Lividian Publications

[Dave1442397]

Just got the secret pre-order email and jumped on a copy right away. Super happy to see this getting the LE treatment. Can't wait until it is officially announced.

Same here!

[sholloman81]

Just got the secret pre-order email and jumped on a copy right away. Super happy to see this getting the LE treatment. Can't wait until it is officially announced.

[saginawhorror]

I haven't gotten a lividian since the store but now I upped my pledge to the silver tier so I automatically get the new one. Very excited. Looking forward to getting my first lividian arc. My entire set will be the same number except the store.

[jeffingoff]

In the immortal words of Pope John Francis, "When one lives attached to money, pride or power, it is impossible to be truly happy.".

So let go of your money, pride and power (snickers), and give it all up to the great and omnipotent Lord of publications.



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AMEN

[Ben Staad]

In the immortal words of Pope John Francis, "When one lives attached to money, pride or power, it is impossible to be truly happy.".

So let go of your money, pride and power (snickers), and give it all up to the great and omnipotent Lord of publications.

I wish money were not an issue for me. .

 

[Brian James Freeman]

I CANNOT WAIT FOR Lividian's 2024! If you're doing Pinborough, I AM HERE FOR IT! But I'm here for it anyway because you're doing an amazing job, BJF. I wish money were not an issue for me. I'd buy everything with absolute confidence that I'll at least love the edition on my shelf.

Thank you!!

[jeffingoff]

I posted some news about our 2024 production plans including hints about two projects with major New York Times bestselling authors we haven't published here at Lividian before:

https://lividian.com/lividian-public...lans-for-2024/

Brian

I CANNOT WAIT FOR Lividian's 2024! If you're doing Pinborough, I AM HERE FOR IT! But I'm here for it anyway because you're doing an amazing job, BJF. I wish money were not an issue for me. I'd buy everything with absolute confidence that I'll at least love the edition on my shelf.

[Brian James Freeman]

Woohoo! Exciting times it sounds like.

Wishing you and LP a fantastic 2024.

Thank you!

[Ben Staad]

Woohoo! Exciting times it sounds like.

Wishing you and LP a fantastic 2024.

[Brian James Freeman]

I posted some news about our 2024 production plans including hints about two projects with major New York Times bestselling authors we haven't published here at Lividian before:

https://lividian.com/lividian-public...lans-for-2024/

Brian

[Brian James Freeman]

I'm not sure when my first eBay "win" was, but I know that my account was created on November 18, 1998.

Holy shit - that was 25 years ago!

I realized the other day that I was signing a contract with an author who was younger than my eBay and Amazon accounts... ha

My first Amazon purchase was a good one - one for the ages:

September 15, 1998:

• Understanding Comics by Scott McCloud
• Smoke and Mirrors by Neil Gaiman
• Bag of Bones by Stephen King

WOW! That is a great order.

[TacomaDiver]

I'm not sure when my first eBay "win" was, but I know that my account was created on November 18, 1998.

Holy shit - that was 25 years ago!

My first Amazon purchase was a good one - one for the ages:

September 15, 1998:

• Understanding Comics by Scott McCloud
• Smoke and Mirrors by Neil Gaiman
• Bag of Bones by Stephen King

[Brian James Freeman]

I know this is random, but over on Patreon I'm thinking about my first eBay auction win way back on December 24, 1998, which then reminded me of "The Fuel of Tender Years" by Joey Froehlich, my first Amazon purchase. Diehard Stephen King collectors might remember Joey:

https://www.patreon.com/posts/do-you-remember-94997113

[Dave1442397]

I skipped this one. I've been reading Koontz since the '80s, and while I like his work, a lot of his books have the same themes (dogs, kids, black ops) and they start to blend together. I know I read Elsewhere, because it's in my Calibre library, but I don't remember it at all.

I'm trying to cut back on buying books "just because", so even though I know this will be another beautiful Lividian production, I'm holding off.

[brlesh]

In my teens and twenties Koontz was one of my go to author. Drifted away from his stories long ago and have occasionally thought of going back. This will be a good re-introduction to his work. Looking forward to it!

I started reading King in the early 80’s and this lead to my reading Koontz soon after. As both were K & K, and hence shelved next to each in the horror section of the bookstores (wow, remember those!), I started to read Koontz pretty regular.

My first Koontz was Phantoms, which I liked quite a bit. Other Koontz reads at the time, not as much. I think the comparisons to King hurt Koontz, at least in my teenage mind, as no one could compare to 70’s to mid 80’s King. I remember really liking Watchers from this time period, but everything else Koontz wrote in the 80’s just escapes my mind and I stopped reading him for several years.

Then in the mid 90’s I had an uncle that got me back into reading Koontz. Novels like Mr Murder, Midnight, Hideaway, & Dragon Tears were all enjoyable, if not memorable.

In the late 90’s I read his collection Strange Highways, which was memorable, and the Christopher Snow books, which I liked a lot (the Christopher Snow book had a distinct tie-in back to Watchers).

But in the early 2000s Koontz burn out started again. The last Koontz book I read was From the Corner of His Eye, which to this day remains the only book I‘ve finished, closed, and then threw across the room in frustration. A story that could have easily been told as a 60 page novella that was padded into a 600 page novel.

I haven’t read Koontz since, and based on the overviews of his novels, haven’t really been tempted with anything he’s written until Devoted a couple of years ago.

All this being said, I did order a copy of Elsewhere (have to keep my Lividian streak going), even though I was kind of lukewarm on the novel’s overview. Maybe if I like Elsewhere I’ll give Devoted a try somewhere down the line.

B