The Dean Koontz Companion - Softcover

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0425141357 ISBN 13: 9780425141359

Publisher: Berkley Trade, 1994

Synopsis

Includes an interview with Koontz, evaluations of film versions of his novels, excerpts from some of his writings, and an annotated bibliography of his novels

About this title

About the Author:

Martin H. Greenberg was honored in 1995 by the Mystery Writers of America with the Ellery Queen Award for lifetime achievement in mystery editing. He is also the recipient of two Anthony awards. Mystery Scene magazine called him "the best mystery anthologist since Ellery Queen." He has compiled more than 1,000 anthologies and is the president of TEKNO books. He lives in Green Bay, Wisconsin.

From Booklist:

A little something for the fans. Even Ed Gorman's long interview, kicking things off, has a canned quality, as if Koontz were selecting--and polishing--his responses with complete control. We learn that Koontz grew up in a poor household in the Pennsylvania hills, the offspring of a philandering father and long-suffering mother. Koontz was an indifferent scholar but loved reading science fiction; he credits his success to his wife, Greda, who supported him through his apprenticeship. Koontz comments on his work, on writing under pseudonyms, and on the difficulties he's had with publishers. Rarely, he talks about other writers, such as Thomas Harris. Matt Costello rounds up film and TV adaptations, summarizing and criticizing the productions on the basis of their fidelity to Koontz's stories; Koontz himself rounds up stray pieces, many of them short, odd, broadly humorous tales excerpted from an imaginary magazine called Weird World. The concluding pages are devoted to an annotated, thorough bibliography of Koontz's 60-odd novels, including the February 1994 paperback original, Winter Moon. This guide is pure, uncritical publicity, but it will circulate wherever the novels do, and that's everywhere. John Mort

About this edition

• Publisher: Berkley Trade
• Publication date: 1994
• ISBN 10: 0425141357
• ISBN 13: 9780425141359
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 320
• Editor: Martin H. Greenberg, Ed Gorman, Bill Munster