The Locus Index to Science Fiction

Books, Listed by Author

KOONTZ, DEAN R(ay) (stories) (continued)

• * _The Key to Midnight (Berkley 0-425-14751-7, Jun ’95 [May ’95], $6.99, 419pp, pb) Reprint (Pocket 1979 as by Leigh Nichols) SF/horror thriller, revised and with an afterword describing the revision.
• * *Lightning (Putnam 0-399-13319-4, Jan ’88, $18.95, 351pp, hc) Science fiction/suspense novel. It isn’t a horror novel (although there is a fair amount of terror), despite the packaging.
• * _Lightning (Headline 0-7472-0069-6, May ’88, £11.95, 329pp, hc) Reprint (Putnam 1988) sf/suspense novel. [First U.K. edition]
• * _Lightning (Headline 0-7472-3164-8, Mar ’89 [Feb ’89], £3.99, 505pp, pb, cover by Graham Potts) Reprint (Putnam 1988) very effective sf time-travel novel. Recommended. (PSP)
• * _Lightning (Berkley 0-425-11580-1, May ’89 [Apr ’89], $4.95, 355pp, pb) Reprint (Putnam 1988) sf/thriller novel.
• * _Lightning (Headline 0-7472-3164-8, Jun ’91, £4.99, 505pp, pb, cover by Graham Potts) Reissue (Putnam 1988) sf time-travel novel.
• * _Lightning (Berkley 0-425-11580-1, Nov ’92 [Oct ’92], $5.99, 355pp, pb) Reissue (Putnam 1988) sf/horror thriller; 13th printing.
• * _Lightning (Berkley 0-425-11580-1, Oct ’94 [Sep ’94], $6.99, 355pp, pb) Reissue (Putnam 1988) SF suspense novel; 16th printing.
• * _Lightning (Berkley 0-425-11580-1, Oct ’96, $7.50, 355pp, pb) Reissue (Putnam 1988) SF suspense novel. 20th printing.
• * _Lightning (Berkley 0-425-11580-1, Oct ’98 [Sep ’98], $7.99, 355pp, pb) Reissue (Putnam 1988) SF suspense novel. 24th printing.
• * *Lightning/Midnight/The Bad Place (Chancellor Press 1-85152-214-X, Jul ’92 [Aug ’92], £6.99, 842pp, hc, cover by Bill Gregory) Omnibus of three Dean R. Koontz novels. (Contents)
• * _The Mask (Berkley 0-425-09777-3, Dec ’88 [Nov ’88], $4.50, 305pp, pb) Reprint (Jove 1981 as by Owen West) horror novel about an evil teenager threatening an unsuspecting family.
• * _The Mask (Headline 0-7472-3262-8, Jul ’89, £3.50, 342pp, pb) Reprint (Jove 1981 as by Owen West) horror novel. Recommended.
• * _The Mask (Headline 0-7472-0134-X, Aug ’89 [Jan ’90], £12.95, 341pp, hc) Hardback edition of the above.
• * _The Mask (Headline 0-7472-3262-8, Jun ’91, £4.50, 342pp, pb, cover by Graham Potts) Reissue (Jove 1981 as by Owen West) horror novel.
• * _The Mask (Berkley 0-425-12758-3, Oct ’92 [Sep ’92], $5.99, 305pp, pb) Reissue (Jove 1981 as by Owen West) horror novel; 16th printing.
• * _The Mask (Berkley 0-425-12758-3, Dec ’94 [Nov ’94], $6.99, 305pp, pb) Reissue (Jove 1981 as by Owen West) horror novel; 20th printing.
• * _The Mask (Berkley 0-425-12758-3, Jun ’96 [Aug ’96], $7.50, 305pp, pb) Reissue (Jove 1981 as by Owen West) horror novel. 23rd printing.
• * *Midnight (Putnam 0-399-13390-9, Jan ’89, $19.95, 383pp, hc) Horror/sf thriller novel.
• * _Midnight (Headline 0-7472-0124-2, Apr ’89, £12.95, 438pp, hc, cover by Graham Potts) Reprint (Putnam 1989) technophobic horror novel about a scientific experiment gone terribly wrong. Gripping stuff as always. Recommended. (PSP) [First U.K. edition]
• * _Midnight (Headline Open Market 0-7472-3272-5, Oct ’89, £3.99, 502pp, pb) Reprint (Putnam 1989) sf/horror novel. This is an “Open Market” edition and is not generally available in the UK.
• * _Midnight (Berkley 0-425-11870-3, Nov ’89 [Oct ’89], $6.25, 470pp, pb) Reprint (Putnam 1989) horror/sf thriller.
• * _Midnight (Headline 0-7472-3272-5, Mar ’90, £4.50, 502pp, pb, cover by Graham Potts) Reprint (Putnam 1989) sf/horror novel.
• * _Midnight (Berkley 0-425-11870-3, Jun ’91 [Jul ’91], $5.95, 470pp, pb) Reissue (Putnam 1989) sf/horror novel; seventh printing.
• * _Midnight (Berkley 0-425-11870-3, Dec ’95, $6.99, 470pp, pb) Reissue (Putnam 1989) horror/SF thriller. 16th printing.
• * _Midnight (Berkley 0-425-11870-3, Aug ’97, $7.50, 470pp, pb) Reissue (Putnam 1989) horror/SF thriller. 17th printing.
• * *Mr Murder (Headline 0-7472-0832-8, Sep ’93 [Aug ’93], £16.99, 409pp, hc, cover by Lee Gibbons) Sf/horror novel about a thriller writer pursued by an implacable foe. Recommended (PSP). A limited (200 copy), numbered and signed proof edition was distributed in July.
• * _Mr Murder (Headline 0-7472-4223-2, Aug ’94 [Jul ’94], £5.99, 567pp, pb, cover by Lee Gibbons) Reprint (Headline 1993) SF/Horror novel about a thriller writer pursued by an implacable foe.
• * +Mr. Murder (Putnam 0-399-13874-9, Oct ’93, $23.95, 415pp, hc) Sf/horror novel of a psychopathic clone stalking a family, insisting that he’s really the man and that the life they are living is actually his. A signed illustrated 750-copy limited edition ($150.00) was announced but not seen. First American edition (Headline 1993).
• * _Mr. Murder (Berkley 0-425-1442-9, Dec ’94 [Oct ’94], $6.99, 481pp, pb) Reprint (Headline 1993) SF/horror novel.
• * _Mr. Murder (Berkley 0-425-14442-9, Dec ’97 [Nov ’97], $7.50, 481pp, pb) Reissue (Headline 1993) SF/horror novel. Seventh printing.
• * _Night Chills (Berkley 0-425-09864-8, Aug ’89 [Jul ’89], $4.50, 306pp, pb) Reissue (Atheneum 1976) thriller/horror novel about a mind-controlling drug; 23rd printing.
• * _Night Chills (Star 0-352-30164-3, Oct ’89, £3.99, 334pp, pb) Reissue (Atheneum 1976) sf/horror novel.
• * _Night Chills (Headline 0-7472-3522-8, Mar ’90 [Apr ’90], £3.99, 334pp, pb) Reprint (Atheneum 1976) sf novel. This is the Star edition with a Headline ISBN and price sticker.
• * _Night Chills (Headline 0-7472-3522-8, Jul ’90, £3.99, 334pp, pb) Reprint (Atheneum 1976) sf novel.
• * _Night Chills (Headline 0-7472-3522-8, Jan ’91, £4.50, 334pp, pb, cover by Graham Potts) Reissue (Atheneum 1976) sf/horror novel.
• * _Night Chills (Headline 0-7472-0298-2, Feb ’91, £14.95, 334pp, hc, cover by Graham Potts) Reprint (Atheneum 1976) sf/horror novel.
• * _Night Chills (Berkley 0-425-09864-8, Oct ’91, $5.99, 369pp, pb) Reissue (Atheneum 1976) sf/horror novel; 30th printing.
• * _Night Chills (Berkley 0-425-09864-8, Mar ’93, $5.99, 369pp, pb) Reissue (Atheneum 1976 as by Dean R. Koontz) sf/horror novel; 33th printing. This is the first printing as by Dean Koontz instead of Dean R. Koontz.
• * _Night Chills (Berkley 0-425-09864-8, Sep ’95 [Aug ’95], $6.99, 369pp, pb) Reissue (Atheneum 1976) SF/horror novel. 37th printing.
• * _Night Chills (Berkley 0-425-09864-8, Nov ’97, $7.50, 369pp, pb) Reissue (Atheneum 1976) SF/horror novel. 43rd printing.
• * *Oddkins (Warner 0-446-51490-X, Oct ’88 [Sep ’88], $17.95, 183pp, hc) Modern children’s fable lavishly illustrated in full color by Phil Parks. This is not a horror book; it’s closer to a Grimm fairy tale. The book was “created” by Christopher Zavisa and packaged by Land of Enchantment.
• * _Oddkins (Headline 0-7472-0112-9, Nov ’88, £12.95, 183pp, hc) Reprint (Warner 1988) delightful young-adult fantasy novel about a battle between a group of good toys and a group of bad toys. Heavily illustrated throughout by Phil Parks. Recommended. (PSP) [First U.K. edition]
• * _Oddkins (Headline 0-7472-7992-6, Oct ’89 [Nov ’89], £6.95, 185pp, tp, cover by Phil Parks) Reprint (Warner 1988) juvenile fantasy/horror novel, illustrated throughout by Phil Parks.
• * _Phantoms (Berkley 0-425-10145-2, Jun ’89 [May ’89], $4.95, 425pp, pb) Reissue (Putnam 1983) horror novel; 23rd printing.
• * _Phantoms (Headline 0-7472-3524-4, Mar ’90 [Apr ’90], £3.99, 446pp, pb) Reprint (Putnam 1983) horror novel. This is the Star edition with a Headline ISBN and price sticker.
• * _Phantoms (Headline 0-7472-3524-4, Sep ’90 [Aug ’90], £4.50, 446pp, pb, cover by Graham Potts) Reprint (Putnam 1983) horror novel. Also available in hardcover (-0300-8, £13.95).
• * _Phantoms (Headline 0-7472-3524-4, Jan ’91, £4.99, 446pp, pb, cover by Graham Potts) Reissue (Putnam 1983) horror novel.
• * _Phantoms (Berkley 0-425-10145-2, Aug ’91 [Jul ’91], $5.95, 425pp, pb) Reissue (Putnam 1983) horror novel; 29th printing.
• * _Phantoms (Berkley 0-425-10145-2, Jul ’93 [Sep ’93], $6.99, 425pp, pb) Reissue (Putnam 1983) horror novel; 38th printing.
• * _Phantoms (Berkley 0-425-10145-2, Jun ’95 [May ’95], $6.99, 426pp, pb) Reissue (Putnam 1983) horror novel. 40th printing.
• * _Phantoms (Berkley 0-425-10145-2, Apr ’97 [Mar ’97], $7.50, 426pp, pb) Reissue (Putnam 1983) horror novel. 44th printing.
• * _Phantoms (Berkley 0-425-16202-8, Oct ’97 [Sep ’97], $7.50, 426pp, pb) Reissue (Putnam 1983) horror novel. This is a movie tie-in edition. 48th printing.
• * _Phantoms (Headline 0-7472-3524-4, Nov ’97, £6.99, 446pp, pb, cover by Graham Potts) Reprint (Putnam 1983) dark fantasy novel. 13th printing.
• * *Santa’s Twin (HarperPrism 0-06-105355-4, Nov ’96 [Oct ’96], $20.00, unpaginated, hc, cover by Phil Parks) [*Santa’s Twin] Christmas short story/picture book about Santa’s evil twin. Illustrated by Phil Parks.
• * _Santa’s Twin (HarperPrism 0-06-105355-4, Nov ’97 [Oct ’97], $20.00, unpaginated, hc, cover by Phil Parks) [*Santa’s Twin] Reissue (HarperPrism 1996) Christmas short story/picture book about Santa’s evil twin. Illustrated by Phil Parks.
• * *Seize the Night (Headline 0-7472-2056-5, Nov ’98, £16.99, 408pp, hc) [Fear Nothing] SF/dark fantasy novel. Sequel to Fear Nothing. Christopher Snow’s special talents are needed to solve the mystery of missing children in Moonlight Bay. A trade paperback (export only) edition (-7651-X, £9.99) was announced but not seen.
• * +Seize the Night (Bantam 0-553-10665-1, Dec ’98 [Nov ’98], $26.95, 401pp, hc, cover by Tom Hallman) [Fear Nothing] SF thriller of genetic engineering and conspiracy, sequel to Fear Nothing. First US edition (Headline 11/98).
• * _The Servants of Twilight (Dark Harvest 0-913165-24-7, Jul ’88 [Jun ’88], $18.95, 327pp, hc) Reprint (Pocket 1984 as by Leigh Nichols) horror novel. A woman’s son may be the Antichrist.
• * _The Servants of Twilight (Dark Harvest 0-913165-14-X, Sep ’88, $45.00, 327pp, hc) Limited edition of the above.
• * _The Servants of Twilight (Berkley 0-425-12125-9, May ’90 [Apr ’90], $5.50, 418pp, pb) Reprint (Pocket 1984 as Twilight by Leigh Nichols) horror novel.
• * _The Servants of Twilight (Headline Overseas 0-7472-3638-0, Mar ’91, £4.99, 499pp, pb) Reprint (Pocket 1984 as Twilight by Leigh Nichols) occult thriller. This is an “Open Market” edition and is available only in non-English-speaking countries.
• * _The Servants of Twilight (Headline 0-7472-3638-0, May ’91 [Apr ’91], £4.99, 499pp, pb, cover by Graham Potts) Reprint (Pocket 1984 as Twilight by Leigh Nichols) occult thriller.
• * _The Servants of Twilight (Headline 0-7472-0389-X, Aug ’91, £14.95, 313pp, hc, cover by Graham Potts) Reprint (Pocket 1984 as Twilight by Leigh Nichols) occult thriller.
• * _The Servants of Twilight (Berkley 0-425-12125-9, Aug ’92 [Jul ’92], $5.99, 418pp, pb) Reissue (Pocket 1984 as Twilight by Leigh Nichols) horror novel; ninth printing.
• * _The Servants of Twilight (Berkley 0-425-12125-9, Jul ’94, $6.99, 418pp, pb) Reissue (Dark Harvest 1988) horror novel; 14th printing.
• * _The Servants of Twilight (Berkley 0-425-12125-9, Apr ’96, $7.50, 418pp, pb) Reissue (Dark Harvest 1988) horror novel. 15th printing.
• * _Shadowfires (Dark Harvest 0-913-165-53-0, Dec ’90 [Nov ’90], $21.95, 380pp, hc, cover by Phil Parks) Reprint (Avon 1987 as by Leigh Nichols) horror novel, with illustrations by Phil Parks.
• * _Shadowfires (Headline 0-7472-3681-X, Aug ’91, £4.99, 598pp, pb, cover by Graham Potts) Reprint (Avon 1987 as by Leigh Nichols) sf thriller about the gruesome effects of genetic engineering. Recommended. (PSP)
• * _Shadowfires (Headline 0-7472-0427-6, Sep ’91 [Aug ’91], £14.95, 372pp, hc, cover by Graham Potts) Reprint (Avon 1987 as by Leigh Nichols) sf thriller about genetic engineering.
• * _Shadowfires (Berkley 0-425-13698-10, Jun ’93 [May ’93], $6.99, 509pp, pb) Reprint (Avon 1987 as by Leigh Nichols) horror novel.
• * _Shadowfires (Berkley 0-425-13698-1, Aug ’94 [Jul ’94], $6.99, 509pp, pb) Reissue (Avon 1987 as by Leigh Nichols) horror novel; third printing.
• * _Shadowfires (Berkley 0-425-13698-1, Aug ’94, $6.99, 509pp, pb) Reissue (Avon 1987 as by Leigh Nichols) horror novel; fifth printing.
• * _Shadowfires (Berkley 0-425-13698-1, Nov ’96 [Jan ’97], $7.50, 509pp, pb) Reissue (Avon 1987 as by Leigh Nichols) SF/horror thriller. Ninth printing.
• * _Shadowfires (Berkley 0-425-13698-1, Jun ’98, $7.99, 509pp, pb) Reissue (Avon 1987 as by Leigh Nichols) SF/horror thriller. Eleventh printing.
• * _Shattered (Berkley 0-425-09933-4, Sep ’89 [Aug ’89], $3.95, 215pp, pb) Reissue (Random House 1973 as by K.R. Dwyer) associational non-fantasy terror thriller. A couple is being followed cross-country by a homicidal ax-murderer. 14th printing since 1985!
• * _Shattered (Star 0-352-31440-0, Sep ’89, £2.99, 207pp, pb) Reissue (Random House 1973 as by K.R. Dwyer) thriller of associational interest.
• * _Shattered (Headline 0-7472-3523-6, Mar ’90, £3.99, 207pp, pb) Reprint (Random House 1973 as by K.R. Dwyer) thriller. This is the Star edition with a Headline ISBN and price sticker.
• * _Shattered (Headline 0-7472-3523-6, Sep ’90 [Aug ’90], £3.99, 245pp, pb, cover by Graham Potts) Reprint (Random House 1973, as by K.R. Dwyer) thriller of associational interest.
• * _Shattered (Headline 0-7472-0299-0, Nov ’90, £13.95, 245pp, hc, cover by Graham Potts) Reprint (Random House 1973, as by K.R. Dwyer) thriller of associational interest.
• * _Shattered (Headline 0-7472-3523-6, Jan ’91, £3.99, 245pp, pb, cover by Graham Potts) Reissue (Random House 1973 as by K.R. Dwyer) thriller of associational interest.
• * _Shattered (Berkley 0-425-09933-4, Jul ’91, $5.50, 289pp, pb) Reissue (Random House 1973 as by K.R. Dwyer) associational non-fantasy thriller; 20th printing.
• * _Shattered (Berkley 0-425-09933-4, Feb ’93 [Mar ’93], $5.99, 289pp, pb) Reissue (Random House 1973 as by K.R. Dwyer) thriller; 24th printing. This is the first printing as by Dean Koontz instead of Dean R. Koontz.
• * *Sole Survivor (Headline 0-7472-1756-4, Jan ’97, £16.99, 312pp, hc) Dark fantasy/SF novel of a plane crash whose sole survivor hides a secret. A trade paperback (export only) edition (-7705-2, £9.99) was announcedbut not seen.
• * +Sole Survivor (Knopf 0-679-42526-8, Feb ’97 [Jan ’97], $25.95, 321pp, hc) Dark Fantasy thriller. First US edition (Headline 1997).
• * _Sole Survivor (Headline 0-7472-5434-6, Oct ’97, £5.99, 437pp, pb, cover by Jake Pegg) Reprint (Headline 1997) dark fantasy thriller. An export edition (same details) was available 1 Sept 1997.
• * _Sole Survivor (Ballantine 0-345-38437-7, Dec ’97 [Nov ’97], $7.99, 403pp, pb) Reprint (Headline 1997) dark SF thriller. An international mass market edition scheduled for September 1997 was not seen.
• * *Strange Highways (Headline 0-7472-1333-X, Apr ’95, £16.99, 439pp, hc, cover by Lee Gibbons) Collection of 12 fantasy, supernatural and SF stories (four of them revised), plus the never-before-published novel, Strange Highways wherein Joey Shannon is allowed the chance to travel the road he did not take - a road that has not existed for decades. (Contents)
• * +Strange Highways (Warner 0-446-51974-X, May ’95, $23.95, 561pp, hc) Collection of 14 pieces, including the original title novel. First US edition (Headline 1995).
• * _Strange Highways (CD Publications 1-881475-15-8, Aug ’95 [Oct ’95], $150.00, 715pp, hc, cover by Phil Parks) Collection of 14 pieces, including the original title novel. This signed, slipcased, leatherbound, limited edition of 750 was apparently delayed, and preceded by the trade. It’s still the only signed limited edition and can be ordered from CD Publications, PO Box 18433, Baltimore MD 21237.
• * _Strange Highways (Headline 0-7472-4839-7, Apr ’96, £5.99, 564pp, pb, cover by Lee Gibbons) Reprint (Headline 1995) collection of 12 fantasy, supernatural and SF stories (four revised), plus the title novel. The contents differ from the US edition. An export edition (same details) was published on 1 March 96.
• * _Strange Highways (Warner 0-446-60339-2, Aug ’96 [Sep ’97], $6.99, 614pp, pb, cover by Fernando & Dangelico) Reprint (Warner 1995) collection of 14 pieces, including the original title novel and a revised version of Chase (this latter not in the original Headline edition). (Contents)
• * *Strangers (W.H. Allen 0-491-03802-X, Mar ’86, £10.95, 712pp, hc) Suspense/sf novel involving weird phobias and an obsession with the moon. This is probably simultaneous with the U.S. edition from Putnam.
• * *Strangers (Putnam 0-399-13143-4, Apr ’86, $17.95, 526pp, hc) Thriller with sf elements.
• * _Strangers (Berkley 0-425-09217-8, Dec ’86 [Nov ’86], $4.50, 681pp, pb) Reprint (Putnam 1986) sf/horror novel.
• * _Strangers (Star 0-352-31986-0, Mar ’87, £3.95, 710pp, pb) Reprint (W.H. Allen/Putnam 1986) sf/horror novel.
• * _Strangers (Berkley 0-425-11992-0, Oct ’89, $4.95, 681pp, pb) Reissue (Putnam 1986) sf/horror novel; ninth printing.
• * _Strangers (Star 0-352-31986-0, Nov ’89, £3.95, 710pp, pb) Reissue (Putnam 1986) sf novel.
• * _Strangers (Headline 0-7472-3516-3, May ’90, £4.99, 710pp, pb) Reprint (W.H. Allen/Putnam 1986) thriller with sf elements.
• * _Strangers (Headline 0-7472-0292-3, Apr ’91, £14.95, 537pp, hc, cover by Graham Potts) Reprint (W.H. Allen; Putnam 1986) sf novel.
• * _Strangers (Berkley 0-425-11992-0, Nov ’91, $5.99, 681pp, pb) Reissue (W.H. Allen; Putnam 1986) thriller with sf elements; 14th printing.
• * _Strangers (Berkley 0-425-11992-0, Aug ’95 [Jul ’95], $6.99, 0-425-11992-0pp, pb) Reissue (W.H. Allen; Putnam 1986) SF/horror novel. 21st printing.
• * _Strangers (Berkley 0-425-11992-0, Jun ’97, $7.50, 681pp, pb) Reissue (W.H. Allen; Putnam 1986) SF/horror novel. 23rd printing.
• * *Three Complete Novels (Wings 0-517-06487-1, Aug ’91, $10.99, 739pp, hc, cover by Franco Accornero) Omnibus of three horror novels: The Servants of Twilight (Pocket 1984 as Twilight by Leigh Nichols), Darkfall (Putnam 1984), and Phantoms (Putnam 1983). This is an instant remainder edition. (Contents)
• * *Three Complete Novels (Wings 0-517-07369-2, 1992 [Aug ’94], $11.98, 691pp, hc) Omnibus of Shattered (Random House 1973 as by K.R. Dwyer), Whispers (Putnam 1980), and Watchers (Putnam 1987). This is an instant remainder edition. It has a 1992 copyright date but was not seen until now. (Contents)
• * *Three Complete Novels (Putnam 0-399-13843-9, May ’93 [Jun ’93], $11.98, 704pp, hc, cover by Don Brautigam) Omnibus of three horror novels, Lightning (Putnam 1988), The Face of Fear (Bobbs-Merrill 1977 as by Brian Coffey), and The Vision (Putnam 1977). (Contents)
• * *Three Complete Novels (Putnam 0-399-13927-3, Apr ’94 [Aug ’94], $11.98, 752pp, hc) Omnibus of three horror novels, Strangers (1986), The Voice of the Night (1980), and The Mask (1981 as by Owen West). This is an instant remainder edition. (Contents)
• * *Three Complete Novels (Putnam 0-399-14125-1, Apr ’96 [May ’96], $12.98, 804pp, hc, cover by Don Brautigam) Omnibus of three horror novels, The House of Thunder (Pocket 1982 as by Leigh Nichols), Shadowfires (Avon 1987 as by Leigh Nichols), and Midnight (Putnam 1989). This is an instant remainder edition, the third Putnam omnibus titled Three Complete Novels (in addition to one Wings edition). (Contents)