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What’s New & Updated May 9, 2022

May 9, 2022

If there’s no other proof as to me being a completist, it’s the fact that I spent money on an ebook “unmasking Dean Koontz´ [sic] prophecy.” Please spare yourself from this drivel.

New audiobook recording of Shadowfires on CD and MP3-CD
Chopin error in The Night Window
Date error in From the Corner of His Eye
Coronavirus: The Eyes of Darkness: Unmasking Dean Koontz´ Prophecy to Appendix A

Throwback Thursday: Good Housekeeping

May 5, 2022

What’s New & Updated May 2, 2022

May 2, 2022

Plenty of new items this week ranging from 1969 to 2022. And, in site news, Appendix G was getting too large for WordPress to handle properly, so I’ve split it into two: G(1), which covers 1969-1999, and G(2), which covers 2000-present. It’s not the most elegant solution, but it was the best one I could come up with.

Afterword to The Key to Midnight POD Trade Paperback
The Eyes of Darkness POD Trade Paperback
Frankenstein screenplay lettered edition photo here and here
The House at the End of the World mentioned in the April 2022 issue of Locus
Gothic Blimp Works as in the February 14, 1969 issue of The East Village Other to Appendix G(1)
The Key to Midnight POD Trade Paperback
Changed The Servants of Twilight “bootlegs” to POD
Changed The Voice of the Night “bootleg” to POD

Bootlegs or Just Poorly Done Amazon Print-on-demand?

May 1, 2022

The following titles have had some interesting reprints lately:

When the first two of them were released I that these were bootleg editions that someone who wasn’t authorized to sell these editions for the following reasons:

There is no cover price listed on the books.
The copyright pages are woefully incomplete.
They contain no statement of printing.
There is a print-on-demand barcode on the last page.
The publisher is listed as “Independently Published”.
The Also By Dean Koontz page on The Voice of the Night lists “The Darkest Evening of the Yea”, a pretty significant typo.

But as more of them have been released, I’m starting to reconsider the bootleg status of these editions for these reasons:

Now that there are four, you’d think someone would have noticed by now and put a stop to it.
The cover art on The Voice of the Night and The Eyes of Darkness both match the cover art for obviously legitimately released audiobook editions (Eyes forthcoming) from Brilliance Audio. I can’t imagine someone also bootlegging the art without someone noticing.

So, that’s where I stand on this issue right now. I’ll post updates if/when more information becomes available and/or additional evidence becomes available.

Looks like Jim Butcher is a Koontz fan

May 1, 2022

Me and the boys on a quiet, cold evening in the Rockies. pic.twitter.com/D2hf5QMfvt
— Jim Butcher (@longshotauthor) April 25, 2022

Thanks @BillyMorganIL

Throwback Thursday: Hideaway film press kit

April 28, 2022

What’s New & Updated April 24, 2022

April 24, 2022

A day early because I have to work the day job tomorrow. However, I have a four-day weekend coming up so looking forward to getting back to those zines.

The Big Dark Sky ARC cover scan and details
From the Desk of Dean: Ensuring your future entertainment

Throwback Thursday: Lightning on Cassette

April 21, 2022

What’s New & Updated April 18, 2022

April 18, 2022

A half-day meeting 50 miles away came up today, so no time to focus on the zines. In the meantime here are a couple of nice little finds along with a new interview.

ARC cover of The Big Dark Sky
Authors in Focus episode 171 with Dean Koontz to Appendix B
Turkish VCD of Phantoms
Walk the Wire by David Baldacci to Appendix G

Throwback Thursday: Pre-ARC Intensity

April 14, 2022

Final Draft including all copy-editing corrections – bound manuscript

What’s New & Updated April 11, 2022

April 11, 2022

This week we’ve got the SF Opinion entries outlined and a bunch of other random items from the giant “list of things to add.”

The Dogged Press edition of The Book of Counted Sorrows has been cross-listed under the Publisher category.
An interesting story about an attempted film version of Fear Nothing
The eroneously listed Magnum reprint of Legacy of Terror has been removed.
The Other Emily review in the Spring 2021 issue of Suspense Magazine
Page number and cover image for the Koontz mention in Pieces of Her by Karin Slaughter to Appendix G
Initial entries for SF Opinion #1-8

Throwback Thursday: Face of Fear by Brian Coffey

April 7, 2022

What’s New & Updated April 4, 2022

April 4, 2022

This week’s biggest news is that I’m starting to dive back into fanzine content again. As I’ve explained before, this stuff is complicated due to many factors, mostly due to the cross-references between issues regarding letters, responses, and the responses to responses. This week I started focusing on SF Opinion, the fanzine that Dean published in the late 60s. For now, there are just placeholder pages. Over the coming weeks and months, I’ll be filling in the issues and adding the individual content entries. I’d love to get one done per week, but no promises. (If you’re a Vaughn Bodē fan, you’re gonna want to check these out.)

Dean Koontz in conversation with Tess Gerritsen to Appendix B
The House at the End of the World release date, temp Amazon cover, and initial audiobook information
Meet Quinn Quicksilver Instagram video
The proposed Nameless TV series now has an entry.
SF Opinion placeholder pages to the Publisher category
This or That to Appendix B

Throwback Thursday: Odd Interlude #1 eBook

March 31, 2022

Phone Calls from the Dead

March 30, 2022

Bedtime Stories
We have previously explored reports concerning the spirits of those who have passed on, but this week, we will be examining a phenomenon which is even more bewildering. Instances in which friends and relatives have received what should have otherwise been an impossible phone call from the dead.
About the cahnnel: Turn off the lights, get into bed and plug in your earphones. It’s time for a creepy bedtime story. For the discerning horror fan, we cover the most chilling cases throughout history. From the paranormal to the supernatural, unsolved mysteries and strange deaths to cryptids, conspiracy theories and the most disturbing of true crimes, all told in a unique and creepy way. Join us every week for a new scary story.

Dean and the Weather

March 29, 2022

Best-Selling Author, Weather Enthusiasts Explain Allure of California Weather
In the city of Los Angeles, every time the heavens open up, the hashtag #LArain trends on Twitter. People say rain, and the weather in general, is different in California. Anyone who has lived in the Desert Southwest long enough is fascinated by the rare appearance of rain and the wonder of a storm.
Every wind gust and raindrop is big news in L.A. In Arizona, the monsoon comes and goes every year like clockwork. But what precisely is different about rain in the desert? To find out, we asked a bestselling author, a storm chaser and TV meteorologists who have known both coasts.
From his home in Southern California, Dean Koontz, the bestselling author whose latest novel Quicksilver was published in January, has written dozens of books in which the weather adds to the suspense. According to Google Books Ngram Viewer, he mentions weather terms a total of 168 times in his book Midnight, 165 times in The Taking and 158 times in the aptly titled Lightning.
Koontz spent roughly half his life on the East Coast before he moved to California and that has given him an appreciation for the unique weather in the state. Why does weather feature prominently in his novels? Koontz told AccuWeather via email he uses the frequently changing Southern California weather as a template to set the scene.
“Here in Southern California, I can be basking in a light 80-degree off-shore breeze and, within two hours be in the snow country in Big Bear, be on the seashore in the morning and in Death Valley in the afternoon,” Koontz said. “The extremes fascinate me and make for good dramatic effects in fiction.”
Read the full article @ Newsweek.com

What’s New & Updated March 28, 2022

March 28, 2022

Last week was super weird when it came to my day job’s schedule, taking up much of the time I set aside to get some work done here. This coming week is weird too but in very different ways. Unfortunately, I don’t know if that’ll help or hinder my work here. So, no promises.