Koontz was never on King’s level as a writer, so King would never have been threatened by him.
Dean Koontz comes up a lot with King fans because they wrote similar stuff at one point. Dean Koontz went through many phases, and during one, he wrote a bunch of government conspiracy stuff — I strongly recommend The House of Thunder — which was similar to what King did with Firestarter and a couple others. So at that time, in the 1980s, they were doing the same thing. Since then, however, both authors took separate paths.
TIL Jeff Koons and Dean Koontz are different people.
Don’t forget Stephen Coonts!
This looks familiar
Many years ago, Family Guy had Brian run over someone in a car. In a panic he asks “Oh my God, are you Stephen King?”
The reply is “No, I’m Dean Koontz,” so Brian puts the car into reverse and runs him over again.
My friends never understood why I laughed so hard at that joke.
It’s also a reference to that time Stephen King was actually hit by a car, for those who don’t know.
Could you explain it to me? Does he copy King or something?
I was also wondering, best I can find is from this reddit comment:
Ah, so King was just fucking with him, lol.
I cannot unhear “Koontz” being a weird pronunciation of “cunts”