Task: Explanation
Input (English): The Terror is a 2007 novel by American author Dan Simmons. It is a fictionalized account of Captain Sir John Franklin's lost expedition of HMS "Erebus" and HMS "Terror" to the Arctic, in 1845–1848, to force the Northwest Passage. In the novel, while Franklin and his crew are plagued by starvation and illness, and forced to contend with mutiny and cannibalism, they are stalked across the bleak Arctic landscape by a monster. Question: The Terror is an upcoming anthology television series set to be broadcast on AMC in 2017, and is based on the best-selling novel of the same name by which American author? Answer: Dan Simmons
Output (English): The Terror is a 2007 novel by American author Dan Simmons.