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    lightninglouie: I'd love to see Dean Koontz versus Anne Rice in a no-holds barred Cage Match of Egotistical Batshit Lunacy. more »
    alphanumeric1971: Fer all youz haterz out there, try pickin up a copy of "Odd Thomas"!Boo be straight trippin, cuz that shiznits off the hook yo!* *Sorry, I'll go take ... more »
    Smeagol92055: Recipe for every Dean Koontz book: 1. precocious child that considers itself an alien/mutant 2. smart dog, usually golden retriever. 3. other bullshit. more »
    ManchuCandidate: Is Dean also going to write about being terrorized by a martini drinking talking white dog that drives a pickup truck? It's one thing to deal with cri... more »
    Grey_Area: Horror author/actor Michael Boatman topped this in last year's the Revenant Road. In it Obadiah Grunge, best-selling author and monster-hunter, is cha... more »
    crashedpc - Haifisch: So basically the critic is the self-appointed leader of my debate team back in high school. Dickface. more »
    steampoweredboy: You'd think all those piles of money would soothe Koontz's furrowed brow. more »
    Alexis: Remember Lady in the Water? The evil critic got mauled. If a student did this in a writing class they'd get chewed out like no other. What is Koontz/S... more »
    Andrew James Gordon: If I had to read a Dean Koontz book, I'd probably go insane too. ba-zing! more »
    Mathmos: So, who on the io9 staff should review this book? Is Charlie Jane volunteering? more »
    Heresiarch: So...the article is about our favorite authors, but then you use a cover from a Dean Koontz book? I'm a little confused. more »
    Brendan K Babaian: Yeah but GRRM needs an editor to trim off a couple hundred pages of story to tighten his books up. You don't need to write about practically every mi... more »
    Slothrop: My joy at a new Pynchon has been tempered a bit by Against the Day. But I have hope for Inherent Vice, despite it's awful looking cover art. more »
    Sproing: Robert Jordan's output sure has slowed down lately. Oh ... more »
    KhaiJB: right now I wish Pterry Pratchett could write faster :( more »
  • #deankoontz

    New Dean Koontz Novel Proves Book Critics Are Evil

    A bad review must have really gotten under Dean Koontz's skin. His new book, Relentless, is about an evil book critic who gives a nice novelist a bad review — and then becomes a monster. More »
  • #books

    Why Can't Your Favorite SF Author Write Faster?

    Essayist Geoff Nicholson once tried to win a childhood reading contest by devouring science fiction stories. Now he's struggling with a crucial question: why are some writers so prolific, and others slower than you'd like? More »
  • #triviagasm

    Elvis Has Left the Planet

    Hip-shaking, pill-popping rocker Elvis Presley officially died in 1977, but he keeps popping up, at least in science fiction. Think Elvis lives? We list scifi’s explanations for what really became of the King. More »
  • #timetravelwars

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