How did you get to know Dean Koontz ?

[Nora aka Diva]

I got Midnight as a birthday present from my brother Logan. He very thoughtfully yelled "here".. as the book bounced off my forehead. Thankfully it was a paperback copy. I have been reading Koontz ever since.

[David]

Haha, great intro Nora!

[Pinkyysuee]

My first Dean Koontz book was Dragon Tears. I was around 16 or so and a friend of mine knew I liked King type genre so he lent me Dragon Tears and said I would love it. I read it and have ever since. I have read most of Dean's books (more then once!).

[Nichole]

Like so many, my first book was Watchers. I was in 8th grade and had seen it on the library shelf, but the cover (that bloody print belonging to the Outsider) freaked me out. I finally garnered the guts to read it...and I haven't put Koontz's books down since then.

[Wes]

I read my first Koontz book nearly 30 years ago, but honestly, I can't remember which one it was. I have read many of them over the years. Sometimes I can't remember if I've read a particular title at first, but once I read a synopsis of the story, I will know that I have.

[Alli]

I started reading his books because he is my mothers favorite author. She owns 30 or so of his books.

[Becky]

I was a senior in high school in a speech class. Our assignment was to pick a book & basically give an oral book report on it. One of the brainiacs in my class gave his on Watchers. I could get out of class & to the school library fast enough to check out that book. I have been hooked ever since but Watchers is still my favorite.

[Afsana]

Its been great reading how everyone started reading koonts.

When I was young didn't really have much interest in books but once I got to leaving school I got interested.

The very first book I owned was a koontz omnibus. my brother gave me £5 for a birthday present and I went to the local newsagent and they had a 3 in one book written by dean koontz which had Lightening, The bad place and midnight. I bought it as it was £5 and sounded interesing and in my budget.

Since then have been reading all dean koontz books. have read all of them except The Odd series as could not get into them and I have got what the night knows on my tbr.

my favourite is strangers, false memory watchers. His older books are the better ones but he is still good

I love the quotes he uses and at present can't remember which book it was from- the rhyme santa's twin

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

Thanks to everyone who has been sharing :-) We love to hear your stories.

[Sheila]

The first Koontz book I remember reading is Dragon Tears. My friend handed it to me and said, "You'll be hooked by the end of the first sentence." I read it, and it turned out she was right. Dragon Tears, however, was not my first Koontz book. I know I read some before that, although I don't remember which one(s).

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

Interesting that you don't remember the books you read before Dragon Tears :-)

[Rachel]

my first dean book was lightning-still one of my favorite books by any author. i don't remember how i got the book (it was the nineties) but i've loved dean ever since. dragon tears and watchers round out my top 3

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

Lightning is pretty good :-) very memorable. The idea of time travel fascinates me.

[Rachel]

i would love to have a time machine !!! :)

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

Rachel wrote: "i would love to have a time machine !!! :)"

Yes but think of all the trouble it would cause if in the wrong hands :-) or even in the hands of someone who thinks they are doing good. It's a very interesting concept to think about and I continue to be drawn to movies, tv shows and books about time travel.

[Rachel]

very true- one small thing could basically mess up the future of the world-but still fun to think about

did you see frequency?

[Sheila]

Lightning and Shadowfires are two of my favorite, but my absolute favorite is the Odd Thomas series.

It saddens me to know, through his manuscripts, that his work isn't published in his lifetime. It's strange how attached one can get to fictional characters. I look forward to and dread the upcoming books.

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

Rachel wrote: "did you see frequency?"

I don't think so - is that a movie?

[Rachel]

yes starring dennis quaid and jim cavezial- basically a guy in the present finds a way to talk to his dad in the past and things in the present start to change because of their conversations-it's a great movie

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

Rachel wrote: "yes starring dennis quaid and jim cavezial- basically a guy in the present finds a way to talk to his dad in the past and things in the present start to change because of their conversations-it's a..."

I will look for it :-) sounds like my kind of movie. Thanks for the recommendation.

[Scott]

My first book was Watchers after watching the movie- I now have almost everyone of his books that I can find and a special book case made from a friend of mine, that has all his books only.
Love the Odd series-reading new one now

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

Scott wrote: " a special book case made from a friend of mine, that has all his books only. "

I'm sure Dean appreciates that you turned your friend into a bookcase and feature Koontz books in your friend turned bookcase. I think I read something like this happening in a Dean Koontz book :-)

[Jaice]

Dustin Crazy little brown owl wrote: "I'm sure Dean appreciates that you turned your friend into a bookcase and feature Koontz books in your friend turned bookcase...."

:-D

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

I am so bad :-) Seriously though, Scott, Dean himself has specially made bookcases and he fills them with Dean Koontz books, so you are in good company.

[Scott]

Dustin Crazy little brown owl wrote: "I am so bad :-) Seriously though, Scott, Dean himself has specially made bookcases and he fills them with Dean Koontz books, so you are in good company."
Lol-I really do had it built into my wall.
Speaking of Dean it is about time I finish Apocalypse tonight. Good Night new friend

[Mike (the Paladin)]

"Apocalypse tonight" sounds like a good title for a book...

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

Scott, do you you feel like you're being picked on because of the words you choose? Thanks for taking this so well :-) Good luck with the Apocalypse. Me, Myself and I, we have been holding out on the Apocalypse waiting for an audiobook.

[Scott]

Book is finished-was very good. Now on to Rise of Nine in 3 days, then back to a Dean book.
All in good fun-not bothered at all lol

[Charlie]

i first came across dean koontz last year when i was on holiday, i had finished the book i was reading so decided to go and buy a new one.
i picked up Relentless because they didn't have much choice but it turned out that i really enjoyed it and i couldn't put it down and i think i finished it in 2 days!
since then i have read 5 others of his and aim to read many more:)

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

Glad you have become a Koontz addict Charlie. Please consider reading Hideaway with us. Saw you already read Sole Survivor :-)

[Charlie]

What's hideaway about? I ordered another 6 of his books yesterday but I don't think hideaway was one

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

He was clinically dead after the accident—but was miraculously revived. Now Hatch Harrison and his wife approach each day with a new appreciation for life.

But something has come back with Hatch from the other side. A terrible presence that links his mind to a psychotic's, so that a force of murderous rage courses through him.

[Josh]

My first introduction to Dean Koontz was the movie Soul Survivor. My dad is a HUGE Dean Koontz fan. One night he saw that Soul Survivor was on TV, not knowing there was a movie based on the book. I was watching tv with him. I thought it was great. But sadly my dad sent me to bed before I got to finish watching it. To this day I haven't seen the second half of the movie.

I decided I wanted to read Soul Survivor but at the time I was only allowed to get books at the thrift store and since my dad had lost his copy of the book I had to go looking for a copy of the book. I finally found a copy at a thrift store that I forget the name of. BUT it wasn't any ordinary copy of the book. It was a signed copy which made me super excited to find. At this point of time, I did not read out of signed books. To this date I still haven't read out of it.

I was at a goodwill right after I moved to Charlotte. I found a copy of Brother Odd. I thought it was an awesome concept so I picked the book up. I did not read it at the time because I knew it was the third book, thankfully it said there were two others.

A friend of mine had the four Odd Thomas novels at the time. I asked him if I could borrow them. He took a long time to think about it and he eventually said no.

A few years later which just happened to be this year, I mentioned to my dad, that I had Brother Odd but having a terrible time at finding it at GoodWill. I have almost bought it new a couple of times but decided not to. Anyways dad said told me he would bring Odd Thomas over but he didnt have Forever Odd.

Two weeks later I had Odd Thomas in my hands and LOVED IT. That was back about a two months ago. I have since then read The first 3 Odd books, one of the prequel Graphic Novels and I read Shattered.

I bought a bunch of random Dean Koontz books at Goodwill. I own 19 books by him. Then my dad brought over all of the ones he had which was right over 40 books. He had 3 doubles two I took to keep. I and I gave him back about 10 of them since I already had them or they were doubles and I didnt need two. So I have a ton of Koontz to read now.

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

Maybe you should find a copy of Sole Survivor and read it this month :-)

[Josh]

Dustin Crazy little brown owl wrote: "Maybe you should find a copy of Sole Survivor and read it this month :-)"

If I find Soul Survivor at Good Will I will for sure get it and read it I'm right now on a good will book budget until I find a job. Anyways, For sure I will read Hideaway. It was in the box of Koontz books my dad brought over for me. =D

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

Alright :-) well at least we got you for one of the September books. Hideaway is very good. I think you'll like it.

[Paul]

I can't remember when I started reading Koontz, I think it was sometime in the early 90's
I am a big King fan and have read through most of his books, one day I saw a Koonz novel next to a King one and thought I would give it a try, loved it and bought quite a few of the older books after that, since then I have been collecting his books as they come out
Thanks to this group I am now re reading many of his books which I had forgotten about

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

Paul wrote: "Thanks to the group I am now re reading many of his books which I had forgotten about "

Great to hear :-) Hope you'll continue enjoying them. We are sure glad you joined us in Koontzland!

[Christopher]

I read Strangers when I was a relatively young tyke. Probably 11 or 12. Loved it! Have been reading his stuff ever since! Just finished the first Odd Thomas and am working on Life Expectancy now :-)

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

Life Expectancy is my very favorite. You've never read this book before? I hope you like it :-)

[Margaret]

The first Koontz book I read was Odd Thomas. I absolutely fell in love with his characters (especially Odd), and I thought that he had an incredibly beautiful and poetic way of writing. I devoured the rest of the series, and I've been hooked on him ever since!

[Rachel]

Dinah wrote: "I came across Koontz when I saw the advertisement for Odd Apocalypse. The title intrigued me, so I looked into Mr. Koontz further. after I visited his website, (which is wonderful by the way), I fo..."

the odd thomas movie will be out in theaters soon (not sure of the date)

[Becky]

Many years ago my mom played Bridge with Dean's mom and was turned on to his books. She then told us girls about him and I have been a Firm fan ever since. I own nearly all his books that have been printed and have read many of them more than half a dozen times.

[Christopher]

Rachel wrote: "Dinah wrote: "I came across Koontz when I saw the advertisement for Odd Apocalypse. The title intrigued me, so I looked into Mr. Koontz further. after I visited his website, (which is wonderful by ..."

Who is playing Odd? Someone known or someone new?

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

Becky wrote: "Many years ago my mom played Bridge with Dean's mom and was turned on to his books. She then told us girls about him and I have been a Firm fan ever since. I own nearly all his books that have been..."

Awesome :-) Glad to have you with us in Koontzland

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

Christopher wrote: "Who is playing Odd? Someone known or someone new? "

Anton Yelchin, who is a well-known actor now :-) I find it rather amusing that Patton Oswalt is playing Oswald "Ozzie" Boone :-) I have not seen a release date yet.
http://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/odd_t...

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

Dinah wrote: "I came across Koontz when I saw the advertisement for Odd Apocalypse. The title intrigued me, so I looked into Mr. Koontz further. after I visited his website, (which is wonderful by the way), I fo..."

Here is a link to our Odd Thomas Discussions if you'd like to comment/share/discuss anything as you're reading:
http://www.goodreads.com/topic/group_...

We're glad you are a Koontz addict now and have joined us in Koontzland :-)

YOU ARE DESTINED
TO BE TOGETHER
FOREVER.

Happy reading!

[Vincent]

One of my Uncles is a collector. He forced me to understand how uniquely strange Dean Koontz's mind is as well as how well he describes his characters.

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

Excellent :-) We're glad to have you among us enlightened Koontz fans.

[Victor]

I just saw some of his books in the store and thought they looked interesting:D