You know you've been reading too much Koontz when...

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

The Land Beyond the Portal
Available (at least available to order)
Wherever great books are sold :-)

[J.S.]

Dustin Crazy little brown owl wrote: "The Land Beyond the Portal
Available (at least available to order)
Wherever great books are sold :-)
"

Just out of curiosity, where did you order yours from?

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

Barnes & Noble. I just got a call today saying it is waiting for me. Adventure to begin soon! :-)

[J.S.]

Dustin Crazy little brown owl wrote: "Barnes & Noble. I just got a call today saying it is waiting for me. Adventure to begin soon! :-)"

Sweet!

[J.S.]

Hey Dustin, I checked out Life Expectancy from the library. I'll get to it when I'm done with Mr. X.

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

That is great news :-) Prepare to be enchanted!

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

Alex (Al) wrote: "Hey, Dustin Crazy! Sorry for vanishing again. You'll never guess which Dean Koontz book I just read."

THE KEY TO MIDNIGHT?

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

False Memory?

[Matīss]

May be it is mentioned earlier, but that also means something, if you start to eat tofu at least three times a week to avoid prostate cancer.

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

Matīss wrote: "May be it is mentioned earlier, but that also means something, if you start to eat tofu at least three times a week to avoid prostate cancer."

TICK TOCK :-) That was the Dean Koontz book that I read most recently.

[Matīss]

Dustin Crazy little brown owl wrote: "Matīss wrote: "May be it is mentioned earlier, but that also means something, if you start to eat tofu at least three times a week to avoid prostate cancer."

TICK TOCK :-) That was the Dean Koontz..."
Darkest Evening also mentioned this :)

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

Well, whatta you know...The Darkest Evening is the next Koontz book I plan to read. I know there are no coincidences because I have been reading too much Koontz :-)

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

I am currently reading The Darkest Evening of the Year but I don't think I share your high praise for the book :-) so far it is a lot of dog worship.

[Jim]

I have a question which is off topic but I had no idea where to ask this. Every year for the past "x" number of years, Dean Koontz would release a book in early December which my mother would buy for me as a Christmas present. It was the one present I looked forward to. I noticed that the publishing dates kepot getting later and later until 77 Shadow Street was released after Dec 25 last year. Not by much so it still was a present for me. This year nothing and he will not have a release for a couple of months. Anyone know why this has happened or has Dean Koontz slowed down that he is just doing one book a year? Thanks for any info.

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

Jim wrote: "I have a question which is off topic but I had no idea where to ask this. Every year for the past "x" number of years, Dean Koontz would release a book in early December which my mother would buy f..."

Dean is releasing Odd Interlude in one volume on December 28th I believe. Odd Interlude was published as 3 e-books earlier this year before Odd Apocalypse was released. Typically we get 2-3 new books out of Dean in a year and others released in new formats.

I'm just guessing at the choice of release dates but I think publishers might decide to release after Christmas to take advantage of shoppers that received Gift Cards. I don't have any other explanation why they wouldn't release before Christmas, but maybe someone else does :-)

[Shangre]

Damn I'm obsessed

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

Shangre wrote: "Damn I'm obsessed"

Alright! :-)

[Jim]

Dustin Crazy little brown owl wrote: "Jim wrote: "I have a question which is off topic but I had no idea where to ask this. Every year for the past "x" number of years, Dean Koontz would release a book in early December which my mother..."

Gift cards after Xmas never entered my mind. I always assumed it would be before so they can be given as presents.

[Mark]

You notice the glow of sodium vapor lamps.

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

Mark wrote: "You notice the glow of sodium vapor lamps."

Doesn't everyone?

[J.S.]

You have Googled bougainvilleas to see what they are.

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

J.S. wrote: "You have Googled bougainvilleas to see what they are."

Doesn't everybody do that?

[J.S.]

Dustin Crazy little brown owl wrote: "J.S. wrote: "You have Googled bougainvilleas to see what they are."

Doesn't everybody do that?"

Do they?

[Mark]

Dustin Crazy little brown owl wrote: "Mark wrote: "You notice the glow of sodium vapor lamps."

Doesn't everyone?"

In this group I guess I'd have to say yes.

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

Of course. Most of us have read Breathless. I'm afraid it wasn't one of Dean's best works (imho) :-(

[Mary]

When you obsessively post a Dean Koontz quote or two or three on your facebook page EVERY day.

[Mary]

J.S. wrote: "1. You think random people driving behind you are going to follow you home and shoot you.

2. You watch the sky for government satellites and hope their cameras are pointed the other way when you g..."

J.S. wrote: "1. You think random people driving behind you are going to follow you home and shoot you.

2. You watch the sky for government satellites and hope their cameras are pointed the other way when you g..."

Love this--thanks for the Laughs!

[Mary]

Dustin Crazy little brown owl wrote: "....If you become Breathless and suddenly get Night Chills at Odd Hours on The Darkest Evening of the Year.

....If you travel Strange Highways By The Light of the Moon.

....If you hear The Voice ..."

LOVE this...

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

Mary wrote: "When you obsessively post a Dean Koontz quote or two or three on your facebook page EVERY day."

LIKE :-)

[Holly]

You think you see something strange and/or ominous everywhere.

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

Holly wrote: "You think you see something strange and/or ominous everywhere."

Everyday.

[Holly]

Hehe :-)

[Karen B.]

You start wondering if your neighbor's Golden Retriever has some kind of super intelligence.

You wonder if any dog knows a lot more than he/she is letting on

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

I like the way that Koontz readers think. We are so awesome!

[Holly]

Yes we are!!

[Karen B.]

And you begin to look for the word susurrant to appear in every Koontz book you pick up.

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

Karen B wrote: "And you begin to look for the word susurrant to appear in every Koontz book you pick up."

Is susurrant even a word? My comment box shows it underlined in red as misspelled. I haven't noticed the word before. What does that word even mean?

[Holly]

I've never hears of it...hmm......

[Holly]

When you wish your dog was as smart as the ones he writes about.

[Karen B.]

Yep susurrant is an adjective used by Koontz in almost every book I have read in the past 5 months. It's such an odd word that I have started making a game of looking for it and sure enough I find it in the book I am reading.
Actually it may be susurration that he uses sometime.
Kindle dictionary shows the noun form as meaning whispering, murmuring or rustling.

With my Kindle I have made a sort of game out of looking up the odd looking words that Koontz uses even though I can get the meaning from context. I have caught him using a few archaic words even. He loves his language.

In Shadowfires there's a line about the susurrant sound of cold air coming through the wall vents.

And later in the book he writes about pausing to listen before the patter and susurration of the rain was cut out be a frightening noise.

I know it's in Moonlit Mind as well and in several other monthly reads we've read recently. The next time I find an archaic word I will let you know *LOL*

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

Maybe you are reading different versions of text than the rest of us. Maybe Koontz has manipulated your mind to see things the rest of us can not. Maybe this is some sort of government conspiracy or the work of extraterrestrials. Maybe I have been reading too much Dean Koontz lately.

[Karen B.]

Dustin, if anyone gets really curious ... like anyone cares... I can give you page numbers and I can find it in the other books too! one of the little niceties of having a Kindle. Really it is great for someone like me or forgets what I read earlier. If I know a character was introduced, but isn't mentioned until much later and I want to remember what was said when the character first entered the book I can do a quick search of the name and it shows up ... page number and context.

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

Give me one example of the word usage with reference and I'll look it up if I have the book. If I don't have that particular book then you'll have to give me another example :-)

[Karen B.]

Do you have Shadowfires? Try page 17. (the pages actually may be different) "But for the susurrant sound of cold air coming through the wall vent and the occasional single ring the telephone made before the machine answered it, the house was as silent as Paul Attison's glome-shrouded office."

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

Karen B wrote: "Do you have Shadowfires? Try page 17. (the pages actually may be different) "But for the susurrant sound of cold air coming through the wall vent and the occasional single ring the telephone made ..."

Yes. What Chapter?

[Karen B.]

Susurration is in Odd Hours I have to double check the page number in the hard back book. My books are all large print. But Kindle show it on p. 80, p.208 and p.209

What is listed as p.80 in Kindle is p.102 in my hardback copy so try those two pages in the book. I'm sorry because of the fact that I have only large print books in the hard backs I have.

[Karen B.]

The reference for susurration in Odd Hours is the end of chapter 12.

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

Karen B wrote: "The reference for susurration in Odd Hours is the end of chapter 12."

Will look right now :-)

[Karen B.]

The line from Shadowfires was in Chapter 2.

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

From ODD HOURS, Chapter 12:

No night birds sang. No dogs barked. No whiff of breeze, no roosting owl (Ooh, I like that part), no stalking cat rustled the leaves of any tree. I had gone too far inland to hear the susurration of the sea.

Interesting that goodreads gives the word susurration red underline in the comment box :-) but then again so does the word goodreads so go figure.