- Taschenbuch: 432 Seiten
- Verlag: Berkley; Auflage: Reissue (1. Juni 1995)
- Sprache: Englisch
- ISBN-10: 0425147517
- ISBN-13: 978-0425147511
- Größe und/oder Gewicht: 17,4 x 10,8 x 2,9 cm
- Durchschnittliche Kundenbewertung: 3.9 von 5 Sternen Alle Rezensionen anzeigen (13 Kundenrezensionen)
- Amazon Bestseller-Rang: Nr. 527.751 in Englische Bücher (Siehe Top 100 in Englische Bücher)
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Dean Koontz was born in Everett, Pennsylvania, and grew up in nearby Bedford. He won an Atlantic Monthly fiction competition when he was twenty and has been writing ever since. Mr. Koontz's books are published in 38 languages. Worldwide sales total more than 175 million copies, a figure that currently increases at a rate of more than 350 million copies a year. Dean and his wife, Gerda, live in southern California.
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The rich and successful private eye Alex Hunter, who doesn't yet know what love is, visits a night club in Kyoto, starts to fall for the Anglo proprietor/singer Joanne Reed, and then realizes she is the daughter of a U.S. Senator, abducted 12 years ago, whom he was unable to locate back then.
Reed is really someone quite different, as far as she knows. But then why does she have creepy nightmares every night about a guy with metal fingers and a hypodermic needle? And why is Kyoto all of a sudden the site of the world burglars, sneaks, and thugs convention, all of whom are practicing on Alex?
We learn two things about the senator very quickly: (a) while serving in Viet Nam he was held prisoner by the Reds and then miraculously escaped, and (b) Alex doesn't like him. This will start off some trains of thought if you are like me, and the words "Manchurian Candidate" may even come to mind. I should point out, though, that Koontz (as he points out in an afterword) has extensively rewritten this book for the post-Soviet era, so it's not going to be quite that simple. If "House of Thunder" is an example of what his old Cold War pseudonymous novels were like before he rewrote them, it's probably good he did.
On the con side, the writing tends to be a big clunky and non-atmospheric, and some of the action sequences read like they are verbal descriptions of what he was hoping the movie would be like, which is not the same as good writing even if it would be a good movie. Also, some of the plot devices are implausible, while the motives of some of the characters are hard to explain: in particular there are several people who have every chance to just kill off Alex before he causes any trouble, and I don't know why they don't. And there is some "talking villain" stuff.
Back on the pro side, there are enough plot twists to keep you somewhat fooled until pretty late in the game. The love story is a lot like 15 other Koontz love stories, but it has its sweet side. And he writes about Kyoto as if he knew the place, at least from the viewpoint of someone like me who doesn't.
When all is said and done, despite its flaws, and despite the fact that I hate Koontz's politics as much as he hates mine, I have to give it three stars, which is not a bad rating coming from me. Actually it's a better 3-star volume than Darkfall. I won't reread it, and I'm glad I didn't pay money for it, but I don't feel as if reading it was an unenjoyable waste.
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This book is unique for Koontz. The style is more like that of a screenplay, fast to read and filled with short paragraphs and dialog. The content is an international spy thriller, involving, and tying together, Vietnam heroes, Soviet spies, brainwashing science, the Manchurian Candidate, and scenes in Japan, London, and St. Moritz. This is not a horror novel, anymore than The Boys in Brazil. There is no supernatural element here. The story is good, and you will like it. But you will realize that Koontz is no Fleming, Le Carre, Clancy, etc. You can see why he went on to what he did. There is a good TV movie here, no blockbuster starring Harrison Ford.
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This is my first Dean Koontz book and it was the most fascinating book I have enver read, I wasn't able to tell the horror part, it didn't really scare me at all, it's just of spine-tingling terror. That german doctor guy creeped me out though. The end was totally unexpected, I loved this book and I am now a Dean Koontz fan for life. If anybody likes brainwashing, foreign deciet, lies, mistaken identity. That's this book "The Key To Midnight. All of those things rolled up into one. One of the most engaging novels of all time. I love this book. I finished this book in one day, it was impossible for me to try to put it down. My parents got mad at me because I stayed up so late reading the book. I would tell myslef "just one more chapter" and then 50 or 100 pages later I would realize how much I really read.
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highly contrived, shallow, and sometimes offensive
This is my first Dean Koontz book and I am looking forward to more. However, I had several problems with this book. Lesen Sie weiter...
Am 6. Juni 2000 veröffentlicht
DIFFERENT...BUT STILL COOL BEANS!
I didn't think I was going to like this book at first (which is exactly what I thought about my favorite book so that says something right there, hint hint: my fave book is 'Dark... Lesen Sie weiter...
Veröffentlicht am 5. März 2000 von Duckette
This is one of the best books i've read!
It's a great book and I love i
Am 1. Oktober 1999 veröffentlicht
One of the most stunning & breath-taking horror novels ever
Ok - I know what your thinking - surely not, "The Key to Midnight"...one of the best horror novels ever made??? Lesen Sie weiter...
Am 15. Februar 1999 veröffentlicht
Solid
This is Koontz' premier, first printed in June '79. The text has since been re-worked to include modern events such as the fall of the Soviet Union, Lexus cars, etc. Lesen Sie weiter...
Veröffentlicht am 10. Februar 1999 von Duke Ionescu
It's Dean Koonts Best!!!!
This was the first Koonts book I ever read and I've been hooked since then. I love the way he mixes this story with politics, corruption, love and human goodness. Lesen Sie weiter...
Am 4. November 1998 veröffentlicht
moving and a very true acount of amnesia
As a person who suffered from amnesia for many years I wasable to relate to this story and it helped me find clues to overcome the amnesia in my life and learn to deal with the... Lesen Sie weiter...
Am 20. Juli 1998 veröffentlicht
I'm constantly amazed at the range of Dean Koontz talents.
I found the tenderness of the love story behind this book to be really touching. I have been reading Koontz for several years but still find it amazing how he can scare the crap... Lesen Sie weiter...
Am 9. Juni 1998 veröffentlicht
Entertaining, but too long to point
I don't enjoy to read, but I enjoyed this book. It kept me in suspense from front to back. Joanna seemed a little weak, but maybe some people react diffrent to situations like the... Lesen Sie weiter...
Am 8. Mai 1998 veröffentlicht
This is a re-run in print.
Take one part 'The House of Thunder' (beautiful woman, mysterious past, political intrigue). Add a dash of 'Strangers' (science used to play with people's minds). Lesen Sie weiter...
Am 20. Juni 1997 veröffentlicht
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