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    Cover of Phantoms

    Phantoms

    Dean Koontz · 1983

    After finding one hundred and fifty people grotesquely dead in the tiny mountain town of Snowfield, California, officials cannot imagine anything as gruesome as the real reason for their death.

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    2recommend
    3mentions
    3people
    2016–2018years
    67% recommend33% neutral

    Mentions per year

    201620172018

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    1. BurningCyclesJun 2018
      I read King and Koontz during my teens, my two favourite books of each author are 'It' by King and 'Phantoms' by Koontz, I actually read 'It' first and thought Koontz had been inspired by King given how they were quite similar, however I learned later that Koontz Phantoms was published in 1983, while It was published in 1986, so I guess that if anyone was inspired by the other it was King.
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    2. mindcrimeDec 2016
      Phantoms - Dean Koontz

      Good call. Even though he's famous and all, I still sometimes feel like Koontz is very under-rated and doesn't get enough respect.

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    3. arc_of_descentDec 2016
      I started Jan 2016 jobless, I still am. hence the long reading list! Apart from these I've read lots on AngularJS, React, Redux, Python.

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