Nightmare Journey
One hundred thousand years in the future, after man has been fatally humbled by his exploration of the stars and discovery of far more intelligent beings, civilization is struggling to return to the planet's surface.
After man fled the stars, he tried to explore his own genetic frontier, creating horrible races of deformed beings- some scaled, soome furred, tiny, winged and huge. Now Jask, a Pure who retains the original human genetic code, and Tedesco, a great bear with a human brain, are thrown together by their one shared and fatal trait- telepathy. Hunted like animals by the fearful populace, they go in search of The Black Presence- which may be the key to mankind's place in the cosmos.
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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,
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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,
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,
By 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.
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