Dan Simmons. CARRION COMFORT. Dark Harvest, 1989. 1st HC/DJ. Signed. Very Scarce

Description: Normal.dotm 0 0 1 1279 7292 Lincoln Public Schools 60 14 8955 12.0 0 false 18 pt 18 pt 0 0 false false false Simmons, Dan. CARRION COMFORT. Arlington Heights, IL: Dark Harvest, 1989. 1st edition. With “FIRST EDITION” printed on the copyright page, which indicates that this is the correct 1st edition, 1st printing. Signed in full by Dan Simmons on the title page. This copy of CARRION COMFORT is the hardcover trade edition that was published simultaneously with the signed, numbered, limited edition that had a print run of 450 copies. In other words, it is not the signed, limited edition, but it is signed by Simmons, as noted above. This is NOT a book club book. This is NOT an ex-library book. Buyer beware: there were no later printings of CARRION COMFORT that were published by Dark Harvest. This is the real deal: the true 1st edition, 1st printing. SCROLL DOWN THIS PAGE IMMEDIATELY TO SEE THE CONDITION OF THIS BOOK AND THIS DUST JACKET. Dan Simmons is one of the best and most famous genre writers in the world. He writes science fiction, fantasy, horror, and detective novels. He is the author of such great and famous books as SONG OF KALI, PHASES OF GRAVITY, CARRION COMFORT (one of the earliest Dark Harvest books; offered here, and the author's 2nd novel, following Simmons' famous 1st novel, SONG OF KALI), HYPERION (the 1st “Hyperion Cantos” novel), THE FALL OF HYPERION (the 2nd “Hyperion Cantos” novel), ENTROPY’S BED AT MIDNIGHT, PRAYERS TO BROKEN STONES, SUMMER OF NIGHT, THE HOLLOW MAN, CHILDREN OF THE NIGHT, SUMMER SKETCHES, LOVEDEATH, FIRES OF EDEN, ENDYMION (the 3rd “Hyperion Cantos” novel), THE RISE OF ENDYMION (the 4th “Hyperion Cantos” novel), THE CROOK FACTORY, DARWIN’S BLADE, HARDCASE, A WINTER HAUNTING, WORLDS ENOUGH AND TIME, HARD FREEZE, ILIUM, HARD AS NAILS, OLYMPOS, and many others. Some of the awards and award nominations that Dan Simmons has been honored with: 1983: “The River Styx Flows Upstream.” Locus Poll Award nominee for Best Short Story. 1984: “Remembering Siri.” Locus Poll Award nominee for Best Novelette. 1986: SONG OF KALI. World Fantasy Award winner for Best Novel. 1986: SONG OF KALI. Locus Poll Award nominee for Best First Novel. 1987: SONG OF KALI. Crawford Award nominee for Best Novel. 1989: “Metastasis.” World Fantasy Award nominee for Best Short Fiction. 1990: CARRION COMFORT. Bram Stoker Award winner for Best Novel. 1990: CARRION COMFORT. British Fantasy Award winner for Best Novel. 1990: CARRION COMFORT. World Fantasy Award nominee for Best Novel. 1990: CARRION COMFORT. Locus Poll Award winner for Best Horror Novel. 1990: HYPERION. Hugo Award winner for Best Novel. 1990: HYPERION. Locus Poll Award winner for Best Novel. 1990: HYPERION. British Science Fiction Award nominee for Best Novel. 1990: THE FALL OF HYPERION. Nebula Award nominee for Best Novel. 1990: PHASES OF GRAVITY. Locus Poll Award nominee for Best Science Fiction Novel. 1991: HYPERION. Ignotus Award winner for Best Novel. 1991. THE FALL OF HYPERION. Hugo Award nominee for Best Novel. 1991: THE FALL OF HYPERION. British Science Fiction Award winner for Best Novel. 1991: THE FALL OF HYPERION. Locus Poll Award winner for Best Novel. 1991: THE FALL OF HYPERION. Science Fiction Chronicle Award nominee for Best Novel. 1991: “Entropy’s Bed at Midnight.” Locus Poll Award winner for Best Novelette. 1991: SUMMER OF NIGHT. Locus Poll Award winner for Best Horror/Dark Fantasy Novel. 1991: PRAYERS OF BROKEN STONES. World Fantasy Award nominee for Best Collection. 1991: PRAYERS OF BROKEN STONES. Bram Stoker Award nominee for Best Collection. 1991: PRAYERS OF BROKEN STONES. Locus Poll Award nominee for Best Collection. 1991: “All Dracula’s Children.” Locus Poll Award winner for Best Novelette. 1992: HYPERION. Arthur C. Clarke Award nominee for Best Novel. 1992: SUMMER OF NIGHT. British Fantasy Award nominee for Best Novel. 1992: CHILDREN OF THE NIGHT. Locus Poll Award nominee for Best Horror Novel. 1992: THE HOLLOW MAN. Locus Poll Award nominee for Best Science Fiction Novel. 1992: PRAYERS TO BROKEN STONES. Bram Stoker Award winner for Best Collection. 1992: “The Hyperion Cantos.” (Consisting of HYPERION and THE FALL OF HYPERION). Arthur C. Clarke Award nominee for Best Novel. 1993: “This Year’s Class Picture.” Bram Stoker Award winner for Best Short Story. 1993: “This Year’s Class Picture.” Locus Poll Award winner for Best Short Story. 1994: “Death in Bangkok.” Bram Stoker Award winner for Best Novelette. 1994: “Death in Bangkok.” World Fantasy Award nominee for Best Short Story. 1994: “Death in Bangkok.” Locus Poll Award winner for Best Novelette. 1994: “Flashback.” Bram Stoker Award nominee for Best Novella. 1994: “Flashback.” Locus Poll Award nominee for Best Novella. 1994: LOVEDEATH. Bram Stoker Award nominee for Best Collection. 1994: LOVEDEATH. Locus Award nominee for Best Collection. 1995: FIRES OF EDEN. Locus Poll Award winner for Best Horror/ Dark Fantasy Novel. 1995: HYPERION. Seiun Award winner for Best Foreign Novel. 1996: ENDYMION. Locus Poll Award nominee for Best Novel. 1996: THE FALL OF HYPERION. Seiun Award winner for Best Foreign Novel. 1996: “The Great Lover.” (le Grand amant). Imaginaire Award winner for Best Translated Story. 1996: “Looking for Kelly Dahl.” Locus Poll Award nominee for Best Novella. 1998: THE RISE OF ENDYMION. Locus Poll Award winner for Best Science Fiction Novel. 1998: THE RISE OF ENDYMION. Hugo Award nominee for Best Novel. 1998: THE RISE OF ENDYMION. Science Fiction Chronicle Award winner for Best Novel. 1999: THE RISE OF ENDYMION. Prix Ozone Award winner for Best Foreign Science Fiction Novel. 2000: THE RISE OF ENDYMION. Italia Award nominee for Best International Novel. 2000: THE RISE OF ENDYMION. Selun Award nominee for Best Overseas Long Fiction. 2000: “Orphans of the Helix.” Locus Poll Award winner for Best Novella. 2001: “On K2 With Hanakaredes.” Locus Poll Award nominee for Best Novelette. 2003: A WINTER HAUNTING. Locus Poll Award nominee for Best Horror Novel. 2003: A WINTER HAUNTING. International Horror Guild Award winner for Best Novel. 2004: ILIUM. Locus Poll Award winner for Best Novel. 2004: ILIUM. Hugo Award nominee for Best Novel. 2004: ILIUM. Science Fiction Site Poll Award winner for Best Science Fiction/Fantasy Book. 2006: OLYMPOS. Locus Poll Award nominee for Best Novel. 2007: THE TERROR. British Fantasy Award nominee for Best Novel. 2007: THE TERROR. Bram Stoker Award nominee for Best Novel. 2008: THE TERROR. International Horror Guild Award winner for Best Novel. 2008: THE TERROR. Shirley Jackson Award nominee for Best Novel. 2009: DROOD. Locus Poll Award nominee for Best Fantasy Novel. Clearly Dan Simmons is one of the best, most famous, most important, and most collectible science fiction, fantasy, and horror writers in the world. From the dust jacket: “ . . . CARRION COMFORT by Dan Simmons by Dan Simmons . . . CARRION COMFORT may be the first truly epic horror novel. Dan Simmons has constructed a tale of rising suspense and terror which grows from some of the darkest recesses of the Twentieth Century and the even darker corners of the human mind . . In December, 1980, three elderly friends meet at Melanie Fuller’s home in Charleston, South Carolina. The three -- Melanie, Willie and Nina -- are creatures with the extraordinary psychic ability to Use others while feeding off the emotions generated during their vicarious murders. Each year the three meet to discuss their game -- an on-going competition of mass murder and vampirism. But this year something goes wrong, and before the year is out the mind vampires will plunge themselves and hundreds of their innocent victims into a struggle which will determine the future of the world itself . . . Advance word from The Twilight Zone magazine on CARRION COMFORT: ‘This incredible novel of power and rape, mind-vampirism and moral evolution, intrigue and controversy, is nearly seven hundred pages of lean, muscular prose. It is absolutely astonishing. Unfailingly plotted and exquisitely written, Simmons (winner of the 1986 World Fantasy Award for SONG OF KALI) has created a tour de force.’ “ From the rear flap of the dust jacket: Coming Soon From DARK HARVEST THE ASIMOV CHRONICLES a massive collection spanning the 50 year career of Isaac Asimov THE EYES OF DARKNESS a novel by Dean R. Koontz SWAN SONG the award winning novel by Robert R. McCammon from the rear panel of the dust jacket: “Dan Simmons is brilliant. He cares about language and story- telling, and makes us care about every word he writes.” -- Dean R. Koontz author of WATCHERS and LIGHTNING “Dan Simmons is a compelling writer.” -- F. Paul Wilson author of THE KEEP and BLACK WIND “ . . . for those of us to whom good writing is everything . . . the name Dan Simmons bears great weight.” -- Harlan Ellison author of ANGRY CANDY “CARRION COMFORT is, in my humble opinion, the best horror novel, the best SF novel, and the best suspense novel of the year.” -- Ed Bryant in Twilight Zone ___________________________________________________________________________________________________________ “ . . . one of the more ambitious modern vampire novels and a successful rendering of the vampire them from a fresh and original perspective.” -- Barron, FANTASY AND HORROR (1999). ___________________________________________________________________________________________________________ On a personal note, I thought CARRION COMFORT was (and remains) one of the best horror novels I have ever read.  ___________________________________________________________________________________________________________ I grade books and dust jackets: fine, near fine, very good, good, fair, and poor. I describe all faults. If you sell books on EBAY (or anywhere else), it is de rigueur not to list 1st printings of book club books as 1st editions (unless they ARE the 1st edition, which occurs only occasionally); also, a 1st edition, 7th printing, is not a 1st edition. Ex-library books must be noted as such since generally they are of little value to the collector of 1st editions. Condition is also very important to those collectors. Books and dust jackets must be described in detail. In other words, it is incumbent upon the SELLER to know what is and is not a 1st edition. Mistakes can be made (and corrected), of course, but if you DON'T KNOW, don't try to sell a book as a 1st edition. __________________________________________________________________________________________________ CONDITION: A FINE book in a FINE dust jacket. The book is tight and square in its blue-black faux leather binding with bright silver lettering on the spine of the book. The book has the correct gray endpapers. The book has the beautiful frontispiece just before the half title page. There is no writing in the book (except for Simmons signature on the title page); no bookplates; no remainder marks. The dust jacket is NOT price-clipped and shows the correct 1st issue price of $21.95 (for the trade edition) on the upper front flap and the correct 1st issue price of $48.00 (for the signed, number, limited edition) on the upper rear flap. There are no chips or tears or wrinkles to the dust jacket. The dust jacket has no flaws. This may be an unread copy of this book. This is pretty much a pristine copy of CARRION COMFORT in terms of the condition of the book and the dust jacket The dust jacket artwork, the frontispiece artwork, and the black and white interior illustrations are by the great artist Kathleen McNeil Sherman. A note on the photos in this listing: the photos of the dust jacket were taken while the dust jacket was encased in a protective Brodart dust jacket protector. Any apparent "smudges" or darkening or discolorations or glare is due to the reflections from the dust jacket protector. There are virtually no flaws to the dust jacket. I decided not to remove the dust jacket from the dust jacket protector when I took the photos. I can provide photos of the dust jacket without the dust jacket protector on the dust jacket, if necessary. I use the EBAY shipping system to send out the majority of the books that I sell. Insurance is included in the shipping charges for this book that the buyer will be paying. One would assume that the buyer would want to insure this book for its correct value. 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