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Michael Sauers

Throwback Thursday: Icebound UK Hardcover

May 4, 2023

Icebound UK Hardcover

1995

What’s New & Updated April 30, 2023

April 30, 2023

I’m back from a long-planned vacation in Italy, and several days later, I’m almost recovered from jet lag. While I was gone, Amazon released the title of the next novel, The Bad Weather Friend, and Dean released a new column. Enjoy those, along with some other interesting finds.

Il Codice

April 27, 2023

I just returned from a vacation in Tuscany, Italy, and picked up an Italian copy of Elsewhere. Sadly, this was the only Koontz book I could find in the several bookstores I stepped into.

Throwback Thursday: Vaughn Bode’s Erotica

April 27, 2023

1997

Throwback Thursday: Science Fiction, Patterns in Literary Art

April 20, 2023

1972

Throwback Thursday: Demon Seed on Beta

April 13, 2023

1985

What’s New & Updated April 9, 2023

April 9, 2023

Just one update this week, but it’s a minor detail that’s been eluding me for years. In other news, updates may be non-existent for the next few weeks as I’ll be on a much-needed vacation. (On which I hope to come back with a few new additions to my Koontz collection.)

  • New details regarding the unproduced 1989 film version of Phantoms

Throwback Thursday: Strangers proof

April 6, 2023

Strangers Prooif

1985

What’s New & Updated April 2, 2023

April 2, 2023

The list is short this week, but the content is huge. Previously to this week, collectors, including myself, were aware of this one issue of Central Pennsylvania Trend magazine containing “The Terrible Weapon” by Dean. However, all I’d ever seen was a photocopy of the cover and the story. Amazingly, there’s a mint copy on eBay right now. (You can look, but as of this writing, it’s going for more than $1500. I’m no longer bidding.)

However, what we’ve learned from this sale is that not only was Dean listed as an “Associate Editor” for this issue, but also there’s an article titled “R and X Ratings” by our old friend K.R. Dwyer!

Check out the entries and some additional related photos via the links below.

Throwback Thursday: Dean Koontz in Second Life

March 30, 2023

What’s New & Updated March 26, 2023

March 26, 2023

Sorry, nothing new this week as I’m feeling a bit under the weather and my day job is kicking my butt. In the meantime enjoy this recent short video from Dean.

Throwback Thursday: Great Escapes New Designs for Home Theatres by Theo Kalomirakis

March 23, 2023

What’s New & Updated March 19, 2023

March 19, 2023

Things got the better of me this week, so there’s just one new essay this time.

Throwback Thursday: The Good Guy ARC

March 16, 2023

What’s New & Updated March 12, 2023

March 12, 2023

Poisoned Chalice by Pádraig Ó Méalóid - TPBK

This week: New cover art, new (to me) blurb, new edition, and more.

After Death cover art revealed

March 10, 2023

Throwback Thursday: Criminal Justice Through Science Ficiton

March 9, 2023

What’s New & Updated March 5, 2023

March 5, 2023

I did do a bunch of updates this week, but since these beautiful limited editions of Watchers arrived, I decide to just focus on those this week. Everything else I’ll put off announcing them until next week. Enjoy!

Watchers - Charnel House Lettered
Watchers – Charnel House Lettered
Watchers - Charnel House Numbered
Watchers – Charnel House Numbered

Throwback Thursday: Share the Warm Flesh

March 2, 2023

What’s New & Updated February 26, 2023

February 26, 2023

Yep, I’m still backlogged when it comes to adding interviews. Here’s a bunch more.

  • Updated gutter code details for the BCE of Darkfall
  • Devoted review in the Spring 2020 issue of Suspense Magazine
  • Letter to Margaret Duarte
  • “Tomes & Tones: Squarepusher Paired with Dean Koontz” to Odd Thomas
  • “No, Not That Critic” by Tracy Devine and related info to Relentless
  • Added to Appendix B
    • The Red Hot Chilli Writers Episode 44 – Dean Koontz, The Other Emily, the biggest selling authors of all time, and a brief history of the Bible
    • Suspense Radio: Interview with Dean Koontz
    • Meet the Thriller Author #93: Dean Koontz
    • Meet the Thriller Author #139: Dean Koontz
    • Meet the Thriller Author #187: Dean Koontz
    • National Review: The Bookmonger Podcast: “Dean Koontz on The Darkest Evening of the Year” & “Dean Koontz on What the Night Knows”
  • Added to Appendix G2
    • Breakfast in the Ruins by Barry N. Malzberg
    • The Decline of the Novel by Joseph Bottum