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Lighnting audiobook for just $4.99
September 15, 2013
The unabridged audio version of Lightning is just $4.99 on Audible right now. (Price dubject to change without notice.s
Beautiful Old Dogs
September 10, 2013
From Publishers Weekly:
Coming from St. Martin’s in November is Beautiful Old Dogs: A Loving Tribute to Our Senior Best Friends, edited by David Tabatsky with photos by Garry Gross, providing touching anecdotes by such notables as Anna Quindlen, Dean Koontz, and Marlo Thomas.
Check it out on Amazon.
The Best Sci-fi/Horror Mash-ups
September 7, 2013
Demon Seed gets a mention in this great article on Film Equals about films that combine horror and science fiction.
WTF: Avatar ripped off Dark Rivers of the Heart?
September 7, 2013
I just stumbled over this Red State article from January 2010 about how Avatar is a total rip-off of Dark Rivers of the Heart. Whatever that author was on, I don’t want any. Besides, everyone knows that Avatar is Pocahontas in space.
Covers that never really existed
September 5, 2013
Two days ago I received my copy of the MP3-CD audio edition of The Servants of Twilight and it wasn’t what I expected. Below, on the left, is what Amazon had been (and still is) advertising as the cover art. This was based on the 2011 premium paperback release of the novel. However, below, on the right, is what I received. The actual release’s cover art is based on the trade paperback edition, also released this week. This isn’t the first time there’s been some advertised cover art that didn’t come to pass. Can you name any of the others?
Putnam Limited Editions
September 1, 2013
Back in the mid- to late-90s Putnam did a series of five limited editions of titles of Dean’s they were publishing. Four were spectacularly illustrated both on the dust jacket and slipcases. By the last one, The Bad Place, it’s like they hardly put in any effort at all.
Fear Nothing ad from 2007
August 31, 2013
Two more intros to MacDonald novels
August 31, 2013
Two more introductions from Dean for John D. MacDonald novels have been given release dates. The Neon Jungle and The Brass Cupcake are both set for release on 13 May 2014. (No cover images are yet available.)
The Servants of Twilight trade paperback arrives Tuesday
August 31, 2013
The trade paperback release of The Servants of Twilight comes out this Tuesday, September 3rd. As with the other trade paperback releases this one comes with “an afterword by the author.” It doesn’t say “new” so I’m assuming it’s a reprint but will wait to receive my copy before determining that.
Odd Thomas @ Firghtfest 2013
August 31, 2013
The Odd Thomas film was shown recently at the 2013 Frightfest film festival in the UK and the reviews are in. Let’s just say they’re mixed and leave it at that.
Twitch Film: ODD THOMAS Panders To The Geek Crowd
Flickering Myth: Film: ★ ★ / Movie: ★ ★ ★ ★
SFX: Penny Dreadful At FrightFest 2013
Dean on DVD
August 29, 2013
Wondering what Dean’s stuff looks like on DVD? Here’s what I believe is a complete collection. I’ll leave it to you to figure out some of the more non-obvious discs I’ve included. (As always, let me know if you think I’ve missed something.)
Frickin' lasers!
August 26, 2013
Did you know that several Dean Koontz films (for better or for worse) were released on laserdisc? I think I have a complete collection. Please feel free to correct me if I’m missing one. (Sharks not included.)
Rockin’ the Book World
August 24, 2013
A great article on Joe Stefko publisher of the amazing Charnel House Editions.
Charnel House began in earnest with Dean Koontz, of whom Stefko is a fan. Koontz gave Stefko a copy of the Beastchild paperback, and, with help from Ken Keller at Nemo Press, Stefko taught himself the basics of fine bookmaking. In what would become a Charnel House tradition, he incorporated aspects of theBeastchild storyline into the binding’s design; the numbered copies were bound in lizard, making for an especially tactile reading experience. “Basically I took it and came back almost a year later and handed him a copy of both editions [lettered and numbered—Charnel House produces two versions of each title]. He loved them.”
For his part, Koontz said, “Working with Joe is great fun because he’s an entertaining guy and because he’s got an exceptional talent for designing and producing exquisite limited editions. His books are always thoughtful and clever and well made—and often as downright sensuous as a book can be.”
Read the full article @ Fine Books Magazine.
Charnel House Deeply Odd news
August 24, 2013
The cover design has changed on Deeply Odd. It went from a Hitchcock’s profile in gold to a two color hand stamp of Edie Fischer’s jeweled exclamation point brooch.
Source: CharnelHouse.com.
Meet manga artist Queenie Chan (Australia)
August 24, 2013
If you enjoy manga, or even illustrating, you’ll love the opportunity to meet Queenie Chan, a New York Time’s bestselling manga artist and graphic novelist in September.
Sunshine Coast Council libraries present Queenie Chan at two special events at Nambour Library on 20 September and at the ‘pop up’ library the Vault at the University of the Sunshine Coast on 21 September.
Queenie’s latest collaboration is with bestselling author Kylie Chan, illustrating her new book Small Shen. She has also worked with Dean Koontz on his Odd Thomas graphic novel adaption and her series The Dreaming was one of the first manga launched by Tokyo Pop that was not made in Japan.
Read the full article @ MySunshineCoast.com.au.
Ben Affleck as Batman: Roles that might inform Dark Knight portrayal
August 24, 2013
“Phantoms” (1998): As Jay and Silent Bob could tell you, Affleck was the bomb in “Phantoms,” yo. In the 1998 supernatural horror flick, based on the book by Dean Koontz, Affleck plays Sheriff Bryce Hammond, tasked with sleuthing out the culprit behind a string of grisly deaths. Batman, after all, is a detective with a cape.
Read the full article @ LATimes.com.
Read the first five chapters of Innocence right now
August 22, 2013
Donald Wollheim and the Ace Double Novel
August 18, 2013
While this article doesn’t mention Dean, he did publish two Ace Doubles so some of you might find the article interesting nonetheless.
In October 1953, Ace introduced its first science-fiction novel, pairing up two novels from A.E. van Vogt: The World of Null-A and The Universe Maker. Every other month, a new book would appear on the book rack. Van Vogt’s book was followed in December 1953 by Robert E. Howard’s Conan the Conqueror and Leigh Brackett’s The Sword of Rhiannon. In between, the company published a single novel. Due to their popularity, Ace bumped the production schedule up to a science-fiction double a month in 1958.
Read the full article @ KirkusReviews.com.
Forbes Top-Paid Authors 2013
August 16, 2013
Dean’s #11 this year. (Full article)
New trilogy to start in 2014
August 12, 2013
Your heard it here first folks! Here’s what’s coming after Innocence in 2014!
EXCITING NEW TRILOGY ON THE HORIZON: Innocence will publish a short six months before the start of a brand new trilogy from Dean Koontz, kicking off with Secret Forest in July. The series stars Ivy Elgin, who played a secondary role in Koontz’s New York Times bestselling novel Velocity, and she’s risen to become one of Koontz’s most popular, sought-after characters in spite of the limited time she spent on the page. There’s something magical about her that fans simply cannot forget and have asked for more of since first meeting her! These back-to-back, high-power publications will help fuel and promote one another, and bring Koontz to even greater heights.
This comes from a promotional site that Random House (and many other publishers) use to promote titles to booksellers and librarians which I’m going to keep to myself. Granted, previous books by Dean have been announced and later cancelled (Storm Front anyone?) so if this doesn’t come to be, don’t blame me.