Fevre Dream
George R.R. Martin · 1982
Vampires and steamboats on the Mississippi, 1857. Martin's best standalone novel transforms vampire mythology into something operatic and genuinely tragic. The most atmospheric dark fantasy in American SF/F.
The case against
Martin's middle sags exactly where the steamboat stops: Abner Marsh spends years ashore while Damon Julian sits on the Fevre Dream being decadently, monotonously evil. Julian never grows past appetite in a frock coat, and the late time-skip rushes a finale the long captivity section spent its momentum on. Also you will read a great deal about what Marsh eats.
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