cDog's Ultimate Dean Koontz Guide 2nd Ed. Read online

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  cDog's Ultimate Dean Koontz Companion

  Edited by cDog

  Second Edition

  Copyright © June 2006 by cDog :)

  First Edition

  Copyright © 2005 by cDog :)

  Ver 1.

  4/18/05

  cDog's Ultimate Dean Koontz Companion

  - Note on the Second Edition

  - Note to the Reader

  Misc. Information

  Dean Koontz - Pseudonyms

  The Books

  - Brother Odd

  - The Husband

  - Forever Odd

  - Frankenstein: City of Night

  - Velocity

  - Frankenstein: Prodigal Son

  - Life Expectancy

  - The Taking

  - Robot Santa:

  - Odd Thomas

  - The Face

  - By the Light of the Moon

  - Paper Doorway

  - The Book of Counted Sorrows

  - One Door Away from Heaven

  - From the Corner of His Eye

  - False Memory

  - Seize the Night

  - Fear Nothing

  - Sole Survivor

  - Tick Tock

  - Santa's Twin

  - Intensity

  - Dark Rivers of the Heart

  - Winter Moon

  - Mr. Murder

  - Dragon Tears

  - Hideaway

  - Cold Fire

  - Strange Highways

  - The Bad Place

  - Midnight

  - Oddkins

  - Lightning

  - Door to December

  - Shadowfires

  - Watchers

  - Strangers

  - New American * ?

  - The Servants of Twilight

  - Dark Fall

  - Phantoms

  - The House of Thunder

  - Eyes of Darkness

  - The Mask

  - Funhouse

  - Voice of the Night

  - Whispers

  - The Key to Midnight

  - Face of Fear

  - Vision

  - Time Thieves

  - Icebound

  - Night Chills

  - The Long Sleep

  - Dragonfly

  - Nightmare Journey

  - After the Last Race

  - The Haunted Earth

  - A Werewolf Among Us

  - Shattered

  - Demon Seed

  - Hanging on

  - Warlock

  - The Flesh in the Furnace

  - Chase

  - A Darkness in My Soul

  - The Crimson Witch

  - Hell's Gate

  - The Dark Symphony

  - Anti-man

  - Beast Child

  - Fear That Man

  - The Fall of the Dream Machine

  - Star Quest

  - The Movies ***

  - Black River

  - Sole Survivor

  - Mr. Murder

  - Watchers Reborn

  - Phantoms

  - Intensity

  - Hidaway

  - Watchers III

  - The Servants of Twilight

  - The Face of Fear

  - Watchers II

  - Whispers

  - Watchers

  - Demon Seed

  - Passegers Les (French)

  Works Cited

  - Note on the Second Edition

  After seeing someone post my first Ultimate Dean Koontz Guide a year after I wrote it, I was compelled to update the eBook with his new works and more information on the book Whispers. I also have reformatted the works cited at the end of the book in MLA style formatting.

  Please leave me your comments in the groups as I will see them. - cDog

  - Note to the Reader

  Please feel free to copy this in it's entirety. The only reason that this book was created was I wanted my own guide to his books. While compiling this I decided to add as much information that I could find. I do have the book by Katherine Ramsland, which I found very informative. I recommend this book for any Dean Koontz fan.

  I would like to take a minute to explain where I got the content of this book. I found most of the information on the Internet, so I warn you that this information may not be correct. I made the attempt to verify the information with at least 2 sources on the Internet, but I wasn't able to check all the information. Please be patient. I will be revising this book when I have more time to devote to this project. I love Dean Koontz's books.

  All my sources that I can remember are listed at the end of this eBook. Have fun using this book. All sources are listed with a * you can then find that information at the end of the book.

  There's no escape

  From Death's embrace,

  Though you lead it on

  A merry chase.

  - The Book Of Counted Sorrows

  Wee Wisdom

  When Tempest-tossed,

  Embrace chaos.

  - The Book Of Counted Sorrows

  Misc. Information

  Dean Koontz misc. info:

  Real Name: **

  Dean Ray Koontz

  Born: **

  Monday, July 9, 1945

  Parents: **

  Florence and Ray Koontz

  High School: **

  Bedford High School

  First Date: **

  Was with a girl named Jamie Fries. Mother had to drive him since he was only 15.

  College: **

  Shippensburg University, Pennsylvania.

  Married to and When: **

  Married to Gerda Cerra on October 15, 1966

  Dog: ****

  Trixie

  Home: **

  Southern California

  Dean Koontz - Pseudonyms

  Deanna Dwyer

  Leonard Chris

  K. R. Dwyer

  Brian Coffey

  Anthony North

  Aaron Wolfe

  John Hill

  David Axton

  Leigh Nichols

  Owen West

  Richard Paige

  The Books

  - Brother Odd

  (Up Coming Release)

  Published Date: November 28, 2006

  Publisher: Bantam Books

  Movie: No

  Audio Book: CD & Tape & MP3

  CD Abridgement: No

  Cassettes Abridgement: No

  Hard Cover Pages: 416

  This could be the third installment in the Odd Thomas series. I found out about this book when I linked to Bantam books and found it listed under Koontz. This could be interesting. You can search at Amazon.com to find more information on it (cDog).

  - The Husband

  Published Date: May 2006

  Publisher: Bantam Books

  Movie: No

  Audio Book: CD & Tape & MP3

  CD Abridgement: No

  Cassettes Abridgement: No

  Hard Cover Pages: 416

  Publishers Weekly (BN.COM)

  Koontz (Forever Odd) is likely to have himself another bestseller in this pulse-pounding thriller with echoes of Hitchcock and Cornell Woolrich. One morning, Southern California gardener Mitchell Rafferty gets a call on his cellphone from a stranger saying that Mitch's beloved wife, Holly, has been kidnapped and that he has less than three days to come up with $2 million in cash. Of course, he's warned not to involve the police. While Mitch is still on the phone, the kidnapper proves his seriousness by directing Mitch's attention to a man walking a dog across the street. A moment later the man is shot dead. Mitch must walk a fine line-cooperating with the police inquiry into this murder without
revealing Holly's plight. Koontz ratchets up the tension in a manner sure to captivate most readers, though some may find the ending anticlimactic. (May 30) Copyright 2006 Reed Business Information.

  - Forever Odd

  Pub 2005 November

  Publisher: Bantam Books

  Movie: No

  Audio Book: CD & Tape & MP3

  Number CD's: Unknown

  Abridged: No

  Number of Cassettes: Unknown

  Abridged: No

  Hard Cover Pages: 352

  Second book in the Odd Thomas series. * cDog

  From the Publishers(BN.COM)

  A childhood friend of Odd's has disappeared. The worst is feared. But as Odd applies his unique talents to the task of finding the missing person, he discovers something worse than a dead body, encounters an enemy of exceptional cunning, and spirals into a vortex of terror. Once again Odd will stand against our worst fears. Around him will gather new allies and old, some living and some not. For in the battle to come, there can be no innocent bystanders, and every sacrifice can tip the balance between despair and hope. Whether you're meeting Odd Thomas for the first time or he's already an old friend, you'll be led on an unforgettable journey through a world of terror, wonder and delight-to a revelation that can change your life. And you can have no better guide than Odd Thomas.

  - Frankenstein: City of Night

  Pub: July 2005

  Publisher: Bantam Books

  Movie: No

  Audio Book: CD & Tape

  Abridged Yes/No

  Number CD's: ?

  Number of Cassettes: ?

  Paper Back Pages: 496

  DEAN KOONTZ’S CITY OF NIGHT (BN.COM)

  They are stronger, heal better, and think faster than any humans ever created -- and they must be destroyed. But not even Victor Helios -- once Frankenstein -- can stop the engineered killers he’s set loose on a reign of terror through modern-day New Orleans. Now the only hope rests in a one-time "monster" and his all-too-human partners, Detectives Carson O’Connor and Michael Maddison. Deucalion’s centuries-old history began as Victor’s first and failed attempt to build the perfect human -- and it is fated to end in the ultimate confrontation between a damned creature and his mad creator. But first Deucalion must destroy a monstrosity not even Victor’s malignant mind could have imagine -- an indestructible entity that steps out of humankind’s collective nightmare with one purpose: to replace us.

  - Velocity

  Pub: Schedule for Release May 2005

  Publisher: Bantam Books

  Movie: No

  Audio Book: CD & Tape

  Abridged: No

  Hard Cover Pages: 416P

  Paper Back Pages:

  Bill Wile is an easygoing, hardworking guy who leads a quiet, ordinary life. But that is about to change. One evening, after his usual eight-hour bartending shift, he finds a typewritten note under the windshield wiper of his car. If you don't take this note to the police and get them involved, I will kill a lovely blond schoolteacher. If you do take this note to the police, I will instead kill an elderly woman active in charity work. You have four hours to decide. The choice is yours.

  It seems like a sick joke, and Bill's friend on the police force, Lanny Olson, thinks so too. His advice to Bill is to go home and forget about it. Besides, what could they do even if they took the note seriously? No crime has actually been committed. But less than twenty-four hours later, a young blond schoolteacher is found murdered, and it's Bill's fault: he didn't convince the police

  to get involved. Now he's got another note, another deadline, another ultimatum. . . and two new lives hanging in the balance.

  Suddenly Bill's average, seemingly innocuous life takes on the dimensions and speed of an accelerating nightmare. Because the notes are coming faster, the deadlines growing tighter, and the killer becoming bolder and crueler with every communication-until Bill is isolated with the terrifyingknowledge that he alone has the power of life and death over a psychopath's innocent victims. Until the struggle between good and evil is intensely personal. Until the most chilling words of all are: The choice is yours. * BN

  - Frankenstein: Prodigal Son

  Pub: January 2005

  Publisher: Bantam Doubleday Dell Publishing Group

  Movie: No

  Audio Book: CD & Tape

  Abridged: Yes

  Number CD's: 5

  Number of Cassettes: 4

  Paper Back Pages: 469p

  It's no surprise that Deucalion, at almost seven feet tall and with half his face a mangled ruin, spent time as a European carnie sideshow attraction nicknamed the Monster. After enjoying several peaceful years at a monastery in Tibet, the introspective and enigmatic giant receives dire news: The man who created him centuries earlier, Victor Frankenstein, is inexplicably alive and living in New Orleans under the name of Victor Helios, a wealthy business owner and philanthropist. When Deucalion vows to leave his Tibetan sanctuary and destroy the man who created him, he soon realizes the critical magnitude of his mission -- Helios is in the process is secretly creating a new race of posthumans to take over the world! * BN

  - Life Expectancy

  Pub: 12/04

  Publisher: Bantam Books

  Movie: No

  Audio Book: CD & Tape

  Number CD's: 9

  Abridged: No

  Number of Cassettes: 7

  Abridged: No

  Hard Cover Pages: 416p

  While a man is dying in the ICU, his daughter-in-law is giving birth in the same hospital's maternity ward. As his final moment approaches, this man bursts forth with a string of predictions about his unborn grandson. Rudy Tock, the father-in-waiting and the man's soon-to-be grieving son, faithfully records the ten predictions on the back of a circus pass only moments before confronting an enraged and murderous clown in the obstetrical unit's waiting room. And thus our tale begins. Koontz's (Doubting Thomas) latest is a sardonic narrative that follows Jimmy Tock through the trials and ordeals alluded to in his grandfather's predictions. * BN

  - The Taking

  Pub:5/04

  Publisher: Bantam Books

  Movie: No

  Audio Book: CD

  Abridged: No

  Number CD's: 11

  Hard Cover Pages: 464

  "On the morning that will mark the end of the world they have known, Molly and Niel Sloan awaken to the drumbeat of rain on their roof. It has haunted their sleep, invaded their dreams, and now they rise to find a luminous silvery downpour drenching their small California mountain town. A strange scent hangs faintly in the air, and the young couple cannot shake the sense of something wrong." "As hours pass and the rain continues to fall, Molly and Niel listen to disturbing news of extreme weather phenomena across the globe. Before evening, their little town loses television and radio reception. Then telephone and the Internet are gone. With the ceaseless rain now comes an obscuring fog that transforms the once-friendly village into a ghostly labyrinth. By nightfall the Sloans have gathered with some of their neighbors to deal with community damage...but also because they feel the need to band together against some unknown threat, some enemy they cannot identify or even imagine." In the night, strange noises arise, and at a distance, in the rain and the mist, mysterious lights are seen drifting among the trees. The rain diminishes with the dawn, but a moody gray-purple twilight prevails. Soon Molly, Niel, and their small band of friends will be forced to draw on reserves of strength, courage, and humanity they never knew they had. For within the misty gloom they will encounter something that reveals in a terrifying instant what is happening to their world : something that is hunting them with ruthless efficiency. * BN

  - Robot Santa:

  The Further Adventures of Santa's Twin, Vol. 2

  Pub: September 2004

  Publisher: HarperCollins Children's Books

  Movie: No

  Audio Book: None

  Hard Cover Pages: 72

  Santa's Twin is the story of
two little girls, Charlotte and Emily, who set out to save Santa from his mischievous twin - Bob Claus - who has not only stolen Santa's sleigh, but has stuffed his toy bag with mud pies, cat poop, and broccoli! Plus, he's threatening to turn Donner, Blitzen, and the rest into reindeer soup! And look at the mess he's leaving under the tree! How the brave but foolhardy sisters fly to the North Pole and rescue Santa from his "deeply troubled" twin is an utterly charming and unforgettable story that will add sparkle to your holiday season. * BN

  - Odd Thomas

  Pub: 2004

  Publisher: Bantam Books

  Movie: No

  Audio Book: None

  Hard Cover Pages: 416

  Paper Back Pages: 496

  The dead don't talk. I don't know why. But they do try to communicate, with a short-order cook in a small desert town serving as their reluctant confidant. Odd Thomas thinks of himself as an ordinary guy, if possessed of a certain measure of talent at the Pico Mundo Grill and rapturously in love with the most beautiful girl in the world, Stormy Llewellyn. Maybe he has a gift, maybe it’s a curse, Odd has never been sure, but he tries to do his best by the silent souls who seek him out. Sometimes they want justice, and Odd’s otherworldly tips to Pico Mundo's sympathetic police chief, Wyatt Porter, can solve a crime. Occasionally they can prevent one. But this time it's different.

  A mysterious man comes to town with a voracious appetite, a filing cabinet stuffed with information on the world's worst killers, and a pack of hyena-like shades following him wherever he goes. Who the man is and what he wants, not even Odd’s deceased informants can tell him. His most ominous clue is a page ripped from a day-by-day calendar for August 15.