Dean Koontz's fans speak up. One of the best and most prolific writers. nm

I don't have just one favorite author though, I like many.

But he is really great, no doubt.

I once read 5 of his books in a week.

come across as right wing. Maybe Libertarian??

But he seems pretty conservative.

http://newsmeat.com/celebrity_political_donations/Dean_Koontz.php

i read all of his books but to me they're airplane books, it seems to keep moving as i'm reading it, but i never remember anything meaningful to me later -- hell, most of em i don't remember anything about the story at all later, so there's that

there's also that in his books from at least the mid 80s it seems like he can't resist making tiny jabs at progressives and/or writers and/or artists who are better/deeper/more meaningful than he is -- i wish he'd get an editor who could just cut out the unnecessary jabs, it takes you out of the story and does NOT do anything to make koontz look like a nice guy -- and it's never an important part of the story, why not leave that crap out?

his great strength is his ability to write strong plots that keep moving, i wish he'd keep his focus there

Koontz writes great stories. First one I read was Mr. Murder and I was hooked. Strangers, Watchers, Twilight Eyes, Odd Thomas stories, Fear Nothing and Seize the Night, hard to pick a favorite. You can see a progression in his writing. His early stuff is okay, almost formulaic, if that word is allowed, and while the later stuff could be said to be so, as well, they're more. He has some stuff written under other names that I'd like to read...Hanging On, The Haunted Earth, Hell's Gate, Nightmare Journey...others. Oddkins is a real hoot. Anyone read Soft Come the Dragons, Star Quest, or Starblood?