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Dean’s High School Yearbooks

December 8, 2019

Once you know what to look for, they weren’t actually all that hard to find online. (Now, why hadn’t I thought to look before is a question I can’t answer.) I’ve also put my hands on an original physical copy of the 1962 yearbook from Bedford (PA) High School, which should be in my hands in a week or so. Of course, a photo will be posted. I’ll also be adding all of these to Appendix A shortly.

And the winner is…

December 8, 2019

Mike Dixon of North Carolina!

Mike, your book is all boxed up and will ship out in Monday’s mail.

Thanks to everyone who entered, especially those of you that left comments on the site.

Whats New & Updated December 2, 2019

December 2, 2019

I’ve finished reading Devoted and I’ve got to say I enjoyed it. I’ve also figured out that I much prefer Dean’s novels where the POV changes from character to character with each new chapter as opposed to those that are mostly one POV. Devoted is one of the former so that helped in my opinion.

As for updates, this week is mostly (again) focused on Nameless and Devoted along with images of the Charnel House editions of The Night Window.

P.S. The winner of the Devoted ARC has been emailed. Once I receive their confirmation I’ll follow-up in a separate post.

Some references from Devoted

December 2, 2019

The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock by T.S. Elliot and Haunted House Pinball

Just One More Chapter Podcast Chapter 19 | Dean Koontz: The Legend

November 28, 2019

Dean Koontz dominates 6 of the top-10 Kindle e-book sales for the holiday by Joshua Fruhlinger

November 27, 2019

Chances are good that many people will be reading on Kindles and smartphones in order to conserve luggage space (and to avoid awkward conversations about book covers), and chances are just as good that many people have already loaded up their devices for the trip. So we took a look at Amazon’s ($NASDAQ:AMZN) Kindle Store sales ranks for the past couple weeks as we head into Thanksgiving.

And what we found is total Dean Koontz dominance. That’s partially because Koontz is a best-selling author who has sold more than 450 million books, has written more than 100 books, and has had 14 of them hit #1 on the New York Times Best Seller list.

But this time around he doesn’t need book stores or even the New York Times. That’s because he just released a series of six books (yes, six), and all of them have immediately jumped to the Amazon Kindle top-10 list.

The series is called Nameless. Five of the six books took the top-5 spots in the Kindle Store, and the sixth one took spot 8.

Read the full article @ Thinkum Alternative Data

The Dodge Demon & the Shelby Super Snake

November 26, 2019

Both are featured in the forthcoming Devoted…

What’s New & Updated November 25, 2019

November 25, 2019

This week I filled in a hole in my collection with a first edition paperback of Strangers and then got my hands on two ARCs of Devoted. (I’m giving one away.) Let’s say this was a great week.

  • Devoted ARC, details for other editions based on the ARC, and marketing images
  • Strangers (DRK) mass market paperback, image added and details corrected.
  • Supernatural s14e05: Proverbs 17:3 to Ephemera

Enter to win a free ARC of Devoted

November 25, 2019

I’ve found myself with a spare copy of the Devoted Advance Reader’s Copy and instead of selling it, I’ve decided to give it away. I’ve set up a Rafflecopter raffle for this so please follow the directions below to enter. The raffle starts today and runs through midnight Sunday. I’ll draw a random winner on Monday, December 2nd and contact the winner.

Please Note: This copy DOES NOT include the slipcase that has been shown in some photos. The image on this post is of the copy I am giving away.

a Rafflecopter giveaway

Congratulations to this week’s Amazon Charts authors…

November 25, 2019

Books Needed as of 11/24/2019 

November 24, 2019

With my recent acquisition of a first printing paperback of Strangers I mentioned on Facebook that this was one of a small handful of paperback firsts I was missing. I was then asked for what else I was missing. So, here’s the current list of known items missing from my collection. If you believe you have one of these that you’re willing to part with, drop me a line and I’ll be happy to discuss.

  • Again, Dangerous Visions (UK HC 1st)
  • Be Mine by Rick Mofina (2004 PBK blurb )
  • Breathless (LP HC NOT BCE)
  • By the Light of the Moon (LP HC [NOT BCE])
  • Chase (UK/AUS LP HC & TBPK)
  • Chase (UK PBK Headline 1st)
  • Christmas is Good (HC)
  • Children of Infinity (HC [Have BCE])
  • Children of the Storm (Dwyer / Magnum)
  • Complete Masters of Darkness (LTD)
  • Continuum 3 (UK HC 1st)
  • Continuum 4 (UK HC 1st)
  • The Dark of the Summer (Dwyer / Magnum)
  • Darkness Comes (Star UK PBK)
  • Demon Child (Dwyer / Magnum)
  • Face (LP HC non-BCE)
  • Frankenstein: City of Night (Cassette)
  • Frankenstein: Dead and Alive (2009 CD 0-7393-1717-2)
  • From the Corner of His Eye (UK TPBK upgrade 0-7472-7074-0)
  • Funhouse (VHS w/ red square)
  • Good Guy (LP 9780739327258) [NOT EXLIB UPGRADE]
  • House of Thunder by Leigh Nichols (UK HC)
  • Key to Midnight by Leigh Nichols (UK HC)
  • Key to Midnight (Dark Harvest Trade HC)
  • Key to Midnight (LP, not exlib)
  • Legacy of Terror by Deanna Dwyer (Magnum)
  • The Mask (PBK 1st)
  • Midnight (LP HC)
  • Night Chills UK (HC 1st)
  • Nightrunners (Lansdale Lettered)
  • Powers: Secret Histories 3 vol set (1 of 26)
  • Prison of Ice (UK HC)
  • Richard Matheson Companion (TRADE HC)
  • Richard Matheson Companion (LETTERED)
  • Servants of Twilight (CD)
  • Shadowfires (LP HC [upgrade])
  • Shadowfires (LP TPBK)
  • Sole Survivor (HC unsigned 1st upgrade)
  • Through Shattered Glass by David B. Silva (LETTERED)
  • Twilight Eyes (DRK BCE)
  • Wall of Masks (UK HC) if it exists
  • Watchers (UK LP 0-75050-296-7)
  • Watchers (LP TPBK 1-56054-958-0)

Photo by Evgeni Tcherkasski on Unsplash

Devoted ARCs are hitting the streets

November 23, 2019

What’s New & Updated November 18, 2019

November 18, 2019

Last week the six Nameless stories were released so I’ve been able to update all of those entries with full details. The covers for Devoted was also released so that’s been added too.

Dean on Nameless

November 18, 2019

More of a low-rent Dean Koontz

November 15, 2019

From Supernatural s15e05: Proverbs originally broadcast on 14 November 2019. This isn’t a show I’ve ever watched so I have no idea on the context. Feel free to explain it to me in the comments.

Devoted will have a Kindle in motion edition

November 14, 2019

Similar to the Kindle release of Ricochet Joe, the Kindle version of Devoted will be an “In Motion” edition.

This book can be read on any device, including Kindle E-readers. It may include art, animation, or video features that can be viewed on certain Fire tablets and the free Kindle app for iOS and Android. You can switch features on or off at any time.

And have you noticed that the Kindle edition page has a background?

Devoted cover images and excerpt

November 13, 2019

Amazon.com‘s got the cover image up for Devoted and Flavorwire has an animated version of the cover along with an excerpt…

The two-lane blacktop is a dark snake slithering through the moon-washed paleness of the Utah wastelands. In the nearly empty vastness, small clusters of lights glimmer here and there in the distance, like extraterrestrial pod craft that have descended from the mother ship on some nefarious mission.

Traveling south out of the Provo suburbs into ever greater isolation, Lee Shacket dares not take Interstate 15. He uses less-busy state highways, undivided federal highways when he must, anxious to put as much distance as possible between himself and the events at the Springville facility.

If he has committed as much evil as any man in history, he has done it with the best intentions. He believes that those intentions matter more than the consequences of his actions. How could humanity have advanced from caves to orbiting space stations if all men and women were risk averse? Some seek knowledge and rise to challenges at whatever cost, and because of them, progress is made.

Anyway, all may be well in the end. The final result of the project is not yet known, only that it’s gone wrong in mid stage. Every scientific endeavor is marked by setbacks. Ultimately, failure can be the father of success if one learns from the errors made.

The Koontz Living Trust

November 12, 2019

In my defense I’m a librarian and a copyright nerd, but did anyone else notice the new copyright assignment on the Nameless books?

“Text Copyright © 2019 by The Koontz Living Trust”

Entertainment Weekly: Read (or listen) an excerpt from Dean Koontz’s newest story collection, Nameless

November 11, 2019

It’s a time of great change for publishing, and technology has opened up many new possibilities for storytelling. So for his next book, best-selling author Dean Koontz is trying something new. Nameless is a collection of stories focused on a mysterious vigilante without a name — he adopts many, from “Alan Grofield” to “Ben Shepherd,” but his true name is Nameless. He goes on missions from someone known as Ace of Diamonds, who sends him with the money, hotel rooms, guns, and information needed to take out criminals. Nameless has experience and know-how, but more importantly possesses the superhuman gift of clairvoyance, allowing him to glimpse both the future and his own enigmatic past.

Nameless: A Collection of Six Stories combines the serialized fiction of the past with the bingeable fiction of today. Released all at once digitally on Amazon like a streaming show, each installment of Nameless will provide more information about the character at the heart of it all.

Below, check out an exclusive excerpt from the Nameless story “In the Heart of the Fire.” Read the rest of “In the Heart of the Fire,” as well as the next five episodes of Nameless, when it hits Amazon on Nov. 12, free for Prime and Kindle Unlimited members.

Check it out @ Entertainment Weekly

What’s New & Updated November 10, 2019

November 9, 2019

A day early this week as I’m taking a short overnight trip. Several bookstores will be involved so hopefully I’ll come back with some new treasures. In the meantime, it looks like the Nameless books will be Audible audio exclusives along with the Kindle eBook versions. The image here is the “cover” on the six-book collection from Audible.