Title: Carrion Comfort

Title: Carrion Comfort Title Record # 2279
Author: Dan Simmons
Date: 1989-02-00
Type: NOVEL
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Language: English

Note: Expansion of the novella. It is safe to read the novella prior to the novel as the first half of the novella makes up chapter 1 of the novel, while the second half of the novella makes up chapter 3 of the novel.

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Other Titles

Translations

Year	Language	Title
1991^ⓘTranslated by Jan Smit	Dutch	Aasgieren
1992^ⓘTranslated by Manuel de Seabra.	Spanish	Los vampiros de la mente
1992	Italian	Danza macabra
1992^ⓘTranslated by Jean-Daniel Brèque First half of the original novel.	French	L'échiquier du mal: tome 1
1993^ⓘTranslated by Joachim Körber	German	Kraft des Bösen^?Kraft des Boesen
1993^ⓘTranslated by Jean-Daniel Brèque Second half of the novel.	French	L'échiquier du mal: tome 2
1995	French	L'échiquier du mal 1 (Présence du Fantastique)^?L'echiquier du mal 1 (Presence du Fantastique)
1997	French	L'échiquier du mal 2 (Présence du Fantastique)
1998	French	L'échiquier du mal 3
1998	French	L'échiquier du mal 4
1999^ⓘTranslated by Jean-Daniel Brèque	French	L'échiquier du mal 2
1999^ⓘDO NOT MERGE with the similarly titled (but shorter) volume issued in Présence du Fantastique. Translated by Jean-Daniel Brèque	French	L'échiquier du mal 1 (Présence du Futur)
2000^ⓘTranslated by Jean-Daniel Brèque.	French	L'échiquier du mal, 1^?L'echiquier du mal, 1
2000^ⓘTranslated by Jean-Daniel Brèque Second half of the original novel.	French	L'échiquier du mal, 2^?L'echiquier du mal, 2
2003^ⓘTranslated by Jean Daniel Brèque	French	L'échiquier du mal^?L'echiquier du mal

Awards

Place	Year and Award	Category
Win	1989 Stoker	Superior Achievement in a Novel
Win	1990 BFA	August Derleth Fantasy Award (Best Novel)
1	1990 Locus	Best Horror Novel
Nomination	1990 World Fantasy	Best Novel

Publications

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Title	Date	Author/Editor	Publisher/Pub. Series	ISBN/Catalog ID	Price	Pages	Format	Type	Cover Artist
Carrion Comfort	1989-02-00	Dan Simmons	Dark Harvest	0-913165-37-9	$21.95^?$: US dollar. ISO code: USD	636	hc^?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	novel	Kathleen McNeil Sherman , Dan Simmons
Carrion Comfort	1989-02-00	Dan Simmons	Dark Harvest	0-913165-38-7	$48.00^?$: US dollar. ISO code: USD	636	hc^?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	novel	Kathleen McNeil Sherman , Dan Simmons
Carrion Comfort	1990-04-00	Dan Simmons	Headline	0-7472-0237-0	£14.95^?£: UK pound. ISO code: GBP	690	hc^?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	novel
Carrion Comfort	1990-04-00	Dan Simmons	Headline	0-7472-7986-1	£8.95^?£: UK pound. ISO code: GBP	690	tp^?Trade paperback. Any softcover book which is at least 7.25" (or 19 cm) tall, or at least 4.5" (11.5 cm) wide/deep.	novel	Karen Simmons
Carrion Comfort	1990-10-00	Dan Simmons	Warner Books	0-446-35920-3	$5.95^?$: US dollar. ISO code: USD	viii+ 884	pb^?Paperback. Typically 7" by 4.25" (18 cm by 11 cm) or smaller, though trimming errors can cause them to sometimes be slightly (less than 1/4 extra inch) taller or wider/deeper.	novel	Don Brautigan
Carrion Comfort	1990-11-00	Dan Simmons	Headline	0-7472-3405-1	£4.99^?£: UK pound. ISO code: GBP	viii+ 992	pb^?Paperback. Typically 7" by 4.25" (18 cm by 11 cm) or smaller, though trimming errors can cause them to sometimes be slightly (less than 1/4 extra inch) taller or wider/deeper.	novel	Karen Simmons
Carrion Comfort	2009-11-24	Dan Simmons	St. Martin's Griffin	978-1-4299-8664-9	$9.99^?$: US dollar. ISO code: USD		ebook^?Used for all electronic formats, including but not limited to EPUB, eReader, HTML, iBook, Mobipocket, and PDF.	novel
Carrion Comfort	2009-12-00	Dan Simmons	St. Martin's Griffin	978-0-312-56707-1	$19.99^?$: US dollar. ISO code: USD	xxxi+ 767	tp^?Trade paperback. Any softcover book which is at least 7.25" (or 19 cm) tall, or at least 4.5" (11.5 cm) wide/deep.	novel
Carrion Comfort	2010-07-01	Dan Simmons	Quercus	978-1-84916-221-0	£8.99^?£: UK pound. ISO code: GBP	784	tp^?Trade paperback. Any softcover book which is at least 7.25" (or 19 cm) tall, or at least 4.5" (11.5 cm) wide/deep.	novel
Carrion Comfort	2010-07-01	Dan Simmons	Quercus	978-1-84916-635-5	£6.98^?£: UK pound. ISO code: GBP		ebook^?Used for all electronic formats, including but not limited to EPUB, eReader, HTML, iBook, Mobipocket, and PDF.	novel
Carrion Comfort	2011-10-01	Dan Simmons	Brilliance Audio		$34.49^?$: US dollar. ISO code: USD		digital audio download^?Digital recording in any format that is downloaded directly from the Internet. This category includes podcasts.	novel
Carrion Comfort	date unknown	Dan Simmons	Warner Books	0-446-35920-3	$5.95^?$: US dollar. ISO code: USD	884	pb^?Paperback. Typically 7" by 4.25" (18 cm by 11 cm) or smaller, though trimming errors can cause them to sometimes be slightly (less than 1/4 extra inch) taller or wider/deeper.	novel	Don Brautigam
Carrion Comfort	date unknown	Dan Simmons	St. Martin's Griffin	978-0-312-56707-1	$19.99^?$: US dollar. ISO code: USD	xxxi+ 767	tp^?Trade paperback. Any softcover book which is at least 7.25" (or 19 cm) tall, or at least 4.5" (11.5 cm) wide/deep.	novel
Carrion Comfort	date unknown	Dan Simmons	Warner Books	0-446-35920-3	$7.50^?$: US dollar. ISO code: USD	viii+ 884	pb^?Paperback. Typically 7" by 4.25" (18 cm by 11 cm) or smaller, though trimming errors can cause them to sometimes be slightly (less than 1/4 extra inch) taller or wider/deeper.	novel	Don Brautigan
Carrion Comfort	date unknown	Dan Simmons	Warner Books	0-446-35920-3	$5.95^?$: US dollar. ISO code: USD	viii+ 884	pb^?Paperback. Typically 7" by 4.25" (18 cm by 11 cm) or smaller, though trimming errors can cause them to sometimes be slightly (less than 1/4 extra inch) taller or wider/deeper.	novel	Don Brautigan
Carrion Comfort	date unknown	Dan Simmons	Headline	0-7472-3405-1	£4.99^?£: UK pound. ISO code: GBP	viii+ 992	pb^?Paperback. Typically 7" by 4.25" (18 cm by 11 cm) or smaller, though trimming errors can cause them to sometimes be slightly (less than 1/4 extra inch) taller or wider/deeper.	novel

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Reviews

Review by Faren Miller (1989) in Locus, #338 March 1989
Review by Andrew Andrews [as by Andrew M. Andrews] (1989) in Quantum, Spring 1990, (1990)
Review by Baird Searles (1990) in Isaac Asimov's Science Fiction Magazine, March 1990
Review by John Clute (1990) in Interzone, #38 August 1990
Review by Martin Waller (1990) in Vector 157
Review by David Sutton (1990) in The British Fantasy Newsletter, Winter 1989-1990
Review by Colin Steele (1991) in SF Commentary, #69/70
Review by Andy Sawyer (1991) in SF Commentary, #69/70
Review by Randy Johnston (1991) in Deathrealm, Spring 1991
Review by Colin Bird (1991) in Paperback Inferno, #89
Review [French] by
Stéphane Nicot^?Stephane Nicot
(1992) in Yellow Submarine, #94
Review [French] by
Stéphane Nicot^?Stephane Nicot
(1992) in Yellow Submarine, #94
Review [French] by Daniel Conrad (1999) in Galaxies, #13
Review by David Morrell (2005) in Horror: Another 100 Best Books
Review by Darrell Bain (2005) in My 100 Most Readable (and Re-Readable) Science Fiction Novels
Review [French] by Bertrand Bonnet (2010) in Bifrost, #60
Review [French] by Philippe Boulier (2021) in Bifrost, #101
Review by Steve Carroll (2022) in Paperback Fantastic, Volume 3: Horror