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Original Title:	Eaters of the Dead
ISBN:	0060891564 (ISBN13: 9780060891565)
Edition Language:	English
Characters:	Ibn Fadlan, Buliwyf, Wulfgar, Ecthgow, Higlak, Skeld, Weath, Roneth, Halga, Helfdane, Edgtho, Rethel, Haltaf, Herger, Thorkel, Rothgar, Sagard, Wiglif
Setting:	Scandinavia Baghdad(Iraq)

Eaters of the Dead

Michael Crichton

Paperback | Pages: 304 pages

Rating: 3.67 | 33947 Users | 1586 Reviews

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Title	:	Eaters of the Dead
Author	:	Michael Crichton
Book Format	:	Paperback
Book Edition	:	Special Edition
Pages	:	Pages: 304 pages
Published	:	August 29th 2006 by Avon (first published March 12th 1976)
Categories	:	Fiction. Historical. Historical Fiction. Fantasy. Thriller. Adventure

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It is 922 A.D. The refined Arab courtier Ibn Fadlan is accompanying a party of Viking warriors back to their home. He is appalled by their customs—the gratuitous sexuality of their women, their disregard for cleanliness, and their cold-blooded sacrifices. As they enter the frozen, forbidden landscape of the North—where the day’s length does not equal the night’s, where after sunset the sky burns in streaks of color—Fadlan soon discovers that he has been unwillingly enlisted to combat the terrors in the night that come to slaughter the Vikings, the monsters of the mist that devour human flesh. But just how he will do it, Fadlan has no idea.

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Eaters of the Dead: 2.5 starsI've only ever actually seen Crichton's work - The Andromeda Strain (the original, not the remake), Jurassic Park, The Great Train Robbery and The 13th Warrior (based on Eaters) - and, technically, I still haven't read him. Based on this novel, I'll still not be reading him any time soon.Don't get me wrong: It's by no means a bad book. The medievalist in me thinks the conceit of reading an actual, scholarly translation of the travels of Ibn Fadlan, a 10th century

Adventurous, very Arabian Nights vibe. A normal protagonist, without any gimmicks and an Arab/Muslim hero, a rarity in Western mainstream culture. A Middle Eastern met the Northmen and everyone got along just fine and fought a COMMON enemy. No taunting and no one called anyone an apostate or an extremist. Haha. Take heed.

I'm currently reading "Dragon Teeth" which is written by "CrichtonSunLLC." (I don't know what that means). Anyway, had a flashback to "Eaters of the Dead" which at the time I thought was Crichton's weakest work. However, I just read a number of reviews, and I recently read the latest translation of "Beowulf": when I first read this, I didn't relate it at all to "Beowulf", but since Crichton is one of my favorite authors, it's time for a re-read of this one!

I dont know if I would have enjoyed this as much if I hadnt been hearing/seeing Antonio Banderas as the narrator, Ahmed ibn Fadlan. I do believe this is one of the rare occasions where I like the movie better than the book. The 13th Warrior is widely panned, but I find it entertaining.This short novel begins on a dry note, but picks up when the Arab narrator reaches the vikings and finds himself drafted, for superstitious reasons, as the 13th member of a group of warriors sent to rescue a

This was a really interesting story by Michael Crichton focusing on the history of Vikings and their Gods. Odin made an appearance with his ravens on each shoulder. He did a really good job of making the Vikings come to life.

Buliwyf said: "You have seen much of our ways. Tell me what is true. Do you draw sounds?" I answered that I did. "Then look to your safety, and do not be overbrave. You dress and now you speak as a Northman, and not a foreign man. See that you live."And thus we have Crichton's wonderful amalgamation of an actual 10th century manuscript, and the legend of Beowulf. Eaters of the Dead is the story of Ahmad Ibn Fadlan, an Arab emissary who, through an encounter with a group of Northmen, is

I liked the movie, and I like Crichton, but this structure isn't for me. Seems a bit self-indulgent. Shouldn't the story be the focus? Twenty pages of fake-real historical placement? Then just massive fast forwards? DNF.