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The Abominable

Dan Simmons

  • 663 pages · about 11 hours
  • First published 2013
  • 7 editions
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1 About this book

The Abominable is a novel written by Dan Simmons. The book was initially published on October 22, 2013 by Little, Brown and Company. It is a historical thriller taking place in 1924 about an explorer named Richard Deacon who is hired to search for the body of young man who died attempting to summit Mount Everest.

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Good for readers who want: horror, adventure, and a long read.

  • Horror
  • Thrillers
  • Adventure
  • Mountaineering

2 About Dan Simmons

1948–2026

Daniel Joseph Simmons (April 4, 1948 – February 21, 2026) was an American science fiction and horror writer. He was the author of the Hyperion Cantos and the Ilium/Olympos cycles, among other works that span the science fiction, horror, and fantasy genres, sometimes within a single novel. Simmons's genre-intermingling Song of Kali (1985) won the World Fantasy Award.

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