![]() Under heavy psychotherapy, I've traced it back to a ninth grade English teacher who crammed Great Expectations down my throat. Why did you choose Charles Dickens as a subject of study, and why focus on the final five years of his life, after he had finished his major work as a writer?ĭan Simmons: I've had an aversion to Dickens for a number of years. Simmons describes Dickens' bizarre obsessions (violence and hypnotism) and warns that his narrator should not be trusted. His newest book, Drood, explores the final dark years of Charles Dickens and the untold story of Dickens' unfinished work, The Mystery of Edwin Drood. Although best known for his two science fiction series, the Hyperion Cantos and Ilium/ Olympos, which both pay homage to literary classics ( The Canterbury Tales and The Iliad, respectively), he has also dabbled in crime fiction ( Hardcase) and historical fiction ( The Terror). His works defy genre, often mixing elements of fantasy, science fiction, horror, suspense, and history. ![]() ![]() After 25 books, novelist Dan Simmons refuses to be categorized. ![]()
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