Song of Kali

Overview:

• Title: Song of Kali
• Author: Dan Simmons
• Year: 1985
• Type: Novel

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.

Awards:

• 1986. Song of Kali Locus Poll, Best First Novel (Nomination)
• 1986. Song of Kali World Fantasy, Best Novel (Win)

Editions/Publications:

• 1985. Song of Kali (November 1985, Dan Simmons Bluejay, ISBN-10: 031294408X, $15.95, 311 pages, Hardcover, Novel)
• 1986. Song of Kali (November 1986, Dan Simmons Tor, ISBN-10: 0812525663, $3.95, 311 pages, Paperback, Novel)
• 1987. Song of Kali (August 1987, Dan Simmons Headline, ISBN-10: 0747230447, £2.95, 311 pages, Paperback, Novel)
• 1987. Song of Kali (September 1987, Dan Simmons Headline, ISBN-10: 0747200335, L9.95, 320 pages, Hardcover, Novel)
• 1990. Song of Kali (November 1990, Dan Simmons Headline, ISBN-10: 0747230447, £3.99, 311 pages, Paperback, Novel)
• 1991. Song of Kali (October 1991, Dan Simmons Tor, ISBN-10: 0812515927, $4.99, 311 pages, Paperback, Novel)
• 1994. Cancion de Kali, La (September 01, 1994, Dan Simmons Ediciones B, ISBN-10: 8440642377, $6.00, Hardcover, Novel)
• 1998. Song of Kali (February 1998, Dan Simmons Tor, ISBN-10: 031286583X, $13.95, 311 pages, Trade, Novel)
• 2005. Song of Kali (March 2005, Dan Simmons Orion/Gollancz, ISBN-10: 0575076593, £7.99, 311 pages, Paperback, Novel)

Resources:

• Wikipedia article on Song of Kali