Nr1Humanoid
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Post by Nr1Humanoid on May 12, 2010 17:50:24 GMT -5
The man has fallen far since his prime, but when he was good, he was good.
He's a great at creating some nightmarish images and he's one of my favorites in his creations of truly dispicable and evil villains.
Hard to find a fave book because he has so many I absolutely love.
But off hand; Watchers. Dragon Tears. Intensity. Shadowfires. Whispers. The Bad Place. Midnight. Lightning. Can't make up my mind among them.
I'm gonna give one as a gift to my nephew as I'd love to make him a fan.
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Post by AFN: Judge Shred on May 12, 2010 17:53:21 GMT -5
I love his character work a lot, and how when things start in his books, they just roller coaster. He is like the anti-King. It is why I love both, they are so damned different in style and approach. I hate seeing them compared all the time because they don't write anything alike really. Both are fantastic for their own merits.
And I think Dean has been doing a great job lately, the Odd books are so much fun.
False Memory may be my favorite though.
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Post by Das Einhorn on May 12, 2010 18:22:13 GMT -5
I heard from an ex-girlfriend that "The Husband" was good.
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Post by Branimal on May 12, 2010 18:28:54 GMT -5
I had my first Dean Koontz experience recently.
I finished Velocity last week - it was okay. I'm not going to judge him on one book - maybe I need to check out something else.
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Post by Deleted on May 12, 2010 18:58:18 GMT -5
I read Watchers in my Sci Fi./Fantasy book class in High School. AWESOME book.
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biafra
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Post by biafra on May 12, 2010 19:01:53 GMT -5
Not a fan, but he is much better than John Saul.
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Post by AFN: Judge Shred on May 12, 2010 19:09:46 GMT -5
I had my first Dean Koontz experience recently. I finised Velocity last week - it was okay. I'm not going to judge him on one book - maybe I need to check out something else. That is by far my least favorite book by him. The one I actually dislike. |
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Post by Branimal on May 13, 2010 6:19:55 GMT -5
I had my first Dean Koontz experience recently. I finished Velocity last week - it was okay. I'm not going to judge him on one book - maybe I need to check out something else. That is by far my least favorite book by him. The one I actually dislike. What would you recommend next? |
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Post by AFN: Judge Shred on May 13, 2010 6:26:42 GMT -5
That is by far my least favorite book by him. The one I actually dislike. What would you recommend next? False Memory, The Taking, or Odd Thomas (this ends up a 4 book series, but is probably his best character work). |
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Post by Deleted on May 13, 2010 6:34:37 GMT -5
The extent of my knowledge of him consists of an Agony Booth recap of the TV movie of Mr. Murder. I assume this is not adequate exposure.
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Post by AFN: Judge Shred on May 13, 2010 6:37:31 GMT -5
The extent of my knowledge of him consists of an Agony Booth recap of the TV movie of Mr. Murder. I assume this is not adequate exposure. Considering how much he hates pretty much every film adaptation of his work, yeah probably not. |
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Post by Feyrhausen on May 13, 2010 7:17:18 GMT -5
My wife likes him, and got me to read the Odd Thomas series, which I enjoyed.
I then read the Frankenstein series, which started out strong and fell apart in the third book. Considering the first book was developed as a tv series I guess he didnt have an idea on how to end the series when he wrote the first.
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Post by Baixo Astral on May 13, 2010 8:12:46 GMT -5
Not a fan, but he is much better than John Saul. So is a punch in the intestines. |
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Post by darthalexander on May 13, 2010 11:41:24 GMT -5
I really like his Odd Thomas books (but book 4 was the weakest). I like some of Koontz's stuff but what drives me nuts is that his characters are often too perfect and holier than thou. They seem "false" and one dimensional.
One hell of a good writer is Dan Simmons.
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Post by VengeanceGOD on May 13, 2010 11:53:17 GMT -5
His Odd Thomas and Frankenstein books are both really good - the only other thing I've read by him is the one that follows an alien invasion of a small town with a big twist at the end, but I can't remember the title right now.
I've always wanted to read The Good Guy.
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Post by AFN: Judge Shred on May 13, 2010 12:58:25 GMT -5
His Odd Thomas and Frankenstein books are both really good - the only other thing I've read by him is the one that follows an alien invasion of a small town with a big twist at the end, but I can't remember the title right now. I've always wanted to read The Good Guy. That is the Taking, I really love that twist. The Good Guy is a fun read as well. |
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Post by Mattification on May 13, 2010 16:54:44 GMT -5
This thread is only the second time I've ever heard the name Dean Koonts. The first time being in this summary of the book Relentless that I saw on another forum. You guys seem to be fans so you might not like this, but it's not to be taken too seriously.
MASSIVE SPOILERS FOR RELENTLESS
I bought this for two reasons. Firstly, it was dirt cheap, and secondly because in my much younger days, I read books by Dean, although back then I'm sure he referred to himself as Dean R. Koontz. Apparently as you get older your middle initial withers and dies, or is kidnapped by space pirates, I forget.
Onyhoo, it's not very good. Like, really really not good. Here's a brief rundown of the plot to explain why. This, quite obviously, contains SPOILERS. OMFG.
Cubby something or other is a MAGNIFICENT novelist. This is ironic because Dean is a SHIT novelist. Cubby lives with his wife Penny and their 6 year old child prodigy Milo. Cubby's latest book is reviewed by someone called Waxx. Waxx is a critic with a FEARSOME REPUTATION, and his review is NOT VERY NICE.
Waxx then, for reasons that are for a long time A MYSTERY, decides to HUNT DOWN AND KILL CUBBY AND HIS FAMILY. Oh, and they have a dog called Lassie. I should have mentioned the dog before, because the dog is IMPORTANT AS YOU WILL SEE IF YOU KEEP READING THIS POST.
STOP READING THIS POST.
Welcome back. For the next 300 pages or so, there's a fairly standard chase thriller as the HEROIC FAMILY are forced to keep changing locations to keep ahead of Waxx and his MURDEROUS ARMY (for it transpires he has some kind of army who's purpose it is to HUNT DOWN PEOPLE WHO WRITE BOOKS THAT WAXX DOES NOT LIKE). The writing style is peculiarly mixed in tone, as Dean segues from vivid descriptions of torture and murder to what are meant to be amusing discussions between characters and desciptions of Cubby's internal monologue. These aren't amusing because Dean is a SHIT WRITER, as I believe I mentioned.
So, the family is in peril, up against a seemingly unstoppable organisation with enormous resources (including the abilithy to engage apparently unquestioning local law enforcement). HOWEVER WILL THEY SURVIVE?
I'll f***ing tell you. With the help of a TELEPORTING f***ING DOG and the ability to REWIND TIME.
I shit not in your face - the child prodigy has somehow given the dog the ABILITY TO f***ING TELEPORT ITSELF AT WILL and using MAGICAL SALT SHAKERS rewinds time after Cubby is shot.
WHAT THE f***, DEAN? A TELEPORTING f***ING DOG?
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