While I normally read Stephen King, I pick up a Koontz book from time to time, and I really enjoyed "Odd Thomas". I read the two sequals and enjoyed them as well. Then yesterday I saw that the new one, "Odd Hours" is out! I'm currently reading King/Straub's "The Talisman", but when I finish I think I'll get "Odd Hours" before picking up "Black House" (the sequal to The Talisman). Any Koontz or King fans out there?

I LOVE King and Koontz. Just finished Duma Key by King and it was great. I'm going to buy the new Koontz book this weekend. I also have 6 books by Max Lucado that I just bought at 1/2 price book today that I am eager to start.

I just finished Duma Key too. Very good story. Have you read Bag of Bones? If you liked Duma Key, you'll probably like Bag of Bones.

Nice to meet a fellow King and Koontz fan

Yes, I have read Bag of Bones, I liked it too. The painter in Duma Key, boy what you could do with a power like that! Good thing we can't do that probably.

Dean Koontz is a Stephen King 'wannabe', but I must say, the man DOES work hard at it. I've read a couple that were excellent and have a couple more I haven't gotten around to, yet (in 5 or 6 years ). Somehow, this dang contraption in front of me with the funny little typewriter and the TV screen takes up all my reading time.

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Dean Koontz is a Stephen King 'wannabe', but I must say, the man DOES work hard at it. I've read a couple that were excellent and have a couple more I haven't gotten around to, yet (in 5 or 6 years ). Somehow, this dang contraption in front of me with the funny little typewriter and the TV screen takes up all my reading time.

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Yeah, Koontz definitely isn't as goog as King. Matter of fact, I read one of his, I think it was called "A Scream in the Night", that was very amateurishly (is that a word?) written and had a pretty lousy ending IMHO. But I had heard he was pretty good, so I picked up "The Face" and was fairly impressed. A friend recommended "Odd Thomas" and I really liked that one. Actually, I've enjoyed the whole "Odd" series so far. However, except for "Odd Hours", I'm probably going to save Koontz for after I finish all of King's books.