Koontz News
First look @ Ask Anna
July 15, 2014
Yesterday I got my hands on an “Uncorrected Proof” of Ask Anna. Really it’s more of a promotional booklet at it contains just 12 pages including the front and back covers. Also, the proof lists a release date of 28 October 2104, while Amazon.com lists 7 October 2104. Looks like we’ll have to wait to see which is correct.
More Intensity
July 13, 2014
A while back I posted a gallery of my many editions of Intensity. Well, it turns out that through a conversation with Ted Armack, that I’d missed a few. So, here they are: three UK editions and one Russian.
The Write House by Dean Koontz
July 12, 2014
The Wall Street Journal published an article by Dean earlier this week regarding his home:
When real-estate values crashed in Southern California in 1991, my wife, Gerda, and I found an incredible opportunity in Newport Beach. We were able to buy 2½ acres on a bluff with unobstructed views of the Pacific.
After we closed, we spent the next four years with three different architects before we started building a house. When we finished, I became a more productive author, and today we enjoy our home so much that we rarely want to go out.
From the start, Gerda and I knew the house was going to take about seven years to finish. It was an insane undertaking for an author who writes six days a week, but eventually everything fell into place. I had been waiting my entire life to build a house that I would never want to leave.
Read the full essay @ WSJ.com.
The Best Baked Corn
July 12, 2014
As some of you may know Dean published the “Best Baked Corn” recipe in the December 19, 2010 issue of Parade Magazine. Needless to say, that isn’t one of the easier items to find these days. However, there’s now another way to get a copy of this recipe: just drop Nancy Huggins an e-mail (nancy.huggins@gmail.com) and ask to purchase a copy of her Enjoy the Recipes of Rich and Famous Celebrities – Second Edition for $24.99 plus shipping. Included within is Dean’s corn recipe and a brief accompanying essay, along with many other recipes form other authors, actors, and politicians ranging from Stephen King to Lady Bird Johnson.
For those looking for a little more information on the genesis of this cookbook, check out this article from The Beloit Daily News.
Detours Limited Edition Sold Out In 55 Hours!
July 11, 2014
Well, if you were putting off ordering your copy of Detours, you’re out of luck.
The 1000 copy signed Limited Edition of Detours sold out in just 55 hours, which is especially amazing since it was offered over a holiday weekend when book sales are almost always nil. Thanks to everyone for all of your support!
Source: BrianJamesFreeman.com.
A 1989 film version of Phantoms?
July 10, 2014
We’re all aware of the 1998 Ben Afleck film version of Phantoms. However, according to the IMDB trivia page for the film, there was a version in development almost a decade earlier:
An adaptation of Phantoms was originally set to be made in the late 1980s/early 1990s by New World Pictures & Allied Vision Entertainment but was shelved after New World filed for bankruptcy.
I’d read this previously but had not ever found any actual documentation for such a film. Well, I’ve got some now. This is a page from a “trade magazine” from 1989. Unfortunately, I don’t have any further details at this time but if I find any I’ll be sure to share.
That typo wasn't just in the print version
July 10, 2014
Just a quick follow-up on my recent mention of the typo in the print ARC of The City. I remembered I had a eBook version of the the ARC too so I took a look. Yep, it’s there in the electronic version too. Would someone be willing to let me know if it got fixed in the official eBook release? (I don’t generally buy those.)
Happy Birthday Dean!
July 9, 2014
Happy 69th birthday Dean. Keep on writing!
Now on Facebook
July 3, 2014
If you prefer you can now follow the book’s progress on Facebook. Even if you prefer to follow along here, if you are a Facebook user, please take a moment to like the page to help get the content out to more people. Thanks!
Obscure Koontz Essay to be Reprinted by Cemetery Dance
July 2, 2014
I had a little something to do with the Dean Koontz contribution to this volume. I’ll hold off explaining exactly how for a later post. Click on the cover (right) if you’d like to head on over to Cemetery Dance’s site to place your order.
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Detours
edited by Brian James Freeman
Cover artwork by Tomislav Tikulin
Featuring Stephen King, William Peter Blatty, Dean Koontz, Clive Barker, Peter Straub, Kelley Armstrong, Michael Koryta, David Morrell, Michael Marshall and Michael Marshall Smith, Chet Williamson, Poppy Z. Brite, Stewart O’Nan, and Owen King!
Featuring artwork by Mark Edward Geyer, Donn Albright, Erin S. Wells, Glenn Chadbourne, Will Renfro, Jill Bauman, Chris Odgers, Steve Gilberts, Alex McVey, and Keith Minnion!
Important Note for Collectors:
Both editions are signed by the editor and the artists, and there are no other editions planned at this time.
About the Book:
Every now and then your favorite author takes a detour while writing a new novel: a chapter gets chopped, a connected short story is dreamed up, an essay about the book’s origins is composed, or an oddity is created on a day off.
Collected here for the first time are detours by Stephen King, William Peter Blatty, Dean Koontz, Clive Barker, Peter Straub, Kelley Armstrong, Michael Koryta, David Morrell, Michael Marshall and Michael Marshall Smith, Chet Williamson, Poppy Z. Brite, Stewart O’Nan, and Owen King.
Join these bestselling authors as they share the other works they wrote while they were writing the books you already know and love.
Table of Contents:
“Introduction” by Brian James Freeman
“Memory” by Stephen King
“When I was Twenty-four and Dinosaurs Ruled the Earth” by Dean Koontz
“Peter and PTR: Two Deleted Prefaces and an Introduction” by Peter Straub
“An Abandoned Fragment” by Ray Bradbury
“The Hunt” by Kelley Armstrong
“Winter Takes All” by Michael Koryta
“Dead Image” by David Morrell
“The Curious Odyssey of James Deacon (AKA James Dean)”/ “Where Darkness is the Only Light” by David Morrell
“Spares: The Missing First Chapter” by Michael Marshall Smith
“The Straw Men: Excerpt from Ch. 29, First Draft” by Michael Marshall
“Ash Wednesday: The Missing Chapter” by Chet Williamson
“Lost Chapter From the First Draft of Lost Souls” by Poppy Z. Brite
“The Ghost Ship: An Unfinished Manuscript” by Stewart O’Nan
“If There Were Demons Then Perhaps There Were Angels: William Peter Blatty’s Own Story of The Exorcist” by William Peter Blatty
“The Curator” by Owen King
“A Night’s Work” by Clive Barker
Charnel House editions of The City now available for ordering
June 25, 2014
Dean Welcomes You to The City
June 14, 2014
Demon Seed trade paperback out in 2015
June 14, 2014
Amazon.com has listed a Berkley trade paperback edition of Demon Seed with a release date of 6 January 2015. ISBN: 978-0425253816, cover price $15.00. No cover art yet.
Two more MacDonald intros out today
June 10, 2014
Today sees the release of John D. MacDonald’s All These Condemned and Dead Low Tide with introductions by Dean. As previously, all of these books contain the same essay by Dean so there’s no need to buy for “new” material by Dean.
The Neighbor is available
June 3, 2014
Don’t forget the eBook The Neighbor is out today and available from most major eBook sources.
More on the Dynamite Comics news
May 31, 2014
Well, not too much more as most of the articles are repeating the same information, but I post them here for the record anyway.
- Dynamite Does A Deal For Shaft And Koontz – Bleeding Cool
- Dynamite Signs Big Dean With Well Known Author Dean Koontz – The Outhousers
- Dean Koontz Extends Deal With Dynamite – Bloody Disgusting
More Dynamite Koontz Comics On the Way!
May 29, 2014
To coincide with the Book Expo in New York where Dynamite are exhibiting, they are announcing a number of plans.
…Dynamite has also extended their deal with author Dean Koontz for his Frankenstein, Christopher Snow and Nevermore books, with new comics based on all three.
And moreover, Dynamite will also publish comics based on three new original “properties” from Koontz, exclusive for Dynamite, with at least three graphic novels to be published for each.
Via Bleeding Cool.
The City excerpt now available in multiple formats
May 22, 2014
You do have to supply an e-mail address but you can now get the first six chapters of The City in PDF, ePub, and mobi (Kindle) formats from Noisetrade.com.
The Neighbor (eBook prequel to The City)
May 21, 2014
On June 3rd, The Neighbor, an eBook prequel to The City is being released on all major platforms. Click the image for the Amazon.com page or head over to DeanKoontz.com for links to the other platforms.
Every city has its wonders and mysteries. For the Pomerantz family, the most disturbing mystery at the moment is the identity and the intentions of their new neighbor, in this eBook original short story—a prequel to The City, the gripping and moving new novel by Dean Koontz.
The year is 1967. Malcolm Pomerantz is twelve, geeky and socially awkward, while his seriously bright sister, Amalia, is spirited and beautiful. Each is the other’s best friend, united by a boundless interest in the world beyond their dysfunctional parents’ unhappy home. But even the troubled Pomerantz household will seem to be a haven compared to the house next door, after an enigmatic and very secretive new neighbor takes up residence in the darkest hours of the night.
The City BCE now available for pre-order
May 15, 2014
