Koontz News
Dean appeared at a B. Dalton opening in 1988
January 4, 2021
According to Kerry Cisneroz:
“Newsboy Books was opened in the 1970s, and was originally called Chino Newsstand. In 1988 B. Dalton Bookseller, Chino’s first major chain bookstore, opened in the idle of the newly built Chino Town Square on Philadelphia Street and had huge selections of over 5,000 books and magazines. They had special guests at their grand opening, including author Dean Koontz. Free balloons and pencils were given away….life was still simple then, and people were excited about free balloons and pencils.”
I’ve reached out to Kerry to see if they have any additional information and will report back if I hear anything.
What’s New & Updated December 7, 2020
December 7, 2020
A bunch of super random items this week including a cut joke from a film, a TV mention, and some music.
- Foreword to How to Reach Eternity by Daniel Love to Appendix F
- I Heard Angels Sign by Lisle Crowley to Innocence
- The Other Emily ARC
- Saved By the Bell 2020 s01e07: House Party to Appendix B, TV References
- Winter Moon original score inspired by the Dean R Koontz novel by Electric Supply Station
Dean (Dane) gets a shout out on the new Saved By the Bell
December 5, 2020
Saved by the Bell (2020) s01e07: House Party
Don’t ask me for the lottery numbers
November 22, 2020
A few months ago I mentioned how I’d never previously seen a copy of The Drowned Man’s Reel for sale anywhere. Last week I questioned the release of any limited editions in the future. Well…
Here’s another copy of The Drowned Man’s Reel up for auction on eBay, and here’s the page to order the forthcoming limited edition of Devoted.
Last Dangerous Visions to be completed by J. Michael Straczynski
November 16, 2020
When Harlan Ellison died in 2018, he left behind a project that he’d long promised to complete: The Last Dangerous Visions, an infamous third anthology that would have followed his Dangerous Visions and Again, Dangerous Visions anthologies.
Now, it looks like it’ll be completed, nearly half a century after its first intended publication date. Ellison’s friend and now estate executor J. Michael Straczynski (the creator of Babylon 5 and co-creator of Sense8) has promised that he’ll complete the anthology.
The Last Dangerous Visions is something of a white whale for Ellison. In 1967, he rounded up a number of authors writing in the genre and produced Dangerous Visions, an acclaimed anthology that included 33 original stories from authors such as Lester del Rey, Frederik Pohl, Brian W. Aldiss, Philip K. Dick, Larry Niven, Carol Emshwiller, and others. The anthology was hailed for pushing the boundaries of science fiction amidst the New Wave movement, and earned considerable praise from reviewers.
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Notably, Straczynski says that there are several publishers who are interested in publishing the massive, three-volume anthology, although he’ll work on completing the entire project first before submitting it for publication, which he says will happen in March and April 2021.
Read the full article @ TOR.com
Crime Reads releases the cover and an excerpt from The Other Emily
November 16, 2020
The following is an exclusive excerpt from The Other Emily, by Dean Koontz. We are thrilled to reveal the cover of this gripping new thriller, which will be released in March 2021. It’s been ten years since Emily was presumed to have been killed by a serial killer, and her partner David is still determined to figure out what happened. But then he meets Maddison, a woman who seems exactly like the love he lost.
Read the excerpt @ Crime Reads
The end of limited editions?
November 16, 2020
According to Paul Worosello “Joe at Charnel House told me that he was not doing any of the new Koontz books. I figured it was a thing with his new publisher.”
I can’t say I have any special insight into Dean’s deal with Amazon but I can’t say I’m surprised that there’s a significant amount of exclusivity built into the deal.
Dean’s Newport Beach home sold for $10.3 million
October 14, 2020
The circa-1933 house fetched $10.325 million.
Designed by pioneering “Architect to the Stars” Paul R. Williams and later remodeled, this 3,400-square-foot residence with three bedrooms, five bathrooms and seamless indoor-outdoor living areas makes the most of its Balboa Peninsula Point location.
The two-story traditional-style home sits on an oversized 45-foot lot with a patio, dock and dock pavilion.
Most rooms offer a view of the harbor.
Koontz and his wife, Gerda, bought the house in September 1995, property records show, while the couple’s Newport Coast mega-mansion was under construction. In April, the compound sold to Stearns Lending founder Glenn Stearns for an all-time Orange County record of $50 million. The Koontzes held onto the smaller “beach house” for six years and spent “just 30 nights” there, the author wrote in “A Big Little Life.”
Source: The Orange County Register
Dean Participating in the 2020 Miami Book Fair
October 9, 2020
Here’s what you need to know: The complete fair schedule will be available at miamibookfair.com on Oct. 15. You’ll need to register there or at https://miamibookfaironline.com/. Starting Nov. 1 , registered fairgoers will be able to begin building their personal watchlists (like you do on Netflix). You can also complete a profile based on your interests, and the website will recommend authors to you. You’ll find out which events are live and which you can watch anytime.
And on Nov. 15, the site goes live.
Here are just a few of the confirmed authors who will appear at the fair this year:
Fiction: Lee Child; Kevin Kwan; Joyce Carol Oates; Terry McMillan; Ben Okri; Roddy Doyle; Dean Koontz; Mary Gordon; Nelson George.
Source: Miami Herald
Six more Nameless episodes on the way
October 8, 2020
Check out Dean saying that he’s working on six more Nameless stories starting at about 1:11:00 in the recent Otherppl podcast.
What’s New & Updated October 5, 2020
October 5, 2020
In what might be a first, the first US paperback edition of Devoted came out as a trade paperback, not a premium or mass market. Plus, I finally got my hands on an ARC of Elsewhere which is on its way to my shelves. It just so happens that they trade hardcover and CD editions of Elsewhere are in the mail as thy come out tomorrow. Lastly, Dean’s doing some online events this week (see earlier blog posts) to plan on next week’s update being very Elsewhere-centric.
- Devoted trade paperback (formerly “paperback of unknown type”) and more marketing images
- Elsewhere ARC, marketing images, and videos
- Updated entry for A lizard named “Koontz” in Appendix G to include Gothic Blimp Works #3
- Phantoms mention in Richard Laymon’s One Rainy Night
Dean on Amazon Live tomorrow
October 4, 2020
Dean to participate in the 2020 Texas Book Festival
September 28, 2020
This year’s Texas Book Festival will take place as a virtual event with 16 days of programming on Oct. 31-Nov. 15. Festival organizers on Wednesday announced 15 authors who will be featured at the event.
Bestselling suspense writer Dean Koontz will present his latest novel, “Elsewhere.” Ghanaian American novelist Yaa Gyasi, who won a National Book Critics Circle award for her 2016 debut, “Homegoing,” will present the highly anticipated follow-up, “Transcendent Kingdom.” And comedian Michael Ian Black will present “A Better Man: A (Mostly Serious) Letter to My Son,” an examination of masculinity structured as a letter to his college-bound son.
Austin 360
More via these links:
- Announcing our 2020 Author Lineup!
- Texas Book Festival 2020 full lineup: Matthew McConaughey, David Chang, Julia Alvarez, more
- Texas Book Festival lineup: Matthew McConaughey, chef David Chang, other big names
The Other Emily
September 22, 2020
Looks like Amazon.com has put up pre-order pages for trade hardcover and CD audiobook editions of The Other Emily slated for release on March 23, 2021. Sadly no other details than a category of “Thrillers & Suspense” are given.
Where my ARCs at?
September 20, 2020
Where are the Elsewhere ARCs? I’ve literally seen just one Facebook post from someone who got their hands on one and that’s it. Nothing on eBay. Nothing on NetGalley. Just two weeks out and typically I’d have found one and read it well before now. Anyone have any ideas what’s different this time?
Goodreads Ask the Author
September 19, 2020
Dean’s doing an Ask the Author over on Goodreads. Don’t know how long it will last or how many questions he’ll be answering.
The Duke Locus Collection: What it contains
August 3, 2020
The wonderful librarians at Duke University were able to supply me with copies of the Dean Koontz material from the Locus Science Fiction Foundation Archives. While not every item gets it’s own entry, here’s the complete list of content for the record.
- December 18, 1987 Publishers Weekly pages from “Publishers Weekly The Author Series: Dean Koontz, Traveling many roads to the top of the charts”
- March 12, 1986 Los Angeles Times article “Writer Knows His Place—at the Typewriter”
- October 23, 1989 The Orange County Register “The Dean of Fantasy: How OC’s Dean Koontz toys with the Imagination”
- Face of Fear promotional PBK cover
- “Fair, accurate, and to the point.” (Unpublished letter)
- “It was good to see you in Tucson…” (Unpublished letter)
- “Nice seeing you at ABA.” (Unpublished letter)
- “Some news and a quibble.” (Unpublished letter)
- “Usually, I’m too shy to do this sort of thing…” (Unpublished letter)
- “I know the following letter…” (Unpublished letter)
- “Because I have liked some of her work…” (Unpublished letter)
Source: Locus Science Fiction Foundation Archives, David M. Rubenstein Rare Book & Manuscript Library, Duke University
Elsewhere ARCs have been released
July 16, 2020
According to Bill Popper who posted this photo on Facebook of their copy, there are now ARC copies of Elsewhere out in the wild.
Happy Birthday Dean!
July 9, 2020
What’s New & Updated June 14, 2020
June 14, 2020
I’m a day early this week because my day job is re-opening to the public tomorrow. So while Monday is typically part of my “weekend” I’ll be back in the building. This also means that next week’s update might be super light but I’ll continue to do my best as I re-adjust back to my “normal” schedule.
- The Dark Net by Benjamin Percy to Appendix D
- “The Sex Machine” by Lee Griffin to Appendix F