Nightmare Journey [Hardcover]

Dean R. Koontz (Author)

Product Details

• Hardcover: 217 pages
• Publisher: Berkley Pub. Corp. : distributed by Putnam; First Edition edition (1975)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0399113886
• ISBN-13: 978-0399113888
• Product Dimensions: 9.1 x 6.6 x 1.1 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.6 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 3.7 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #3,052,454 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

More About the Author

I was born and raised in Pennsylvania where I graduated from Shippensburg State College (now Shippensburg University). When I was a senior in college, I won an Atlantic Monthly fiction competition and have been writing ever since. My first job after graduation was with the Appalachian Poverty Program, where I was expected to counsel and tutor underprivileged children on a one-to-one basis. During my first day on the job, I discovered that the previous occupier of my position had been beaten up by the very kids he had been trying to help and had landed in the hospital for several weeks. The following year was filled with challenge but also tension, and I was more highly motivated than ever to build a career as a writer. I wrote nights and weekends, which I continued to do after leaving the poverty program and going to work as an English teacher in a suburban school district outside Harrisburg. After a year and a half in that position, my wife, Gerda, made me an offer I couldn't refuse: "I'll support you for five years," she said, "and if you can't make it as a writer in that time, you'll never make it." By the end of those five years, Gerda had quit her job to run the business end of my writing career. Gerda and I, along with our dog, Trixie, live in southern California.

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13 of 16 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars A Good Sci-Fi, Fantasy, Quest Novel, May 26, 1998

By A Customer

This review is from: Nightmare Journey (Hardcover)

This story, delivered to the publisher in 1972, but not printed until 1975 is, in my humble opinion, one of his better early efforts. Koontz is very efficient with his words, and makes a short novel read like an epic. The imagery is clear and concise and the characters are vivid. P.S. If you can find a paperback of this novel, it is more affordable (by far).

5 of 8 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars A Good Sci-Fi, Fantasy, Quest Novel, May 26, 1998

By A Customer

This review is from: Nightmare Journey (Hardcover)

This story, delivered to the publisher in 1972, but not printed until 1975 is, in my humble opinion, one of his better early efforts. Koontz is very efficient with his words, and makes a short novel read like an epic. The imagery is clear and concise and the characters are vivid.

2 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars nightmare journey, March 28, 2000

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tchartrand (brandon canada) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Nightmare Journey (Hardcover)

The first dean koontz i read-got a paperback at a garage sale. A good little sci-fi well worth reading.