Copyright © 1996 by Joan G. Kotker. Kotker is an English faculty member at Bellevue Community College in Bellevue, Washington where she has taught for twenty years. She specializes in the study of popular culture and genre fiction including mysteries and thrillers.
Chapter 1 The Life of Dean KoontzFAMILY BACKGROUND AND EDUCATION
BEGINNINGS AS A WRITER
DEVELOPMENT AS A WRITER
GOALS
A NOTE ON SOURCES
CHRONOLOGY OF EVENTS
OVERVIEW
HORROR
SCIENCE FICTION
MYSTERY
POPULAR ROMANCE
TECHNOTHRILLER
PLOT DEVELOPMENT
CHARACTER DEVELOPMENT
SETTING
POINT OF VIEW
THEMATIC ISSUES
ALTERNATIVE READING: THE AUDIENCE-CENTERED NOVELGENRE
PLOT DEVELOPMENT
CHARACTER DEVELOPMENT
SETTING
POINT OF VIEW
THEMATIC ISSUES
ALTERNATIVE READING: A FEMIST ANALYSIS
GENRE
PLOT DEVELOPMENT
CHARACTER DEVELOPMENT
SETTING
POINT OF VIEW
THEMATIC ISSUES
ALTERNATIVE READING: THE WRITER'S TECHNIQUES
GENRE
PLOT DEVELOPMENT
CHARACTER DEVELOPMENT
SETTING
POINT OF VIEW
THEMATIC ISSUES
ALTERNATIVE READING: A READER-RESPONSE ANALYSIS
GENRE
PLOT DEVELOPMENT
CHARACTER DEVELOPMENT
SETTING
POINT OF VIEW
THEMATIC ISSUES
ALTERNATIVE READING: DECONSTRUCTION
Chapter 8 The Bad Place (1990)
GENRE
PLOT DEVELOPMENT
CHARACTER DEVELOPMENT
SETTING
POINT OF VIEW
THEMATIC ISSUES
ALTERNATIVE READING: ALLEGORY
GENRE
PLOT DEVELOPMENT
CHARACTER DEVELOPMENT
SETTING
POINT OF VIEW
THEMATIC ISSUES
ALTERNATIVE READING:THE SOCIOLOGICAL NOVEL
Chapter 10 Dark Rivers of the Heart (1994)
GENRE
PLOT DEVELOPMENT
CHARACTER DEVELOPMENT
SETTING
POINT OF VIEW
THEMATIC ISSUES
ALTERNATIVE READING: A FEMINIST ANALYSISGENRE
PLOT DEVELOPMENT
CHARACTER DEVELOPMENT
SETTING
POINT OF VIEW
THEMATIC ISSUES
ALTERNATIVE READING: A FEMINIST FAIRY TALE
WORKS BY DEAN KOONTZ
NONFICTION WRITINGS BY DEAN KOONTZ
WORKS ABOUT DEAN KOONTZ
INTERVIEW WITH DEAN KOONTZ
REVIEWS AND CRITICISM
OTHER SECONDARY SOURCES