Talk:Dean Koontz

message: Is it neccessary to mention here what drinks and clothes he advertises in his books? Corona, Chinos, Reeboks, Rockports etc.   —Preceding unsigned comment added by 85.177.188.48 (talk) 21:46, 28 April 2009 (UTC)
thread_title: Advertising

message: "He started writing at the young age of 25, and sold his works to support his family.- Is this a joke? A fact? How is 25 a young age?  —Preceding unsigned comment added by 193.11.231.212 (talk) 17:24, 13 May 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: Young by whose standards, other novelists?  Other published novelists?  That is the only criteria against which such a silly statement can be judged.  It fails because, no, 25 is not really a young age at which to "start writing".  Guv2006 (talk) 12:33, 4 July 2010 (UTC)
thread_title: Who wrote "The young age 25"?

message: Those of us who were drafted in 1967 or 1968 recall the intense pressure of the Vietnam War.  If Koontz graduated in 1967 and was physically healthy, he had to find some way to sidestep conscription.  Perhaps schoolteachers were deferred by his draft board?  —Preceding unsigned comment added by 70.44.145.124 (talk) 15:59, 14 May 2008 (UTC)
thread_title: Was He Able to Avoid the Draft Due to a Teacher Deferment?

message: I am of the opinion that Trixie merits at least a section of the Dean Koontz entry, as two books have been published under her name (which is currently noted, briefly), and she is an important part of the Koontz fandom. "Her" articles, reviews, and short pieces included in Koontz's newsletter and website have become very prolific in recent years.
One can access the Dean Koontz entry by attempting to access "Trixie Koontz" -- something a reader of "her" books may do. If this occurs, it's currently difficult to find the mention of her within the larger body of work.
If any further mention of her is made, it should be noted that she died on 30 June 2007. 65.79.208.239 22:11, 25 July 2007 (UTC)
thread_title: Trixie Koontz 

message: I dont get the Trivia section. What does this mean?
in Stephen King's It, the character of "John Koontz", the sadistic guard at Juniper Hill who was killed by Pennywise, was named for King's rival author. Oddly enough, a major character in Koontz's Life Expectancy, written roughly two decades later, is a psychopathic, murderous clown.
What is the source of the info that Stephen King named John Koontz after Dean Koontz? What is odd about Dean Koontz's book (written 20 years later) featuring a murderous clown? Is Stephen King being compared to a murderous clown - why? —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 156.34.95.79 (talk • contribs) .
:Concured.  It seems weird and doesn't make sense. Hbdragon88 04:36, 3 December 2005 (UTC)
thread_title:  Trivia 

message: And, according to FamilyGuyFiles.com, Koontz was also in a car accident (hence the joke - Brian runs over a person, thinks he is Stephen King, but gets back in the car when it's Dean Koontz), but no mention in this article?  WTF? Hbdragon88 04:36, 3 December 2005 (UTC)
replies: text: I remember that episode!  That was a great episode - he actually backs up and runs him over again.  By the by, I've noticed that Stephen King's article is much more detailed.  MasterXiam 02:59, 16 January 2006 (UTC)
replies: text:  FamilyGuyFiles.com isn't exactly a reliable source, especially considering they got their facts wrong.  It was Stephen King, not Dean Koontz, who was walking and hit by a car in real life (hence's Brian's question of "Are you Stephen King?").  Go to King's wiki-bio if you want the detail of the erie incident. Ynot4tony (talk) 23:42, 15 February 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  What is this? 

message: The Family Guy episode brings up a good point.  The Stephen King versus Dean Koontz conflict.  Although subtle the rivalry between these two does exist and is noted by fans.  The name Koontz does apear in a few of Stephen King's novels including IT and Desperation where Koontz plays mean or just plain silly characters.
Koontz has also been called "The poor man's Stephen King".  I can't recall any pejorative reference to King in any of Koontz's books.  Unless this 'conflict' can be substantiated and shown to be important to the writer's body of work, I can't see it being worth inclusion in the main article. Greybeard2ca 19:56, 10 January 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: A writer making litereary allusions about other writers?  My God!  This is huge!  Stop the freakin' presses!  But seriously, since "Koontz" is an uncommon name, logic would dictate that King was indeed referencing Koontz in his novels...but logic can only be used for verification purposes in math, not an encyclopedia.  Unless an interview with King or something similarly reliable can verify King's intent, the assumed fact(s) do not belong. Ynot4tony (talk)  —Preceding comment was added at 23:46, 15 February 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  King Versus Koontz 

message: Note: Most recent dates MUST be incorrect, considering at this current date (3/30/06), some of the publications of recent novels are wrong. I do not have the sufficient resources or time to revise, so would the author of this section please step forward to correct it. Thanks.—This unsigned comment was added by 70.232.45.17 (talk • contribs) 04:14, 31 March 2006 (UTC)
thread_title: Dates

message: The article states: "Not all of these films are approved of by Mr. Koontz. Specifically Watchers II, Watchers III, Watchers Reborn, Frankenstein and Haute Tension. For most of the rest of them, he's just not happy with the result."  
This seems to be unclear.  "Not all are approved...specifically..." seems to indicate he specifically does not approve of those films.  Yet it goes on to say "for most of the rest he isn't happy..." - so which is it? He doesn't approve of Watchers II etc, or he does? Kat, Queen of Typos 13:42, 30 May 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  Movie adaptations unclear 

message: Is the blurb about Koontz' possibly having a hair transplant necessary or interesting? I like the man's books but could care less about his hair. Doesn't seem very encycolpedic either.
Actually Koontz has openly stated in an interview that he has had hair transplants.
Well, I'm a long-time fan and reader and didn't know that, so I was glad it was there! Greybeard2ca 19:51, 10 January 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: The mention of the hair definitely belongs.  A lot of people, like me, had one day purchased a Koontz book and thought to themselves, "When did he get hair?".  And since Koontz has commented on it (I laughed about the G. Gordon Liddy comparission), the mention should stay.  Ynot4tony (talk) 23:49, 15 February 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  Hair 

message: Just an interesting thought you might want to add on the Dean Koontz page:
In Stephen King's From a Buick 8, a minor character in the book has the same name as a minor character in Dean Koontz's Velocity - Jackie O'Hara. The characters don't seem to have any similarities other than their names, and possibly what can be infered from the name; that they are both Irish. I'm not an expert on Irish names, so Jackie O'Hara could be a common name. It might even be an inside joke within a small group of authors. Whatever the cause, just thought I'd let you know.
68.43.129.184 23:27, 16 April 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Stephen King Trivia 

message: The hyperlink for "Demon Child" (1972) leads to a list of episodes for "Ghost Whisperer", A TV series which didn't see the light of day until after the turn of the century.  Why?  If there IS a page for "Demon Child", it should link there. 207.207.79.3 (talk) 01:43, 5 December 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Demon Child hyperlink incorrect 

message: Most of Section 3, "Recurring themes and elements", appears to be in violation of WP:OR. Roothog (talk) 04:38, 8 September 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  Original Research 

message: There should be a mention of Koontz's ideas on originality. He has stated that when an author first begins, he should follow very closely the conventions and ideas of the genre he is working in, and only after he has completed a large body of work write material that is more original. He wrote a non-fiction book telling writers how to do this, and it is how he describes his own career.  —Preceding unsigned comment added by 67.193.156.219 (talk) 05:04, 15 September 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  Originality 

message: For the sentence below, the phrasing seems wrong. There may be some words or punctuation missing. What for example does "to grow a magnum" mean in relation to publishing? Is this descriptive text from an outside source? If so, it needs to be replaced with a citation of some kind.  If it is original text, then replacing it with some other wording would help.
"In the 1970s, Koontz began to grow a magnum publishing mainstream suspense and horror fiction, under his own name as well as several pseudonyms."
I suggest striking "to grow a magnum" from the sentence. I also suggest that the end of the sentence be  changed to "under several pseudonyms. Later in his career he switched to using his real name instead."
When something is started, there is generally only one thing going on, not several.
Rjhawkin (talk) 05:34, 3 March 2009 (UTC)
thread_title:  Unusual phrasing 2nd paragraph of Bio  

message: I am new so please don't crucify me!  =(  Right now, I'm just trying to figure out what I did wrong. I attempted to add The Dean Koontz Fanspace to the external links, and it keeps getting removed.  This is the reason: The external links I reverted were matching the following regex rule(s): \bmyspace\.com (links: http://www.myspace.com/deankoontzfans).
I was instructed to discuss it here first before trying to "undo" the bot's revert. Let's see, the relevance of the link.  Well, I do moderate the Dean Koontz Fanspace, it is solely created to provide a wide array of information about Dean Koontz to fans, including upcoming news and events.  The BIGGEST plus is I frequently receive information from Dean's employees that allow me to post information before anybody else on the web, and they keep tabs on the profile to make sure all posted information is correct.  Thousands of fans use The Fanspace solely for their source of Koontz info, and many people ask me various questions I can usually get verified via his staff.  I also noticed that other celebrities have Myspace pages posted on Wiki, so I know that Myspace is not a blacklisted site.  Am I able to fix this, or should I not include the link?  =(  I really would like to.
Chris Dreamyst (talk) 04:50, 14 April 2009 (UTC)
thread_title:  Removed extrenal link 

message: dragon tears, watchers, hideaway. techniques taken from certain ideas from these novels, and films, proven factual to extent. research labs. greatly appreciated. sphinx75.251.0.238 (talk) 12:47, 30 June 2009 (UTC)
replies: text: huh? Beach drifter (talk) 23:31, 30 June 2009 (UTC)
thread_title:  Extraordinary Findings 

message: Koontz has not always written the same Newage-Christianity fusion stuff he writes now. Compare The Bad Place to One Door Away From Heaven and you'll see what I mean. Earlier in his career he wrote straightforward thrillers with some supernatural overtones, but lately he has been doing overt Bible-thumping. The article should make some mention of this. 69.172.117.108 (talk) 08:16, 15 December 2009 (UTC)
replies: text: If there is a reliable source which says so, perhaps some such comment (without the POV) belongs in the article. Otherwise it is just original research or personal opinion which does not belong in the article. Mamalujo (talk) 20:39, 16 December 2009 (UTC)
thread_title: Stylistic Shift

message: I was going to start a template for Koontz's work, similar to Stephen King's. It would be good to have a common template for his works, but he just has so many works that the template would be very large. It is collapseable, though, so it would only be large if the user clicks on the "show" link. Has this been discussed before? Agentchuck (talk) 20:16, 14 January 2010 (UTC)
thread_title:  Infobox/Template 

message: Missing from the Bibliography list - Oddkins
http://www.fantasticfiction.co.uk/k/dean-r-koontz/oddkins.htm
Not sure what category to list it under, as it's not, strictly speaking, a novel.
86.178.224.190 (talk) 16:58, 19 January 2010 (UTC)
thread_title:  Oddkins 

message: In the 1970s, Koontz began to grow a magnum publishing mainstream of suspense and horror fiction...
What in the world is a "magnum publishing mainstream"? Bacrito (talk) 03:46, 11 June 2010 (UTC)
thread_title:  incomprehensible sentence 

message: I've removed the line "In 1970 Koontz collaborated with his wife on 30 erotic novels; in an article for the fanzine Energumen 8 (1971) Koontz described the period and named some of the titles, others have only been identified in recent years." from the career section. Dean denies the majority of this content including the article being referenced (which I do have a copy of so I know what it says,) and consistently claims that some of the content with his name on it in this vein was significantly rewritten by the publisher .  See citation for details. Otherwise please cite a reliable source.  — Preceding unsigned comment added by Msauers (talk • contribs) 00:44, 10 December 2011 (UTC)
replies: text: Presumably the article you take issue with is the one beginning on page 9 of Energumen 8, and the (somewhat implicit) denial is the "Therefore, in 1991, Dean was shocked to learn that a person he had previously worked with professionally had, beginning in 1969 and continuing at least through the early 1970s, been writing letters in Dean’s name to individuals and had submitted letters, and even some articles, in Dean’s name to fanzines. ... Consequently, any fanzine appearances by Dean after 1968 are highly suspect unless they were submitted with a cover letter on his own letterhead of that time. from Facts for Collectors - FANZINES.  Correct?  Or is there a more explicit rejection of this particular article?  RossPatterson (talk) 02:24, 10 December 2011 (UTC)
thread_title:  Career / erotica 

message: Shippensburg was Shippensburg State College when Koontz attended.  Shouldn't this be indicated in the article?Kdammers (talk) 08:40, 16 September 2014 (UTC)
thread_title:  Shippensbg 

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