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The Fall Of The Dream Machine / The Star Venturers (1968)

by Dean Koontz(Favorite Author)

3.45 of 5 Votes: 2

languge

English

genre

Horror

publisher

Ace Double 22600

review 1: of the first three of Koontz's early works this is so far my favorite. it was almost like The Truman Show for sci-fi fans thirty years early. this also has the first of what will eventually become a Koontz staple; the wonderfully pure evil baddie ( think of this one as a prototype of what will come). of course there was koontz's obligitory view on both science and technology as evil and shoe horned in ever so briefly was his ever chsnging views on god and what he/it is
review 2: Dean Koontz should not have been embarrassed by this work. Besides one part which is easily deleted or updated, this book is philosophically sound. Great story about subliminal media influences in trying to destroy the individual for the "collective soul." These out of print books are s... moreuch a wonderful experience because you get to see a side of Koontz that is different. You still get that unique voice, wonderful descriptions, fast pace, but now you also get a completely different setting. You wouldn't catch Koontz cold setting his stories in a futuristic world run by a madman controlling the world population through a game / reality show. Mr. Koontz's vision was fresh from his beginnings, with original and sleek concepts about future technology. Koontz is still the Master. less

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