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What’s New & Updated March 2, 2020
March 2, 2020
In general I don’t list eBook editions unless there’s something unique about it such as it’s the first release. (The Book of Counted Sorrows anyone?) So since Devoted will be released only on the Kindle platform, will be an “in motion” title, and I figured out how to animate the cover on the site, it’s getting an entry.
- Devoted Kindle entry
- The Night Window PPBK
On another note, I’m sort of obsessing over the utter stupidity that is the “Dean predicted the coronavirus in 1981” conspiracy theory. I’m thinking about writing the ultimate blog post about it which would out do Snopes by several levels of detail. Should I so ya’all have something to point to, or should I just try to ignore it. Leave your thoughts here if you have an opinion.
What’s New & Updated February 24, 2020
February 24, 2020
You would think a four-day weekend would allow me to focus on this project a bit. Mix in babysitting a toddler for most of that weekend then no so much. So here’s what I could do this week. On the brighter site, The PPBK edition of The Night Window will be out on Tuesday so look for those details soon.
- Snopes article to The Eyes of Darkness – Revised DK
- TV Guide September 9-15, 2000 to Sole Survivor (TV)
Snopes says: Mostly False
February 19, 2020
Please, can we just stop with this nonsense now?
Claim
Author Dean Koontz predicted the 2020 new coronavirus outbreak in his 1981 novel “The Eyes of Darkness.”
Rating
Mostly False
What’s True
An image shows a genuine page from Dean Koontz’s novel “The Eyes of Darkness” containing the words “Wuhan-400.”
What’s False
However, Dean Koontz did not predict an outbreak of a new coronavirus. Other than the name, this fictional biological weapon has little in common with the virus that caused an outbreak in 2020.
Read the full article, which even talks about Gorki-400, @ Snopes.com
Whuan-400 a.k.a. Gorki-400
February 17, 2020
Read this post instead. It’s got a lot more detail.
The end-all be-all blog post debunking how Dean Koontz “predicted” the coronavirus
So yeah, I didn’t think I’d write another post about this wild conspiracy theory that Dean “accurately predicted” the coronavirus but here we are again. The reason I am is that folks are getting a simple basic fact wrong: The fact that Dean wrote about Wuhan-400 in 1981 when The Eyes of Darkness was originally published. Turns out, the virus in the book was originally from Russia and named Gorki-400. It wasn’t named Wuhan-400 until Dean revised the book in 1996. Here’s four examples, two of the original text, and two of the revised text.
What’s New & Updated February 17, 2020
February 17, 2020
Was hoping for a few more items this week but since there’s no mail today, we get just these two.
- “Great Art and Muppet Hatred,” Screamplays Limited Edition
- TV Guide June 30-July 6, 2001 to Black River (TV)
What’s New & Updated February 10, 2020
February 10, 2020
I want to start with another big shout out to Deena Warner of Deena Warner Design for all of the bug squashing she’s done over the past week. We think we’ve found them all, but if you see one, please report it ASAP and we’ll get it taken care of. (Be sure to check out her other amazing sites. Chances are you’ll recognize a site or two.)
As for content, I got my hands on a copy of Cursed! this week so updated its page along with a few more TV guides that arrived in the mail over that past few weeks. (Just two more of those to go.) This pretty much catches me up on a pile of odds & ends, so back to the Fanzines and Letters I go.
- Beyond the Cover with Special Guest #1 NYT Bestselling Author Dean Koontz to Appendix A
- Cursed! updated cover image and note regarding the publisher’s “comment”
- Firsts, October 2003 to The Key to Midnight (LN)
- Insanity by Dean Koontz to Appendix F
- John Mulaney & The Sack Lunch Bunch to Watchers (DK)
- Science Fiction, Fantasy, and Weird Fiction Magazines to Beastchild and “Temple of Sorrow”
- “Ten Years Ago: Dean Koontz” in Firsts, October 2003 to Appendix B
- TV Guide April 24-30, 1999 to Mr. Murder
- TV Guide October 3-9, 2004 to Ephemera
- TV Guide October 3-9, 2004 to Frankenstein
Beyond the Cover with Special Guest #1 NYT Bestselling Author Dean Koontz
February 10, 2020
1/20/2020
What more can you say about Dean Koontz? He’s one of the most prolific writers ever, and one of the most popular writers of the 20th and 21st Century. Dean has done almost everything a writer can do, but late in his career he decided it was time to do something different. Signing with Amazon for a novella series, that includes six stories that all roll together called “Nameless”. Amazon Prime members will get the books for FREE! Yep, you heard that right, FREE for Prime Members. We were lucky enough to be invited to Dean’s house and have a great three hour conversation with him. You will hear the the hour long interview we had with Dean, sitting in his office. The “Nameless” series consists of these six books: IN THE HEART OF THE FIRE, PHOTOGRAPHING THE DEAD, THE PRAYING MANTIS BRIDE, RED RAIN, THE MERCY OF SNAKES and MEMORIES OF TOMORROW.
Source: LaunchpadDM
Wuhan-400
February 10, 2020
This is all over Twitter. I give up, I can’t not post this…
The wait is nearly over
February 8, 2020
After nearly nine years, my lettered copy of Screamplays is on its way!
What’s New & Updated February 3, 2020
February 3, 2020
Well, the site was stable this week with just some minor bug squashing going on. If you see any PHP errors on a page, please drop me a line and we’ll get them dealt with ASAP. So, without further ado, here’s some new content for you.
- The Illustrated Book of Science Fiction Lists by Mike Ashley to “Cosimc Sin” & The Vision (DRK)
- An Informal History of the Hugos by Jo Walton to Beastchild (novella) & Beasthchild
- TV Guide, October 20-26, 1979 to CHiPs: Counterfeit
- TV Guide, September 29-October 5, 1990 to The Face of Fear (TV)
Mean Book Club: Relentless by Dean Koontz
January 30, 2020
Listen to “Relentless by Dean Koontz” on Spreaker.Electric Supply Station: Winter Moon original score inspired by the Dean R Koontz novel
January 28, 2020
What’s New & Updated January 27, 2020
January 27, 2020
Well this has been a week. Short version, as some of you may have read on Facebook and Twitter, is that I had to change hosts for this site and there were some major issues as a result basically taking the site completely down.
But, thanks to the wonderful folks @ Deena Warner Design, the site’s mostly back up. There’s a few errors on the back end, but you shouldn’t notice those and I should be back to adding information in the next few days.
Thanks for your continued support!
What’s New & Updated January 20, 2020
January 20, 2020
Ok folks, I’ve finally started digging into the fanzine content in earnest. This stuff is complicated on many levels. First off, Dean says that most of this content, without being specific about which content, isn’t actually by him. I’ve included his comments on the matter wherever appropriate. Second, I’ve listed relevant details and cross-references where I can which can force me to create other holding pages just to make the cross-reference work. Third, the letters. Ugh the letters. ‘Nuff said for now. Fourth, I’ve needed to add two whole new categories to the site: Art and Publisher. The former you can check out now, the latter will have to wait as I get further along. Just consider the placeholder page a massive tease for now.
- The Alien Critic #6 to Demon Seed
- A Dream Given Form: The Unofficial Guide to the Universe of Babylon 5 to Appendix F
- Good Guy, Bad Guy, Critic
- L’Ange Jacque
- Locus #701 to The Forbidden Door
- Locus #702 to The Night Window
- The Science-Fiction Collector #6 to A Werewolf Among Us
- The Science-Fiction Collector #7 to Fear That Man and Writing Popular Fiction
- The Science-Fiction Collector #14 to The Crimson Witch.
- Way Station (You’re really going to want to check out this one!)
- An additional note from Dean regarding a ghost-author for two chapters of Writing Popular Fiction
Whats New & Updated January 13, 2020
January 13, 2020
Just the one item this week as I’ve been focusing on some other writing assignments and organizing the fanzines as most of them still need to be added to the site. I’m hoping to get to those soon.
- Facebook quote re: Demon Seed‘s original title
Whats New & Updated January 6, 2020
January 6, 2020
Those Facebook memes about not knowing what day it was for the past two weeks due to the holidays… Yeah, that was totally me this past week.
- “Dean Koontz is Anything but ‘Nameless'” to Appendix B
- Cleaned up some image alignment issues on Appendix G
New Interview in December 2019 issue of Suspense Magazine
January 3, 2020
Suspense Magazine’s Best of 2019 Issue contains a new interview with Dean mostly around the release of Nameless. Check out the full issue on the Suspense Magazine web site. (It starts on page 105.)
Whats New & Updated December 31, 2019
December 31, 2019
A day late and not much. But hey, I warned you last week. Happy new year everyone!
- H.P. Lovecraft Against the World, Against Life by Michel Houellebecq to Appendix G
- Jeffrey Jones: The Definitive Reference update info on the Dark of the Woods page
- One Door Away From Heaven, statement from Dean on previous film option
- Science Fiction Collector #1 to the Star Quest page
The Night Window paperback release date
December 26, 2019
Amazon has listed 25 February 2020 as release date for the (what I assume to be) premium paperback edition of The Night Window.
Whats New & Updated December 23, 2019
December 23, 2019
This week looks to have been Appendix week with a whole bunch of added ephemera content and additional images. Not sure how much I’ll get done over the next two weeks with the holidays, but I am taking some time off from the day job around New Year so let’s see what happens.
- Children’s Hospital Seasons 6 & 7 cover image to Appendix G
- Cyclonopedia: Complicity with Anonymous Materials by Reza Negarestani to Appendix B
- Dean Koontz a Writer’s Biography UK TPBK cover to Appendix A
- Dean Koontz’s Terror Tales to Appendix F
- Family Guy Volume One cover image to Appendix B
- Mammoth Book of Best New Horror 15 cover image to Appendix F
- Robot Chicken Season 4 cover image to Appendix B
- Transformations and Science Fiction Rebels by Mike Ashley to Appendix G
- Who’s Who in Science Fiction by Brian Ash cover images to Appendix G
- Wondercon 2013 Program cover image to Appendix G
- World Horror Convention 2013 Souvenir Book cover image to Appendix G