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Just finished reading Summer of Night by Dan Simmons. :thumbsup: One of the best horror books I have read in years!! I put it up there with the 1980's King. Just started Children of Night which is the sequel to Summer of Night. Not as good so far but getting better.
Summer of Night is one of my all-time favorites. Although Dan Simmons denies it, SON was clearly influenced by
IT.
A Winter Haunting is the sequel to SON.
Children of the Night features a major character from SON but wasn't written as a sequel.
I loved a Winter Haunting and the site you suggested for the follow up.
I was going to post the link for
Watching The Presidential Debate in Elm Haven but is no longer on the Dan Simmons website. It is an excellent coda to
Summer Of Night.
Is that a short story Dan wrote? Was it ever printed anywhere? Sounds cool.
I was able to locate the link on the Dan Simmons website for
Watching The Presidential Debates In Elm Haven. It was a two part segment in the & November Message From Dan section:
Part 1
https://www.dansimmons.com/news/message/2008_10.html.
Part 2
https://www.dansimmons.com/news/message/2008_11.html.
Dan also published a chapbook titled
Banished Dreams that included dream sequences for Mike O'Rourke, Dale Stewart, Lawrence Stewart and Kevin Grumbacher that were cut from the published version of
Summer Of Night. I believe that Sub Press really messed up by not including both
Banished Dreams and
Watching The Presidential Debates In Elm Haven as bonus content in their limited edition of
Summer Of Night.