...all I know is somebody needs a cigarette in the afterglow...
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I'd never suggest that yer easy, Flake.Actually... didn't think through the double meaning of what that might now mean. Strike that...
Haven't smoked since 2004....all I know is somebody needs a cigarette in the afterglow...
I know....I'd never suggest that yer easy, Flake.
They are.Aren't they the same person? I thought Stephen King wrote under that name at one time?
Oh by the way, you know what I think happens sometimes?
Well for me, I have ideas in my head for a film or a story and sometimes not mention it out loud,
next thing I know...bada boom, bada bing, there is a story that gets written that I think of, or
a film made of an idea I think of, and I'm like, "That's scary"!!!
Bite your tongue.I haven't ready any of it yet but the plot synopsis and description of the villain sound like a Dean Koontz story.
....go easy on Lily-TD, sometimes humor(on both sides)doesn't translate well...and being a no-apology Koontz fan myself-I've never found an understanding of the vitriol directed at his work from anyone-not just fellow Constant Readers...maybe it's because few of his books are as deeply layered and complex as Steve's....don't really care though, coz I'm gonna keep reading...Well, excuuuuuuuuuussssse me. I merely made the comment, intended in a humorous way, as a jab at the inordinate amount of bile spewed toward Mr. Koontz by Stephen King fans. I have never understood, with the countless number of authors whose works occupy the bookstore shelves and the electronic ether, why SK fans constantly feel the need to single out Dean Koontz as a target for their ire. Dean Koontz has sold tens of millions of books, has had many number one best sellers and has entertained millions of people worldwide with his brand of deftly written suspense thrillers, while only rarely treading upon similar horror territory as Mr. King. Koontz has declared no personal war against SK or his followers yet it seems that oft times people on this board go out of their way to belittle him. I don't see the same sort of venomous attitude displayed towards other best selling horror writers such as Clive Barker, Robert McCammon or even John Saul, whose work sometimes seems to be a low rent rip off of SK. Are all Koontz books winners? Nope. But he has written a lot of novels that are damn fine by any standard. If one does not care for the stories of Dean Koontz or his golden retrievers or whatever else about the man that seems to offend so many SK fans, then one is under no obligation to read his books. But I just think it would be nice if people could refrain from insulting the man every time his name is mentioned.
Count me in as well. I have each new SK as it is published. I also have each DK as it is published. I love Koontz's humour in some of his books. Life Expectancy had me actually laughing out loud in some places, but it was one cracking story!....go easy on Lily-TD, sometimes humor(on both sides)doesn't translate well...and being a no-apology Koontz fan myself-I've never found an understanding of the vitriol directed at his work from anyone-not just fellow Constant Readers...maybe it's because few of his books are as deeply layered and complex as Steve's....don't really care though, coz I'm gonna keep reading...
....go easy on Lily-TD, sometimes humor(on both sides)doesn't translate well...and being a no-apology Koontz fan myself-I've never found an understanding of the vitriol directed at his work from anyone-not just fellow Constant Readers...maybe it's because few of his books are as deeply layered and complex as Steve's....don't really care though, coz I'm gonna keep reading...
I'm almost half in and I seriously feel like I'm reading vintage Koontz. (But better.)I haven't ready any of it yet but the plot synopsis and description of the villain sound like a Dean Koontz story.
Well, I think it's because he's not very good.Well, excuuuuuuuuuussssse me. I merely made the comment, intended in a humorous way, as a jab at the inordinate amount of bile spewed toward Mr. Koontz by Stephen King fans. I have never understood, with the countless number of authors whose works occupy the bookstore shelves and the electronic ether, why SK fans constantly feel the need to single out Dean Koontz as a target for their ire. Dean Koontz has sold tens of millions of books, has had many number one best sellers and has entertained millions of people worldwide with his brand of deftly written suspense thrillers, while only rarely treading upon similar horror territory as Mr. King. Koontz has declared no personal war against SK or his followers yet it seems that oft times people on this board go out of their way to belittle him. I don't see the same sort of venomous attitude displayed towards other best selling horror writers such as Clive Barker, Robert McCammon or even John Saul, whose work sometimes seems to be a low rent rip off of SK. Are all Koontz books winners? Nope. But he has written a lot of novels that are damn fine by any standard. If one does not care for the stories of Dean Koontz or his golden retrievers or whatever else about the man that seems to offend so many SK fans, then one is under no obligation to read his books. But I just think it would be nice if people could refrain from insulting the man every time his name is mentioned.
No way. Not bloody or dark enough at all!I still think Joe Hill wrote Dr. Sleep.