| | Comment from (2007-09-17) |
| Dean Koontz is easily my favorite writer. Some compare him to Stephen King since they both get categorized as "horror". But Koontz is much more. He has so many pen names because his work tends to blur genre boundaries. Most of his work could be typed as horror/romance/thriller. As you might gather from the other comments, Watchers is a good place to start. I keep waiting for a decent movie of this book, but since B-movie king Roger Corman currently owns the film rights, that's not going to happen. Each of the films have good parts, but some really terrible stuff, too. Other favorite Koontz books: Strangers, Hideaway (the first I read) and Tick Tock. The last is a combination of horror and screwball comedy. A real hoot.
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| | Comment from (2007-06-26) |
| I'm in love with all of Koontz books. Watchers is my favorite, followed closely by the Odd Thomas trio and The Good Guy. I strongly suggest him, his charactors are very intriguing and easy to relate to, and the plots are full of twists and keep you guessing to the end. |
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| | Comment from (2007-04-30) |
| I find him ponderously slow in most all of his books. At least he's not as universally slow and plodding as all of Kings' novels, but he's getting there. On the plus side when he gets to the action it's usually really really good, then craps out with another useless 3,000 words, then action again, then -well, you get the picture. The Frankenstein books are good, but I still think Intensity is the best- perhaps because its the most realistic (not absurd like the dog and aliens theme that keeps cropping up). If you want a book to get started on then get the unabridged audio book of Intensity, that way you can forward to the next chapter every time you hit those really dull spots. |
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| | Comment from (2007-01-06) |
| Dean Koontz is by far my favorite author. Don't listen to what that other guy said. He has a way with words that just gets inside my head and makes it impossible to put the book down. I would personally recommend his Frankenstein series or (especially for the spiritual type) his wonderfully enticing novel The Taking. If you like his books I would also recommend John Saul or Tami Hoag. As an afterthought, James Patterson is a fine author as well. |
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| | Comment from (2003-04-09) |
| Dean Koontz isn't horrible. He's not great either, but he's not horrible. He's often compared to Stephen King, and things that people usually complain about King's writing generally apply much better to Koontz. Koontz has written about twice as many books in about the same timeframe as King; I think in this case you really can say that he is just churning them out. The writing in his books isn't terrible, but it's really nothing to write home about. Same with his characters. A lot of his premises are pretty hokey; The Watchers is about a smart dog that has a monster chasing after it. Personally, I wouldn't normally get a Dean Koontz book if I had something else to read, but if I were at an airport and needed something to read or something he'd be a pretty safe bet. |
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| | Comment from (2003-03-08) |
| One of my favourite authors. I highly reccomend those that are new to Koontz to check out Watchers as their introductory novel, be warned its highly addictive! P.S. that picture of Koontz on the page is from before he became filthy rich, nowadays he has a full head of hair and doesn't resemble Burt Reynolds as much =) |
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