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Tobe Hooper on “The Funhouse”
May 11, 2019
Hideaway on Blu-Ray
May 9, 2019
Hideaway has finally received a Blu-ray release from Cinema Cult. Sadly, for me at least, it’s Region 2, so it’s not going to play in the US without some jiggering of your hardware/software. (Amazon.co.uk) Of course, I’ll probably buy a copy anyway and it’ll be going into the site this week.
Cinematic Randomness has a review of the release.
Looks like I’m still on the mailing list.
May 6, 2019
What’s New & Updated May 6, 2019
May 6, 2019
The Odd Thomas books are done! There are a few related essays to still add but I’m assuming no one’s desperately waiting for those.
- Alternate Demon Seed film poster
- Floater by Gary Brandner to Ephemera
- Forbidden Door review in Suspense Magazine, Nov/Dec 2018
- Odd Thomas 4.5a: Odd Interlude
- Odd Thomas 4.5b: Odd Interlude: A Special Odd Thomas Adventure
- Quote from Watchers review in Books, September 1987
- Watchers II foreign edition images
Duke University obtains the Locus Collection
May 5, 2019
Anyone in Durham, NC want to take a little trip on my behalf?
The David M. Rubenstein Rare Book & Manuscript Library at Duke University has acquired the archives of the Locus Science Fiction Foundation, publisher of Locus, the preeminent trade magazine for the science fiction and fantasy publishing field.
The massive collection—which arrived in almost a thousand boxes—includes first editions of numerous landmarks of science fiction and fantasy, along with correspondence from some of the genre’s best-known practitioners, including Isaac Asimov, Arthur C. Clarke, Ursula K. Le Guin, Harlan Ellison, Octavia E. Butler, James Tiptree, Jr. (Alice Sheldon), Dean Koontz, Robert A. Heinlein, and hundreds more.
Locus started out in 1968 as a one-sheet science fiction and fantasy fanzine. Since then, it has evolved into the most trusted news magazine in science fiction and fantasy publishing, with in-depth reviews, author interviews, forthcoming book announcements, convention coverage, and comprehensive listings of all science fiction books published in English. It also administers the prestigious annual Locus Awards, first presented in 1971, which recognize excellence in science fiction and fantasy.
Check out more details @ the Duke University Libraries blog
Also covered by Cory Doctorow over at Boing Boing.
Amazing alternate Demon Seed film poster
May 5, 2019
Champion
May 4, 2019
Dean Laymon & Richard Koontz
May 2, 2019
It seems that Gary Brandner’s novel Floater contains two seemingly familiar characters; Dean Laymon and Richard Koontz.
Thanks to Paul Evans for finding this one!
What’s New & Updated April 29, 2019
April 29, 2019
More Odd Thomas titles this week. They’re almost done. Can anyone tell which one I’ve not done yet?
- Dean Koontz – Odd Apocalypse and Deeply Odd (2-in-1 Collection)
- Dean Koontz – Odd Thomas Series: Books 5 & 6: Odd Apocalypse, Deeply Odd
- Odd Thomas: You Are Destined to be Together Forever
The Night Window sneak peek
April 29, 2019
New reprint of “Kittens” arriving on May 21, 2019
April 25, 2019
Order your copy from Amazon.
What’s New & Updated April 22, 2019
April 22, 2019
A small handful of items this week, but chances are you had no clue that the letter in FOSFAX #191 even existed. If you did, why didn’t you tell me about it?
- Author’s Note (The Forbidden Door)
- Cemetery Dance Magazine Index to Ephemera
- Dean Koontz – Odd Hours and Odd Interlude (2-in-1 Collection)
- “In regard to Rodney Leighton’s comments about Dark Rivers of the Heart”
I get to list a book of mine in the Ephemera appendix!
April 16, 2019
Yep, my Cemetery Dance Magazine Index, which includes entries for Dean, is out! Order your copies directly from Cemetery Dance Publications today.
What’s New & Updated April 15, 2019
April 15, 2019
And this week sees the completion of the Odd Thomas manga.
- In Odd We Trust
- Odd Is On Our Side
- House of Odd iPhone skin
- Science Fiction Review #23 (1977) to the “A Season for Freedom” page
Meet Saint Bartholomew
April 15, 2019
What have the Vashta Nerada been reading?
April 15, 2019
I’m also a big Doctor Who fan so this artwork gets multiple nerd points from me.
Alternative covers from Rah Media Digital
April 15, 2019
Two interviews from 2017
April 15, 2019
Just dug these up. Thought you’d be interested.
- Dean Koontz: A rogue FBI agent against the machine, BookPage interview by Hilli Levin
- Goodreads Interview with Dean Koontz
What’s New & Updated April 8, 2019
April 8, 2019
It’s not much, but updates and additions they nonetheless are…
- The Forbidden Door PPBK
- “Amazing by Moonlight” by Joseph Wrzos, Weird Fiction Review #9 to Ephemera
- Santa Clarita Diet s03e04: More of a Cat Person to Ephemera
- A bunch of image alignment clean up on the Ephemera page too.
Dean gets a shout out on Russell Brand’s show
April 8, 2019
You can view the full December 15, 2018 episode on YouTube. (This post does not imply any endorsement of anything said by anyone in this or the linked video.)