paced reading horror and thrillers discussion

I know there are a few Dean Koontz fans here, myself included. I have read a ton of his books but off the top of my head a couple of my favorites are shadows, watchers, night chills, and probably my number one of his false memory.

Worst author ever...not really. Good stuff. New book coming in two weeks. More Odd Thomas.

Yea I wanted to catch up on the series but I just don't have them any more and I don't want to re-read them enough to go re-buy them. I do need to get the interludes though.

Yea, i re-read all the books right before Interludes came out and i'm all set for the new book. I have all the books, most in mass market paperback, that are stored in box in my closet.

Awhile back I finaly decided to take all but my very favorite books to the used book store for credit. I think I have the first book in the series still but the rest got cashed in.

I used to have hardcovers of the entire series though, also his other series (snow something? I forget.) I hear the new book ties the two series together and is a conclusion to both story's. I forget where I heard that so i dont know if it is true but I do remember a few references in books from both series that hinted at it though.

Interludes has connections, but the new book isn't the conclusion. there are two more Odd books coming in the next year or so and i don't think the two will fully connect together. (Chris Snow, Moonlight Bay series)

I hardly remember that series. A few things I do remember are evil monkeys trapping a surfer dude and his hienekin drinking dog in there trailer, a house fire that destroyed some fine art, and somekind of doomsday devise in a large building where one of his friends gets shot in an elevator. That's about it and some of that might be odd Thomas.

No that's probably all the Snow series (none of that was in Odd Thomas). I want to re-read the Snow series though.

I love Koontz. I classify horror into two types. Creepy and Night Terrors.

Its my own system. Creppy for me is the books that things seem normal but are really just a bit off center.

Night Terrors are the ones that are the ones that have me checking the locks on the door and sleeping with the lights on.

Koontz can write both. The Taking is one that still give me the willies. Yet I think he tends to write more of the creepies. I love the Odd Thomas books. Odd is just ont of those chars that I could read as much as it written about him.

My face DK books are Fear Nothing which is the first Chris Snow book and Watchers. I still have all of his books. my endeavor is to get them all in hardback but that's not easy.

Oh I love Koontz although at one point a couple of his books started sounding the same as I read them. Still a huge fan though! Hope we read one of his books for the club. I love John Saul also. Very creepy stuff!

Yea john Saul reminds me alot of Dean Koontz.

I bought 77 shadow street when it first came out and still haven't read it.

Justin wrote: "I bought 77 shadow street when it first came out and still haven't read it."

No need to rush to it, it was just so so...

I got my copy of Odd Apocalypse on order.

Yea that's what I have heard alot of people say about 77 shadow street, I will probably buy the odd interludes and read them and then maybe strangers after that. I just haven't been in the mood for Koontz lately.

I'll stop being in the mood for Koontz when I stop being in the mood to breathe; and perhaps even then I'll go and pester Odd for a while.

I just a copy of the original release of demon seed. gonna try and read both versions just to get how different they really are.

Any one get a chance to read Deeply Odd?

I started rereading the series so I could read odd interludes and everything after that but never got through it again, I remembered enough that I wasnt really enjoying my second read but didn't remember enough to continue with the series. I plan on picking up his new novelInnocence: A Novel though

I did that when Odd Interlude and Odd Apocalypse were about to come out and I hadn't read any of the books in atleast 4-5 years so it was nice re-reading them and having the stuff come back to me over time. I've been re-reading a few books the last couple months.

I'm not good with rereading books, I just can't get into it the second time.

Have not read anything from Koontz, but I have several of his books, some in HC and others in PB. I have picked a lot of his PBs on the clearance racks at Half Price Books in the past, and gotten some HC and larger PB editions from library sales and such. I think I bought one of the large PB titles at Target, but not really sure anymore.

Never did see what the big deal was with the odd series, but it got a movie deal so we'll see. Just isn't my thing. I still like Koontz. The Husband was good and I think I got False Memory somewhere, I just haven't read it.

I liked the Odd Series, but didn't go nuts over it. I like a lot of his books tho. The Husband was a good one. I've been meaning to re-read that one as well. Maybe after i re-read MR.MURDER.

I liked the odd series and would love to read all the new ones I just can't reread a book no matter how good it was, life is too short and my tbr is to long. it's been a long time since I have read any of his books though, Ihave had a paperback of strangers sitting on my shelf since before I got my first kindle. I just put it in for a group read suggestion but if it dont win I will probably read it myself pretty soon, it is one of a handful of his older novels that I hadn't read yet. one of my favorites of his is Dragon Tears

New Koontz book out today (Innocence: A Novel). Anyone else pick it up?

I have had it for 2 weeks now and as much as I have wanted to read it before every one else, I only read at work and want about to bring a Dean koontz arc to general motors and get it dirty. I will probably buy the ebook now and keep it in mint condition on the shelf where it belongs.

So I've always wanted to like Dean Koontz, but just don't seem to click with him. I read Phantoms years ago and remember really liking it. I've also read Odd Thomas and Fear Nothing, neither of which did much for me.

If there is one book that will convert me to Koontz fandom, what would it be?

My top three are Dragon Tears Watchers and Phantoms

Thanks, Justin. I've gotta check out the watchers.

I loved Watchers.

Watchers and Lightning were my favorites.

They tried three times to make Watchers into a movie, and failed. The first two had several scenes right out of the book and the third turned it into a Predator type story.

While reading Lightning, I imagined Arnold Schwarzenegger in the lead role.

But I gave up on Koontz after all the stories started blurring together. It seemed like they all had the same general formula. I would read the blurb of one of his books, and try to remember if I had already read it. However, I'm tempted to try out the Odd Thomas series.

i plan on reading strangers soon as well as his newest one innocence. maybe i will suggest one for next months group read and take my two novella suggestion out.

Anyone read Mr Murder. I just picked it up out of a dollar bin.

nope, i think i have it though.

Andrew wrote: "Anyone read Mr Murder."

Overall, I liked it. But I thought the concept could have been executed.

The TV movie based on it was OK...

Not a favorite at first, but when I read it again at an older age it was better. More of a straightforward thriller than something dealing with the supernatural. More a case of weird science gone awry, which is a favorite topic of Koontz. It’s one of the more realistic Koontz stories out there. If you disregard some more extraordinary elements, it’s a story you might see in the paper or on the news. The characters, the entire Stillwater family, become real people. And while usually I have trouble believing the maturity of children in Koontz’s books, the Stillwater kids are more like real kids than the kids in other books.

Thanks everyone. I'll move it one on the tbr list