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Midnight next for trade paperback treatment
March 5, 2011
Amazon.com is now listing a trade paperback edition of Midnight list-priced $16.00. No cover image is available yet.
What the Night Knows paperback details
February 27, 2011
No cover image yet but Amazon does now have a listing for the paperback edition of What the Night Knows. No word as to whether Darkness Under the Sun will be included in this edition.
I see dead people, keptin!
February 13, 2011
I’m sure he’ll do fine but the fresh memories of Anton Yelchin’s Russian accent as Chekov in 2009’s Star Trek, just wouldn’t leave my mind when I heard that he’s been cast in the upcoming Odd Thomas film. Do you think he’s right for the part?
Cheaper re-releases on their way
February 6, 2011
On April 26th, Bantam will be re-issuing the Dark Rivers of the Heart, Icebound, and Winter Moon mass-market paperbacks for just $5.99 each with special announcements as such on the covers.
Two more trade paperback re-releases on their way
February 6, 2011
Surfing around I just stumbled over the forthcoming trade paperback re-releases of The Eyes of Darkness and Hideaway coming out on April 5th and June 7th respectively. Both include Afterwords as with other previously releases in this series.
Three covers for Nevermore #2
February 5, 2011
According to Previews Issue 269 it looks like there’s going to be three different covers for Nevermore #2.
Borders bookmark ephemera
February 5, 2011
Found this at a Borders bookstore last night:
Dean re-returns to science ficiton
January 29, 2011
I recently discovered that in March of this year, the Nevermore comic series “Created by Dean Koontz” will be released by Dynamite, the current publishers of Dean’s Frankenstein comics. The interesting bit, is that none of the articles I’ve found online (1,2,3,4,5,6) mention that Nevermore #1 and #2 were previously released in March and June of 2009 respectively, by Dabel Brothers. (As I understand it, Dabel brothers went out of business shortly thereafter.) So the question is, will the first two issues of this “new” series be reprints of the original first two issues or not? Keep an eye out for further details as I find them. (Oh, and don’t miss the fact that there will be four different covers released for issue #1.)
Here are the images that I’ve been able to find online:
One more thing, an online article by Zac Turgeon is based on a “10 page preview” of issue #1. Does anyone know how I can get my hands on a copy of that?
Dean on Blu-ray for better or for worse
January 26, 2011
The film High Tension, often pointed out as a complete rip-off of Intensity, has been released on Blu-ray.
Blurb on a David Morrell book
January 26, 2011
David Morrell’s 2008 book The Successful Novelist contains a blurb from Dean on the back cover. FYI: The guide will contain an appendix listing books containing review blurbs form Dean. It won’t be exactly exhaustive but so far I do believe I have hundreds of titles listed. So, if you know of any please supply the title, author and year of publication in a comment.
Two new reprints in the next two months
January 25, 2011
A new trade paperback edition of The Door to December will be released by NAL on February 1st. The cover lists that it includes an afterword and considering it doesn’t say “a new afterword” I’m guessing it’s the same one as in the previously released Signet mass market paperback edition.
Then on March 1st, a new paperback of The Voice of the Night will be released with “a new afterword”. At this point I’m assuming it’s in the premium format given the $9.99 cover price and the fact that other recent reprints have been in that format.
Frankenstein updates
January 25, 2011
Just in case you missed it, the premium paperback edition of Frankenstein: Lost Souls was released today. (However, Amazon.com does list it as a mass market paperback.)
And on May 24th we’ll see the release of the fifth book in the series, Frankenstein: The Dead Town. This is being released as a mass market original, completely skipping a trade hardcover release.
Jeffrey Jones: A Life in Art
January 22, 2011
Previously I wondered if the book Jeffrey Jones: A Life in Art contained any of the work he did for Dean’s books. The answer is yes. Page 194 contains the cover of Dark of the Woods. As a result, both editions will be included in the Guide.
Legacies
January 20, 2011
I always had this small defense in the back of my mind when someone asked me why my book isn’t out yet. It was “Well, Cemetery Dance was supposed to publish Legacies back in 2001 also and it’s not out yet either.” That defense, although generally unspoken, disappeared yesterday as I finally received my copy of Legacies, containing Dean’s “Black River”, yesterday. (Click on the photo for more pics of this wonderful and long-awaited title.)
An odd observation about a recent book club edition
January 19, 2011
Back in the old days, book club editions didn’t list ISBNs, just the book club’s number. Then, a few years back they started listing an ISBN but usually of the equivalent trade edition. For example, the ISBN for the trade hardcover of What the Night Knows is 978-0-553-80772-1. The book club edition (BCE) of What the Night Knows lists the book club number of 1315656 but also the ISBN for the trade edition. (The appearance of the club number and the smaller size, never mind the shoddy binding, indicate that it’s a book club edition.) What this boils down to is that BCE’s don’t get their own ISBNs.
But then today I received my BCE of the large print edition of What the Night Knows. It lists a club number of 1333073 but the ISBN 978-1-61129-143-8. This is not the ISBN of the trade paperback large print edition. (978-0-7393-7797-0) Any searches for this new ISBN online all point to the large print book club edition.
So here’s my question from a bibliographer’s point of view: when did book club editions start getting their own ISBNs? Anyone?
Needed: Original publication of an interview by John Gilbert
January 17, 2011
The Summer 2006 issue of Useless News contains an interview titled “From the Graveyard of Forgotten Interviews” described as A few questions from a 1995 interview with John Gilbert.” I’m looking for any information on the original publication of this interview.
Found: Staten Island Advance
January 17, 2011
According to the Holidays 2007 issue of Useless News “In 1996, following the publication of Intensity, Dean did this interview with Michael Lyons, at the time the teenage correspondent for the Staten Island Advance.” Any additional information is greatly appreciated.
Update 12/18/12:
As you can tell from the comments I have been in contact with Mr. Lyons and he has supplied me with the needed information. As special thanks goes out to him!
Needed: Reader's Digest of Great Britain
January 17, 2011
According to the Spring 2007 issue of Useless News “…as The Husband was pending publication, Dean did the following interview with Reader’s Digest of Great Britain.” Any additional information would be greatly appreciated.
The Green Devotional
January 17, 2011
For those completists out there, The Green Devotional: Active Prayers for a Healthy Planet By Karen Speerstra contains a small excerpt from One Door Away From Heaven on page 197 and mentions the inclusion of Dean on the back cover. I’m guessing that since just a paragraph is being quoted, it was done so under fair use and Dean was not involved. If anyone knows any different please let me know. (You can see the quote via Google Books.)
Does this book contain and Dean Koontz cover art?
January 15, 2011
UPDATE: This question has been answered.
Here’s the Amazon.com description for the book Jeffrey Jones: A Life in Art
So here’s my question for before I order a copy and need to return it if the answer is no: does this book actually contain any cover art from a Dean Koontz book?
(Oh, and there’s a “signed and numbered limited edition” version of this title coming out in February too.)