Title: Whatever happened to Dan Simmons?
Product review: Ask me a year ago and I would have put Dan Simmons up there with Stephen King and Orson Scott Card, not just in terms of quality, but in terms of his ability to write successfully in every genre. His thriller "The Crook Factory" was as good as it gets.Then came two clunkers in a row, "Darwins Blade" and now "Hardcase." Both suffer from the same shallow chaterierisation and lackluster plots. Hardcase's tale of an ex-cop/con working for a crimeboss lacked both the color and complexity we've come to expect from Simmons. Regrettably, Mr. Simmons seems to be writing in the hopes of selling to Hollywood. The book reads like a lame star-driven action piece.Come back Mr. Simmons. You're the best when you let yourself be.
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