Dean koontz with images dean koontz books, dean koontz. This edition contains an excerpt from dean koontzs odd apocalypse. First, i commend the narrator of the audible book who did a wonderful job with all of the different voices. Rudy tock spends long hours walking the corridors between the expectant. This site uses cookies to deliver our services, improve performance, for analytics, and if not signed in for advertising. However, he also adds elements of other genres such as horror, scifi, mystery and satire. The key to midnight book by dean koontz thriftbooks. Suspense, fantasy, horror, and heart combine in koontzs novels in equal measure to create unforgettable stories. Dean is married to his wife gerda, and lives in southern california with their golden retriever.
This is a list of every work written by dean koontz. A 2003 reprinting includes a new afterword by the author, discussing editorial politics. This may just be the book dean koontz was born to write. Tick tock by dean koontz tick tock takes place in present day southern california. He drives home his brandnew corvette one day to discover a strange doll on his doorstep. Strange highways holds two novels, plus 12 novellas and short stories, all but the title novel published before but here tastefully if not totally rewritten. Provides a summary of each fiction novel, including pseudonyms used, and books made into movies and audio books. Dean koontz explains that the reason this book came out in paperback without first being published as a hardcover is because he felt the story was too short to expect readers to pay hardcover pricess. The book chronicles the night from hell for tommy phan. Dean koontzs popularity has helped him rank next to authors such as stephen king. Lightning is a novel by american writer dean koontz, released in 1988. Phantoms is a novel by american writer dean koontz, first published in 1983.
Tommy phan is a successful detective novelist living the american dream in. Koontz was born on july 9, 1945 in everett, pennsylvania, usa as dean ray koontz. Ticktock does deviate from the norm of the usual koontz novels, but that makes it unique. For who jimmy tock is and what he must accomplish on the five days when his world turns is a mystery as dangerous as it is wondrousa struggle against an evil so dark and pervasive, only the most extraordinary of human spirits can shine through. December 23, 2017 in authors mz thrift store finds. His novels are broadly described as suspense thrillers, but also frequently incorporate elements of horror, fantasy, science fiction, mystery, and satire. Maybe i shouldnt say this, but ticktock is such a good story it is worth a hardcover price. Complete information about dean koontz books both fiction and nonfiction, short stories, and poetry. Tommy phan is a 30yearold vietnameseamerican detective and novelist living in southern california, and a chaser of the american dream.
Tick tock is about a vietnameseamerica male, tommy, he likes to be called, who finds a somewhat mysterious doll outside his doorstep one night. Later he hears an odd popping sound and is intrigued to find it coming to life. I would say punchinello beezo, from life expectancy, i say favorite because i felt sorry for the guy, and because if what he did on that horrible day. Dean koontz at the internet book list dean koontz article including information on his erotic books. This book is my favorite koontz novel that outdoes all his latest books and many other he wrote. The stories up to where no one fell first appeared in the reflector, a magazine issued by shippensburg university, pa. To read this only as a childrens book would be a shame. In the year 2008, dean was ranked as the sixth highest paid author, at. The young man escapes his house, and the monster or. Every book he writes starts off with a great premise. Ticktock by dean koontz overdrive rakuten overdrive. This is the best koontz novel i have read in a very long time. This is me and my friends book trailer for tick tock by dean koontz.
One evening he comes home to find a small rag doll on his doorstep. Koontzs launch book with bantam, and seize the night, with a. The subplot of protagonist tommy phans struggle to reconcile his familys tenacious hold on their vietnamese roots with his. He is a writer and producer, known for odd thomas 20, phantoms 1998 and watchers 1988. This is probably the only book ive read of dean koontz that actually. The author of numerous bestsellers, dean koontz, dubbed one of the master storytellers of this or any age, is the creator of odd thomas, the eminently likeable fry cook with occult powers. Deng obrang gewa nang o tungkul kang dean koontz kareng aklatan worldcat catalog contemplating evil, interview in reason by nick gillespie and lisa snell. Im curious to know what other readers think of dean koontzs work. Ill tell you up front one complaint that keeps it from being a 5 star its only one book. Dean ray koontz born july 9, 1945 is an american author. Tommy phan is a vietnameseamerican who isnt true to his vietnamese roots. Heck, even the cover art works well with the book on this one.
Tommy phan is a successful detective novelist living the american dream in southern california. The subplot of protagonist tommy phans struggle to reconcile his familys tenacious hold on their vietnamese. With help coming from an unlikely but wonderful source tommy strives to outrun the monster, trying to stay one step ahead until he can surpass the deadline and survive. After janes decorated husband commits suicide, she detects a noticeable uptick in suicides, prompting her to do a little research into the matter. Its a simple doll, covered entirely in white cloth, with crossed black stitches for the eyes and mouth, and another pair forming an x over the heart. He is 30 years old, and a successful novelist living in. Tommy phan is a successful detective novelist, living the american dream in southern california. The intensity was still present, but, with comic relief, kept me turning the pages late into the night.
For me oddkins rates up there with the velveteen rabbit and the little prince in the underlying message about doing. Tommy pursues the thing as it scrambles away, and then is pursued by it as it evolves from a terrifying and vicious manikin. What i liked about this one was the light hearted and comical approach, unlike his usual, fear driven intensity. Tick tock was a book i had read like 15 years ago and i had recalled enjoying it a lot so i gave it five stars. Dean koontz books, ebooks, audiobooks, biography barnes. Dean koontz created a real page turner in tick tock. The message that appears on his computer screen is clear on this.
Dean koontz delivers a tourdeforce nailbiter of a thriller made all the more effective by its narrow frame of focus the action takes place mostly throughout one night in the neverending nightlife of christopher snow. Odd interlude, dean koontzs new york times bestselling threepart digital seriesnow in one volume for the first time. I just finished hideaway, the sixth book ive read by koontz, and decided that i would never read another book of his again. When he brings it inside his house, it begins to grow until it becomes a formidible monster. He brings the doll inside and from there his life is turned upside down. Dean koontz is an extremely prolific author known for his suspense thriller novels. Do not buy this book in the thought that it will be like many other koontz novels. Koontz at the internet speculative fiction database. Buy a cheap copy of the key to midnight book by dean koontz.
One of dean koontzs pen names was inspired by his dog, trixie koontz, a golden retriever, shown in many of his bookjacket photos. All in all an excellent novel, koontz paces the novel wonderfully. This edition contains an excerpt from dean koontzs the city. Tick tock is about a vietnameseamerica male, tommy, he likes to be called, who finds a somewhat.
Everyday low prices and free delivery on eligible orders. Browse author series lists, sequels, pseudonyms, synopses, book covers, ratings and awards. Its about a vietnameseamerican family with authentic vietnamese traditions they follow here in america with the exception of tommy their son. Who is your favorite villain from a dean koontz book. A strange doll is left on tommy phans front steps, stranger than anyone could ever imagine. Its a rag doll made entirely of white cloth, with no face or hair or. Odd interlude an odd thomas novel dean koontz at his finest. A young author recieves a small rag doll on his doorstep one night. Use features like bookmarks, note taking and highlighting while reading ticktock. The long journey of dean koontz jeff zaleski dec 14, 1998 a snapshot depicts his boyhood home. Librarything is a cataloging and social networking site for booklovers. Download it once and read it on your kindle device, pc, phones or tablets. The story is a version of the nowdebunked urban legend involving a. If we are talking sickest, and best by being the worst, it is bruno from whispers, or candy poll.
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