#33 in Horror
Swan Song
- 956
- Pages
- about 18 h
- Reading time
- Bram Stoker Award for Novel
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Our view
Nearly a thousand pages long, “Swan Song” turns the world after nuclear war into horror on the grand scale. McCammon follows the aftermath of the bombs and a change they set off in humankind itself. Some readers are carried along by the opening chapters, then feel the pace falling away; to them the prose is wordy and the book far longer than it needs to be.
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About the book
Swan Song is a 1987 post-apocalyptic horror novel by American novelist Robert R. McCammon. Published June 1, 1987, the novel describes the aftermath of a nuclear war that provokes an evolution in humankind. Swan Song won the 1987 Bram Stoker award, tying with Stephen King's Misery.
Where the score comes from
The sources average 8.0 across 284 ratings — not yet many, so the reader vote carries 66% of the weight and the rest pulls toward the Horror average of 7.5. That is how 7.8 comes out.
| Source | Average | Ratings | Weight |
|---|---|---|---|
| Open Library | 8.5 | 25 | 9% |
| Hardcover | 7.9 | 259 | 91% |
Frequently asked
How long is Swan Song?
It has 956 pages — longer than 98% of the ranked books in Horror.
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