What Is Now "Relentless"!

Did you know that...

Once upon a time Relentless was once called The Other Side of the Woods.  It is true!!  The book with the white cover and red letters once had a different title and cover.  As you can see the original artwork was striking and beautiful, but alas was changed.  However, Koontz said his original title was Relentless and that is the one that was finally decided.  Thought all the Koontz fans out there would be interested in this piece of knowledge.

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Klassic Koontz - Part One

This is a new series of articles on old, out-of-print Koontz novels from his early years.  Some under his own name and some from his many psuedonyms.  Part One focuses on A Werewolf Among Us, written under his own name. Published in 1973 and at 211 pages this novel is very much part of his early sci-fi fare.  I mean, just look at the cover.  As a die-hard fan of Koontz's this would be a treasure to own, but for now I will just keep searching.  Since I have not read this one I am not sure, but I feel there really isn't an actual werewolf in the story - just a metaphor for evil.  If anyone has read it please comment to this post and give The Eerie Coterie some feedback and insight into this book.

Click on the Post title to go to The Horror Bookstore which has info on other older Koontz titles.

Koontz December Releases

December has a few surprises in store for Koontz fans.  Even though Breathless is out there are two others arrivals coming: Christopher Snow: Fear Nothing and The House of Thunder (re-release).  The first is a graphic novel of Koontz's first novel featuring Chris Snow - the guy with the allergy to light!!  Hopefully Koontz will write a third book in that series too!  The second is a reissue of an earlier novel, but with a special afterword by the author.  It is also in the larger mass marlet format for easier reading. 

"Goremet" Winners

Hello all my Coterie followers.  This was by far the most invested voting of the "Goremet" nominees I have seen yet!  So many of you were passionate about Lightning as others were about Mr. Murder that both have won.  Mr. Murder is our official winner for December and Lightning is our selection for January. 

Past "Goremet" Selection Ratings

Over the past 12 months we have read a wide range of Dean Koontz titles and The Nobody wanted to rank each one based on feedback from the Conversation Group and online comments.  I have seperated my ratings in parentheses.  Here we go...

1. Your Heart Belongs to Me:  4 Rating - Throat Slashed  (Beheaded)
2. Winter Moon: 4 Rating - Throat Slashed (the same)
3. Frankenstein Prodgial Son Graphic Novel: 4 Rating - Throat Slashed (Severed Limb)
4. False Memory: 5 Rating - Beheaded (the same)
5. The Good Guy: 5 Rating - Beheaded (the same)
6. From the Corner of His Eye: 5 Rating - Beheaded (the same)
7. Hideaway: 4 Rating - Throat Slashed (Beheaded)

If you have a rating you would like to submit for these or any Dean Koontz books you have read, just comment to this post.

The Eerie Coterie Conversation Group

Hello Coterie followers!!  Just as a reminder there will be no meeting in December, since everyone has such hectic schedules and the holidays and such.  But we will be back in January 14th, 2010.  Since The Eerie Coterie is focusing on Dean Koontz I wanted to update some of the rules of the game for the group.  SO that there is a running theme rooted in the monthly meetings I would like everyone to start reading the "Goremet" titles so they can be discussed at the meeting.  We are still very much open to all topics and themes that are "eerie", but it is essential that there is some rooted purpose to the meetings.  I also wanted to open the door for more than just horror.  Like Koontz, we should focus on any subject that fits with the "eerie" theme.  Suspense, thrillers, mysteries, drama, sci-fi - especially when we talk movies. 

I hope to see all of you in the new year with a new "Goremet" Koontz book to read ans discuss and lots of other topics for us to converse over.

Happy Holidays,
The Nobody

Goremet Neck in Neck

Well it looks like everyone has been busy voting on the nominees to fill the December "Goremet" slot.  Mr. Murder and Lightning are tied, with The Face not far behind.  I love it when the competition is on!!  Let me give you some background on the two runners and then you can go mad.

1. Mr. Murder is a Christmas themed thriller with a children's tale mixed in.  Several years ago Koontz wrote Santa's Twin which was released as a kid's book and is from the novel.
2. Lightning is what many fans consider his best work.  When the lightning strikes twice for Laura Shane something will be coming for her.

Frankenstein Continues

Dean Koontz and Bantam have announced that he will continue writing titles in the Frankenstein saga, with the first of three new ones coming in May 2010.  They will now be in hardcover format and the first takes up right after the last novel, Frankenstien: Dead and Alive. 

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What's Your Favorite Dean Koontz Novel?

Cover of One Door Away From Heaven (Dean Koontz)

I know this will be a tough question so I will give you a few options in regards to how you answer.  Since Dean Koontz is know for mixing genres I have given you two categories to vote on.  This gives you the possibility of two favorite Koontz novels - or just one if you can do it!  The challenge is on!!  Here are the  categories available:

1. Thrillers/Suspense
2. Supernatural/Horror

As one of Koontz's biggest supporters and fans my two choices are:

1. One Door Away From Heaven
2. The Face

Overall my favorite Koontz is still One Door Away From Heaven.  It is the most profound and enlightening thriller I have ever read.  It is fast and furious, but also inspiring; full of all the elements that are unique to Koontz'z style.

Breathless

Cover of Breathless: A Novel

The Nobody here!  The new winter thriller by Dean Koontz, Breathless hits shelves next Tuesday.  Here is the jacket information for this wonderful suspense novel.

Synopsis

#1 New York Times bestselling author Dean Koontz delivers a thrilling novel of suspense and adventure, as the lives of strangers converge around a mystery unfolding high in the Colorado mountains—and the balance of the world begins to tilt….

In the stillness of a golden September afternoon, deep in the wilderness of the Rockies, a solitary craftsman, Grady Adams, and his magnificent Irish wolfhound Merlin step from shadow into light…and into an encounter with enchantment. That night, through the trees, under the moon, a pair of singular animals will watch Grady's isolated home, waiting to make their approach.

A few miles away, Camillia Rivers, a local veterinarian, begins to unravel the threads of a puzzle that will bring all the forces of a government in peril to her door.

At a nearby farm, long-estranged identical twins come together to begin a descent into darkness…In Las Vegas, a specialist in chaos theory probes the boundaries of the unknowable…On a Seattle golf course, two men make matter-of-fact arrangements for murder…Along a highway by the sea, a vagrant scarred by the past begins a trek toward his destiny…

In a novel that is at once wholly of our time and timeless, fearless and funny, Dean Koontz takes readers into the moment between one turn of the world and the next, across the border between knowing and mystery. It is a journey that will leave all who take it Breathless.

From the Hardcover edition.