Dean Koontz's fans speak up. One of the best and most prolific writers. nm

[rhett o rick]

[WillYourVoteBCounted]

1. I like his book "The Husaband"

I don't have just one favorite author though, I like many.

But he is really great, no doubt.

[rhett o rick]

2. I also liked that book. I have read lots of his books but he is too prolific for me to keep up. nm

[liberalmuse]

3. Big Koontz fan here.

I once read 5 of his books in a week.

[Drunken Irishman]

4. Like some of his books, hate the fact he's a right-wing nut job.

[silverweb]

6. Love his books, hate his politics.

I was actually shocked to learn he's a rightwinger.
Themes in his books had me believing for years that he had to be a lefty. Go figure.

[RebelOne]

9. But to balance it out, Stephen King is a left-winger. n/t

[rhett o rick]

7. I didn't know about his politics. In his books like, "Dark Rivers of the Heart", he doesn't

come across as right wing. Maybe Libertarian??

[Drunken Irishman]

8. Eh, maybe...

But he seems pretty conservative.

http://newsmeat.com/celebrity_political_donations/Dean_Koontz.php

[pitohui]

5. well he's certainly prolfic

i read all of his books but to me they're airplane books, it seems to keep moving as i'm reading it, but i never remember anything meaningful to me later -- hell, most of em i don't remember anything about the story at all later, so there's that

there's also that in his books from at least the mid 80s it seems like he can't resist making tiny jabs at progressives and/or writers and/or artists who are better/deeper/more meaningful than he is -- i wish he'd get an editor who could just cut out the unnecessary jabs, it takes you out of the story and does NOT do anything to make koontz look like a nice guy -- and it's never an important part of the story, why not leave that crap out?

his great strength is his ability to write strong plots that keep moving, i wish he'd keep his focus there

[Rancid Crabtree]

10. Vern Tuttle Rules.

Koontz writes great stories. First one I read was Mr. Murder and I was hooked. Strangers, Watchers, Twilight Eyes, Odd Thomas stories, Fear Nothing and Seize the Night, hard to pick a favorite. You can see a progression in his writing. His early stuff is okay, almost formulaic, if that word is allowed, and while the later stuff could be said to be so, as well, they're more. He has some stuff written under other names that I'd like to read...Hanging On, The Haunted Earth, Hell's Gate, Nightmare Journey...others. Oddkins is a real hoot. Anyone read Soft Come the Dragons, Star Quest, or Starblood?