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will love Sign up for LibraryThing to find out whether you'll like this book. Good. (  )Tweellow | Jul 8, 2009 |   Although it took me a while to get into the book, I enjoyed it in the end. It is Koontz's version of The Thing, John Carpenter or It, Stephen King. Koontz includes a fair amount of discussion on religion and the nature of Satan. The lead characters do survive the monster's attack and receive a happy ending. Reminds me somewhat of Relic by Lincoln Child and Douglas Preston. However Relic seemed less Horror and more just a Thriller/Suspense. References the (invented) book: The Ancient Enemy, Timothy Flyte -- which gives a cause for mass vanishings From Wikipedia -- The creature's abilities and form greatly resemble John Carpenter's version of The Thing, the movie monster The Blob, the creature in the short story Slime by Joseph Payne Brennan, the monstrous It from the novel of the same name by Stephen King, and the "shoggoths" envisioned in the works of H. P. Lovecraft. Its shape shifting and probing abilities also resemble those of the planetary creature in Stanislaw Lem's Solaris. ( )ktoonen | Jun 26, 2009 | felt occasionally like a ripoff of Sphere by M. Crichton, but that's also what I enjoyed about it (  )selectiveeclectic | Feb 22, 2009 | The first book I ever read by Koontz. I had to sleep with the lights on every night as I read the book. I Loved It. (  )momei | Nov 4, 2008 | Law enforcement finds they have more than they can handle as flying "things" raid the town at night. ( )andyray | Jun 12, 2008 | 0.283 seconds to build listing  no reviews | add a review
Amazon.com (ISBN 0747235244, Paperback)The lights are on in Snowfield, California, a cozy ski village nestled in the Sierra Madres, but nobody seems to be home. When Dr. Jenny Paige returns to the small town, she finds tables set for dinner, meals being prepared, and music playing in living rooms, but there's no trace of the people who put the water on to boil or set an extra place for company at the dinner table. As she explores the town, Paige finds friends and neighbors felled by a mysterious force--the bodies show no visible signs of violence or disease, and no known plague kills victims before the ice in their dinner drinks has time to melt. But the deep quiet that surrounds her offers few clues about the fate of the town's inhabitants. Dean Koontz's Phantoms strikes fear in readers from the very beginning. The mystery deepens, paving the way for a chilling journey toward the truth. If you plan to catch the film version, starring Ben Affleck and Peter O'Toole, remember that you'll be experiencing this terrifying story in a dark theater. So bring an arm to grab!(retrieved from Amazon Fri, 24 Apr 2009 07:58:19 -0400) The first test round has been closed. Visit the Open Shelves Classification group for details. |
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