Dean Koontz is often mistakenly categorized as a horror-genre writer. I believe that’s a misconception—I feel he’s a thriller writer for the most part. His thrillers often contain sfnal concepts, like this 1998 book, False Memory, which deals with some pretty scary stuff. It’s pretty thrilling, and one of his best, I think.
This is Steve’s first Dean Koontz book review in several years, because it’s the first new Dean Koontz book he’s read in that stretch of time. He thinks it was worth it, with a few caveats. What are they? Read the column and find out.
This week Steve revisits a publisher’s SF line that took everyone by surprise, because they were known for romance novels, Gothic bodice-rippers and the like. Laser Books, edited by Roger Elwood, came and went within a few years, but left a mark on our genre. Was it a good or bad mark? Read and find out…
In his last column ever… for 2020… Steve talks about two books by Jeffrey A. Carver, and hopes you all have a wonderful winter season.
In his penultimate 2020 column, Steve reviews a new horror anthology. Is it scary? Very!
An all-new follow-up to Steve’s Ace Doubles columns. He’s doubled up with laughter, because he’s doubling his Ace writings!
Laser books was a flash-in-the-pan series of SF books put out by romance publisher Harlequin, and edited by the late Roger Elwood. Steve takes a quick look at the series, hoping to pique your interest. Steve also offers a book Giveaway!
Steve discusses two top thriller writers, Billie Sue Mosiman and Dean R. Koontz. Are their new books good?
Christopher Rice is the son of best-selling fantasy writer Ann Rice, whose tales of vampires in the Deep South sparked a renewed interest in the genre. His new book (from Gallery Books, an imprint of Simon & Schuster) arrived on October 15, and I have to say that, despite a few weaknesses, I enjoyed it more than some of his mother’s works.
After the last few S&S works of the early 1940s, such as “Dragon Moon” by Henry Kuttner and the short-lived Unknown, Sword & Sorcery lost steam. With Robert E. Howard dead for five or more […]
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