Posted on 11/08/2014 1:51:50 PM PST by millegan
Are you looking for a spellbinding novel with deeply Catholic themes, compelling characters, and exquisite prose? Well, if you’ve been confining your search to Barnes and Noble’s family-friendly Christian fiction shelf, I’m here to tell you that you’re missing out.
As a reader, you have probably heard of Dean Koontz. He has sold 450 million copies of his books in 38 languages, making him one of the most successful writers in the world. And while his stories have been categorized as science fiction, fantasy, thriller, and horror, he’s also considered by many readers to be the world’s best Catholic author of fiction.
Here are the top ten reasons that Catholics should read Dean Koontz:
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Funny. Why would someone hate God when they don't believe that He exists?
Dean Koontz??? I had NO idea he was a Catholic. Are his books good??
Vince Flynn was a Catholic also. RIP.
Same with Tolkein
Yes, try his Odd Thomas series.
Do yourself a favor and read his series on odd Thomas. In order.
I like him. If you want to try him, I would suggest you start out with "Watchers." He wrote it in the 1980s. He's not a what I'd call "natural" writer, IMO. He's had to work at it and work he does. It's interesting to read some of his old stuff, you can see him getting better and better.
Many of his early books are quite good. I used to read one after the other back about ten years ago. Then, he started to write the protagonist in a more ambiguous, leaning toward amoral manner. The breaking point was when Dean spent too many of the opening chapters having the main characters tell jokes or think about things in an ‘ironic’, pun-filled way.
I got tired of dodging the silly humor. If he’s still writing, maybe Dean has changed again for the better. He can be an excellent storyteller. I enjoyed him more than Steven King, who’s dialog tends to turn into wandering soliloquies or internal monologes.
I read a lot of his science fiction. I don’t seem to have his books here—they must be in our summer house. My memory is not too good, without refreshing it, but I do remember liking them.
I’m a solid Protestant but will happily add him to my “must read” list - he sounds good!!!
I think Tolkien was an Anglican. Marvelous man.
No.
Catholic. C.S. Lewis was Church of England.
I really like his entire Odd Thomas series. The Watchers is good too.
Well, Eugenio Corti died this year (age 93) so he’s out of the running.
I do like Koontz. He writes very good suspense/thriller novels.
I've never been much of a novel reader. I prefer reading articles and non-fiction. And after reading "Brothers Karamazov," everything else seems very shallow. It's funny because I enjoy shallow TV, but I can't tolerate it with fiction.
I’ll pit Michael O’Brien against Koontz any day
http://www.studiobrien.com/category/writings/novels/
Totally evil psychotic bad guy, too, which is always enjoyable.
That was one of his best books. I’ve read more of them than I can count — he can be hit or miss, esp. some of his more recent books where he adds comedy to the suspense... doesn’t work for me. Also, unlike Stephen King, he doesn’t inject random, unnecessary political commentary into every story.
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