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Odd Thomas on DVD & Blu-ray in Germany

January 18, 2014

Looks like the Germans are up next for a release of the Odd Thomas film for home viewing. DVD, Blu-ray, and “Steelbook” Blu-ray editions are due out on January 20, 2014.
A German review of this Blu-ray release can be foudn @ Weser-Kurier.de.

430 eBook Singles Were Published in 2013: Thin Reads

January 18, 2014

Elmore Leonard’s The Trespassers and Confession, previously unpublished stories written in 1958, were among the fiction titles, as was Dean Koontz’s Wilderness. Nathaniel Philbrick’s shortThe First Thanksgiving and Robert Caro’s JFK assassination account Dallas, November 22, 1963were notable nonfiction eBook singles published last year.

Read the full article @ MediaBistro.com.

The Singular John D. MacDonald

January 18, 2014

Cape Fear For those of you looking forward to reading Dean’s new introductions to the novels of John D. MacDonald, I’ve got good news and bad news.
The bad news: Dean’s only written a single introduction titled “The Singular John D. MacDonald” and it’s being printed in all of the different non-Travis McGee novels that Ransom House is re-issuing. In other words, Dean has written an essay about the author, not an essay about each book.
The good news: You need only purchase one book if your intention was just to read Dean’s intro. (Though I’d suggest reading your way through Mr. MacDonald novels anyway.)

Harlan Ellison's Watching

January 15, 2014

Ellison did a series of commentaries for the SciFi Channel show Sci-Fi Buzz back in the early days of the network. Some of these are now available on YouTube and this one, episode #19, mentions Dean. (Original air-date unknown at this time.)

Join me in the Dean Koontz Hangout on January 23rd

January 15, 2014

It looks like I’m going to be one of the official participants in the Google+ hangout with Dean Koontz on January 23rd. Full details can be found on Google+.

Needed: Innocence ad in People magazine

January 11, 2014

According to the Dean Koontz Facebook account the ad shown in this post appears in the December 16, 2013 issue of People magazine. I have a copy in front of me and it does not. Maybe it appears in a different issue from December 2013? Can anyone assist?

Horror Novel Reviews: Innocence

January 7, 2014

Dean Koontz has proven himself to be a master of character development. He has a unique skill at being able to create relatively innocent children or adults, and then of putting them into highly dangerous situations with villains who are filled with such inner darkness that there’s not a shred of light emanating from their souls, if they have one.
Such is the case with Innocence.

Read the full review @ HorrorNovelReviews.com.

Innocence Review in People Magazine

January 7, 2014

You can find it on page 54 of the 13 January 2014 issue.

Bookreporter reviews Innocence

January 4, 2014

Having spent most of his career penning primarily suspense and horror novels, the Dean Koontz of the past decade or so has turned far more introspective. The end result has been works of fiction that deal more in characters, spirituality and faith than being driven by traditional good versus evil in supernatural settings.
INNOCENCE is primarily the story of two very unique individuals. Calling New York City home, but inhabiting a sort of netherworld of their own, the mysterious Addison meets up with Gwyneth on a snowy evening while most of the city’s residents are sleeping. Addison has lived in an underground series of rooms for most of his life and has an odd appearance that is constantly covered by a ski mask and a hood. Gwyneth sports a Goth look that strangely resembles the eerie marionettes both she and Addison fear and seek out.

Read the full review @ bookreporter.com.

Innocence featured on The Nook Blog

January 4, 2014

It’s not much, but it The Nook Blog did a post on Innocence back on December 27th.

Dean's New Year's Resolution

January 4, 2014

Source: NYPost.com

Odd Apocalypse on the bargain shelf

January 4, 2014

For those of you who wait for the hardcover to hit the bargain books shelf, now’s your chance. Last night my local Barnes & Noble had a whole stack of them at $7.98. All of them seemed to have the “Augmented Reality” sticker on the cover. (I didn’t dismantle the whole display to check every copy but the top five had the sticker.)