Srem Wrote:LOL; the "sweaty stinky book" disease is contagious...
I had it a while back and it didn't go away until I ordered every FPW book I didn't already have.
Ok, the truth shall be known of how I discovered FPW.
A couple of years ago, I went to my local B&N and asked the clerk for a good horror book about a monster terrorizing. I had recently gotten the urge to read even though I was not much of a reader. In fact, I did not read at all. So, the clerk recommended Stephen King.... I said no because I had tried King before with Pet Semetary. It caught my attention but lost it after awhile. He then suggested Koontz.
I said huh... you know what my mom reads Koontz. I'll give it a shot. Darkfall was purchased that day and I finished it the next night. I loved it but I wanted more. I wanted to know what happened to the characters. I wanted a series. Something to capture my attention for years rather than a few days. So, unknowingly, I continued down the path of Koontz. I am not complaining I encountered some gems and some of my favorite books to date including The Taking and The Face.
I then grew tired of Mr. Koontz due to the fact that it was just not fulfilling my every want and need, in the ways of literature of course. I ventured off into the world like a lost young kitten looking for a bowl of milk and a can of slaughtered tuna fish. I wanted monsters. New monsters. Not vampires and werewolves who to me are over done. I wanted something fresh fun and funky. Well maybe not funky. I wasn't looking for the Travolta of murdering flesh mongers.
Then I went away from B&N and decided to try borders. I glimpsed Koontz, glanced King, scanned Poe, doubled back on Lovecraft and then I saw all the pretty colors. Ha yes what drew me to FPW? The rainbow of colors. What on earth am I talking about? In the horror section of any bookstore, please go to W which I know you all do.
And look at the the pretty colors that encompass the Repairman Jack book spines. I feel like a dork but that is what drew me. I picked up All The Rage and read the back. Excited like a four year old who has to poop but at the same time cake has been discovered, I checked the front to see which was the first in the series. I saw The Tomb and searched. They did not have it.
I began the hunt. The hunt that all book readers know. There is a used book store close to my house called The Book Nook. I went there and they did not have it. The clerk informed me that there were more locations. I went to the next which was 15 miles from my house. Again, no luck. The last one was in northern Georgia, a good hour drive. I went and was overjoyed to find a beaten copy of The Tomb for a buck and I have not turned back since.
So, all in all, Dean Koontz got me back into reading but FPW made me an avid fan.