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Hugo Award winner Simmons returns to science fiction after a pair of horror novels ( Summer of Night ; Children of the Night ) with this impressive and thoughtful novel about the pain and the power of telepathy. Jeremy and Gail were made sad and lonely by their ability to read others' minds, until they found each other. Married, they grew closer than any non-telepathic couple ever could. But when Gail dies, Jeremy goes over the edge. He finds himself inundated with "neurobabble," unable to keep out the roaring ocean of other thoughts that surrounds him. Drowning in despair, he begins a journey meant to resemble bear an unmistak able resemblance to that of Dante in his Divine Comedy --he flees his job, friends and home; runs afoul of gangsters in Florida; lives homeless in Denver; and uses his telepathy to win his way to wealth in Las Vegas. Simmons is at his best during Jeremy's descent into despair, searching for relief from the neurobabble and flirting with suicide. Blending chaos theory, quantum physics and neuroscience, Simmons constructs a vague but intriguing scientific explanation of telepathy. The power-of-love happy ending may leave some readers unsatisified, since it doesn't resolve some of the book's bleaker issues, but Simmons's novel remains an engrossing look at a well-worn concept. of telepathy.
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The untimely death of telepath Gail Bremen casts husband Jeremy adrift on a tidal wave of unfiltered thoughts. Jeremy's struggle to come to terms with his life and his wife's death leads him to a young boy lost in his own mental nightmare. The author of the award-winning Hyperion (Doubleday, 1989) and The Fall of Hyperion ( LJ 3/15/90) demonstrates his facility with atmosphere in this sf/fantasy blend that penetrates the mind's landscape. Recommended for large fiction or sf collections.
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Product Details

  • Paperback: 352 pages
  • Publisher: Spectra; First Thus edition (September 1, 1993)
  • Language: English
  • ISBN-10: 0553563505
  • ISBN-13: 978-0553563504
  • Product Dimensions: 6.8 x 4.2 x 1 inches
  • Shipping Weight: 7 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
  • Average Customer Review: 3.2 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (41 customer reviews)
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5.0 out of 5 stars 'Hell is other people', December 6, 2004
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It is a rare occurrence for me to read a book straight through from sunset to sunrise, but "The Hollow Man" deserved that kind of attention, even though it is very grim reading--in Dan Simmon's world, it is better to be brain-damaged than normal, drunk or drugged rather than sober, possibly dead rather than alive.

After his wife dies, Simmon's telepathic hero descends into a peculiarly American hell of gangsters, cardboard cities, rabid gangs, child molesters, and serial killers--there are many references to Dante in this book, and although Sartre isn't directly quoted, I'd guess that the main message of "The Hollow Man" is 'Hell is other people.'

What can a brilliant mathematician do when his perfect relationship with his telepathic wife ends with her death? He can commit suicide quickly or commit suicide slowly. Jeremy Bremen tries both ways.

I didn't even try to follow the equations in this book. I had my fill of diffie q's when I was in college. You might be interested in figuring out whether the author is merely waving his hands over the math and science, or whether he is truly attempting to make a case for the creation of new universes every time we commit to an action--whether it is something as simple as sitting down or remaining on our feet. Somewhere in the swiftly branching universes, Jeremy Bremen's wife didn't get brain cancer and die. Another, much older scientist who may be the only one who understands Jeremy's equations, gets the notion that he can find a universe that didn't experience the Holocaust of WWII, and where his family didn't die in the Ravensbruck concentration camp.

He kills himself.

"The Hollow Man" splits its chapters between Jeremy's hellish adventures after his wife dies, and flashbacks to happier days when she was alive and he was solving the mysteries of the universe. The poignancy is almost too difficult to bear, but Simmons is a good author and he makes you want to follow Jeremy to his quietus. Another character, a boy who was born blind, deaf, and mute and who is viciously abused by his mother and her live-in boyfriends, also narrates parts of the story. How Jeremy's universe and the universe of the handicapped boy overlap is the highlight and climax of "The Hollow Man."
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8 of 9 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars The Hollow Man is Amazing!, August 23, 1998
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After reading the other comments on this page I realise that this may not be everybody's idea of a fantastic novel. However, if you have enjoyed Simmons previously and/or you would like to read something truly original, try this. This novel certainly lives up to Dan Simmons reputation as being perhaps the most dynamic author of our, or any, time. This book, the story of Jeremy, who loses his way after the death of his wife only to, eventually, rediscover himself, his wife and the secret of life and death itself, is one of the strangest and most brilliant works of fiction in existence. I can only guess that the authors of the negative comments on this page must simply have failed the understand the massive scope of the journey that Simmons had led them on. Perhaps second only to Summer of Night, although I am yet to read Children of the Night or any of The Hyperion Cantos.
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4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars reinforces what a creative genius Simmons is, June 4, 2000
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This book grabbed me by the eyeballs - like the best of S.King/R. Bachman - and didn't let go until the very end. A wild ride - thought provoking and well-conceptualized throughout. An on-the-road type book, the protaganist travels from Philly to Disneyworld to the deserts to Las Vegas to... and deals with lots of intense violence and good sickening horror. And reminisces about l-o-v-e on the way to stir the reader in a different way. I liked the Hyperion series a lot - Hollow Man was easier to read (maybe because it is earthbound?) and I liked it just as much (if not better). Only disappointment (which some may like a lot), too much math and physics. Otherwise great stuff.
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3.0 out of 5 stars I am not sure of the point of this story
I read this book a few years ago, before I started to write book reviews, so I am working from what I remember of the story.
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Published 1 month ago by David Brockert

3.0 out of 5 stars Disturbing and bleak
This is the opposite story line of Dying Inside, by Robert Silverberg. That book's character is a telepath who has lived his whole life with the ability, and when he loses it he... Read more
Published 7 months ago by Tactitles

4.0 out of 5 stars Excellent and at times SCARY
I have not read this book in years. I was reviewing another Simmons book and checked out the reviews for HM. Read more
Published 9 months ago by Grog

1.0 out of 5 stars Unpleasant and almost no redeeming qualities
The only apparently positive thing I can say about this story is that, in spite of its gratuitous violence, shallow mumbo-jumbo science, and almost total lack of plot, it still... Read more
Published 14 months ago by T. Harris

2.0 out of 5 stars Not Simmons normal quality
Let me begin by saying that for the most part, I LOVE Dan Simmons. I was very excited when this book arrived and dug right in. That's when my disappointment hit... Read more
Published 23 months ago by Ravenskya

1.0 out of 5 stars Unfortunate
I really like Dan Simmons, unfortunately this book is truly awful. The characters, the writing and the story were all well below par for this talented writer. Read more
Published on February 7, 2008 by BigT

2.0 out of 5 stars Disappointing...
This could have been a really neat sci/fi story about telepathy. Instead, Mr. Simmons feels the need to try to "prove" the validity of his mystic mathematical pseudo-religious... Read more
Published on June 26, 2007 by scififan

3.0 out of 5 stars Hard to Grok This One
Hard to tell if Simmons was trying to define misanthropy or if he just wanted to show Stephen King that others can write horror/sci-fi hybrids also. Read more
Published on February 27, 2007 by Seachranaiche

3.0 out of 5 stars 3 and a Half Stars
There's no doubt about it, Dan Simmons is one of the most versatile writers out there. Whether it's horror, sci-fi, suspense, the guy does it all. Read more
Published on January 30, 2007 by Brian Markowski

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Dan Simmons writes with his usual tip of the hat to great authors of the past, in this case Dante Alighieri and T.S. Read more
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