Any Dean Koontz fans?

I read half a dozen or so years ago then realised it was mostly the same book with different characters. I may give him another go :)
 
When I traveled for business in the 90's I read a number of Dean Koontz books. Funhouse and Hideaway in particular stick out in my mind because they were so twisted. I saw Hideaway at the theater. Movies usually pale in comparison to the book. I'm a Dean Koontz fan.
 
seadoug said:
When I traveled for business in the 90's I read a number of Dean Koontz books. Funhouse and Hideaway in particular stick out in my mind because they were so twisted. I saw Hideaway at the theater. Movies usually pale in comparison to the book. I'm a Dean Koontz fan.
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They made a movie from, Hideaway? Yikes, that had to be hard to watch in places.
 
hollydolly said:
I can't remember if it was from a DK book, there was some story which had somebody threatening someone else though a different medium than the normal one ... can anyone remember what story that might have come from ? :ROFLMAO:
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Can you be more specific about the different medium?
 
I've read most of his books. I appreciate his imagination and believe he's very good at building a story and getting the reader invested. My one complaint about his writing style would be he gets a bit wordy and it stagnates the stories momentum in my opinion.

Odd Thomas is my favorite character out of Koontz stories, I've read that series a couple of times which is unusual for me, typically I only read a book once. I'd love to see a collaboration of two of Dean Koontz books characters, Odd Thomas and Harper the waitress/private eye wannabe who was in the book The Bad Weather Friend. Two quirky characters that I think would pare well, but it would take some creativity to bring them together.
 
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hollydolly said:
I can't remember if it was from a DK book, there was some story which had somebody threatening someone else though a different medium than the normal one ... can anyone remember what story that might have come from ? :ROFLMAO:
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What was the "different" medium or the "normal" medium? Maybe with some hints we could figure out the story?
 
C50 said:
My one complaint about his writing style would be he gets a bit wordy and It stagnates the stories momentum in my opinion.
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I have trouble with his over describing as well.

I haven't read much of his work since the Odd Thomas series. I tried the Jane Hawk books once, but found them uninteresting. He seems, in his later work, overly focused on characters such that it becomes a hinderance to overall story creation.
 
Not a fan, but I just read Elsewhere. Scifi horror. Very implausible, even by science fiction standards.
I'm not recommending...you read it?
 
I read a couple, then, he wrote "From the corner of his eye" talk about garbage writing. As bad as James Patterson with "Maxium Ride" I got 20% in a tossed it.

I am used to Tom Clancy, Clive Cussler, Dick Francis, John Grisham and my old favorite Louis L'Amour. They actully wrote interesting mysteries and novels.

I don't mind sci-fi, but dammit, make it BELIEVEABLE, not this genetic mutation, special powers garbage.
 
Medusa said:
I have trouble with his over describing as well.

I haven't read much of his work since the Odd Thomas series. I tried the Jane Hawk books once, but found them uninteresting. He seems, in his later work, overly focused on characters such that it becomes a hinderance to overall story creation.
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I agree. His earlier books were more economical in language and his later books bordered on pretentiousness. However, he is still one of my favorite authors. I have two bookshelves of his first edition hardbacks (I am a bibliophile from way back.)
 

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