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Old 11-02-05, 09:47 AM
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The Frankenstein books are written by co-authors, so it's likely that little of the actual writing was done by Koontz. The second of them was done by Ed Gorman, though, who's a fine writer in his own right, so I don't doubt that it's good.
Old 11-02-05, 10:23 AM
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The third - and final - Frankenstein book will be written solely by Koontz. It comes out next summer.
Old 11-13-05, 01:39 PM
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I've read Intensity, that was a gr8 read! And I'm now reading Strangers... then after that False Memory..

I really want to see the made-4-tv movie of Intensity, but I dunno where to find it

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Old 11-14-05, 08:43 PM
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Intensity is currently available on Comcast On Demand... maybe other similiar channels as well. You might check there.
Old 12-28-05, 08:07 AM
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I just finished From the Corner of His Eye and liked it quite a bit. It sure was looong though.
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Originally Posted by cineman
Worthwhile:
The Bad Place
Servants of Twilight
Strangers
I agree with those, but I'd put them at the must read level. I'd also add Darkfall and Face of Fear to the list.
Old 08-24-06, 04:34 PM
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Cover art for Brother Odd is now up. Comes out 11/28:

Old 08-25-06, 12:54 AM
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ooh cool

Im currently reading "Velocity", nearly finished actually!!

It's quite disturbing, but I like it

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Old 09-01-06, 05:42 PM
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What happened to the final Frankenstein book? Can't find information on it anywhere...
Old 09-02-06, 03:20 AM
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http://www.randomhouse.com/bantamdell/koontz/meet_qa/june_8_2006.html

Here you go:
Q #3: This has to be the question you get most often. Two words: Frankenstein Three. Oh, one other word: When?
Writing the first two books, I discovered yet another character flaw in myself: I can?t collaborate. None of the fault lies in those writers who tried to collaborate with me; they were great. But at the keyboard, I?m a fussy, stubborn, obsessive, impossible, single-minded, annoying nutcase who can become homicidal over a disagreement about commas. When not at the keyboard, of course, I?m an absolute sweetie, with a temperament somewhere between that of Spongebob Squarepants and Barney the Dinosaur, and everywhere I go, admiring angels sing a processional before me. After finishing the first two books, I decided not to try again with a collaborator but to plunge into the third novel myself. Hurricane Katrina presented an unprecedented narrative problem. After the tragedy and suffering endured by the citizens of New Orleans, I could not bring myself to set loose Victor and his creations to wreak more havoc on the city, so I had to figure how to include the hurricane and work around it in a graceful way. This slowed things down. But I expect to finish Book Three soon, for publication in winter 2007.
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*le sigh*...another year then! lol damn

I'm currently reading Odd Thomas

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But I expect to finish Book Three [of Frankenstein] soon, for publication in winter 2007.
Does that mean winter January 2007 or winter December 2007?
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Thats a good question, but I'm assuming it means the latter part of 2007

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Old 09-02-06, 10:11 AM
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In publishing, Winter 2007 usually means January, February, March 2007.
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oh! lol, show's what i know then! :P

Thanks for that info ^_____^

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Originally Posted by movielib
Does that mean winter January 2007 or winter December 2007?
Good thing...I couldn't bear to wait another year.

Interesting that he's going to incorporate the hurricane into it, though. That should throw things for quite the loop.

Now...is he ever going to do another Christopher Snow novel?
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Ahhh!!! triple post! lol.... whats wrong with the edit button?! lol!!

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Old 09-03-06, 11:11 PM
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Thanks for the update on the 3rd installment in the Frankenstein series...I was wondering what was going on with that.
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TWILIGHT EYES. Loved the first 75% of the book - chilling, evocative atmosphere, good characters, some truly scary pages. It would make a fascinating movie...but, as was pointed out earlier in this thread, the author has a tendency (which I've seen in a number of his books) to resolve his stories poorly. He seems to have had no idea what the ending might be when he began writing, and no better idea as he nears the climax, and so drums up some very lame plot developments to "explain" the events of his story. Suspension of disbelief goes out the window. If he developed more skill with the final chapters of his novels, he'd be a formidable foe for Mr. King.
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Haven't seen any mention of Mr. Murder or Hideaway.; 2 of my favorites.
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Haven't seen any mention of Mr. Murder or Hideaway.; 2 of my favorites.
See Post #9. Mr. Murder is on my list of favorites.

I thought Hideaway was great except for the ending.
Old 09-09-06, 04:02 PM
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I recently read Hideaway and liked it a lot. Stay clear of the movie though...it's a turkey (Koontz attempted to distance himself from it).
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Does anyone know if he does have any plans to continue the Christopher Snow novels? (I'd state the names of the two he's released, but I can't seem to rememeber them.) I enjoyed that character much more than Odd Thomas.

EDIT: The first of the two was Fear Nothing.
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Yes, he has plans to finish the trilogy, although I haven't heard if he's actively working on the book. I'll try to remember to ask -- I really enjoyed those first two books, too.
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