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What’s New & Updated October 4, 2021
October 4, 2021
A new column and a new ARC this week. Sadly I didn’t get to “Silence” so look forward to that soon.
- From the Desk of Dean: The Voice of the Night: now available with new audio
- Full details for the Quicksilver ARC
Elsewhere in development for television
October 4, 2021
21 September 2021: “Fineman’s current development slate includes The Fall, a thriller inspired by the Albert Camus tale of the same name; Elsewhere, a drama series based on the book by bestselling author Dean Koontz; and Beautiful Strange, a character drama from writer Lara Radulovich.”
Source: Deadline
What’s New & Updated September 27, 2021
September 27, 2021
Minimal details on the new forthcoming audio-exclusinve short story and the next novel. More details on the latter next week.
- Quicksilver ARC image
- “Silence”
“Silence” out September 28, 2010
September 14, 2021
Cue the complaints about it being audio-only…
What’s New & Updated September 13, 2021
September 13, 2021
I’ll be at a work thing next Monday so the next update post will most likely not be until the 27th.
- Updated cover scan of the SST proof of Devoted
- Green Arrow #131 and Hitman #24 to Phantoms (Film)
- The Forest to Appendix F
What’s New & Updated September 6, 2021
September 6, 2021
Two interviews and some finally framed original art.
- Original cover art for A Darkness In my Soul
- “Bookish with Sandra Tsing Loh, Lisa See, Peggy Orenstein and Dean Koontz” to Appendix B
- “Putting the Heart in the Work: Close-up on Dean Koontz” to Appendix B
Dean’s books in Fear Street part 1?
September 6, 2021
Update 1/21/22:
Found them! Thanks to Dion Maher who has better eyes than I do.
Articles from Looper and Screen Rant both claim that among the Clancy, King, and Rice books in the B. Dalton’s Bookstore in the opening scenes are titles by Dean. I’ve looked and I just can’t find any. Does anyone else care to give it a try? Click on the screenshots below for the full-sized images and let me know if you find one.
Bing Quiz
September 1, 2021
Check out this question from today’s Bing quiz…
There was another question about which author’s are younger than Stephen of which Dean was an incorrect answer but I didn’t grab a screenshot of that one.
What’s New & Updated August 30, 2021
August 30, 2021
A handful of odds & ends this week.
- Intensity bookstore ad
- Lamia by Tristin Travis to Appendix D
- Various Quicksilver online ads
The Book of Vaughn, Dean’s on the list
August 25, 2021
I backed and then asked about Dean being interviewed for The Book of Vaughn. Here’s Mr. Francis’ response:
What’s New & Updated August 23, 2021
August 23, 2021
Just details on the first limited edition in quite a while today. It’s not much but it is significant.
Devoted, SST Limited Edition photos
August 17, 2021
Click for more photos.
What’s New & Updated August 9, 2021
August 9, 2021
Apologies for skipping last week but the day job was just bonkers and I had no energy left for anything else.
- Odd Hours publication date fixed in Appendix H (Thanks D. Brown!)
- Putting the Heart in the Work: Close-up on Dean Koontz to Appendix B
- Quicksilver cover and updated release date
- Quentin Tarintono on The Funhouse
The Book of Vaughn
August 9, 2021
There’s a Kickstarter for The Book of Vaughn, a forthcoming documentary on Vaughn Bodē. No word on whether Dean’s involved (I’d put money on not) but it should definitely be worth your support.
Quicksilver cover, description, and release date update
August 4, 2021
Amazon is now listing a release date of January 25, 2022. They’ve also provided a cover image and story description…
#1 New York Times bestselling master of suspense Dean Koontz takes a surprising and exhilarating road trip with a man in pursuit of his strange past―mile by frightening mile.
Quinn Quicksilver was born a mystery―abandoned at three days old on a desert highway in Arizona. Raised in an orphanage, never knowing his parents, Quinn had a happy if unexceptional life. Until the day of “strange magnetism.” It compelled him to drive out to the middle of nowhere. It helped him find a coin worth a lot of money. And it practically saved his life when two government agents showed up in the diner in pursuit of him. Now Quinn is on the run from those agents and who knows what else, fleeing for his life.
During a shoot-out at a forlorn dude ranch, he finally meets his destined companions: Bridget Rainking, a beauty as gifted in foresight as she is with firearms, and her grandpa Sparky, a romance novelist with an unusual past. Bridget knows what it’s like to be Quinn. She’s hunted, too. The only way to stay alive is to keep moving.
Barreling through the Sonoran Desert, the formidable trio is impelled by that same inexplicable magnetism toward the inevitable. With every deeply disturbing mile, something sinister is in the rearview―an enemy that is more than a match for Quinn. Even as he discovers within himself resources that are every bit as scary.
Source: Amazon.com
What’s New & Updated July 26, 2021
July 26, 2021
Finally added a few of the early Locus issues missing from my collection. This allowed me to clarify two previous entries for some early published letters from Dean.
- From the Desk of Dean: My Summer Pastimes and Your Next Summer Read
- Dean Koontz Writes
- “Readers of Locus should be aware…” (Replaced a pervious entry titled “re: the ‘mutilation’ of ‘Unseen Warriors'”
- “When I reported on the mutilation of my story…” (Replaces a previous entry titles “re: The editorial quality on ‘Shambolain'”)
What’s New & Updated July 19, 2021
July 19, 2021
Getting back into the swing of things with just one small update and one interesting bit from a very early issue of Locus. Watch for two much more significant items from other early Locus issues next week.
- Locus #67 to “Altarboy”
- Updated Appendix H to include Nameless Season 2
Bookish with Sandra Tsing Loh, Lisa See, Peggy Orenstein and Dean Koontz
July 12, 2021
Happy 76th Birthday Dean
July 9, 2021
Quicksilver synopsis
July 3, 2021
Amazon.com has posted the synopsis for Quicksilver.
#1 New York Times bestselling master of suspense Dean Koontz takes a surprising and exhilarating road trip with a man in pursuit of his strange past―mile by frightening mile.
Quinn Quicksilver was born a mystery―abandoned at three days old on a desert highway in Arizona. Raised in an orphanage, never knowing his parents, Quinn had a happy if unexceptional life. Until the day of “strange magnetism.” It compelled him to drive out to the middle of nowhere. It helped him find a coin worth a lot of money. And it practically saved his life when two government agents showed up in the diner in pursuit of him. Now Quinn is on the run from those agents and who knows what else, fleeing for his life.
During a shoot-out at a forlorn dude ranch, he finally meets his destined companions: Bridget Rainking, a beauty as gifted in foresight as she is with firearms, and her grandpa Sparky, a romance novelist with an unusual past. Bridget knows what it’s like to be Quinn. She’s hunted, too. The only way to stay alive is to keep moving.
Barreling through the Sonoran Desert, the formidable trio is impelled by that same inexplicable magnetism toward the inevitable. With every deeply disturbing mile, something sinister is in the rearview―an enemy that is more than a match for Quinn. Even as he discovers within himself resources that are every bit as scary.