Icebound (Group Read - November 2018)

[Dustin the wind Crazy little brown owl, Colorful Colorado]

Icebound has been selected as our November Group Read. Originally published in 1976, titled Prison of Ice under the pen name of David Axton, Icebound offers a different style of Dean Koontz writing.

Dean writes in the afterword:
I hope you liked Icebound, though I sort of hope you like the new books more. After all, this is the only book of its type I've written, and if readers wanted another, I'd have nothing to offer . . .

[Kaye]

Woohoo! My local library has Icebound as an e-book, so I'm in!

[Charissa]

Never read this one. Time to look for a copy.

[C.P.]

I will have to see if I can find a copy.

[Dustin the wind Crazy little brown owl, Colorful Colorado]

I'm willing to give Icebound another go - it's never been one of my favorites. I always have a hard time getting through it.

[C.P.]

I've mostly only read his new stuff, so I'm interested to see what I make of some of the others.

[Dustin the wind Crazy little brown owl, Colorful Colorado]

Dean has some very good earlier works. The Voice of the Night is one of my favorites.

[C.P.]

I'll definitely give that a try.

[K.L.]

Sound the alarm! I can't find my copy, lol.

[Dustin the wind Crazy little brown owl, Colorful Colorado]

waiting for an audiobook from the library.

[Kaye]

Am about 60% through on my Kindle copy (also a library loan.) This is straightforward geo-political-action-adventure-thriller stuff. I'm turning the pages fast, but it's not like I'm in Koontzland, since everything is so grounded in pragmatic realism. Nothing mystical, supernatural, or horrifying so far.

[Linda R,]

Just downloaded from my library today. That makes two Koontz books I've got to read a once as I'm half way through The Darkest Evening of the Year . Hey I can handle two books at once!

[Mary]

Ice Bound is one of my favorite Koontz books. I have hot read it this go around but I remember it well which I don't always with the Koonz books. It is a thriller but not fast-paced, a straight-up mystery, good character building and for me an exotic setting. A little science is thrown in and also helped. I recommend it highly even though it is not his standard fare.

[Dustin the wind Crazy little brown owl, Colorful Colorado]

I finally started re-reading Icebound today.

[Linda R,]

How do you like it so far? Does your experience of it change with time?

[Linda R,]

Apparently Alistair Maclean was the influence on Koontz when he wrote this book. I haven't read any Maclean but I would like to see what intrigued Koonz. Does anyone have a suggestion on which book I should read? Maybe ice station zebra?

[Fred]

I enjoyed my second read & noticed this is the 1 book Dean wrote under the pen name David Axton (pseudonym)

[Charles]

first time reading this book and i liked it was suspenseful and kept me reading

[Dustin the wind Crazy little brown owl, Colorful Colorado]

Linda R, wrote: "How do you like it so far? Does your experience of it change with time?"

I haven't gotten far yet this time around but yes, definitely a different experience with every reading. I re-read several Dean Koontz books and each time there is a different perspective filtered through what has occurred in my life between readings. My first three attempts to read Icebound were unsuccessful and I gave up. It wasn't until 2014 that I was able to read Icebound in entirety.

[Linda R,]

I'm having some trouble reading Icebound. Maybe the genre is just not my cup of tea. Still, I am now 50 percent into the book and I keep saying 1more page because I am fond of koontz clarity in style. In small batches i'm getting through this afterall.

[Linda R,]

This is why I love Koontz: "At the two small, triple pane windows, the spicules tapped like the fingernails of ten thousand dead men wanting in..."

[Dustin the wind Crazy little brown owl, Colorful Colorado]

Beautiful. Thanks Linda 😍

[Mary]

Linda R, wrote: "This is why I love Koontz: "At the two small, triple pane windows, the spicules tapped like the fingernails of ten thousand dead men wanting in...""

Yep, me too.

[Dustin the wind Crazy little brown owl, Colorful Colorado]

I'm just finishing up Icebound.

Lightning is our December Group Read and Demon Seed will be our January Group Read. Thank you to everyone who continues to participate :-)

[K.L.]

Dustin Crazy little brown owl wrote: "I'm just finishing up Icebound.

Lightning is our December Group Read and Demon Seed will be our January Group Read. Thank you to everyone who continues to participate :-)"

yep, time to bust out my copy of Lightning

[Tim]

Icebound is one of my top favorite Koontz books (behind Watchers, Twilight Eyes and Dragon Tears). I hadn't thought about the possible influence of Alistair McLain, but it makes sense. No supernatural evil stuff, but definitely some bad guys and evocative descriptions of a WAY cold, unforgiving environment. Would welcome another novel in this genre. thanks to Dustin Crazy little brown owl for guiding me to this thread.