Iain Gray Freelance Writer

Articles - Books

Sunday 8th March 2009

Originally published in The Sunday Telegraph

Filed under Books

The Terror by Dan Simmons - Review

In May 1845, the explorer Sir John Franklin, 129 men and two ships, HMS Erebus and HMS Terror, left the coast of Kent bound for the Canadian Arctic. Their mission? To find the North-West Passage route through the Arctic Ocean. They never returned.

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April

19.04.09 LA Confidential - Review

05.04.09 Ran - Review

March

29.03.09 Sherman’s March - Review

22.03.09 A Man Escaped - Review

15.03.09 Raging Bull - Review

08.03.09 8 Women - Review

08.03.09 The Terror by Dan Simmons - Review

01.03.09 King Kong - Review

February

22.02.09 Taxi To The Dark Side - Review

15.02.09 Audition - Review

08.02.09 When Harry Met Sally - Review

01.02.09 Vanishing Point - Review

January

25.01.09 Black Narcissus - Review

18.01.09 Dracula - Review

11.01.09 Brazil - Review

04.01.09 Lantana - Review

2008

December

28.12.08 The Edge - Review

21.12.08 The Nightmare Before Christmas - Review

14.12.08 The French Connection - Review

07.12.08 Annie Hall - Review

November

30.11.08 Rescue Dawn - Review

23.11.08 Million Dollar Baby - Review

16.11.08 Baraka - Review

09.11.08 The Searchers - Review

08.11.08 Far Cry 2 - Review

02.11.08 Great Expectations - Review

October

26.10.08 Jacob’s Ladder - Review

19.10.08 The Last Waltz - Review

12.10.08 Mulholland Drive - Review

05.10.08 Bringing Up Baby - Review

September

28.09.08 The Killing - Review

21.09.08 The Man Who Wasn’t There - Review

14.09.08 Big Night - Review

07.09.08 Total Recall - Review

August

31.08.08 The Exterminating Angel - Review

24.08.08 Dark City - Review

17.08.08 Chinatown - Review

11.08.08 Horror? You can’t beat a bit of British

10.08.08 Escape From New York - Review

04.08.08 Changing a lifetime’s eating habits - Week 4

03.08.08 Best in Show - Review

July

28.07.08 Changing a lifetime’s eating habits - Week 3

27.07.08 The Cider House Rules - Review

21.07.08 Changing a lifetime’s eating habits - Week 2

20.07.08 The Prestige - Review

14.07.08 Changing a lifetime’s eating habits - Week 1

13.07.08 La Reine Margot - Review

06.07.08 The Remains of the Day - Review

June

29.06.08 The Station Agent - Review

22.06.08 Duck Soup - Review

15.06.08 Dirty Harry - Review

08.06.08 Dancer in the Dark - Review

01.06.08 A Matter of Life and Death - Review

May

25.05.08 Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World - Review

22.05.08 Get out the tissues - Raef’s been strafed

18.05.08 Days of Heaven - Review

11.05.08 Assembly - Review

04.05.08 Vertigo - Review