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Two more MacDonald intros out today
June 10, 2014
Today sees the release of John D. MacDonald’s All These Condemned and Dead Low Tide with introductions by Dean. As previously, all of these books contain the same essay by Dean so there’s no need to buy for “new” material by Dean.
Signed copies of Saint Odd available
June 7, 2014
Barnes & Noble now has signed copies of Saint Odd available for pre-order on their Web site.
The City's Reading Group Guide
June 6, 2014
Did you notice the recently posted “Reading Group Guide” for The City that’s been posted over at DeanKoontz.com? Here’s one of the included questions:
10. Consider the role of race and identity throughout the narrative, and what it means to different characters. Think about Jonah’s narration as an African American boy coming of age during a time of national unrest, when race riots were the norm. What special insights into the era did you gain from Jonah’s unique perspective? Did anything about his attitude or his family’s attitude about race surprise you? What did you make of Mr. Yoshioka’s Manzanar “posse” and the relationships among them? How did the core values of the various characters inform their approach to this element of their lives?
A Designer Fights the Small Screen
June 6, 2014
Mr. Kalomirakis, 58, known as a pioneer of the modern home theater, has created hundreds of such projects across the globe through his 24-year-old company, TK Theaters. His clients include Eddie Murphy, Seth MacFarlane, Dean Koontz and Judd Apatow, among others. The creations cost $200,000 to $10 million, including a design fee of up to $100 a square foot.
Read the full article @ The Wall Street Journal.
If you’re interested in seeing photos of, and reading more about the theater he built for Dean, check out the book Great Escapes: New Designs for Home Theaters.
Social Justice
June 6, 2014
Would you like an advance copy of The City?
June 3, 2014
If you’re a LibraryThing member their June 2014 batch of early reviewer copies includes The City. No guarantees you’ll get one if you request, and chances are it won’t arrive until after the book is officially released, but it would be a nice addition to your collection, wouldn’t it?
The Neighbor is available
June 3, 2014
Don’t forget the eBook The Neighbor is out today and available from most major eBook sources.
More on the Dynamite Comics news
May 31, 2014
Well, not too much more as most of the articles are repeating the same information, but I post them here for the record anyway.
- Dynamite Does A Deal For Shaft And Koontz – Bleeding Cool
- Dynamite Signs Big Dean With Well Known Author Dean Koontz – The Outhousers
- Dean Koontz Extends Deal With Dynamite – Bloody Disgusting
Chase MP3-CD
May 29, 2014
Well, here’s something new… Up until this point all Dean Koontz audiobooks on MP3-CD (and every other MP3-CD audiobook I’ve ever seen,) have come in DVD-style plastic cases. But I just opened today’s mail and found that the MP3-CD version of Chase is housed in an orange Blu-ray-style plastic case with “AUDIOBOOK” stamped in shiny red at the top. (And no, the Amazon.com page for this item does not indicate this at all.) I wonder if this is BrillianceAudio specific or the shape of MP3-CD audiobook storage across the board.
More Dynamite Koontz Comics On the Way!
May 29, 2014
To coincide with the Book Expo in New York where Dynamite are exhibiting, they are announcing a number of plans.
…Dynamite has also extended their deal with author Dean Koontz for his Frankenstein, Christopher Snow and Nevermore books, with new comics based on all three.
And moreover, Dynamite will also publish comics based on three new original “properties” from Koontz, exclusive for Dynamite, with at least three graphic novels to be published for each.
Via Bleeding Cool.
Cemetery Dance has some great items on eBay right now
May 24, 2014
Including the following Dean Koontz items:
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From The Corner of His Eye by Dean Koontz (Signed Limited Edition)
- False Memory by Dean Koontz (Signed Limited Edition)
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The House of Thunder by Dean R. Koontz (Signed Limited Edition)
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Dark Dreamers edited by Stanley Wiater (Signed Limited Edition)
Be sure to check out all of their auctions for other great deals.
Dump Toppers
May 23, 2014
A “dump” is something that you don’t see much in bookstores as much as you did back in the 80s & 90s thought they’re still around. Dumps are cardboard displays that usually have nine slots into which books were displayed face out. The “topper” for “header” was the artwork attached to the top of the dump to advertise the author and/or author on display.
Having previously worked for many years as a bookseller and these days just asking the store manager if I can have it when it was taken down, I’ve amassed a good-sized collection of this Koontz advertising memorabilia. Here’s a slideshow of my collection for your perusal.
(The one for Fear Nothing is actually motorized and switches between two images. If I actually still had a D cell battery in the house I believe it would still work.)
The City excerpt now available in multiple formats
May 22, 2014
You do have to supply an e-mail address but you can now get the first six chapters of The City in PDF, ePub, and mobi (Kindle) formats from Noisetrade.com.
The Neighbor (eBook prequel to The City)
May 21, 2014
On June 3rd, The Neighbor, an eBook prequel to The City is being released on all major platforms. Click the image for the Amazon.com page or head over to DeanKoontz.com for links to the other platforms.
Every city has its wonders and mysteries. For the Pomerantz family, the most disturbing mystery at the moment is the identity and the intentions of their new neighbor, in this eBook original short story—a prequel to The City, the gripping and moving new novel by Dean Koontz.
The year is 1967. Malcolm Pomerantz is twelve, geeky and socially awkward, while his seriously bright sister, Amalia, is spirited and beautiful. Each is the other’s best friend, united by a boundless interest in the world beyond their dysfunctional parents’ unhappy home. But even the troubled Pomerantz household will seem to be a haven compared to the house next door, after an enigmatic and very secretive new neighbor takes up residence in the darkest hours of the night.
Two other boxes
May 20, 2014
Since I posted about boxed sets yesterday, today I figured I’d show you two other boxes in my collection. The first is a box that copies of From the Corner of His Eye were shipped in from the publisher to bookstores.
The second is the box that housed advance reading copies of By the Light of the Moon. In this case the book also came with a t-shirt.
Boxed Sets
May 19, 2014
Back in the 90s there were a bunch of Dean Koontz boxed sets released. Unfortunately, I don’t have any sort of list as to which books were released in which sets. However, I do have three of those boxes in my collection. Here they are, each pictures from two sides since each has two pieces of art/photography on the box.
Obscure Audio Editions follow-up
May 17, 2014
I just wanted to post a quick correction to my previous post about the NLS audio editions of some titles. It’s not a catalog from 1973 that I have, but one from 1977-1978 as shown here, along with the entry for After the Last Race.
Obscure audio editions
May 16, 2014
To my knowledge neither Nightmare Journey nor After the Last Race have been commercially released as audiobooks. However, both have been previously released as part of the National Library Service for the Blind and Physically Handicapped (NLS) from The Library of Congress. (In fact, I have a copy of a print catalog of available titles from this program from 1973 1977-78 and it does list After the Last Race as an available title.
Unfortunately for collectors, but for very good reasons, there are very specific eligibility requirements for participating in this program and there is specialty hardware needed in order to play the content. In other words, this is specialty content that I will not be including in the book.
However, I did recently come across both of these recordings on YouTube. Yes folks, these “copies” are violating copyright and I’ve got mixed emotions about promoting their existence. So, I’m embedding them below but not hosting additional copies on this site. I did not create these copies, nor did I upload them to YouTube. If they get taken down, the embeds here will also disappear. I’m pointing to them purely for the record.
See a follow-up post here.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5hn2F0aMjYM
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KiAT8lOB-Ko
For fans of Intensity
May 16, 2014
It’s not by Dean, but according to this review, fans of Intensity, might find this a good read.
SOUTH AFRICAN AUTHOR Lauren Beukes’s latest novel is less SF than it is mystery, suspense, and horror, riffing on both serial killer and haunted house prototypes. The basic premise has been used before. It immediately calls to mind Dean Koontz’s novel Intensity, in which a female protagonist hunts a serial killer after witnessing him murder her friend and her friend’s family. Beukes’s protagonist, Kirby Mazrachi, goes on a similar hunt, but under very different circumstances, and with significantly more finesse. The person she witnesses the serial killer murder is herself, and the serial killer, Harper Curtis, unlike Koontz’s ego-possessed Edgler Vess, is possessed by a house that allows him to travel through time.
The City BCE now available for pre-order
May 15, 2014
