![]() ![]() ![]() The Erebus and Terror eventually sunk in 1848, only to be discovered in 20, respectively. In history, all the men on the trip, who share names with Simmons’ and AMC’s characters, famously died, with some resorting to cannibalism before doing so. Sir John Franklin in search of a Northwest Passage.Īfter his crew’s two ships, the HMS Erebus and the HMS Terror, get hopelessly stuck in ice north of King William Island - which are factual events - the book’s ensuing fiction includes mutiny and the men’s fear of a supernatural, polar bear-like monster that begins killing explorers individually before its attacks grow to massacres. The series, which debuted last month on AMC and has released five episodes of its first season, with five more to go, is a spin on Simmons’ novel centered around the aftermath of the failed 1845 arctic voyage led by British Royal Navy Capt. When viewing a pre-cable premiere edit of AMC’s series “The Terror” based on his 2007 book of the same title, Longmont author Dan Simmons failed to notice what would become perhaps his favorite departure the show takes from his original work. ![]()
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