BOOKS

Notes: written with Gerda Koontz, even though it seems that her contribution is most likely irrelevant. Koontz disputes authorship of this book, on the grounds that the publisher took some liberties with the original.

Notes: written with Gerda Koontz, even though it seems that her contribution is most likely irrelevant. Koontz disputes authorship of this book, on the grounds that the publisher took some liberties with the original.

Chapters include: Hair Life in The Commune / Interview With a Groupie / Getting Busted / Body Painting and Sex Films / Woodstock / Cynthia Plaster Caster / A Long-Haired Sheriff? / Intentionally Non-Profit Business / A Patriot.

From the cover blurb: "If you are already hip, this book will enhance your own experiences. If you're on the fringe of the new, sexually liberated generation, this book may motivate you. And if you're a member of the Establishment, The Undergound Lifestyles Handbook will tell you what it's all about."

Click on the cover to see the back cover scan.

Notes: it didn't go out of print until Koontz wrote "How to Write Bestselling Fiction" in 1981 - this book features passages from the novels Koontz wrote as Deanna Dwyer.

INTRODUCTIONS & AFTERWORDS

Notes: introduction by Koontz for the Charnel House editions of this book (both for the 26 lettered copies and the 500 numbered copies) - reissued in The Dean Koontz Companion

Cover image refers to the numbered edition.

"Alan W. Bock, through court transcripts, private testimonies, and interviews with insiders, local residents, and friends of the Weaver family, debunks the myth that government agencies are beyond the realm of entrapment, coverups, and even the killing of innocent people. He overturns the hypocrisies and contradictions of the FBI, and takes you straight to the scene - first, to the tragedy of Ruby Ridge, then to the colorful neo-Nazi- and protester-filled roadblock, and finally to the courtroom, where prosecutors and flamboyant defense attorney Gerry Spence go head to head."

From Urban Desires: "While based in Paris, acclaimed photographer David Robinson roamed the cemeteries of Europe. Over a period of two years he took more than ten thousand photographs of cemeteries, including P'ere-Lachaise, Montparnasse, and Montmartre in Paris, the cemeteries of London and village churchyards in England, the Jewish cemetery in Prague, and cemeteries across France, Spain, Italy and Portugal. His images convey the strange yet affecting beauty of cemeteries. Tombs, headstones, the clasping of marble hands, faded flowers, beaded wreaths - are all the emblems of death, and to some, a celebration of lives which have passed.
Beautiful Death brings us 150 of the most stirring of these images. Dean Koontz includes a moving personal memoir of his parents and a mysterious family secret taken to the grave."

From the introduction: "In the monuments we build to loved ones lost, we express a courageous hope that elevates us."

This is the 25th Anniversary edition issued in a limited edition of 600 copies. This copy has another introduction by Matthew R. Bradley and an afterword by Richard C. Matheson. This book is signed by Richard Matheson, Dean Koontz and Richard C. Matheson on the limitation page. Heretofore a scarce Matheson title, this edition's production was overseen by Matheson himself in the choice of binding and stamping. Issued without jacket per his request.

Notes: afterword by Koontz (copyrighted 1992) to this collection of 17 stories of crime, suspense, weirdness, and the supernatural (one of them original) by Ed Gorman.

Cover image refers to the 2000 pb edition.

Notes: afterword by Koontz dedicated "In Honor of James Blaylock and as Homage to Tim Powers" - this novelette by Blaylock, which also appeared in The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction (February 1998), was released in three states: there are 150 limited copies, 26 collectors copies and 10 PC copies. All of them are signed.

From the introduction: "When modern men and women lost religious faith, they lost the associated belief that human beings are special, that we were created with purpose to undertake a life with meaning. Science, technology, and politics have not yet filled that void and probably never will be able to do so, especially not if they continue to be powered by ideologies that have thus far informed them. If we believe that we are just animals, without immortal souls, we are already but one step removed from pod people."

ARTICLES & ESSAYS

Notes: this book contains two articles by Koontz - both reissued in The Dean Koontz Companion