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Topic: t/j on Stephen King Dean Koontz?
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scaredyKat
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Member # 25560 |  Posted: 8:35 PM, September 9th (Monday), 2013 |     |
I discovered him when I ran out of SK books long ago. My all time favorite is Watchers. If you are an animal lover, it's just great.
The creepiest one I remember was Midnight. I didn't sleep that night, and later, kept imagining my son becoming part computer....
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Damn autocorrect is responsible for the silly errors, sorry!
Posts: 4069 | Registered: Sep 2009 | From: In my head |
epiphany2006
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Member # 10126 | | Posted: 9:51 PM, September 9th (Monday), 2013 | |
My fav Dean Koontz are From the Corner of His Eye, By the Light of the Moon, and the Odd Thomas series, Life Expectancy, One Door Away from Heaven. Shoot, pretty much all of them.
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Posts: 356 | Registered: Mar 2006 | From: Arkansas |
wildbananas
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Member # 10552 | | Posted: 10:31 PM, September 9th (Monday), 2013 | |
I love a lot of his books but I think my favorite is "Lightning." 
Travel light, live light, spread the light, be the light. ~ Yogi Bhajan
Posts: 15505 | Registered: Apr 2006 | From: Now an AZ girl |
trumanshow
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Member # 25624 | | Posted: 8:34 AM, September 20th (Friday), 2013 | |
I loved his earlier books but thought he jumped the shark about the time of "From the Corner of His Eye"
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Posts: 1764 | Registered: Sep 2009 | From: Charlotte, NC |
JanaGreen
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Member # 29341 | | Posted: 9:15 AM, September 20th (Friday), 2013 | |
Intensity. Best Dean Koontz book!
Although I loved Watchers too. It was so sweet.
We're both in our 30s. One awesome 5-year-old daughter. Baby Green 2.0 expected June 2015!!!!!!!!!
Posts: 7177 | Registered: Aug 2010 | From: Somewhere in the South |
darkbeast
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Member # 19220 | | Posted: 9:17 AM, September 20th (Friday), 2013 | |
Brightbeauty loves Dean Koontz. I had never been interested in him (or Stephen King). I picked up "Frankenstein: Prodigal Son" at the used bookstore recently and it's the best thing I've read in a while. Quick and fun--it's brain candy!
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Posts: 2466 | Registered: Apr 2008 | From: Florida |
JanaGreen
♀ 29341
Member # 29341 | | Posted: 9:52 AM, September 20th (Friday), 2013 | |
I loved the Frankenstein books!
A lot of people like the Odd Thomas books. I thought they were ok but couldn't really get into them.
We're both in our 30s. One awesome 5-year-old daughter. Baby Green 2.0 expected June 2015!!!!!!!!!
Posts: 7177 | Registered: Aug 2010 | From: Somewhere in the South |
Jrazz
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Member # 31349 | | Posted: 1:42 PM, September 20th (Friday), 2013 | |
Dean Koontz is all over the map.
If you want to never ever EVER sleep again, I recommend "The Taking."
I second wb's "Lightning" recommendation - that one is epic.
His "Odd Thomas" books are a kinda Stephen Kingish, but not quite as detailed (or complicated, if you will)
"All the wars, all the hatred, all the ignorance in the world come out of being so invested in our opinions. And at bottom, those opinions are merely our efforts to escape the underlying uneasiness of being human. - Pema Chodron
Posts: 20709 | Registered: Feb 2011 | From: California |
LosferWords
♂ 30369
Member # 30369 | | Posted: 5:13 PM, September 20th (Friday), 2013 | |
Intensity. Best Dean Koontz book!
I'm going to have to agree with you there, Jana!
“When we protect ourselves so we won't feel pain, that protection becomes like armor, like armor that imprisons the softness of of the heart.” ― Pema Chödrön
Posts: 10405 | Registered: Dec 2010 |
Teach8
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Member # 36521 | | Posted: 6:04 PM, September 20th (Friday), 2013 | |
Yup...loved Intensity! Definitely my favorite. Like Odd Thomas and Frakenstein...but still...can't replace The Stand or It by King. :)
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Posts: 515 | Registered: Aug 2012 |
JanaGreen
♀ 29341
Member # 29341 | | Posted: 3:37 PM, September 24th (Tuesday), 2013 | |
If you want to never ever EVER sleep again, I recommend "The Taking."
I'm not sure if I've read that - honestly a lot of his books kind of run together for me. I'll have to read the plot summary!
ETA: OK I don't think I've read that. I did remember another one I read recently, 77 Shadow Street. It was pretty good, but the novella included at the end, The Moonlit Mind, was better. I really wanted more of THAT story. [This message edited by JanaGreen at 3:41 PM, September 24th (Tuesday)]
We're both in our 30s. One awesome 5-year-old daughter. Baby Green 2.0 expected June 2015!!!!!!!!!
Posts: 7177 | Registered: Aug 2010 | From: Somewhere in the South |
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