Dean Koontz
 

I've only read one book by Koontz. It was Watchers. I really liked it and would enjoy looking at more of his stuff. The problem is he's written so damn many I don't know where to start. What are his best novels?

Koontz
 

Dude, you *must* check out LIGHTNING! It's fantastic. My favorite Koontz novel, hands down, as well as one of my favorite novels of all time.

Others worth checking out: WHISPERS, STRANGERS, MIDNIGHT, PHANTOMS, TWILIGHT EYES, and SERVANTS OF TWILIGHT.


Man, I miss the old Koontz. These days I can't get through 50 pages of his books. He's become self-parody, almost. But back in the day . . . amazing.



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I kinda knew you'd give me the heads up on what to check out. We seem to have very similar tastes so I will definitely check out Lightning. I almost bought Phantoms over the weekend too. Thanks, dmihatmttl

Koontz
 

Heehee . . . cool, man. Glad to be of service. I almost didn't post, 'cause I didn't want you to think I'm a know-it-all or something. :)

Very cool. Check 'em out!


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Re: Koontz
 

No, I'm glad you posted. You like McCammon and that's very cool to me. I respect your opinion. So if there is any books you think I should check out, let me know. I'll be busy for a bit with the Dark Tower stuff but after that the possibilities are endless I suppose.

:)
 

Funny you should ask, bro.

Check out Bentley Little. I promise you will NOT be disappointed. Imagine Stephen King without a conscience -- that's a good way to describe Bentley Little's writing. ;)

Check out UNIVERSITY, THE STORE, THE MAILMAN, THE ASSOCIATION, and his collection THE COLLECTION.


I promise you will *not* be disappointed.



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Re: :)
 

I've seen his novels plenty of times. King w/o a conscience...sounds great. I'll give Little and Lansdale and old Koontz a go then.

Re: Koontz
 

oooh phantoms, much much better then the movie, aww yeah, that book rules

Re: Re: Koontz
 

Affleck was da'bomb in Phantoms yo!

Sorry, someone had to do it.

Ha!
 

LOL!

JAY AND SILENT BOB STRIKE BACK, right?



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That would be the one. "Phantoms like a muhfucker."

Strangers was my personal favorate

i agree on both McCammon.. and Bently Little.. and I have"Stinger","Mine","Blue World",and..well. used to have "They Thirst"..still a mystery what happened to it..lol:confused: and Bently Little is awesome.got only"The Collection", and "Revelations" so far..but..plan to get more..Especially "The House"... As for Koontz..i have many of his books.but..His collection "Strange Highways"as well as "Midnight","Twilight Eyes",Darkfall",and "Winter Moon".. are some of my favorites.

I like 'Midnight'. His back list is quite intimidating but worth ploughing through. Some of the books are inevitably quite similar to others and a couple of them are quite frankly rubbish.
Generally I have enjoyed his stuff very much - but you do start seeing patterns if you read enough of them - eg the ubiquitous dog (usually a yellow lab).

hmmm..ya definatively got a point there..especially about the recurring dog content in his books..and yes,usually a lab or golden retriever or some similar breed,as well as other similarities in his stories,but i suppose some of it is plain fiction Koontz-style, while the dogs and other themes constantly appearing in his stories ,can be be a little too repetitive.However..to sum it up,I still enjoy Koontz's fiction.

Ive only read 2, ad loved the both. Neither have been mebtioned here


Night Chills
Cold Fire

Im in the process of reading Winter Moon and Strange Higways....But since I picked up The Shining, theyve been on the back burner;)

i have read most of his books. there was only one i didn't like. something with moon in the title? just wasn't believable.

you must be speaking of Winter Moon..which i think was ok..my favorites by Koontz are Twighlight eyes,Midnight,Watchers,Darkfall,Strange Highways,and the Funhouse..recently got Cold Fire..and havent read it ..Yet!!!!

yes winter moon. i just don't get into the alien stuff. I liked voices in the night and watchers best

that would probably be winter moon probably

my favs
voice of the night
intensity
there are more but i can't think of any other ones i've read almost all of his books
avoid icebound at all cost

why? what's it about...I mean besides the obvious.

its really bad trust me. i forget what it is exactly about

some helpful links to those of you who haven't read that much of koontz
http://home.earthlink.net/~abdk-faq/faq.htm#books

synopsis

this is probably the most interesting link for me
commentary

Is Koontz's book
"From the corner of his eye "
any good

what about the strangers also they were both given to me and i want to know if either are wotrh the read...?

I like Dean Koonz's ideas but I don't think he is a particularily good writer......I think SK is much better. IMO.....

I read some Harlen Ellison along time ago..was told if I liked SK I would really like his stuff. It was excellent, but I can't find his books anymore.

Ellison is fantastic .. blows King and Koonts away.
More of a short story writer though .. and more 'alternative fiction' than horror.

Koontz wrote some decent sci-fi ages ago .. which is why i dont mind the newer stuff he wrote with a sci-fi bent ..

But as far as his other books go .. they're the same as most of the big seller horror author - full of tired cliches and poorly drawn characters. Light bathroom reading ...

I liked Lightning. Otherwise I'm a King man.

i like both authors. i've been reading stephen king since i was 16. Koontz is more of a suspense writer with an intellectual edge. king writes horror with better character studies.

i read it and while the "meat" of the story is very well written and very good, IMO, the ending kinda left me flat. but i would still reccomend it, just be prepared for a "blah" ending.

other koontz books which i enjoyed are "watchers" (the best IMO), "phantoms", "intensity" (HIGHLY recommended), "servants of twilight" and "the face of fear".

The vision, Tick Tock, Phantoms And Intensity are my personal favorites. But Phantoms has be suggested a lot it is a good book to start and was much much better the movie. But was better then hideway. Alicia Sliverstone? What were they thinking!

if you go real slow mo in that movie...you can see all the little tricks they did. like a rubber knife and the dummies in the car when it rolls.:o

Well Don't get me started on "Watchers". Heck they didn't even try to follow the story on that one.:(

and that book was so good.

Yes it was. And the fact that they made 2 sequels to that movie. Sad. It's no wonder Koontz won't let hollywood do anymore of his movies.

My wife noticed that in every one of Koontz's books that she read, there was always a young girl character that is threatened with rape at some point (midnight, darkfall, lightning, phantoms, and one more that escapes me)

In "Twighlight Eyes"..the "goblin".. is about to rape (and torture..murder..mutilate..etc..)a woman til Slim and Rya intervene.

yes and most take place in ca, his home state. most also have golden retrievers. funny but you can tell me a book title and i won't be able to discern it from any of his other books.

voice of the night has a rape scence in it

i'm currently reading odd thomas and am really liking it.