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	Dan Simmons - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Dan Simmons (born April 4, 1948 in Peoria, Illinois) is an American author most widely known for his Hugo Award-winning science fiction novel Hyperion and its sequel The Fall of Hyperion.
		Simmons received a B.A. in English from Wabash College in 1970, and, in 1971, a Masters in Education from Washington University in St.
		From the beginning, Simmons was noted as skilled in developing plots and as one of the best science-fiction authors in the quality of his prosody; his plots too are enriched by his familiarity with the classics: many of his works have similarly strong ties with classic literature:
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Dan_Simmons (712 words)

	Dan Simmons - Author's Official Web Site
		Dan Simmons was born in Peoria, Illinois, in 1948, and grew up in various cities and small towns in the Midwest, including Brimfield, Illinois, which was the source of his fictional "Elm Haven" in 1991's SUMMER OF NIGHT and 2002's A WINTER HAUNTING.
		Dan has been a full-time writer since 1987 and lives along the Front Range of Colorado -- in the same town where he taught for 14 years -- with his wife, Karen, his daughter, Jane, (when she's home from Hamilton College) and their Pembroke Welsh Corgi, Fergie.
		Dan is one of the few novelists whose work spans the genres of fantasy, science fiction, horror, suspense, historical fiction, noir crime fiction, and mainstream literary fiction.
	www.dansimmons.com /about/bio.htm (550 words)

	Colin Glassey on Dan Simmons
		However, Dan Simmons abandoned the field of science fiction and returned to his first genre of horror fiction.
		I think Simmons himself was internally divided on this point, the ending of Endymion suggests that this was not the ending he had planned.
		Simmons writes about our galaxy 1000 in the future given faster than light speed travel, and computers that have continued to increase in speed and power at rates similar to the last 50 years.
	www.teleologic.com /crghome/simmons.html (1879 words)

	Haunted by Henry James: Dan Simmons tightens the screws of tension in literary ghost story (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		Simmons, who has published three straight non-fantastical novels (including 1999's top-notch "The Crook Factory") after making his name as a horror and science fiction writer, gives us a heart-thumping tale of suspense in which the reader doesn't quite know who to trust.
		Both Dwayne and Dale are characters from Simmons' 1991 novel, "Summer of Night," a rather King-ian exercise about a group of kids who recognize an evil stalking their small Illinois town of Elm Haven (the author has dropped other characters from that story into more recent novels, in roles both major and minor).
		Simmons masterfully turns the screws of tension as it becomes clear that Dale can't trust his ability to distinguish what's real from what's false or allies from enemies.
	www.bouldernews.com /livingarts/books/27ebled.html (872 words)

	dragonsworn [book review] - Illium, Dan Simmons
		Dan Simmons' work is easily some of the most intelligent in science fiction.
		Simmons' brings heroes such as Hector and Achilles to vibrant life, painting a picture of the ancient conflict against a backdrop of almost incomprehensible technology.
		Dan Simmons has embarked on his opus with 'Illium', and it's a monumental testament to his skill as a writer.
	www.dragonsworn.com /reviews/books/illium.html (902 words)

	Dan Simmons - Hyperion and Endymion series - reviews
		Simmons talent for telling each pilgrim's story is beyond mere imagination, for he is successful in capturing the dialect and thematic style of each of the travelers.
		Simmons must be a very intelligent and well read man to be able to weave this futuristic novel around a classic poet.
		Simmons does an excellent job of helping us to recall the previous books by referring to Martin Silenius's Cantos (which are now forbidden but like forbidden material everywhere, they are read by everyone).
	mostlyfiction.com /scifi/simmons.htm (1712 words)

	The Agony Column: Dan Simmons, Henry James’ Ghosts, Paper Diet
		Simmons traveled to Hawaii in 'Fires of Eden', delivering a bang-up novel of resurrected gods.
		Simmons to fictionally disperse some vitriol in the general direction of folks like myself.
		Dan Simmons summons the ghosts of Henry James in 'A Winter Haunting' by calling out the author's name.
	trashotron.com /agony/columns/02-14-02.htm (1904 words)

	Dan Simmons (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		Dan Simmons’s return to the SF genre is as important an event as his SF debut, the Hugo Award-winning Hyperion.
		Simmons has produced a sharp-edged story that is both involving and intelligent, blending together a host of wondrous themes, ideas, and legends into something that sets the standard for SF in the new century’ Peter F Hamilton
		Dan Simmons is also the author of the internationally acclaimed Hyperion, winner of the 1990 Hugo Award and Locus Award for Best Science Fiction Novel, Phases of Gravity and Carrion Comfort, winner of the 1990 Bram Stoker Award, British Fantasy Society Award and Locus Award for Best Horror Novel.
	www.twbooks.co.uk /authors/dansimmons.html (956 words)

	Dan Simmons - Darwin's Blade review
		Simmons deserves credit for writing on a subject so current that it was making headlines even as it released.
		Where Simmons falls a bit short is in his portrayal of the two main characters, Darwin Minor and Sydney Olsen.
		At times I had the feeling that Simmons was compensating for writing a thriller and decided to offset it by trying to appeal to the intelligentsia.
	mostlyfiction.com /spy-thriller/simmons.htm (972 words)

	DarkEcho Review: WORLDS ENOUGH & TIME By Dan Simmons
		Dan Simmons is one of those authors who is often described as "transcending genre." An editor (quite rightfully) once skewered my use of the cliché "transcends genre" in a review.
		Simmons combines his love for teaching (something he did for nearly two decades) and love for the Colorado Rockies in this dark, surrealistic tale of personal redemption and transcendence.
		Simmons -- despite writing award-winning horror, thrillers, mystery-espionage, hard-boiled detective, and "darn we can't call it genre, so it must be mainstream" novels - is, due to his Hyperion Cantos, probably most closely associated as a "genre" writer with science fiction.
	www.darkecho.com /darkecho/reviews/worlds_enough.html (906 words)

	ZATZ Authors - Dan Simmons
		Dan Simmons is a regular Contributing Editor to DominoPower and a Lotus Notes Recruiter for Continental Search, a recruiting firm specializing in Lotus Notes and Websphere.
		Dan Simmons, a Lotus Notes recruiter, has put together a quiz that can assist you in deciding whether to stick it out with your current boss or to hit the street with your resume in hand.
		Dan Simmons, a Lotus Notes recruiter, has short questionnaires for you developers, project managers, and administrators that will help you record your accomplishments from the past year.
	www.zatz.com /authors/authorpages/dansimmons.html (977 words)

	Drexel’s Dan Simmons Named Associate Athletic Director (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		Simmons, who served as Drexel's Assistant AD and Director of Recreation, will continue to oversee the Recreation Department.
		Simmons, who is now in his seventh year at the University, will take on additional roles in Drexel's varsity athletic program.
		Dan's and Steve's leadership, hard work, and dedication to recreational sports that has made this possible,” added Zillmer.
	www.drexeldragons.com /sports/nosport/release.asp?RELEASE_ID=4492 (196 words)

	Science Fiction Weekly Interview
		Simmons advised that it's a "supense novel based on a real historical event" and that it is "the first novel I've written 'on spec'—just for myself with no publisher waiting for it—since 1989 (when I brought Hyperion, Phases of Gravity and Carrion Comfort all to the marketplace at once), and I'm very excited about it.
		Simmons: Beginning writers, most reviewers and critics, and even Ph.D. candidates picking over the literary bones of their chosen authors frequently underestimate the importance of structure in the success or failure of a novel.
		Simmons: It's a cliché to say that "space is the Final Frontier," but I think the people who say that—whether in William Shatner's voice or not—are wrong.
	www.scifi.com /sfw/advance/15_interview.html (2227 words)

	Dan Simmons' Molecular Virology Lab
		Simmons, D. SV40 Large T antigen- Functions in DNA Replication and Transformation, Advances in Virus Research, 55:75-134, 2000.
		Jiao, J., and Simmons, D. Nonspecific DNA Binding Activity of Simian virus 40 large T Antigen is Involved in Melting and Unwinding of the Origin.
		Simmons, D. T., Gai, D., Parsons, R., Debes, A., and Roy, R. Assembly of the Replication Initiation Complex on SV40 Origin DNA., Nucleic Acids Res., 32: 1103-1112, 2004.
	udel.edu /~dsimmons/simmons.html (752 words)

	Dan Simmons â70: An Author of Epic Proportions
		Simmons visited his alma mater to which he has been so faithful to read from his new book, Ilium, which hits bookstores in late July.
		Simmonsâ previous science fiction novelsâ”Hyperion and Endymionâ”gained the writer legions of fans and international awards, and Hyperion is currently optioned to a major movie studio, with actor Leonardo DeCaprio interested in playing a leading role.
		Dan Simmons the alumnus is quite a man indeed, too.
	www.wabash.edu /news/displaystory.cfm?news_ID=1117 (534 words)

	Dan Simmons (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		Some authors would be content to merely take you on a guided tour of this world and its effects on the psyche while Simmons insists upon cramming at least another couple of layers of meaning into it, three differing but convergent plotlines and tops it off with a conspiracy theory.
		But then Dan Simmons' at his worst, which Lover might just be, is still never less than accomplished and entertaining.
		LOVEDEATH is a superb collection which holds Dan Simmons' slightly warped mirror up to reality and sometimes reveals more than we wish to know about ourselves and our desires.
	homepage.eircom.net /~albedo1/html/dan_simmons.html (713 words)

	Amazon.com: Hyperion: Books: Dan Simmons (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		Dan Simmons is in this book exploring a world that has lost its soul and is decaying by inches.
		Simmons pulls poetic, mythical, religious, and historical elements from throughought our history and history that is yet to be made.
		What I like most about Dan Simmons is how he'll take a classic epic and use that as a theme or set-up for his novels.
	www.amazon.com /exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/0553283685?v=glance (2261 words)

	bookideas.com: The Fall of Hyperion by Dan Simmons
		Dan Simmons’ Hyperion stories (for this review, Hyperion and The Fall Of Hyperion) contain a strong element of horror, but also a rich vision of a fantastic, complex future.
		Simmons is unafraid to play with concepts of time, perception, reality, faith, and still keep an exciting plot and a sense of the concrete instead of drifting into abstract musings.
		Simmons has an interesting style of blending familiar "real" images in with words and ideas supposedly from the future, without explaining the futuristic terms, as if taking for granted that the reader knows about life in the World Web.
	www.bookideas.com /reviews/index.cfm?fuseaction=displayReview&id=104 (1174 words)

	Burning Void--Reviews: "Hyperion," Dan Simmons
		Dan Simmons' "Hyperion" is a science fiction "Canterbury Tales," with seven pilgrims telling their stories to each other as they journey to a far-off land together.
		And Simmons certainly avoids long stretches of boring exposition (I can't remember reading a single one--which means either they weren't there, or they were so engrossing and seamless that I simply didn't notice).
		But Simmons has set things up such that each pilgrim's story ties intimately into the fabric of the universe he has woven, such that eventually, in a most natural and perfectly-paced way, things become clear.
	www.burningvoid.com /review/2003/hyperionsimmons.php (1106 words)

	Dan Simmons Hardcase Reviewed by Rick Kleffel (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		One of the pleasures -- and challenges -- of reading Dan Simmons work is that you never know what to expect inside when a book has his name on the cover.
		Simmons' writing in 'Hardcase' is unlike any prose you've ever read in his novels before.
		Simmons fans have some to expect something different from this incredibly talented writer, but this turn may be too far, too fast, and a bit too simple to those who loved his luxuriant epics.
	trashotron.com /agony/reviews/simmons-hardcase.htm (395 words)

	Dan Simmons - The CHUD.COM Message Boards
		I'm in the process of reading my first Dan Simmons novel, which is 'Hyperion', on the advice a little red-haired girl.
		Simmons is the man. In an anecdote about how he started professional writing, he talks about how he cornered Harlan Ellison at a convention and pitched him the Hyperion idea.
		Simmons was in Ellison's Clarion West workshop, and they critiqued his story The River Styx Runs Upstream, which eventually won the Twilight Zone first-published fiction contest (remember that mag?).
	www.chud.com /forums/showthread.php?p=457286 (584 words)

	Amazon.com: Olympos: Books: Dan Simmons (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		This is powerful stuff, rich in both high-tech sense of wonder and literary allusions, but Simmons is in complete control of his material as half a dozen baroque plot lines smoothly converge on a rousing and highly satisfying conclusion.
		Dan Simmons is amazingly skilled as a writer.
		While there are a lot of different things going on in Olympos Simmons does a fabulous job of keeping the story moving at a brisk and exciting pace and he makes it easy for the reader to follow the big picture as the plotlines converge toward a conclusion.
	www.amazon.com /exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/0380978946?v=glance (2500 words)

	Dan Simmons (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		With 31 of SF's most prestigious awards under his belt, Dan Simmons is one of the most respected authors in the genre.
		Author Dan Simmons is used to being called a genius.
		As Simmons writes on his website: “I confess that I read several books a week on average (for pleasure, that is, in addition to books consumed for research for my own writing), and to this day history and biographies of historical personages fill the majority of that reading.”
	www.starhaven1.net /Simmons.htm (418 words)

	Barnes & Noble.com - The Rise of Endymion - Dan Simmons - Mass Market Paperback
		Simmons veers from plot summary and vague philosophy to some well-crafted action sequences.
		Simmons received the Hugo for his first science fiction novel, Hyperion (Bantam Spectra, 1990), where he introduced the Shrike, a monster whose destiny is intertwined with the fate of mankind.
		Simmons explains many of the unanswered questions of the series, especially when he shows what really happened to the great Templar Treeship Yggdrasil.
	search.barnesandnoble.com /booksearch/isbnInquiry.asp?isbn=0553572989 (1395 words)

	The CHUD.COM Message Boards - Ilium by Dan Simmons
		Dan Simmons, author of the award-winning Hyperion Cantos (Hyperion, The Fall of Hyperion, Endymion, and The Fall of Endymion), returns to epic science fiction with Ilium, an awe-inspiring novel that reconstructs the events in Homer's classic The Iliad.
		Set in a far future in which the population of true humans is kept strictly regulated by extraplanetary forces and machine intelligences study Proust and Shakespeare as they perform their duties throughout the universe, Simmon's (Hyperion; Darwin's Blade) imaginative retelling of The Iliad forms the framework for a tale of epic proportions.
		Ilium, of course, is another name for ancient Troy, and the tale opens on the blood-soaked plains of that besieged city as the Greek armies carry on their nearly decade-long attack, while Thomas Hockenberry, Ph.D.--"the unwilling Chorus of this tale"--studies the whole affair.
	www.chud.com /forums/printthread.php?t=43419 (2404 words)

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