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What’s New & Updated December 21, 2020
December 21, 2020
I’m posting this update early today as I’ve got some other important day-job related things that need to be dealt with today. However, what’s here include two big ones. Enjoy and thanks for your continued support!
- Elsewhere MP3-CD
- The Other Emily ARC updated images & details, audiobook reader
- The Voice of the Night Brian Coffey Proof
What’s New & Updated December 14, 2020
December 14, 2020
Just one new item today but, to me at least, it’s a big one. (I was expecting another item in today’s mail but alas, it was delayed.)
- A Darkness in My Soul original Jack Gaughan painting. More full-sized photos on the book’s page.
What’s New & Updated November 30, 2020
November 30, 2020
Previews, interviews, videos, and inscriptions. A big of a random set of new items today but more than I’ve been posting lately.
- Shot video on how Dean came up with Nameless.
- Del Rey Manga Summer 2008 Sampler to In Odd We Trust
- The Other Emily by Dean Koontz | Coming Soon (video)
- Dean Koontz in Conversation with Jeffrey Deaver (Texas Book Festival) to Appendix B
- In Conversation On Elsewhere with Dean Koontz & Benjamin Percy (Miami Book Fair) to Appendix B
- Interesting inscriptions added to The Door to December and Starblood
- Thriller Talk interview to Appendix B
What’s New & Updated November 23, 2020
November 23, 2020
Happy Thanksgiving to those of you in the US. Really not much else to say other than here’s two new items for your reference (and possible ordering pleasure.)
- Devoted limited edition
- From the Desk of Dean Koontz: Coming March 2021 The Other Emily
What’s New & Updated November 16, 2020
November 16, 2020
Another small update but I’ve also got a line on some unique items. Neither will show up soon or maybe not at all but it’s too early to tell.
- The Other Emily cover image
- Writing in the Dark by Tim Waggoner to Appendix G
What’s New & Updated November 9, 2020
November 9, 2020
The other writing project was submitted to the editor so other than what will most likely be a final post-edit read-through that’s done so I was able to get back to this “little’ project.
There’s just two new items this week but the first one’s a previously unknown find.
- Girl [blank] a [blank] as by unknwon
- Les passagers (French film tie-in paperback)
What’s isn’t New & Updated October 26, 2020
October 26, 2020
I’ve got a big ol’ goose egg for you this week. As I mentioned last time around, I had to focus on a writing project this week.
What’s New & Updated October 19, 2020
October 19, 2020
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- Southern California News Group Newsmaker Series: A Conversation with Dean Koontz to Appendix B and the official recording to this blog post.
What’s New & Updated October 12, 2020
October 12, 2020
Yes folks it’s Elsewhere week. Oh, and two reviews from 1974.
- Elsewhere ARC (image & details), Kindle In-motion, trade hardcover & CD audiobook
- From the Desk of Dean: Elsewhere is Now Available
- Interviews to Appendix B
- “At book 78 and counting, Dean Koontz has no drought of ideas” (AP)
- Podcasts to Appendix B
- Author Live Series with Dean Koontz
- Book Launch : Dean Koontz discusses Elsewhere
- Otherppl
- Writer’s Bone
- The Kindle Chronicles
- Luna Monthly #52 to A Werewolf Among Us and “The Sinless Child”
What’s New & Updated September 28, 2020
September 28, 2020
Biggest news is the page for the forthcoming The Other Emily. Else I’m digging into the pile sitting to my left. The rest of this week’s updates are the start of it. Sticking to the pile, more Fanzine letters are up next.
- Fantasy Review #103 cover to Appendix B
- The Other Emily
- “Odds & Ends” (Useless News, Autumn 2020)
- The Overlook Connection #10 to “Trapped”, and Appendix B
- The Overlook Connection #21 to Dragon Tears, “Trapped”, and Untitled Essay in Dark Dreamers
What’s New & Updated September 21, 2020
September 21, 2020
I’m back from vacation and starting to get back into the groove of things. A new email newsletter and a new issue of Useless News helped.
- From the Desk of Dean: I heard it’s back-to-school time…
- Useless News, Autumn 2020
Whats New & Updated August 31, 2020
August 31, 2020
Another great addition to the collection this week. A near mint copy of Energumen #8 containing “that essay.” I’d previously had a very clean PDF version, but having an original in the collection is something I’ve been hoping to accomplish for decades.
- Updated cover image of Energumen #8 for “Dean’s Drive”
- From the Desk of Dean: We bought a new dishwasher…
- Moon of the Wolf by Leslie H. Whitten Ace Paperback cover to Stuff (column)
While I’ve got you here, I’d like to give you a heads-up that I’ve got a vacation coming up so please don’t expect any updates for the next two weeks. I might sneak one in, but no promises.
What’s New & Updated August 17, 2020
August 24, 2020
There are just a handful of “holy grails” when it comes to items I’m still looking for. Sure there are a bunch of items I could just spend more than I’d like to on this afternoon, but then there are others that I’ve just never, or only once before, seen for sale. Well, this week I got to check one of them off my list: The Drowned Man’s Reel by Charles de Lint with an introduction by Dean.
Previously I’d known that the National Library in Quebuec had one but accessing it was basically impossible. I’d seen a record of another one having been sold previously on eBay but that was well before I knew to look for it. But now, one of just the 100 released (not sold, but given away privately,) is in my hands. And it’s inscribed to the, I assume, original owner by Mr. de Lint.
So, not a lot of new content this week, but one of them’s a doozy!
- April 1969 Playboy cover to Stuff (Column)
- Updated details & image for “The Truth About Christmas”
What’s New & Updated August 17, 2020
August 17, 2020
What’s new & updated this week? Nothing. Other projects took priority this past week. However, I’m taking some time off this week so there should be a bunch of new items to announce next Monday.
What’s New & Updated August 10, 2020
August 10, 2020
Keeping it simple with some odds & ends this week along with a new entry for “From the Desk of Dean.”
- From the Desk of Dean: Unsolicited advice to young writers
- The Guns of Navarone by Alistair MacLean paperback cover to Stuff (column)
- High Tension to Appendix E
- Locus #397 cover to “Because I have liked some of her work…”
- Screengrab from New Girl s01e19: Secrets to The Face
- Will Wilder: The Lost Staff of Wonders to Appendix Appendix D
What’s New & Updated August 3, 2020
August 3, 2020
The Duke collection is done along with some other great fanzine issues. Which, has caused a cascade of new purchases leading to new forthcoming entries since, in the case of the Stuff entry, I’ve found more reviews that need to be added to the site. As those items start to arrive, I’ll of course get those entries created.
- “Dreambird” in Galaxie, July 1969
- “Fair, accurate, and to the point.” (Unpublished letter)
- The House of Thunder Dark Harvest Advance Uncorrected Proof
- Locus Silver Anniversary Letter
- “Now, let me warn you…” (Letter)
- Stuff (column)
- “I know the following letter…” (Unpublished letter)
- “Because I have liked some of her work…” (Unpublished letter)
- Dr. Gerda Mundinger to Appendix F
- An interesting law firm in The Eyes of Darkness which later changed partners in the revised edition.
And, since the Duke material was both broken up into multiple updates, and some of the material didn’t merit their own entries, I did create this post which lists all of the items in the collection.
What’s New & Updated July 27, 2020
July 27, 2020
Four of the six letters from the Locus Science Fiction Foundation Archives are now up along with three new “From the Desk of Dean” columns. I was hoping to finish off the letters and get two other new surprises into this week but I just ran out of time. So, I’ll just tease them for next week.
- Books Are Everything #21 to Appendix G
- From the Desk of Dean
- Adventures with my Golden Retrievers
- Piano master and composer, David Benoit…
- What’s the best advice I’ve ever received?
- “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)
What’s New & Updated July 20, 2020
July 20, 2020
Haven’t lined everything up yet for the letters from the Locus Collection but have I got some real goodies for you this week regardless including a 1970s proof and some original artwork that was way out of my budget.
- Adult titles added to Appendix H
- Josh Kirby A Darkness In My Soul Paperback Cover Illustration Original Art
- Devoted large print hardcover
- Hanging On proof
- Signalz by F. Paul Wilson to Appendix D
What’s New & Updated July 13, 2020
July 13, 2020
Just one update but for a very good reason…
Quite a while back I blogged about the Locus Collection now housed at Duke University. More than a year later I’ve managed to acquire copies of the Koontz-related material from that collection. It’s not a lot but it does contain six unpublished letters from Dean to editor Charlie Brown dated between 1977 and 1994. One of them includes a two-page appreciation of Sheri L. Tepper. Other topics include the film versions of Demon Seed and Watchers, along with the ceasing of his use of the Leigh Nichols pseudonyms.
Again, this isn’t a lot of new material but it’s unique and I want to do it justice. As a result I’m taking my time to get it right (the cross-references are going to be a nightmare,) and in doing so awaiting an answer I’ve sent back to the librarians at Duke. It’s possible I’ll get these items posted next week but it could take longer.
In the meantime, here’s the one new item on the site this week.
What’s New & Updated July 6, 2020
July 6, 2020
It seems like I’ve got just one update for you today but it’s hiding several items behind it. Basically I noticed that Dean’s published a bunch of stuff via email and social media all under the title “From the Desk of Dean”, So I decided to call that a “column” and list the seven items I’ve got so far under it. Check it out via the link above.
In other news, for those interested in stats here’s that latest:
- 726 guide entries
- 1,876 individual editions
- 2,809 images
- and this is blog post #1,245