The Dean Koontz Electronic Discussion List FAQ
Last updated: 08.23.2003 17:48
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It is not the intention of this FAQ to be a comprehensive representation of the works of Dean Koontz.  It is only meant to be a quick reference guide to his more commonly known and acknowledged works.  Although this FAQ strives to provide accurate information, no guarantee is made to its accuracy.
SPECIAL NOTE: In January 2001, I entered into an agreement with Cemetery Dance Publications to write a comprehensive guide to collecting Dean Koontz. Due to the substantial amount of work this will be, this FAQ will most likely suffer. Details can be found @ http://www.webpan.com/koontz/.

Compiled by: Michael Sauers, List Owner []
John Gugie [jgugie@postoffice.ptd.net]
Noah Mitchell [
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Aniline [rosaniline@hotmail.com]
Robert and Patty Holmes [reanna@javanet.com]
Bill Osterman [bigtex@tyler.net]
Dan Farmer [dfarm@ziggycom.net]
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Table of Contents

1.0    The List 1.1 
1.2   
1.3   
1.4   
How to subscribe
How to unsubscribe
A brief list history
Gina the cow
2.0    Dean Koontz 2.1   
2.2   
2.3   
Vital statistics
Where to write to Dean
The Biography
3.0    Fiction Books 3.1   
3.2   
3.3   
3.4   
Alphabetical order
Publication order
Forthcoming
Title Changes
4.0    The Stories 4.1   
4.2   
Alphabetical order
Publication order
5.0    Non-fiction Books 5.1   
5.2   
Alphabetical order
Publication order
6.0    Pseudonyms 6.1
6.2   
6.3   
6.4   
Alphabetical order
Pseudonym List with titles/dates
Common pseudonym errors
Hung and the "unknown"
pseudonyms
7.0 Essays
Not yet available
7.1
7.2
Alphabetical Order
Publication Order
8.0 Film/TV 8.1
8.2
8.3
Alphabetical Order
Release Order
Shattered

1.0 The List 1.1 How to subscribe
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1.2 How to unsubscribe
You can unsubscribe @
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1.3 A brief history of the list
Owner Address Dates
Bill Pogue koontz-l@dithots.org
Gareth Challis koontz@git.net
koontz@esosoft.com
Spring 1994 -
- 15 July 1999
Michael Sauers koontz@listbot.com 15 July 1999 - 25 June 2001
koontz-l@topica.com 25 June 2001 - 
1.4 Gina the cow
A person who joined the list back in 1997. One day she posted some very insulting messages to the list. She then tried to protest member responses by insisting she was performing an experiment for a psychology class; wanting to know how we would react to such messages. She was kicked off the list.
2.0 Dean Koontz 2.1 Vital Statistics
Born on: 9 July 1945
Current Age: 54
2.2    Where to write to Dean
Dean Koontz
PO Box 9529
Newport Beach CA 92658
2.3 The Biography
Dean Koontz--A Writer's Biography (by Katherine Ramsland)
3.0 Fiction Books 3.1 Alphabetical
After the Last Race, Anti-Man,
Aphrodisiac Girl, The Bad Place, Beastchild, Bounce Girl, Chase, Cold Fire, Darkfall, Dark Rivers of the Heart, The Dark Symphony, Darkness Comes, A Darkness In My Soul, Demon Seed, The Door To December, Dragon Tears, The Eyes of Darkness, The Face of Fear, The Fall of the Dream Machine, False Memory, Fear Nothing, Fear That Man, The Flesh In the Furnace, From the Corner of His Eye, The Funhouse, Hanging On, The Haunted Earth, Hell's Gate, Hideaway, The House of Thunder, Icebound, Intensity, The Key To Midnight, Lightning, The Mask, Midnight, Mr. Murder, Night Chills, Nightmare Journey, Oddkins, Phantoms, Santa's Twin, Seize The Night, The Servants of Twilight, Shadowfires, Shattered, Soft Come the Dragons (collection), Sole Survivor, Star Quest, Starblood, Strangers, Strange Highways, Ticktock, Time Thieves, Twilight Eyes, The Vision, The Voice of the Night, Warlock, Watchers, A Werewolf Among Us, Whispers, Winter Moon
3.2 Publication order
Star Quest (1968), The Fall of the Dream Machine (1969), Fear that Man (1969), Dark of the Woods [and] Soft Come the Dragons (1970), Bounce Girl [with Gerda Koontz] (1970), The Dark Symphony (1970), Anti-Man (1970), Hell's Gate (1970), Beastchild (1970), The Crimson Witch (1971), Starblood (1972), Warlock (1972), The Flesh In the Furnace (1972), A Darkness In My Soul (1972), Time Thieves (1972), The Haunted Earth (1973), A Werewolf Among Us (1973), Hanging On (1973), Demon Seed (1973),
Aphrodisiac Girl [with Gerda Koontz] (1973), After the Last Race (1974), Nightmare Journey (1975), Night Chills (1976), The Vision (1977), Whispers (1980), Phantoms (1983), Darkness Comes/Darkfall (1984), Twilight Eyes {Part One only} (1985), Shattered (1985), The Face of Fear (1985), Strangers (1986), Twilight Eyes {Parts One and Two} (1987), Watchers (1987), Lightning (1988), Oddkins (1988), The Mask (1988), The House of Thunder (1988), Midnight (1989), The Bad Place (1990), Shadowfires (1990), The Servants of Twilight (1990), Cold Fire (1991), The Voice of the Night (1991), Hideaway (1992), Dragon Tears (1993), Mr. Murder (1993), Winter Moon (1993), Dark Rivers of the Heart (1994), The Door to December (1994), The Funhouse (1994), Winter Moon (1994), Strange Highways (1995), Icebound (1995), The Key to Midnight (1995), Intensity (1995), Tick Tock (1996), The Eyes of Darkness (1996), Santa's Twin (1996), Sole Survivor (1997), Fear Nothing (1997), Seize the Night (1998), False Memory (1999), From the Corner of His Eye (2000)
3.3 Forthcoming
Untitled joint project w/ Phil Parks (Fall 2000), Untitled novel (mid to late 2001), Ride the Storm (third Christopher Snow book - early 2002)
3.4 Title Changes
Darkness Comes (UK) -- Darkfall (US)
Twilight (Nichols) -- The Servants of Twilight (Koontz)
Invasion (Wolfe) -- Winter Moon (Koontz)
Prison of Ice (Axton) -- Icebound (Koontz)
4.0 Stories 4.1 Alphabetical order
Altarboy, Beastchild, The Black Pumpkin, Black River, Bruno, Cosmic Sin, The Crimson Witch, A Darkness In My Soul, Down in the Darkness, Dragon In the Land, Dreambird, Emanations, The Face in His Belly (Part One), The Face in His Belly (Part Two), The Good Ship Lookoutworld, Graveyard Highway, Grayworld, Hardshell, In the Shield, The Interrogation, Killerbot, The Kittens, Love 2005, A Miracle is Anything, Miss Atilla the Hun, The Monitors of Providence, A Mouse in the Walls of the Global Village, Muse, The Mystery of His Flesh, Night of the Storm, Nightmare Gang, Ollie's Hands, Pinkie, The Psychedelic Children, A Season for Freedom, Shambolain, The Sinless Child, Snatcher, Soft Come the Dragons, Some Disputed Barricade, Temple of Sorrow, Terra Phobia, The Terrible Weapon, A Third Hand, This Fence, To Behold the Sun, Trapped, The Twelfth Bed, Twilight of the Dawn, The Undercity, Unseen Warriors, Wake Up To Thunder, We Three, Weird World, Where the Beast Runs
4.2 Publication order
The Kittens (1965), This Fence (1965), Some Disputed Barricade (1966), A Miracle is Anything (1966), Soft Come the Dragons (1967), Love 2005 (1967), To Behold the Sun (1967), A Darkness In My Soul [novel] (1968), The Psychedelic Children (1968), The Twelfth Bed (1968), Dreambird (1968), In the Shield (1969), Temple of Sorrow (1969), Killerbot (1969) {revised and re-issued in 1977 as "A Season for Freedom"}, Where the Beast Runs (1969), The Face in His Belly, Part One (1969), Dragon In the Land (1969), The Face in His Belly, Part Two (1969), Muse (1969), A Third Hand (1970), Nightmare Gang (1970), The Good Ship Lookoutworld (1970), The Mystery of His Flesh (1970), Emanations (1970), Beastchild (1970), The Crimson Witch {novel} (1970), Shambolain (1970), Unseen Warriors (1970), Bruno (1971), The Terrible Weapon (1972), Cosmic Sin (1972), Altarboy (1972), Ollie's Hands (1972) {revised and re-issued in 1987}, A Mouse in the Walls of the Global Village (1972), Grayworld (1973), The Sinless Child (1973), Wake Up To Thunder (1973), Terra Phobia (1973), The Undercity (1973), We Three (1974), Night of the Storm (1974) {re-issued as a graphic novel in 1976}, Down in the Darkness (1986), Weird World (1986), Snatcher (1986), The Monitors of Providence {collaboration} (1986), The Black Pumpkin (1986), The Interrogation (1987), Hardshell (1987), Miss Atilla the Hun (1987), Twilight of the Dawn (1987), Graveyard Highway (1987), Trapped (1989) {re-issued as a graphic novel in 1992}, Pinkie (1998), Black River (1999)
5.0 Non-fiction Books 5.1 Alphabetical order with dates
How To Write Best-Selling Fiction, The Pig Society [with Gerda Koontz], The Underground Lifestyles Handbook [with Gerda Koontz], Writing Popular Fiction
5.2 Publication order
The Pig Society [with Gerda Koontz] (1970), The Underground Lifestyles Handbook [with Gerda Koontz] (1970), Writing Popular Fiction (1972), How To Write Best-Selling Fiction (1981)
6.0 Pseudonyms 6.1 Alphabetical order
David Axton, Brian Coffey, Deanna Dwyer, K. R. Dwyer, John Hill, Leigh Nichols, Anthony North, Richard Paige, Owen West
6.2 Pseudonym List with titles/dates
Name Title Year
David Axton Prison of Ice 1976
Brian Coffey Blood Risk 1973
Surrounded 1974
The Wall of Masks 1975
The Face of Fear 1977
The Voice of the Night 1980
Deanna Dwyer Demon Child 1971
Legacy of Terror 1971
Dance with the Devil 1972
Children of the Storm 1972
The Dark of Summer 1972
K. R. Dwyer Chase 1972
Shattered 1973
Dragonfly 1975
John Hill The Long Sleep 1975
Leigh Nichols The Key to Midnight 1979
The Eyes of Darkness 1981
The House of Thunder 1982
Twilight 1984
The Door to December (UK) 1985
Shadowfires 1987
Anthony North Strike Deep 1974
Richard Paige The Door to December (US) 1985
Owen West The Funhouse 1980
The Mask 1981
Aaron Wolfe Invasion 1975
6.3 Common pseudonym errors (not Dean)
  • Heartbeeps by John Hill
  • Stolen Thunder by David Axton
  • anything by Owen Brookes
  • anything by Frank Coffey
  • anything by the Irish poet Brian Coffey
6.4 Hung and the "unknown" pseudonyms
According to the biography Dean wrote a book titled Hung under a pseudonym that he will not acknowledge or release along with the titles and pseudonyms for other pornographic novels he wrote early in his career. It is the policy of this list to conform to Mr. Koontz's wishes and not divulge this information should any member discover this name nor support any individual that feels it necessary to distribute this information on the Internet or by other means.
7.0 Essays
(non-fiction shorts)
7.1 Alphabetical Order
Not yet available
7.2 Publication order
Not yet available
8.0 Films/TV 8.1 Alphabetical Order
CHiPs: Counterfeit, Demon Seed, The Face of Fear, The Funhouse, Hideaway, Intensity, Mr. Murder, Phantoms, The Servants of Twilight, Sole Survivor (In progress), Watchers, Watchers II, Watchers III, Watchers Reborn, Whispers
8.2 Release Order
CHiPs episode 306: Counterfeit (20 October 1979) – as by Brian Coffey
Demon Seed (1977) - MGM - Julie Christie, Fritz Weaver
The Intruder (circa 1979) - MGM - Jean-Louis Trintignant (French film of Shattered)
The Funhouse (1981) [Movie first then book – Movie written by Larry Block]
Universal – Elizabeth Berridge, Cooper Huckabee
Watchers (1988) – Concord - Corey Haim, Barbara Williams
Watchers II (1990) Concord – Marc Singer, Tracy Scroggins
Whispers (1990) Cinepix – Victoria Tennant, Jean LeClere
The Face of Fear (1990) – CBS – Pam Dawber, Lee Horsley
The Servants of Twilight (1992) – Trimark – Bruce Greenwood, Belinda Bauer
Watchers III (1994) – New Horizons – Wings Hauser, Lolita Ronalos
Hideaway (1995) – Tristar – Jeff Goldbloom, Christine Lahti
Intensity (1997) – ABC – John McGinley, Piper Laurie
Mr. Murder (1998) – ABC – Stephen Baldwin, James Colburn
Watchers Reborn (1998) – New Horizon – Mark Hamill, Lisa Wilcox
Phantoms (1998) – Dimension – Ben Affleck, Peter O'Toole
Sole Survivor (2000) – Billy Zane
8.3 Shattered
There was a movie released with this title in the U.S. It is not a movie version of Dean's book.