Phantoms (novel)
1983 novel by Dean Koontz / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Phantoms is a horror novel by American writer Dean Koontz, first published in 1983. The story is a version[1][2] of the now-debunked[3] urban legend[4] involving a village mysteriously vanishing at Angikuni Lake.
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Author | Dean Koontz |
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Country | United States |
Language | English |
Genre | Thriller, mystery, horror |
Publisher | Putnam |
Publication date | March 1983 |
Media type | Print (hardcover, paperback) |
Pages | 352 |
ISBN | 0-399-12655-4 |
OCLC | 48925027 |
LC Class | CPB Box no. 1919 vol. 16 |
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The novel includes many literary tips of the hat to the work of H. P. Lovecraft; the novel suggests the 'Ancient Enemy' is Lovecraft's god Nyarlathotep, also known as the 'Crawling Chaos', and the air force specialist in potential contact with non-human intelligence is named 'Captain Arkham' (cf. Lovecraft's invention Arkham).[5] Most of these Lovecraftian references were excised from the 1998 film version of Koontz's novel.