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xkcd: Frankenstein Claim Permutations
July 8, 2023
Throwback Thursday: Guideposts (Large Print)
July 6, 2023
What’s New & Updated July 2, 2023
July 2, 2023
There’s a light at the end of the tunnel with the day job, so here are a few tiny updates to get me back into the wing of things. (Yes, I’m an HWA member, for those wondering.)
- “THIS JUSTIN: The Horror And The Humanity of Dean Koontz” to Appendix B
- “HWA the Karen Lansdale Silver Hammer Award” to Appendix G(2)
Throwback Thursday: The City UK ARC
June 29, 2023
Books Needed as of 25 June 2023
June 25, 2023
A reader recently noticed that my most recent want list was from 2019. So, here’s an updated one. If my description isn’t descriptive enough, leave a comment, and I’ll be more specific. Thanks!
- Again, Dangerous Visions (UK HC 1st)
- Be Mine by Rick Mofina (2004 PBK blurb )
- Breathless (LP HC NOT BCE)
- By the Light of the Moon (LP HC [NOT BCE])
- Chase (1985 UK HC Allen, have 1988 reprint)
- Chase (UK/AUS LP HC & TBPK)
- Chase (UK PBK Headline 1st)
- Children of Infinity (HC [Have BCE])
- Children of the Storm (Dwyer / Magnum)
- Complete Masters of Darkness (LTD)
- Continuum 3 (UK HC 1st)
- Continuum 4 (UK HC 1st)
- Criminal Justice Through Science Fiction (HC, not ex-lib)
- Crooked Staircase (Charnel House numbered)
- The Dark of the Summer (Dwyer / Magnum) [prob doesn’t exist]
- Dangerous Visions (HC 1st)
- Darkfall (BCE O44 & P07 gutter codes on p280)
- Darkness Comes (Star UK PBK)
- Demon Child (Dwyer / Magnum)
- Face (LP HC non-BCE)
- Forbidden Door (Charnel House numbered)
- Frankenstein: Dead and Alive (2009 CD 0-7393-1717-2)
- From the Corner of His Eye (UK TPBK upgrade 0-7472-7074-0)
- Funhouse (VHS w/ red square)
- House of Thunder by Leigh Nichols (UK HC)
- Key to Midnight by Leigh Nichols (UK HC)
- Key to Midnight (Dark Harvest Trade HC)
- Key to Midnight (LP, not ex-lib)
- The Mask (PBK 1st) (Does this exist? The number line always starts with “2”)
- Moonlit Mind (UK LP TPBK Shortlist)
- Night Visions 3 (Trade, not DK)
- Night Visions 4 (Trade)
- Nightrunners (Lansdale Lettered)
- Powers: Secret Histories 3 vol set (1 of 26)
- Prison of Ice (UK HC)
- Richard Matheson Companion (TRADE HC)
- Richard Matheson Companion (LETTERED)
- Servants of Twilight (CD)
- Shadowfires (LP HC [upgrade])
- Sole Survivor (HC unsigned 1st upgrade)
- Through Shattered Glass by David B. Silva (LETTERED)
- Twilight Eyes (DRK BCE)
- Voice of the Night (Coffee ARC)
- Wall of Masks (UK HC) if it exists
- Watchers (UK LP 0-75050-296-7)
- Watchers (LP TPBK 1-56054-958-0)
- Whispering Room (Charnel House numbered)
Throwback Thursday: Blood Risk UK Hardcover
June 22, 2023
Throwback Thursday: In Lumine Tuo (In Thy Light): Why Believe in God by Abalo Kossi
June 15, 2023
What’s New & Updated June 11, 2023
June 11, 2023
This coming week will be the day job’s busiest of the month as we’re physically moving locations. I’ll continue to squeak out what I can here. Thanks for your continued support.
- After Death banner ad
- From the Desk of Dean: The most disturbing villain I’ve written in a while
- Meaning – origin and history of the name Dean to Appendix G(2)
Throwback Thursday: The Green Devotional: Active Prayers for a Healthy Planet by Karen Speerstra
June 8, 2023
What’s New & Updated June 4, 2023
June 4, 2023
Heads up: Big changes are happening in June at my day job so I’ll do my best, but no promises.
- “Shadows, Sadists, and Sandkings: The Modern Tale of Terror, 1967-1997” by Boyd White to Appendix A
Throwback Thursday: Children’s Hospital
June 1, 2023
What’s New & Updated May 28, 2023
May 28, 2023
A new newsletter and a new book about Dean. Don’t have the book in my collection yet, so details are minimal right now.
- From the Desk of Dean: Koontz readers are better looking and better smelling
- The Early Thrillers of Dean Koontz: Essays on the Evolution of a Writer, 1966-1997 to Appendix A
Throwback Thursday: The Husband condensed
May 25, 2023
What’s New & Updated May 21, 2023
May 21, 2023
Two small but interesting things this week, along with the correction found by an astute fan.
- Phantoms mylar movie poster
- Error correction: House of Night has been moved from Unpublished Works to a note for Demon Seed
- Unused trade paperback cover art for Detours
Throwback Thursday: Hideaway press kit
May 18, 2023
What’s New & Updated May 14, 2023
May 14, 2023
Just one small item this week but I do have a few interesting items in the queue for next week.
- A Twitter video from Dean about The House at the End of the World
Throwback Thursday: These Immigrants Don’t Need No Stinkin’ Green Cards!
May 11, 2023
What’s New & Updated May 7, 2023
May 7, 2023
Not sure if I mentioned this previously, but about a month ago, I spoke with Karen Heller from the Washington Post on background for her then-forthcoming article about Dean. The article is now out and linked below. (I am not mentioned.)
- By the Light of the Moon MP3-CD
- The Big Dark Sky Twitter banner
- “What scares master of suspense Dean Koontz? Plenty.” by Karen Heller to Appendix B
Throwback Thursday: Icebound UK Hardcover
May 4, 2023
What’s New & Updated April 30, 2023
April 30, 2023
I’m back from a long-planned vacation in Italy, and several days later, I’m almost recovered from jet lag. While I was gone, Amazon released the title of the next novel, The Bad Weather Friend, and Dean released a new column. Enjoy those, along with some other interesting finds.
- The Bad Weather Friend
- Italian trade paperback edition of Elsewhere
- The new Brilliance Audio edition of From the Corner of His Eye
- From the Desk of Dean: A letter to, and inspired by you, my dear readers
- A scene from the documentary Cum on Feel the Noise (2017) regarding the film version of The Funhouse.
- Photos of the UK cassette version of Space Museum
- Some interesting text from Swapper’s Convention
- “Taking Another Look at The Watcher” to Appendix G(2)