Comments | rivkat: Back to the labryinth where either we are found or lose ourselves forever

rivkat

Back to the labryinth where either we are found or lose ourselves forever

Dec 12, 2003 05:41

For reasons noted best by cesperanza, I don't feel comfortable writing about "the story I keep telling." But I have been thinking about themes, and here are four bits of prose that always grab me, that I write around and read around:

1. "Some illusions are worth any price you pay for them ...." (Jane Mortimer, A Bitter Taste on the Tongue. My life would ( Read more... )

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ter369 December 12 2003, 02:51:32 UTC

Well, I do like opera. And The Rake's Progress is unutterably dull in the theatre.

mecurtin December 12 2003, 05:23:51 UTC

So I guess the themes are twofold: Fate versus Free Will, and Not Quite.

You forgot the third theme: "Make Doctor Science happy." Because you do!

silveraspen December 12 2003, 11:30:39 UTC

I honestly can't remember if I've read Shattered or not. Of Koontz's older books, I would actually recommend Watchers and Dark Rivers of the Heart, but there's not much else there that really stands out.

rivkat December 12 2003, 11:48:46 UTC

I have a fondness for Watchers and Strangers, the one with the big red moon. Hmm, seems like Koontz could pick one-word titles for Smallville, doesn't it?