Koontz News
Odd Thomas eBook bundle on the way
October 26, 2013
Looks like 21 October 2013 is the date for a new eBook bundle containing Odd Thomas, Forever Odd, Brother Odd, Odd Hours, Odd Interlude & Odd Apocalypse from Bantam for $45.99. No idea why they didn’t include Deeply Odd. Also, I’m so happy they didn’t call it a “boxed set”.
Wilderness
October 8, 2013
Today Dean announced Wilderness an eBook prequel to Innocence. It’s available for $0.99 at various online booksellers including Amazon, Barnes & Noble, and the iBookstore and is scheduled to be released on 29 October 2013.
About the Book
With this darkly intriguing original e-short story, #1 New York Times bestselling author Dean Koontz sets the stage for his masterly new novel of mystery, suspense, and strange wonder—Innocence.
“The world is a machine that produces endless surprises and mysteries layered on mysteries.”
Addison Goodheart is a mystery even to himself. He was born in an isolated home surrounded by a deep forest, never known to his father, kept secret from everyone but his mother, who barely accepts him. She is haunted by private demons and keeps many secrets—none of which she dreads more than the young son who adores her.
Only in the woods, among the wildlife, is Addison truly welcome. Only there can he be at peace. Until the day he first knows terror, the day when his life changes radically and forever . . .
Hands Of Salvation
September 29, 2013
This week’s 5 best-selling books as compiled by The Onion Book Review:
- Hands Of Salvation
Dean Koontz (Bantam, $21.95)
Weston McKay is blessed with an extraordinary power and curse: His right hand can cure any sick person through touch alone, but then his left hand automatically slaps the person’s face really hard.
Strange Highways MP3-CD
September 29, 2013
Strange Highways will be coming out in an MP3-CD audio edition on March 11, 2014. No cover image is yet available.
Two more John D. MacDonald introductions
September 21, 2013
Just found two more John D. MacDonald titles scheduled for re-release with new intros by Dean: All These Condemned and Dead Low Tide. Both are scheduled to be released on 10 June 2014 and have a cover price of $16.00. No cover images yet.
Two more intros to MacDonald novels
August 31, 2013
Two more introductions from Dean for John D. MacDonald novels have been given release dates. The Neon Jungle and The Brass Cupcake are both set for release on 13 May 2014. (No cover images are yet available.)
The Servants of Twilight trade paperback arrives Tuesday
August 31, 2013
The trade paperback release of The Servants of Twilight comes out this Tuesday, September 3rd. As with the other trade paperback releases this one comes with “an afterword by the author.” It doesn’t say “new” so I’m assuming it’s a reprint but will wait to receive my copy before determining that.
Charnel House Deeply Odd news
August 24, 2013
The cover design has changed on Deeply Odd. It went from a Hitchcock’s profile in gold to a two color hand stamp of Edie Fischer’s jeweled exclamation point brooch.
Source: CharnelHouse.com.
Forbes Top-Paid Authors 2013
August 16, 2013
Dean’s #11 this year. (Full article)
New trilogy to start in 2014
August 12, 2013
Your heard it here first folks! Here’s what’s coming after Innocence in 2014!
EXCITING NEW TRILOGY ON THE HORIZON: Innocence will publish a short six months before the start of a brand new trilogy from Dean Koontz, kicking off with Secret Forest in July. The series stars Ivy Elgin, who played a secondary role in Koontz’s New York Times bestselling novel Velocity, and she’s risen to become one of Koontz’s most popular, sought-after characters in spite of the limited time she spent on the page. There’s something magical about her that fans simply cannot forget and have asked for more of since first meeting her! These back-to-back, high-power publications will help fuel and promote one another, and bring Koontz to even greater heights.
This comes from a promotional site that Random House (and many other publishers) use to promote titles to booksellers and librarians which I’m going to keep to myself. Granted, previous books by Dean have been announced and later cancelled (Storm Front anyone?) so if this doesn’t come to be, don’t blame me.
An (updated) interview from 2008 & comments from other writers
July 6, 2013
Found these online recently; both from 2008. The first is “Fear Nothing: Interview with Dean Koontz” by Michael McCarty which is reprinted (with an updated introduction) from the book Giants of the Genre by Michael McCarty. The second is “Tribute to Dean Koontz: Forty Years as a Published Novelist” also by Michael McCarty which features comments from such authors as Ed Gorman, Bently Little, Douglas Clegg and many more.
Odd Thomas' reading list
June 23, 2013
“If Odd were to recommend five books, I think he would be most attracted to those in which one of the lead characters overcomes narcissism, materialism, and arrogance and is given the grace of humility. In no particular order, they would be:”
Read the full article on the Barnes & Noble Review.
Phantoms Trade Paperback
June 23, 2013
According to Amazon.com Berkley will be releasing their trade paperback of Phantoms on 7 January 2013 with a list price of $16.00. (That’s the same day as Innocence is being released BTW.)
"A Special Message From Dean Koontz"
June 16, 2013
The book Metamorphosis: The Case for Intelligent Design in a Nutshell Chrysalis, edited by David Klinghoffer and published by The Discovery Institute, contains a two sentence item titled “A Special Message from Dean Koontz” on page 6. The book is a free PDF available on the Discovery Institute’s Web site, in exchange for your contact information. However, a quick Google search will find other copies online should you not wish to give them your information.
Deeply Odd reviews
June 15, 2013
Why I Love Dean Koontz’s ODD THOMAS Series from The Barnes & Noble Book Blog.
A Satisfyingly Odd Book from First Things.
Deeply Odd: An Odd Thomas Novel from BookReporter.
Deeply Odd: An Odd Thomas Novel from Publishers Weekly.
37 new Dean Koontz introductions just published
June 15, 2013
A while back I mentioned that there are three new editions of John D. MacDonald novels coming out with new introductions by Dean. Well, it turns out that they didn’t stop at just three. This past Tuesday 37 classic MacDonald titles were released each featuring “a new Introduction by Dean Koontz”. The catch, it looks like they only came out as eBooks. Head on over to Amazon.com and take a look. (The first three listed here are the aforementioned trade paperbacks coming out later this year, while the last three are false positives based on my search terms.) And at $11.99 each, a full set is going to run you a whopping $443.63!
No, Dean has not written a graphic novel adaptation of The Warriors
June 15, 2013
Sometimes an author’s name gets attached to something accidentally and that information propagates across the Net like a weed. As far as I can tell this is the situation with the graphic novel The Warriors: Jailbreak. According to listings on ABEbooks, Bookish, textbooksrus, and other sites, this book has Dean listed as an author. I wrote to two sellers who were offering copies on Amazon (which does not attach Dean’s name to this title) to see if there was anything that connected Dean to this title. In both cases the sellers responded that they could not find anything in the book itself mentioning Dean. So, unless someone knows something I don’t (which is possible,) this is going in the Collecting Errors appendix.
Check out this review of "The Hitchkiker" by Dean Koontz
June 15, 2013
Turns out that the Odd Thomas books published in The Netherlands have significantly different titles. In fact according to this review of The Hitchhiker the three latest books are titled The Hitchhiker (Deeply Odd), The Hotel (Odd Interlude), and The Billionaire (Odd Apocalypse.) Here’s to wondering what Dean thinks of this.
Deeply Odd: A Morning with Dean Koontz
June 1, 2013
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Two more introductions to John D. MacDonald books on the way
May 31, 2013
I’ve previously mentioned that a new edition of Cape Fear by John D. MacDonald will be coming out on 14 January 2014 with a new introduction by Dean.
Well, it turns out that that’s not the only MacDonald title getting the Koontz treatment. Amazon.com is currently listing new editions of A Key to the Suite and Slam the Big Door, both due out on 11 February 2014, and both with new introductions by Dean.
So, at this point, that’s a minimum of three MacDonald titles coming out with Koontz intros. Considering the man published dozens of novels, and Dean’s a big fan, this could get interesting.
