Author: Dan Simmons
Year: 1985
Type: NOVEL
Wikipedia Entry: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kali
Synopsis: The bulk of the book takes place in Calcutta India, where Robert Luczak has taken his family on an unusual business trip. His purpose is to locate the renowned poet M. Das, who supposedly died seven years earlier, but has resurfaced with a new body of work. The book can have a nongenre interpretation, as all of the horror elements are presented through unreliable narrators.
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Awards:
- 1986 - Song of Kali Locus Poll Award, Best First Novel (Place: 16)
- 1986 - Song of Kali World Fantasy Award, Best Novel (Win)
Publications:
- Song of Kali, (date unknown, Dan Simmons, Headline, 0-7472-3044-7, £4.99, 311pp, pb) - [VERIFIED]
- Song of Kali, (Nov 1985, Dan Simmons, Bluejay Books, 0-312-94408-X, $15.95, 311pp, hc) Cover: Jill Bauman - [VERIFIED]
- Song of Kali, (Nov 1986, Dan Simmons, Tor, 0-812-52566-3, $3.95, 311pp, pb) Cover: Jim Bauman
- Song of Kali, (Aug 1987, Dan Simmons, Headline, 0-7472-3044-7, £2.95, 311pp, pb)
- Song of Kali, (Sep 1987, Dan Simmons, Headline, 0-7472-0033-5, L9.95, 320pp, hc)
- Song of Kali, (Nov 1990, Dan Simmons, Headline, 0-7472-3044-7, £3.99, 311pp, pb)
- Song of Kali, (Oct 1991, Dan Simmons, Tor, 0-812-51592-7, $4.99, 311pp, pb) Cover: Gary Smith - [VERIFIED]
- Cancion de Kali, La, (Sep 1994, Dan Simmons, Ediciones B, 8440642377, $6.00, hc)
- Song of Kali, (Feb 1998, Dan Simmons, Tor, 0-312-86583-X, $13.95, 311pp, tp)
- Song of Kali, (Mar 2005, Dan Simmons, Gollancz / Orion, 0-575-07659-3, £7.99, 311pp, pb) Cover: Richard Carr - [VERIFIED]
- Song of Kali, (Aug 2008, Dan Simmons, Gollancz, 0-575-08307-7, £7.99, 288pp, pb)
Reviews:
- SF Site, April 1998, (1998), reviewed by Wayne MacLaurin
- Horror: 100 Best Books, (1988), reviewed by Edward Bryant
- Amazing Stories, May 1986, (1986), reviewed by John Gregory Betancourt
- Amazing Stories, January 1992, (1992), reviewed by John Gregory Betancourt
- Locus, February 1986, (1986), reviewed by Faren Miller
Bibliographic Warnings:
- Unknown Publication Date: Song of Kali (0000-00-00)
- Missing page count: Cancion de Kali, La (1994-09-01)
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