the first dean koontz community (original) (raw)

Below are the 20 most recent journal entries recorded infans of dean koontz's LiveJournal:

Wednesday, March 9th, 2011

Экспериментальный обмен рекламой с Зоной Ужасов Хочу пораскручивать дополнительно свой сайт Зона Ужасов (http://horrorzone.ru/). Денег на раскрутку жаль, да и мало их пока, самому что-то кушать надо. Поэтому изголяемся, экспериментируем...
Суть предложения для владельцев ЖЖ и других блогов, дневников etc. сводится к такому простому обмену: один вечный пост в Вашем дневнике с обзором сайта Зона Ужасов и ссылкой на его главную страницу, а взамен создание размещение (в течение одной недели) на многих-многих страницах Зоны (на данный момент их несколько тысяч) баннера, ведущего на Ваш дневник.
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Saturday, October 9th, 2010

3:58 am
[gaga_goth]

Odd one... Dean Koontz is one smooth talker.
I swear.
He suckers me in every page.

Monday, September 24th, 2007

1:36 pm
[gemfyre]

How many Koontz books have YOU read? I started reading Koontz at 13, I'm now almost 28. I believe I've read all of his major novels up to Brother Odd. Have I missed any? I just find Koontz so easy to read. I'm currently re-reading a bunch that I read in my teens.

Brother Odd
The Husband
Forever Odd
Frankenstein - City Of Night
Velocity
Frankenstein - Prodigal Son
Life Expectancy
The Taking
Odd Thomas
The Face
By the Light of the Moon
One Door Away from Heaven
From the Corner of His Eye
False Memory
Seize the Night
Fear Nothing
Sole Survivor
Demon Seed
Ticktock
Intensity
Strange Highways
Icebound
Dark Rivers of the Heart
Winter Moon
Dragon Tears
Mr. Murder
Hideaway
Cold Fire
The Bad Place
Midnight
Lightning
The Servants of Twilight
Shadow Fires
Watchers
Strangers
The Door to December
Twilight Eyes - first Koontz book I ever read
Darkfall (as Darkness Comes)
Phantoms
The House of Thunder
The Eyes of Darkness
The Mask
Whispers
The Funhouse
The Voice of the Night
The Key to Midnight
The Vision
The Face of Fear
Night Chills
Shattered
Chase
Oddkins

Wednesday, September 12th, 2007

12:19 pm
[mparfenov]

Sunday, November 12th, 2006

6:38 pm
[smck42]

Ok, so I was looking through my Amazon.com recomendation, and apparently there is a THIRD book about Odd Thomas coming out on November 28th called Brother Odd.

Anyone else hear about this???

Monday, October 30th, 2006

12:48 am
[raj_85uk]

what is the title of this book!? ok so there is this one dean koontz book i read a few years back and cannot for the life of me find out what it was called.

in it there is something (can't remember if it was a man or a crature) who comes to you and basically tells you that your time is limited and before he leaves he goes "tick tock tick tock" (and NO it is not the book by koontz that is actually called tick tock). so in this book i also remember that there was a boy, his mum and his dog who i think were living out of a car.
and there was also a fight between the ticktock-thing and a person (cant remember who) in a kitchen, in a house if i remember correctly, which is by the ocean.

so if anyone can tell me hat this book is then i would really really appreciate it!

Friday, August 25th, 2006

10:09 pm
[hike_on]

I was just wondering what other authors people on here recommended. I dont know if its like swearing around here asking that but I'm sure Mr Koontz doesn't object to us sampling other people's work lol. I tried a bit of Dean Koontz with "From a Buick 8", "Danse Macabre" and "The Green Mile" With the exception of the Green Mile, I was particularly gripped so what else can I try. This is not to say I am bored with Koontz' work as I'm not. I cant put a book of his down once Ive picked it up and my latest read is Forever Odd, which wasnt amazing in comparison to Odd Thomas but I still enjoyed it nonetheless.

I heard Ann Rice is very good although I'm not big on vampire stuff and from what I can gather, this is pretty much all she writes about, correct me if I'm wrong...

Looking forward to your replies. Lets keep this community alive!

(cross-posted)

Saturday, July 29th, 2006

6:50 pm
[silversquall]

Titles I've been part of this community a while, I think, but I've never made a post up till now.

Anyways, I just recently read the new afterword for Dragon Tears, and I find it rather interesting because it dealt with two things that came to into my mind when I originally read Dragon Tears:

1. The title was horrible in relation with the novel itself (But I gave him the benefit of the doubt. Maybe the title was an angle that I just didn't recognize.)

2. The "tick tock" thing seemed strangely similiar to Koontz's other novel, Tick Tock.

So, hmm, I suppose that a community post is meant to set the grounds for discussion. Was I the only who thought that Dragon Tears was a bad title to begin with? And while we're on the subject, what Koontz book titles do you guys like the most? (odd topic, I know).

Personally, I favor Cold Fire (my favorite novel of his), Strangers (I like how the title could refer beyond the main characters), and From the Corner of His Eye (I just like the sound of it.)

Thursday, June 1st, 2006

1:46 am
[chocolate_daze]

Wednesday, May 31st, 2006

1:03 pm
[swandog]

Gone to the Dogs... :) (Crossposted to deankoontz.)

Wow...just finished "The Taking", and DANG, that was one dark, creepy rollercoaster of a book. O_o I was almost afraid to read it all the way to the end, unable to imagine how there could be any hope, any way out of that nightmare...but...well, I won't give it away. ;) I will say this, though...after reading so many of his intelligent dog/religious-themed books, I can't help but wonder if Koontz might secretly be a Christian therian (canine, of course). IMO, you can't write so many books along this same theme, and so very passionately, without believing/feeling it yourself to some extent. You can sense behind his words his own deep yearning to commune with dogs, to understand their thoughts, to be one with them and with nature, to regain Paradise Lost. Many of his fans are now griping about "all the religious dog stories", but I for one hope he keeps writing them; I dearly love them. They are full of such warm joy, hope, faith, love and courage amidst all the stark despair, horror, sorrow, death and darkness...Definitely worth reading, all of them, whether or not you're religious, whether or not you're a dog lover, whether or not you've ever read any other Koontz books at all (I've read most of them). My fave dog stories are, in this order: "The Watchers", "One Door Away From Heaven", "Fear Nothing", it's sequel "Seize the Night", and "The Taking". Not sure if he's done any other dog stories beyond these; can anyone here tell me? *eagerly looks forward to getting his next novel* :)

~SD

P.S. Anyone else here read "Oddkins"? I loved it, as did my 11yo son. :)

Current Mood: contemplative

Saturday, April 29th, 2006

11:44 pm
[smck42]

Seeing someone else post in here reminded me that I was in this group, lol. I was wondering if anyone else has read koontz's afterwords of his books? Obviously we have all read the books, and not everyone of them has an afterword, but I picked up a copy of Cold Fire recently and the afterword was hilarious. Does anyone else know of books of his that have afterwords?

3:43 pm
[zorgon76]

Seems like we hardly ever get any posts here. Well Koontz has a new book out in May, so maybe things will pick up then. Hope everyone is looking forward to THE HUSBAND like i am...

Sunday, January 22nd, 2006

9:40 pm
[katzuk05]

Frankenstein Okay

may be a stupid question, but i assume that fans of DK would have read his frankenstein books? well anyway i have, very good. however, left totally in limbo on ending of second book, is a third on its way do we know? being in the UK, usually very behind on these things!!!

cheers!

Saturday, December 31st, 2005

3:09 pm
[yvonnenavarro]

Book Auction Hi folks. Dusty Stacks Bookstore is running a number of very affordable auctions on eBay. One of those books is Strangers and includes a Stranger bookplate signed by Dean Koontz. Happy New Year.

Thursday, December 29th, 2005

2:20 pm
[smck42]

My brothers bought me Forever Odd for Christmas, and I thought it would be a good idea to reread Odd Thomas before I got into the new book. Except as I started reading, I remembered the ending of the book, and now I can't seem to finish it because it was too sad. I don't want to spoil the ending for anyone who hasn't read it, but I thought you all may understand this dilemia.

Saturday, December 24th, 2005

12:32 pm
[gloomytimes]

merry christmas

Monday, December 12th, 2005

9:23 pm
[1madgirl]

to let you know about a Dean Koontz heavy auction A housemate of mine gave me a bunch of Dean Koontz stuff to sell on Ebay. Some of it is autographed, rare, first edition, etc. There are two items which have been written under pseudonyms. There's a literary magazine from his college in 1965 that includes three of his short stories. Definitely worth checking out for Koontz fans.

http://search.ebay.com/_W0QQfgtpZ1QQfrppZ25QQsassZviachikk

I generally don't like to subject people in communities to items I'm selling, but I'd much rather have these items end up in the hands of a Koontz fan than someone who just wants to resell it. While they were not my items, I know that my housemate was very attached and had a hard time parting with them. If anyone is interested, please let me know or place a bid.

Saturday, December 3rd, 2005

3:17 pm
[therainbowqueen]

Forever Odd/The Husband Just wondering if anyone's read Forever Odd yet - not seen any reports from here. (I have to wait for it to come out in the UK and then probably til someone buys it me for Christmas). Also I noticed from Amazon there's a new book due out (in USA) in May 06 called The Husband. Any info on that anyone?

Wednesday, November 16th, 2005

10:40 am
[jomac]

New Book It's Coming - November 30th......

I'm literally squealing in anticipation....

Forever Odd, the sequel to the Odd Thomas book.

Monday, October 31st, 2005

4:21 pm
[buffywnabe]