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Beatschild film part 2 & Shattered originally as by Dean Koontz?
March 5, 2017
Continuing to work my way through some recent finds we come to Locus #120, 25 August 1972…
According to this this issue the option on the yet to be filmed Beastchild was renewed at least once and, maybe more interestingly, Shattered had been sold to Random House “under [his] own name.” In the end, as we all know it came out under the K.R. Dwyer pseudonym. I wonder what happened there.
Enter to win an ARC of The Silent Corner
March 5, 2017
goodreads is giving away 25 ARCs of The Silent Corner and you’ve got just a little more than two days left to enter.
Reselling lawsuit dismissed
March 5, 2017
A follow-up to this story…
LAS VEGAS (CN) – Best-selling author Dean Koontz doesn’t directly do business in Nevada and can’t be sued on fraud claims by a Nevadan who says Koontz kept valuable signed works instead of selling them.
Last week, U.S. District Judge Gloria M. Navarro dismissed a complaint filed by Raymond Davis that accused Koontz of keeping a valuable collection of signed literature formerly owned by John Paul Bodner.
Koontz and Davis were mutual friends with Bodner, who passed away in 2012.
Davis said Bodner gave him a collection books written by Koontz, many of which the author signed.
Davis said he sought his help in selling them, and Koontz agreed to sell them on consignment in 2013.
But instead of selling the books, Davis said Koontz kept them and refuses to return them. Davis sued Koontz last year, and accused the author of fraud, conversion and unjust enrichment.
Koontz sought dismissal due to a lack of personal jurisdiction.
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Navarro dismissed Davis’ claim without prejudice, noting he could request permission to amend his complaint.
Read the full article @ Courthouse News Service.
Films Into Books -or- There's more than one John Hill in the world
March 5, 2017
There are a lot of reference books out there that were very useful in the pre-Internet days and they we marketed to, and mostly sold to libraries. Here’s one of them form 1995:
Beyond a very long bibliography of film and TV novelizations there’s essays on authors ranging from Piers Anthony to Robert Block to John Jakes. Dean gets two mentions in the first chapter since he wrote the novelization of The Funhouse.
Sadly, this book also includes some mis-information:
Just as Dean didn’t write Stolen Thunder under the pseudonym David Axton (Prison of Ice), there’s never been any proof that he wrote the novelization for the film Heartbeeps under the name John Hill (The Long Sleep.)
For reference, here’s the paperback in question:
Eyes of the Virgin blurb
March 5, 2017
Found another new (to me) Koontz blurb yesterday on the 2003
paperback edition of Eyes of the Virgin by Thomas F. Monteleone.
Beastchild film that never happened & "House of Night"
March 4, 2017
Digging though Locus #82 from 1971 I found this little gem. First the fact that Beastchild had been optioned for either film or TV. (I’d previously not known that.) Second, Dean had sold the title House of Night to Bantam. In the end, House of Night was re-titled. Do you know what it ended up being published as? (This I did know.)
Side note: Notice the bit about Harlan Ellison working on a “film” of Demon With a Glass Hand? That ended up being a classic episode of The Outer Limits.
More old magazines added to the collection today
March 3, 2017
Today was a good mail day. Three (very) old issues of Locus and Bill Munster’s Footsteps #8.
The Gurkha RPV
March 3, 2017
Again, you’ll understand eventually…
Working with Vaughn Bodé
February 26, 2017
I don’t know exactly what project this book (originally from 1974) is referring to but that paragraph is a quote from Dean. It may be referring to an unreleased screenplay based on Bodé’s The Amorous Adventures of Puck, of which previously I don’t believe I’ve mentioned on this blog.
The Whispering Room
February 26, 2017
From the end of The Silent Corner ARC. This is all I’m going to share. I’ve found no release date at this point.
Please turn the page
for a special advance preview of
the next Jane Hawk novel from
#1 New York Times bestselling author
DEAN KOONTZ
THE WHISPERING ROOM
1
Cora Gundersun walked through seething fire without being burned, nor did her white dress burst into flames. She was not afraid, but instead exhilarated, and the many admiring people witnessing this spectacle gaped in amazement, their expressions of astonishment flickering with reflections of the flames. They called out to her not in alarm, but in wonder, with a note of veneration in their voices, so that Cora felt equally thrilled and humbled that she had been made invulnerable.
The Inspire 1 Pro drone
February 25, 2017
You’ll understand eventually.
The Silent Corner ARCs
February 24, 2017
In case you haven’t noticed ARCs for The Silent Corner are starting to appear both in print (eBay) and electronically. Just got my eARC and will be starting it momentarily. Here’s one bit I will tease you with:
The Silent Corner: Those who are truly off the grid and cannot be tracked by any technology, yet are able to move about freely and use the Internet, are said to be in the silent corner.
Given my technology background my hopes are suddenly much higher than they were before. Echos of Dark Rivers of the Heart anyone?
The Silent Corner updates
February 20, 2017
Two items of note:
- Amazon is now listing a release date of May 30, a move up a week from the previously listed June 6.
- Charnel House will be releasing editions(?) in July. No further details look to be available at this time.
Black River sequel due out in April
February 20, 2017
According to the Charnel House site the following will be released in April:
BLACK RIVER: I’ll Be Watching Over You
by Dean Koontz
This is the only mention of this title I can find anywhere. Does anyone else know anything about this?
The Silent Corner UK cover art
February 17, 2017
Just posted on Dean’s Facebook page.
Demon Seed Blu-ray pre-ordering available
February 17, 2017
The Demon Seed Blu-ray if now available for pre-ordering on Amazon.com with a list price of $21.99 and a release date of March 14, 2017.
Junkwaffel #3
February 15, 2017
My latest Vaughn Bodē / Dean Koontz find…
The Vaughn Bodē Index
February 12, 2017
Here’s another one that’s been on my want list for a while. Not that I couldn’t find a copy, just that most were selling for way more than I was willing to pay. Well, I’ve been going through it and let’s just say that I wish I’d not waited so long and that there are one or two previously unknown to me items now on the way to my collection. More details to follow.
Demon Seed on Blu-ray
February 12, 2017
According to blu-ray.com Demon Seed will finally be release on Blu-ray in “early 2017.” Sadly, the trailer seems to be the only content beyond the film. More details to follow as they become available. (Thanks to Noah for the heads up.)
World Horror Convention 2013 Souvenir Book
February 12, 2017
Finally pick up one of the 600 copies of this for a reasonable price.:
Here’s why.