false http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1166480080m/11557.jpg 11557 6 <i>Swan Song</i> is rich with such characters as an ex-wrestler named Black Frankenstein, a New York City bag lady who feels power coursing from a weird glass ring, a boy who claws his way out of a destroyed survivalist compound. They gather their followers and travel toward each other, all bent on saving a blonde girl named Swan from the Man of Many Faces. <i>Swan Song</i> is often compared to Stephen King's <i>The Stand</i>, and for the most part, readers who enjoy one of the two novels, will enjoy the other. Like <i>The Stand</i>, it's an end-of-the-world novel, with epic sweep, apocalyptic drama, and a cast of vividly realized characters. But the tone is somewhat different: The good is sweeter, the evil is more sadistic, and the setting is harsher, because it's the world after a nuclear holocaust. <i>Swan Song</i> won a 1988 Bram Stoker Award for Best Novel. It's a monster of a horror book, brimming over with stories and violence and terrific imagery--God and the Devil, the whole works. 2947187 book 1 6 1987 Swan Song total:1535|5:863|4:447|3:164|2:56|1:5| 1535 6712 2113 242 4 10 false false Mon Sep 22 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Fri Aug 22 11:29:27 -0700 2008 Mon Sep 22 19:02:11 -0700 2008
Comparisons with the Stand are inevitable. Both are abo...more...]]> 1 5 false false Wed Jan 28 17:40:15 -0800 2009 Wed Jan 28 17:46:46 -0800 2009
Wow.

I thought it was absolutely terrible, I'd even venture to call it rubbish.

McCammon's prose reads more like bad fanfic than that of an actual "professional" wr...more...]]> 5 3 false false Mon May 14 12:20:52 -0700 2007 Mon May 14 12:46:57 -0700 2007
I remember when I read it I was really disappointed with the end, but so proud of my eighth grade butt reading a 32,000 page bo...more...]]> 5 3 false false Thu Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Thu Dec 11 11:59:44 -0800 2008 Fri Jan 16 07:28:09 -0800 2009 more...]]> 5 3 false false Mon Nov 17 21:41:27 -0800 2008 Mon Nov 17 21:54:59 -0800 2008 SwanSong is the story of World War III, and of three...more...]]> 4 1 false true Wed Mar 12 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Mon Mar 03 15:21:13 -0800 2008 Thu Aug 21 13:03:03 -0700 2008 Cormac McCarthy's The Road, I found myself in the mood for more apocalyptic fiction, something a little more epic in nature. Having already read The Stand, I went to Amazon to see what other books in this subgenre existed, and I stumbled upon Swan Song. I'd previously read two of Mc...more...]]> 5 1 false false Wed Jul 14 00:00:00 -0700 2004 Fri Jan 30 07:44:27 -0800 2009 Fri Jan 30 07:59:19 -0800 2009 1 My sister read this when it first came out and she told me all about it. At that time, I didn't think to read it because she told me the whole story. So, in 2004 I picked it up and loved it. If I read this in the 80's wh...more...]]> 5 1 false false Fri Dec 12 15:21:50 -0800 2008 Fri Dec 12 15:23:51 -0800 2008 5 1 false false Sun Jul 01 00:00:00 -0700 2007 Sun Sep 02 22:25:29 -0700 2007 Sun Sep 02 22:29:50 -0700 2007 more...]]> 5 0 false false Tue Sep 29 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Mon Sep 28 15:46:44 -0700 2009 Wed Oct 07 15:59:24 -0700 2009 more...]]> 3 0 false false Thu Apr 09 19:35:12 -0700 2009 Thu Apr 09 19:44:58 -0700 2009 more...]]> 4 1 false false Tue Oct 21 09:19:19 -0700 2008 Tue Oct 21 09:28:08 -0700 2008 The Stand again for the first time.]]> 5 1 false false Sun Aug 17 19:38:33 -0700 2008 Sun Aug 17 19:40:15 -0700 2008 2 0 false false Mon Jul 20 08:27:24 -0700 2009 Mon Jul 20 08:32:44 -0700 2009 more...]]> 4 1 false false Mon Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2007 Tue Jun 05 20:07:44 -0700 2007 Wed Sep 12 21:07:36 -0700 2007 2 1 false false Thu Aug 01 00:00:00 -0700 2002 Thu Mar 26 21:58:46 -0700 2009 Thu Mar 26 22:04:41 -0700 2009 more...]]> 3 4 false false Sun Aug 23 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Thu Jan 08 01:28:44 -0800 2009 Sun Aug 23 14:32:53 -0700 2009
I originally rated this book 4 stars but now that I’ve slept on it, I have to rate 3 stars and try to keep my reasons short. Swan Song is a mix of apocalypse, horror, and fantasy. Lovers of any of these genres might consider giving the book a tr...more...]]> 4 0 false false Sun Jun 28 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Mon Oct 27 18:46:01 -0700 2008 Sun Jun 28 16:11:54 -0700 2009 The Stand. After a world-wide nuclear holocaust, good and evil are personified and fight over the fate of the souls of the remaining survivors. You can call them God and the Devil if you want, but McCammon wisel...more...]]> 4 0 false true Fri Oct 02 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Mon Oct 27 01:28:53 -0700 2008 Fri Oct 02 06:19:37 -0700 2009 1
For the bad the writing was some what simplistic but at least that made it a quick read. Many of the characters were not terribly well drawn and despite being intelligent...more...]]> 5 0 false false Tue Jul 01 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Thu Oct 16 17:45:44 -0700 2008 Wed Nov 12 17:59:42 -0800 2008 1 more...]]> http://www.goodreads.com/book_link/follow/8?book_id=11557