How did you get to know Dean Koontz ?

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

Yep. they sure do and are. Which one did you read first?

[Victor]

I am reading 77 Shadow Street:D

[Shangre]

I have become to like Dean Koontz after I read Intensity which I loved very much and after reading his work I became captive by it and every book I read of his I can never put down.

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

Shangre wrote: "I have become to like Dean Koontz after I read Intensity which I loved very much and after reading his work I became captive by it and every book I read of his I can never put down."

Good. Keep picking them up :-)

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

Victor wrote: "I am reading 77 Shadow Street:D"

Did you finish? Started another Koontz book yet?

[Shangre]

My uncle just but Intensity in my hands and said read it so I did and I just fell in love with his work.

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

Shangre wrote: "My uncle just but Intensity in my hands and said read it so I did and I just fell in love with his work."

What other Koontz books have you read and which are your favorites so far?

[Shangre]

Dustin Crazy little brown owl wrote: "Shangre wrote: "My uncle just but Intensity in my hands and said read it so I did and I just fell in love with his work."

What other Koontz books have you read and which are your favorites so far?"

My other favortie is Demon Seed

[Josh]

Shangre wrote: "My uncle just but Intensity in my hands and said read it so I did and I just fell in love with his work."

Your uncle was nicer than my dad. My dad was reading The Taking, I guess he had JUST finished, I asked how it was. He threw the book at me and said, "find out." lol.

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

I do like Demon Seed :-) I like the humor in it.

[Naching]

i saw "Demon Seed" when i was a teenager. Then, in my 30's my Dad picked "Cold Fire" up for me. i love that book and for a few years, it was my favorite. Then, i read "Watchers". That is my favorite now.

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

I love Cold Fire so very much :-)

[Lance]

I was introduced to Dean Koontz by a girl I was dating at the time who was reading Watchers. She gave it to me after she finished it and I loved it! At the time I was mostly into sci-fi and fantasy novels, but had started reading Stephen King. (The Stand and Firestarter are still two of my all-time favorites) After reading Watchers I was hooked. I read everything of Koontz's I could get my hands on and even became a big collector of all of his old books. My all time favorites of his are: Watchers, Lightning, Cold Fire, Sole Survivor, and From The Corner of His Eye. I have always wanted to be a writer, and had even written a fantasy novel in the past, but I became such a fan of Koontz that it inspired me to try writing thrillers similar to his, which eventually turned into the novel Shadow Dragon.

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

Wow! :-) I like the way you think so someday will have to check out your book.

[Lance]

Thanks! I'm such a huge fan of Cold Fire that when I saw your earlier comment about it, I started reading the other posts on this topic and had to share mine.

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

If your book is anything like Cold Fire then it's a must read :-)

[Lance]

I took inspiration from so different places, and so many people seem to pick up on different things that appeal to them that I hate to compare it to any one book or movie, but I would say its maybe a little more like Watchers than Cold Fire (with a little Fringe meets Aliens meets Jurassic Park mixed in) If you read it sometime, I would love to know what you think of it.

[Naching]

Lance wrote: "Thanks! I'm such a huge fan of Cold Fire that when I saw your earlier comment about it, I started reading the other posts on this topic and had to share mine."

Lance wrote: "Thanks! I'm such a huge fan of Cold Fire that when I saw your earlier comment about it, I started reading the other posts on this topic and had to share mine."
That is awesome! i love "Cold Fire" and your book sounds really exciting! i was also inspired by Dean Koontz when i wrote my horror novels!

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

Lance wrote: "I took inspiration from so different places, and so many people seem to pick up on different things that appeal to them that I hate to compare it to any one book or movie, but I would say its maybe..."

I am a big FRINGE fan! Just watched the latest episode tonight! Only Four More Episodes! I prefer Cold Fire over Watchers so It's safe to say that I will like at least 50% of your book :-)

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

Naching are your books published? Post a goodreads link so I can look into your books too :-) If it's Koontz inspired, I am interested!

[Naching]

Yes, they are published! The first book is called The Venihi. The second is called Master Of The Shade.

[Cheryl]

My first Koontz was Intensity. I was in 7th grade (1996 maybe) and I've been hooked since. :)

[Sam]

I had hear of him and seen his books around but I never read them. I was even given one of his books long ago by my grandmother but never read it but I finally read one of his book when a friend lent me a stack of books and one of them was Dean Koontz, so I finally read one of his books and I LOVED it. I sadly had to give it back because she wanted it back :( But I have 5 books by Dean now.

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

Sam (The Awesome One) wrote: "I had hear of him and seen his books around but I never read them. I was even given one of his books long ago by my grandmother but never read it but I finally read one of his book when a friend le..."

Which one did you finally end up reading and what are the 5 Koontz books that you own?

[Sam]

The Taking is the one that I finally ended up reading.

I own 4 not 5. I swear I had 5 of them o_O. The books I own are The Mask, Life Expectancy, What the Night Knows, Winter Moon. I have so many book ahead of them so I haven't read them yet but one day. :)

[Shangre]

To me I think Dean Koontz is better then Stephen King he get right to the point of the story much faster

[Matthew]

I've been reading Koontz for so long that I can barely remember which one I started with. If I remember correctly, I think Whispers took my Koontz virginity. And I think I made my mother read it after me and then we were both hooked.

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

I haven't read Whispers yet :-)

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

Sam (The Awesome One) wrote: "The Taking is the one that I finally ended up reading.

I own 4 not 5. I swear I had 5 of them o_O. The books I own are The Mask, Life Expectancy, What the Night Knows, Winter Moon. I have so many ..."

The Taking is very good - for some reason when I first read it, I didn't care for it that much but on re-reading I loved it. Life Expectancy and Winter Moon are also excellent in my opinion.

I enjoyed The Mask too. I was rather disappointed with What the Night Knows - enjoyed the novella Darkness Under the Sun much more, but I'm willing to give WTNK another chance sometime because I'm nice like that :-)

[Naching]

Dustin Crazy little brown owl wrote: "Sam (The Awesome One) wrote: "The Taking is the one that I finally ended up reading.

I own 4 not 5. I swear I had 5 of them o_O. The books I own are The Mask, Life Expectancy, What the Night Knows..."

i have to agree with you when it comes to "What the Night Knows". It didn't seem like a Dean Koontz book. It was very depressing until the end.

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

Kyle ~Special K: Rebel Leader~ wrote: "My first introduction to Koontz was by chance. I was browsing books at our local bookstore when I came upon a copy of Watchers. After reading the storyline on the back of the book, I was intrigued...."

Of course, it would be Watchers :-)

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

Watchers is not one of my favorites but I know I am in the minority on that :-) Watchers was the first Dean Koontz book I read but it was Velocity that hooked me and nailed me down as a Koontz fan :-) I didn't bother with the Watchers movie.

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

I really like The Voice of the Night. Are there actual nails used in the story like in Velocity?

[Latonya]

My friend introduce me to Dean Koontz when I was in middle school. I have been a fan ever since. I have all his books. he is my favorite author.

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

Latonya wrote: "he is my favorite author."

:-) You have good taste in fiction

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

Kyle ~Special K: Rebel Leader~ wrote: "@Dustin

Been awhile since I read The Voice Of The Night. Not sure about the nails."


Will you re-read the book when it's chosen as our Group Read?

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

Great :-) I'll re-read it then too.

[Rachel]

i've never read The Voice of the Night- i guess i know what i'll be nominating for the next group read-thanks guys :D.

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

Rachel wrote: "i've never read The Voice of the Night- i guess i know what i'll be nominating for the next group read-thanks guys :D."

Oh goody! I hope you are okay with disturbing material :-)

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

Have you ever killed anything Kyle?

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

Yes. I have killed spiders and bugs.

[Rachel]

i don't mind little spiders- but meaty spiders have to die

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

Kyle ~Special K: Rebel Leader~ wrote: "Tarantulas...those give me the chills. Although they taste good fried."

No Thanks :-) I only eat chocolate covered ants.

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

Kyle ~Special K: Rebel Leader~ wrote: "http://io9.com/5877589/the-most-phall..."

I had no idea.... thanks for sharing? What exactly prompted you to post this link? Seems kinda funny to post in in the How Did You Get to Know Dean Koontz? thread :-)

[Shastina , Koontzland Social Media Moderator]

My mother reads both Stephen King and Dean Koontz. She had so many of his books, and I was always asking what they were about. Until she finally handed me one, and said "Find out." It was Watchers. And let me tell you, I fell in love. The many emotions I felt while reading just one book, amazed me. So I spent as much of my spare time as possible, reading as many as possible. Watchers has always and will always remain one of my favorite novels by him. He has this great way of making me feel all sorts of different emotions. A lot of the times, anger. While reading Fear Nothing, I remember throwing my book. Not far, and it didn't damage it at all. But I got to a part that just made me really angry. So I calmed down, picked it back up, and finished it. I haven't thrown any books since then, but I'll never forget how I felt. I love when books can do this. It's really a fantastic thing. Since then I've got my husband into reading him, too. We both love his work.

[Karl]

In my teenage years I devoured King and Koontz books, ever since I was given a second hand copy of Phantoms. Gripped from page 1. In fact, I think Phantoms and Midnight are my two favourite Koontz novels (though others such as Intensity are great at 'doing what they say on the tin', an impressive match of form and theme!) I loved the way Koontz novels would open with either action or tension, then ramp them both up along with the stakes throughout the novel. The ideas also grabbed me. Ever-living protoplasmic beings of unstoppable power? Human-computer interfaces for emotionless killers? Wow!

I was a huge fan of Stephen King too, they seemed to go well together as alternating reads. I loved both King and Koontz for their differences. Koontz generally got down to things straightaway, whereas King would spend a lot longer building up the story. Koontz usually offered some kind of 'scientific' explanation, whereas King was happy to allow a hidden world without it needing explaining. I was so proud of all those horror books on my bookcase, and always looked forward to going back to them.

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

I met Dr. Koontz when he injected me with some serum which caused some unusual effects. I was staying at a motel at the time and had just eaten some fast food from across the street when Dr. Koontz attacked me. I began to hallucinate and have visions and also .....wait ....maybe this didn't really happen to me. It might have been a book I read. Nevermind.

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

I met Dr. Koontz when I was seeing him as a patient and I read one of his books in the waiting room.....wait...no...that was a book too. I have a hard time differentiating between dreams, memories, fiction and reality. I don't think Koontz is a doctor at all.....

[Karl]

Dustin Crazy little brown owl wrote: "I met Dr. Koontz when he injected me with some serum which caused some unusual effects."

Reading too much Midnight methinks!

[Karen B.]

Gee Dustin I met Dr. Koontz too, but he was quite friendly and had this beautiful Golden Retriever. We were sitting on his porch when he offered me something to drink and not wanting to make the poor man get up out of his chair I declined, but was really thinking I could go for a nice cold can of Diet Coke, when this beautiful dog suddenly stood up, trotted into the house and came back with a bag in his mouth with a can of Diet Coke, a brewski for Dr. Koontz and even two chilled mugs. Dr. Koontz didn't seem at all surprised except he muttered "cookies". Next thing the dog came back outside with another little bag with cookies and pretzels and a second bag containing what appeared to be a dog bowl and another brewski. Dropping them at Dr. Koontz's feet he looked up at him and smiled.