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[Dustin]

Hi, Sasha! Welcome!!

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

Sasha wrote: "Hello everyone! My name is Sasha, I'm just a baker from a small town in southeastern Kentucky ;)...."

Well, being a baker, of course Life Expectancy would be among your favorites :-) Thanks for joining us in Koontzland!

[Sasha]

Dustin Crazy little brown owl wrote: "Sasha wrote: "Hello everyone! My name is Sasha, I'm just a baker from a small town in southeastern Kentucky ;)...."

Well, being a baker, of course Life Expectancy would be among your favorites :-)..."

Haha, it's true! Thank you, I'm happy to be here! I LOVE to meet new Koontz fans ;)

Dustin wrote: "Hi, Sasha! Welcome!!"

Hello! Thank you :)

[Tracy]

Welcome Sasha!

[Dustin]

You are more than welcome, Sasha!:)

[Lana]

Dustin Crazy little brown owl wrote: "Lana wrote: "Did anyone else love the Odd Thomas books? I thought that they were funny!"

Hell Yeah. I actually like books 3 & 4 the best. Dean is currently working on book 5, It'll be called Odd A..."

I cant wait to read that!!!

[Richard]

Hi All, I just found this group and had to join. I've read most of Koontz's books and my favorites are Cold Fire and Lightning. In fact, I just posted a review of Cold Fire.

[Nora aka Diva]

Welcome Richard :)

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

Richard wrote: "Hi All, I just found this group and had to join. I've read most of Koontz's books and my favorites are Cold Fire and Lightning. In fact, I just posted a review of Cold Fire."

Welcome Richard. I love Cold Fire and Lightning too! I love Cold Fire so much that I would like to get a tattoo of the windmill (view spoiler)[ and maybe a UFO too (hide spoiler)] :-)

[Richard]

lol, thanks for the laugh.

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

Richard wrote: "lol, thanks for the laugh."

Actually, I'm not kidding :-) I'm seriously gonna do it. I started a misc/off topic discussion thread on tattoos if you're interested. Here's a link to that thread:
http://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/6...
I have already gotten tattoos using the phrase "By The Light of the Moon" and I used the branch/lantern from the One Door Away From Heaven cover.

[Richard]

Wow. Tattoos are something I never got into but to each their own. I will however check out your thread.

[Tracy]

Welcome Richard!

[Richard]

Thanks Tracy. Good to be in the group.

[Paula pleasantVile]

Howdy Everyone!

Huge Koontz fan here, read Every book he`s written (published) and a few comics.

I am organising a Favourite book tour which will see me heading to Souther California with my books and re-reading them whilst staying at particular motels and restaurants! haha Obsessed much?

[Nora aka Diva]

Welcome Paula :)

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

Paula wrote: "I am organising a Favourite book tour which will see me heading to Souther California with my books and re-reading them whilst staying at particular motels and restaurants! haha Obsessed much?"

Holy Hell! That sounds like something crazy. Good Luck & Have fun because I'm sure you deserve it :-) Welcome to the group Paula and if you're obsessive, I'm sure you'll fit right in.

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

Paula wrote: "I am organising a Favourite book tour which will see me heading to Souther California with my books and re-reading them whilst staying at particular motels and restaurants! haha Obsessed much? "

:-) I'm curious... which Dean Koontz book will you be selecting to re-read on this tour?

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

There has been an on going goodreads poll to choose your favorite author. I just discovered the poll today thanks to the other Dustin who is not crazy, and was saddened that Dean Koontz was not on the very long list to choose from so I added Dean Koontz. If Dean Koontz is your favorite author click below and scroll down to pick Dean Koontz. Please do not write in Dean Koontz as he is already in the list and we want to get him lots of votes:
http://www.goodreads.com/poll/show/43...

[Richard]

Dustin Crazy little brown owl wrote: "There has been an on going goodreads poll to choose your favorite author. I just discovered the poll today ...and was saddened that Dean Koontz was not on it..."

I see that Knootz is up to 23 votes now which is much better but still 69 votes away from the leader: J. K Rowling.

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

Richard wrote: "I see that Knootz is up to 23 votes now which is much better but still 69 votes away from the leader: J. K Rowling. "

Koontzlanders Unite! :-) I think we've really made an impact on the poll - Thanks Koontzlanders! J.K. Rowling and other authors like Stephen King actually have duplicate options so combined Rowling actually has even more than it appears, but we've done really well.

Dean Koontz is currently tied with Neil Gaiman at 24 votes. Y'all have helped Koontz surpass George Orwell (20 votes) and Kurt Vonnegut (18 votes). Dean is quickly gaining speed in this race and is trailing world-renowned authors such as Agatha Christie (30 votes), Tolkien (26 votes) and John Steinbeck (25 votes).

Thanks again to everyone who voted.

[Christopher]

Hello, everyone, it's Christopher Jones here. I wasn't much of a Koontz fan until I read Lightning. Up to that point I just didn't understand what was so great about the guy. I read Husband, hated it, Darkest Evening, hated, Frankenstein 1 and Odd Thomas books, and they were decent.
Then I went back to his books in the '80s and read Lightning. Nuff said.

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

:-) Welcome Christopher - Thanks so much for joining! Hope you'll join us in reading COLD FIRE this month - I really think you'll like it since you liked Lightning :-) Below is the link to our COLD FIRE Discussion Thread:
http://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/2...

[Christopher]

I don't have it right now and this is a busy semester. I'll try to pick it up soon though.

[Donna]

Hello all I am relatively a new Dean Koontz fan. I have only read two of his novels. "False Memory" and I am currently reading "What the Night knows". I did not get a great first impression with "False Memory" I was confused about the story line and the concept of the book just didn't do anything for me. I am giving it another shot with this new one I'm reading its good but not terrific. I am next going to read Odd Thomas and see if I like that.

[Richard]

Hello all I am relatively a new Dean Koontz fan.

Welcome to the group Donna. You might want to check the group read for November (Cold Fire) in the Discussion area. It's a great book.

[Richard]

Christopher wrote: "Hello, everyone...until I read Lightning.

Welcome to the group Chris. I also greatly enjoyed Lightning. I hope that follow Dustin's suggestion and check out Cold Fire.

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

Donna wrote: "Hello all I am relatively a new Dean Koontz fan. I have only read two of his novels. "False Memory" and I am currently reading "What the Night knows". I did not get a great first impression with..."

Welcome Donna, Try reading Cold Fire with us in November :-) I didn't like What The Night Knows. I liked False Memory pretty well, though it was a bit long, but I love Cold Fire.

[Tracy]

I am Tracy from Cleveland, Ohio. I have been reading Dean Koontz forever. My goal is to own every book he wrote. I have read many of his book and I don't think I can pick a favorite since I liked them all

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

Tracy wrote: "I am Tracy from Cleveland, Ohio. I have been reading Dean Koontz forever. My goal is to own every book he wrote. I have read many of his book and I don't think I can pick a favorite since I liked ..."

:-) Welcome to Koontzland Tracy!!!

Good luck collecting your Dean Koontz books. The newer ones should be easy but those early sci-fi ones are hard to come by.

We're reading Cold Fire in November and The Funhouse in December. Please join us in our group discussions if you're interested.

[Marc-Antoine]

My name is Marc-Antoine, i am from Quebec, Canada, I just started reading Koontz recently and am really enjoying his work. I am currently reading watchers and it rocks, I'm hoping he's got more that are as good or if possible better.

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

Marc-antoine wrote: "My name is Marc-Antoine, i am from Quebec, Canada, I just started reading Koontz recently and am really enjoying his work. I am currently reading watchers and it rocks, I'm hoping he's got more th..."

Thanks for joining us in Koontzland Marc-antoine! Give Lightning a try sometime :-)

[Christopher]

Dustin Crazy little brown owl wrote: "Marc-antoine wrote: "My name is Marc-Antoine, i am from Quebec, Canada, I just started reading Koontz recently and am really enjoying his work. I am currently reading watchers and it rocks, I'm ho..."

Agreed, Lightning is a fantastic.

[Marc-Antoine]

I think I may just read along with the group, I am enjoying funhouse so far.

[Roslina]

My name is Sheena, I am from Kuala Lumpur,Malaysia. I am a big fan of Koontz. I have 13 of his books. Haven't read all of them yet. I love his writing but I am not a big fan of Odd.

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

Sheena wrote: "My name is Sheena, I am from Kuala Lumpur,Malaysia. I am a big fan of Koontz. I have 13 of his books. Haven't read all of them yet. I love his writing but I am not a big fan of Odd."

Welcome to Koontzland Sheena. You don't have to love Odd Thomas to love Dean Koontz :-) We are reading The Funhouse as our December Group Read and we are about to choose our January Group Read. We'd love to see you in any of the discussion threads whenever you're feeling Koontzish.

[K.]

Howdy, folks. =)

Longtime Koontz fan here. I found "Lightning" on the top of a school locker back in either 8th or 9th grade (can't remember) and I "borrowed" it. So that was either 1989 or 1990. He's been my favorite ever since.

Lightning and Of Mice and Men showed me Faulkner and Rand had it all wrong, that reading could be enjoyable. Haha.

In the past year or so I've been collecting all Dean's old work from the 60s and 70s. I'm getting close to collecting all of it, though I doubt I'll ever find everything, especially stories like "Glunk" and "Whoop, The Dead Gerkle," "The Face in His Belly," "Pinkie," "The Terrible Weapon," etc. Total bummer. =(

Anyway, I'm a writer and a publisher as well. Glad to have found this group. =)

Ken

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

Awesome on finding those old Koontz stories :-) Welcome to Koontzland, K Allen!

[Daniel]

::stands up::
Hi my name, Dale and I'm a Koontz fan. my collection is nearly dominated by Dean Koontz books. Still working my way through my collection though.

My first Koontz novel was and it changed my life. During this time I was bed-ridden due to an illness and at the same time I suffer from panic attacks and bouts of agoraphobia(didn't know it was such a thing until reading the book and then studying up on it more).

Koontz seems to have something that others authors don't. Good or bad I get sucked in when reading his books. While it's true I do the same while reading other authors such as King but none seem to grab me by the throat and jerk me into the story like Koontz.

I just wish Koontz had more success when it comes to adapting his novels to movies. Stephen King is better to me in this aspect.

Anyways, I'm rambling now thanks for letting me join this group.

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

Welcome Dale :-) False Memory was very good. I think the Odd Thomas movie is going to be a good one - I'm really looking forward to it.

[Daniel]

Odd Thomas movie ??? are you serious? Can't believe i haven't heard anything about this. The Odd Thomas books are on my top Koontz books as well.

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

Dean Speaks about The Odd Thomas Movie....
http://www.deankoontz.com/dean-speaks...

[Daniel]

oh wow that's so great. thanks for the link.

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

You're welcome. I'm not sure where they are on the film as far as a release date. I know they were shooting the film in California over the Summer & it's still listed as a 2012 release. There were rumors about a Spring release close to the new ODD APOCALYPSE (book 5) release but I haven't seen any trailers yet.

[Daniel]

oh okay thanks again for the info.

[Tracy]

Welcome all you newbies! I'm sure you will enjoy this group!

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

You are all official Koontzlanders now! You have entered the world of obsessed & casual Dean Koontz fans.

Get ready for the fate of humanity to rest on a small group of apartment dwellers in 77 Shadow Street (12/27 release) and then prepare yourself for the return of Odd Thomas in 2012! ODD APOCALYPSE (book 5) and on the big screen in the ODD THOMAS MOVIE (release date not yet announced)

:-)These are exciting times in Koontzland and we're glad you are here with us!

[John]

Hey,
I'm John from Texas and this is my first Group on this site! I doubt if anybody is actually reading this, but what the heck. (:

[Jaice]

John wrote: "Hey,
I'm John from Texas and this is my first Group on this site! I doubt if anybody is actually reading this, but what the heck. (:"

Hmm, that's an odd thing to say, considering this thead is 14 pages long, but welcome.

[John]

Thanks!
Nice to meet you.
John