Simmons reported dead of stroke.

    He was 11 years younger than myself.
    Too bad. Look for anthologies to be published.

    bliss

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  • From Titus G@3:633/10 to All on Sun Mar 1 13:20:48 2026
    The Terror. Was: Dan Simmons (April 4, 1948 -- February 21, 2026)

    This was brilliant, fascinating from start to finish, with repeated
    plausible real life cliff hangers with great detail of the expedition,
    (spoiler follows),


















    zzzzz





    never being resolved whether there was an external supernatural being
    or an internal delusion.

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  • From Bice@3:633/10 to All on Mon Mar 2 13:02:15 2026
    On Sun, 1 Mar 2026 13:20:48 +1300, Titus G <noone@nowhere.com> wrote:

    The Terror. Was: Dan Simmons (April 4, 1948 -- February 21, 2026)

    This was brilliant, fascinating from start to finish, with repeated
    plausible real life cliff hangers with great detail of the expedition, >(spoiler follows),

    Did you watch the TV series? The first season was based on Simmons'
    book and was good enough to get me to read the novel. I thought the
    book was a little bloated - it seemed like the author did a ton of
    research for it, and then decided he had to cram every bit of that
    research into the novel whether it fit or not.

    Second season of the TV show was a completely different story in no
    way related to Simmons' book.

    -- Bob

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  • From William Hyde@3:633/10 to All on Mon Mar 2 18:44:08 2026
    Titus G wrote:
    The Terror. Was: Dan Simmons (April 4, 1948 -- February 21, 2026)

    This was brilliant, fascinating from start to finish, with repeated
    plausible real life cliff hangers with great detail of the expedition, (spoiler follows),

    I'm enjoying it.

    It wouldn't have hurt to ask someone about sea ice though. Minor nit, I confess.

    William Hyde

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  • From Titus G@3:633/10 to All on Tue Mar 3 17:25:39 2026
    On 03/03/2026 07:02, Bice wrote:
    On Sun, 1 Mar 2026 13:20:48 +1300, Titus G <noone@nowhere.com> wrote:

    The Terror. Was: Dan Simmons (April 4, 1948 -- February 21, 2026)

    This was brilliant, fascinating from start to finish, with repeated
    plausible real life cliff hangers with great detail of the expedition,
    (spoiler follows),

    Did you watch the TV series? The first season was based on Simmons'
    book and was good enough to get me to read the novel. I thought the
    book was a little bloated - it seemed like the author did a ton of
    research for it, and then decided he had to cram every bit of that
    research into the novel whether it fit or not.

    No. I haven't seen the TV series. I enjoyed the detail of the ship, its provisions, well, all of it.

    Second season of the TV show was a completely different story in no
    way related to Simmons' book.

    -- Bob


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  • From Titus G@3:633/10 to All on Tue Mar 3 17:28:24 2026
    On 03/03/2026 12:44, William Hyde wrote:
    Titus G wrote:
    The Terror. Was: Dan Simmons (April 4, 1948 -- February 21, 2026)

    This was brilliant, fascinating from start to finish, with repeated
    plausible real life cliff hangers with great detail of the expedition,
    (spoiler follows),

    I'm enjoying it.

    It wouldn't have hurt to ask someone about sea ice though.˙ Minor nit, I confess.

    William Hyde

    Everything was new for me and I know nothing about sea ice so I was
    mesmerised by both the adventure and the education with little
    background. What was the issue with sea ice?

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  • From William Hyde@3:633/10 to All on Tue Mar 3 15:43:19 2026
    Titus G wrote:
    On 03/03/2026 12:44, William Hyde wrote:
    Titus G wrote:
    The Terror. Was: Dan Simmons (April 4, 1948 -- February 21, 2026)

    This was brilliant, fascinating from start to finish, with repeated
    plausible real life cliff hangers with great detail of the expedition,
    (spoiler follows),

    I'm enjoying it.

    It wouldn't have hurt to ask someone about sea ice though.˙ Minor nit, I
    confess.

    William Hyde

    Everything was new for me and I know nothing about sea ice so I was mesmerised by both the adventure and the education with little
    background. What was the issue with sea ice?


    It's a minor point, but the deeper you go in sea ice the warmer it gets.
    As you might expect given that the ambient air temperature is around -40
    while the water temperature under the ice is about -1. Sea ice is a
    fairly good insulator, but heat does diffuse upwards from he ocean.

    But in the book, the deepest parts of the ships are always the coldest.
    That will be true when the ships are heated, as hot air rises, but not
    once the heating is off.

    Minor, but he says it often.


    William Hyde

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  • From Titus G@3:633/10 to All on Wed Mar 4 15:51:06 2026
    On 04/03/2026 09:43, William Hyde wrote:
    Titus G wrote:
    On 03/03/2026 12:44, William Hyde wrote:
    Titus G wrote:
    The Terror. Was: Dan Simmons (April 4, 1948 -- February 21, 2026)

    This was brilliant, fascinating from start to finish, with repeated
    plausible real life cliff hangers with great detail of the expedition, >>>> (spoiler follows),

    I'm enjoying it.

    It wouldn't have hurt to ask someone about sea ice though.˙ Minor nit, I >>> confess.

    William Hyde

    Everything was new for me and I know nothing about sea ice so I was
    mesmerised by both the adventure and the education with little
    background. What was the issue with sea ice?


    It's a minor point, but the deeper you go in sea ice the warmer it gets.
    As you might expect given that the ambient air temperature is around -40 while the˙ water˙ temperature under the ice is about -1. Sea ice is a
    fairly good insulator, but heat does diffuse upwards from he ocean.

    But in the book, the deepest parts of the ships are always the coldest.
    That will be true when the ships are heated, as hot air rises, but not
    once the heating is off.

    Minor, but he says it often.

    That is the type of interesting fact about something of which I know
    nothing, that I appreciated from reading The Terror. It seems obvious
    when explained but I would never have noticed. Thank you.

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