Denver Science Fiction & Fantasy Book Club

LIGHTNING
by
DEAN KOONTZ
Lightning newer cover Lightning (1988)

recent Berkley books paperback
includes author afterword
355 pages (left)

older Berkley books paperback
355 pages (right)		 Lightning older cover
From the back cover of the older paperback:
       A storm struck on the night Laura Shane was born, and there was a strangeness about the weather that people would remember for years.  But even more mysterious was the blond-haired stranger who appeared out of nowhere -- the man who saved Laura from a fatal delivery.  Years later -- another bolt of lightning -- and the stranger returned, again to save Laura from tragedy.  Was he the guardian angel he seemed?  The devil in disguise?  Or the master of a haunting destiny beyond time and space?

Read for group discussion on January 27, 2010
RATINGS:
How we each rated this book
Dan 7 Amy 7 stack of books 10   Wow! Don't miss it
8-9  Highly recommended
7    Recommended
5-6  Mild recommendation
3-4  Take your chances
1-2  Below average; skip it
0    Get out the flamethrower!
U    Unfinishable or unreadable
-    Skipped or no rating given
Cheri 7 Barb -
Aaron 6 Cynthia -
Jackie 6 Ron 4
Bob 7    
Bibliography:
Dean Koontz (1945-    ) (or Dean R. Koontz) is a prolific, bestselling US writer best known for writing suspense thrillers.  He has also written science fiction and horror books.

Books
-- Star Quest (1968)
-- Fear That Man (1969)
-- The Fall of the Dream Machine (1969)
-- The Dark Symphony (1969)
-- Hell's Gate (1970)
-- Soft Come the Dragons (1970)
-- Dark of the Woods (1970)
-- Anti-Man (1970)
-- Beastchild (1970)
-- Hell's Gate (1970)
-- The Crimson Witch (1971)
-- Time Thieves (1972)
-- A Darkness in My Soul (1972)
-- The Flesh in the Furnace (1972)
-- Starblood (1972)
-- Warlock (1972)
-- The Haunted Earth (1973)
-- A Werewolf Among Us (1973)
-- Hanging on (1973)
-- Demon Seed (1973), original version
-- After the Last Race (1974)
-- Nightmare Journey (1975)
-- Night Chills (1976)
-- The Vision (1977)
-- Whispers (1980)
-- Phantoms (1983)
-- Darkfall (1984)
-- Twilight Eyes (1985, expanded version 1987)
-- Strangers (1986)
-- Watchers (1987)
-- Oddkins (1988)
-- Lightning (1988)
-- Midnight (1989)
-- The Bad Place (1990)
-- The Servants of Twilight (originally Twilight by pseudonym Leigh Nichols) (1990)
-- Cold Fire (1991)
-- Hideaway (1992)
-- Mr. Murder (1993)
-- Dragon Tears (1993)
-- Winter Moon (inspired by Invasion by pseudonym Aaron Wolfe) (1994)
-- Dark Rivers of the Heart (1994)
-- Icebound (revised version of Prison of Ice by pseudonym David Axton) (1995)
-- Strange Highways (1995)
-- Intensity (1996)
-- Tick Tock (1996)
-- Demon Seed (revised version) (1997)
-- Sole Survivor (1997)
-- Fear Nothing (1998)
-- Seize the Night (1998)
-- False Memory (1999)
-- From the Corner of His Eye (2000)
-- One Door Away from Heaven (2001)
-- By the Light of the Moon (2002)
-- The Face (2003)
-- Odd Thomas (2003)
-- The Taking (2004)
-- Life Expectancy (2004)
-- Velocity (2005)
-- Forever Odd (2005)
-- The Husband (2006)
-- Brother Odd (2006)
-- The Good Guy (2007)
-- The Darkest Evening of the Year (2007)
-- Odd Hours (2008)
-- In Odd We Trust (2008)
-- Your Heart Belongs to Me (2008)
-- Relentless (2009)
-- Breathless (2009)

Dean Koontz's Frankenstein books
-- Prodigal Son (2005, with Kevin J. Anderson)
-- City of Night (2005)
-- Dead and Alive (2009)
-- Lost Souls (forthcoming 2010)

Books for young adults
-- Santa's Twin (1996)
-- The Paper Doorway: Funny Verse and Nothing Worse (2001)
-- Every Day's a Holiday: Amusing Rhymes for Happy Times (2003)
-- Robot Santa: The Further Adventures of Santa's Twin (2004)

Books with Trixie Koontz, his golden retriever dog
-- Life is Good (2004)
-- Christmas is Good (2005)
-- Bliss to You (2008)
-- I, Trixie, Who is Dog (2008), picture book
-- A Big Little Life (2009)

Books written as by Deanna Dwyer, not republished under Dean Koontz
-- Demon Child (1971)
-- Legacy Of Terror (1971)
-- Children of the Storm (1972)
-- Dance With The Devil (1972)
-- The Dark Of Summer (1972)

Books written as by K. R. Dwyer
-- Chase (1972) (revised and reprinted under Dean Koontz)
-- Shattered (1973) (revised and reprinted under Dean Koontz)
-- Dragonfly (1975) (not reprinted under Dean Koontz)

Books written as Brian Coffey, not republished under Koontz name unless noted
-- Blood Risk (1973)
-- Surrounded (1974)
-- The Wall of Masks (1975)
-- Face of Fear (1977) (revised and reprinted under Dean Koontz)
-- The Voice of the Night (1980) (revised and reprinted under Dean Koontz)

Books written as Leigh Nichols, revised and republished under Dean Koontz
-- The Key to Midnight (1979)
-- Eyes of Darkness (1981)
-- The House of Thunder (1982)
-- Twilight (1984)
-- Shadowfires (1987)

Other pseudonymous books, revised and republished under Dean Koontz
-- Prison of Ice (1976) (writing as David Axton) (revised as Icebound)
-- The Funhouse (1980) (writing as Owen West)
-- The Mask (1981) (writing as Owen West)
-- The Door to December (1985) (writing as Richard Paige)

Other pseudonymous books, not republished under Dean Koontz
-- Strike Deep (1974) (writing as Anthony North)
-- Invasion (1975) (writing as Aaron Wolfe) (inspiration for Winter Moon)
-- The Long Sleep (1975) (writing as John Hill)

Links:
Dean Koontz official website
Dean Koontz - Wikipedia
Aaron's review of The Fall of the Dream Machine by Dean Koontz on Fantastic Reviews
Jandy's Reading Room: Book Review: Lightning by Dean R. Koontz
Koontzmania, a Dean Koontz fansite

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