https://www.washingtonpost.com/books/2023/05/03/dean-koontz/
Koontz is billed as the "international best-selling master
of suspense," though he eschews labels and writes in multiple
genres -- supernatural, science fiction, young adult, manga,
dog. Frequently, his books fuse several and are dusted with
humor. "You can't tie him down," his friend and fellow
best-selling author Jonathan Kellerman says. "He just works
all the time. He has a lot of anxiety but manages to channel
it into fiction."
Ten hours a day, six days a week -- more nearing the end
of each book, "when momentum carries me like a leaf on a
flood." He revises constantly, an average of 20 times before
he proceeds to the next page.
On 7/05/23 06:24, Ted Nolan <tednolan> wrote:
https://www.washingtonpost.com/books/2023/05/03/dean-koontz/
Koontz is billed as the "international best-selling master
of suspense," though he eschews labels and writes in multiple
genres -- supernatural, science fiction, young adult, manga,
dog. Frequently, his books fuse several and are dusted with
humor. "You can't tie him down," his friend and fellow
best-selling author Jonathan Kellerman says. "He just works
all the time. He has a lot of anxiety but manages to channel
it into fiction."
Ten hours a day, six days a week -- more nearing the end
of each book, "when momentum carries me like a leaf on a
flood." He revises constantly, an average of 20 times before
he proceeds to the next page.
I read the article because I have never read Koontz but inherited 22
many years ago. I enjoyed reading it but was surprised by some of the
most popular negative comments describing him as an extreme right wing conservative whose books should be thrown in the Orson Scott Card bin.
None of my 22 look like science fiction titles but I have transferred
"Fear Nothing" and "Relentless" to the Kindle out of curiosity.
On 7/05/23 06:24, Ted Nolan <tednolan> wrote:
https://www.washingtonpost.com/books/2023/05/03/dean-koontz/
Koontz is billed as the "international best-selling master
of suspense," though he eschews labels and writes in multiple
genres -- supernatural, science fiction, young adult, manga,
dog. Frequently, his books fuse several and are dusted with
humor. "You can't tie him down," his friend and fellow
best-selling author Jonathan Kellerman says. "He just works
all the time. He has a lot of anxiety but manages to channel
it into fiction."
Ten hours a day, six days a week -- more nearing the end
of each book, "when momentum carries me like a leaf on a
flood." He revises constantly, an average of 20 times before
he proceeds to the next page.
I read the article because I have never read Koontz but inherited 22
many years ago. I enjoyed reading it but was surprised by some of the
most popular negative comments describing him as an extreme right wing conservative whose books should be thrown in the Orson Scott Card bin.
None of my 22 look like science fiction titles
but was surprised by some of the
most popular negative comments describing him as an extreme right wing conservative whose books should be thrown in the Orson Scott Card bin.
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