tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3339553278765301079.post965227520257477060..comments2024-03-05T10:30:32.538-08:00Comments on Chillers and Thrillers: ThrillersUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3339553278765301079.post-70696484984590693702010-10-07T12:47:17.861-07:002010-10-07T12:47:17.861-07:00I read a few of Koontz's old SF novels, and se...I read a few of Koontz's old SF novels, and seem to remember liking them. One anecdote has it that when he planned to re-invent himself as a Stephen King imitator, he bought back the rights to his old SF works so that no one could republish them and thus confuse what we now would call his "brand."<br /><br />I've just finished an essay on Derry's SUSPENSE THRILLER: see what you think if you've the inclination.<br /><br /> http://arche-arc.blogspot.com/2010/10/trails-of-suspense.htmlGene Phillipshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11495562795211277146noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3339553278765301079.post-5928088075390576922010-09-27T19:14:45.488-07:002010-09-27T19:14:45.488-07:00Thanks for commenting. Koontz has written some thr...Thanks for commenting. Koontz has written some thrillers, although he started out as a science fiction writer before trying his hand (quite successfully) as a horror novelist. Now, he writes mostly cross-genre fiction according to a predictable formula that he's developed over the years. I find him much less enjoyable now than he was as a writer who was finding his niche. His bank account shows his general popularity, though.Gary L. Pullmanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01582267259146924248noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3339553278765301079.post-19032519473010897432010-09-27T08:12:46.283-07:002010-09-27T08:12:46.283-07:00Hi, first-time reader here,
I'd read Derry...Hi, first-time reader here,<br /><br />I'd read Derry's SUSPENSE THRILLER years ago and admired it (though I found this blog looking for references on Frank Cioffi's FORMULA FICTION). I just starting re-skimming SUSPENSE THRILLER but I thought the introductory chapters could have used a little more detail as to what divides a horror film's use of a menace from that of a suspense film's.<br /><br />My only exposure to Koontz is through adaptations but I'd tend to think that he probably takes fantastic threats that would conform to the "horror menace" mold and reconfigures them to be "suspense menaces." But that's just a guess.Gene Phillipshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11495562795211277146noreply@blogger.com