Odd Thomas (edit title)

Shelfari edited the description of Odd Thomas 9 days ago.

• “The dead don't talk. I don't know why.” But they do try to communicate, with a short-order cook in a small desert town serving as their reluctant confidant. Odd Thomas thinks of himself as an ordinary guy, if possessed of a certain measure of talent at the Pico Mundo Grill and rapturously in love with the most beautiful girl in the world, Stormy Llewellyn. Maybe he has a gift, maybe it’s a curse, Odd has never been sure, but he tries to do his best by the silent souls who seek him out. Sometimes they want justice, and Odd’s otherworldly tips to Pico Mundo's sympathetic police chief, Wyatt Porter, can solve a crime. Occasionally they can prevent one. But this time it's different. A mysterious man comes to town with a voracious appetite, a filing cabinet stuffed with information on the world's worst killers, and a pack of hyena-like shades following him wherever he goes. Who the man is and what he wants, not even Odd’s deceased informants can tell him. His most ominous clue is a page ripped from a day-by-day calendar for August 15. Today is August 14. In less than twenty-four hours, Pico Mundo will awaken to a day of catastrophe. As evil coils under the searing desert sun, Odd travels through the shifting prisms of his world, struggling to avert a looming cataclysm with the aid of his soul mate and an unlikely community of allies that includes the King of Rock 'n' Roll. His account of two shattering days when past and present, fate and destiny converge is the stuff of our worst nightmares—and a testament by which to live: sanely if not safely, with courage, humor, and a full heart that even in the darkness must persevere. From the Hardcover edition.

Amanda edited the description of Odd Thomas 3 weeks ago.

• Odd Thomas is a thriller novel by writer Dean Koontz, published in 2003. The novel derives its title from the protagonist, a twenty-year-old short-order cook named Odd Thomas. The book, which was well received and applauded by critics, went on to become a New York Times Bestseller.

Amanda edited the summary of Odd Thomas 3 weeks ago.

• “The dead don't talk. I don't know why.” But they do try to communicate, with a short-order cook in a small desert town serving as their reluctant confidant. Odd Thomas thinks of himself as an ordinary guy, if possessed of a certain measure of talent at the Pico Mundo Grill and rapturously in love with the most beautiful girl in the world, Stormy Llewellyn. Maybe he has a gift, maybe it’s a curse, Odd has never been sure, but he tries to do his best by the silent souls who seek him out. Sometimes they want justice, and Odd’s otherworldly tips to Pico Mundo's sympathetic police chief, Wyatt Porter, can solve a crime. Occasionally they can prevent one. But this time it's different. A mysterious man comes to town with a voracious appetite, a filing cabinet stuffed with information on the world's worst killers, and a pack of hyena-like shades following him wherever he goes. Who the man is and what he wants, not even Odd’s deceased informants can tell him. His most ominous clue is a page ripped from a day-by-day calendar for August 15. Today is August 14. In less than twenty-four hours, Pico Mundo will awaken to a day of catastrophe. As evil coils under the searing desert sun, Odd travels through the shifting prisms of his world, struggling to avert a looming cataclysm with the aid of his soul mate and an unlikely community of allies that includes the King of Rock 'n' Roll. His account of two shattering days when past and present, fate and destiny converge is the stuff of our worst nightmares—and a testament by which to live: sanely if not safely, with courage, humor, and a full heart that even in the darkness must persevere.

Amanda edited the description of Odd Thomas 3 weeks ago.

• “The dead don't talk. I don't know why.” But they do try to communicate, with a short-order cook in a small desert town serving as their reluctant confidant. Odd Thomas thinks of himself as an ordinary guy, if possessed of a certain measure of talent at the Pico Mundo Grill and rapturously in love with the most beautiful girl in the world, Stormy Llewellyn. Maybe he has a gift, maybe it’s a curse, Odd has never been sure, but he tries to do his best by the silent souls who seek him out. Sometimes they want justice, and Odd’s otherworldly tips to Pico Mundo's sympathetic police chief, Wyatt Porter, can solve a crime. Occasionally they can prevent one. But this time it's different. A mysterious man comes to town with a voracious appetite, a filing cabinet stuffed with information on the world's worst killers, and a pack of hyena-like shades following him wherever he goes. Who the man is and what he wants, not even Odd’s deceased informants can tell him. His most ominous clue is a page ripped from a day-by-day calendar for August 15. Today is August 14. In less than twenty-four hours, Pico Mundo will awaken to a day of catastrophe. As evil coils under the searing desert sun, Odd travels through the shifting prisms of his world, struggling to avert a looming cataclysm with the aid of his soul mate and an unlikely community of allies that includes the King of Rock 'n' Roll. His account of two shattering days when past and present, fate and destiny converge is the stuff of our worst nightmares—and a testament by which to live: sanely if not safely, with courage, humor, and a full heart that even in the darkness must persevere. From the Hardcover edition.

Amanda edited the quotations of Odd Thomas 3 weeks ago.

• Added a quotation: “Anyone who smiled this relentlessly was a simpleton—or a deceiver with something to hide.”

Amanda edited the quotations of Odd Thomas 3 weeks ago.

• Added a quotation: “I see dead people. But then, by God, I do something about it.”Odd Thomas

Amanda edited the books influenced by this book of Odd Thomas 3 weeks ago.

• Added IN ODD WE TRUST

Amanda edited the books like this book of Odd Thomas 3 weeks ago.

• Added Brother Odd
• Added Odd Hours
• Added Ticktock
• Added Dean Koontz's Frankenstein, Book Two: City of Night
• Added Infernal: a Repairman Jack novel (Repairman Jack)
• Added Castle Waiting
• Added Castle Waiting Volume 1: Lucky Road
• Added Countdown
• Added Privileged Information
• Added The Blight Way: A Sheriff Bo Tully Mystery (A Sheriff Bo Tully Mystery)
• Added All Night Long

Amanda edited the characters of Odd Thomas 3 weeks ago.

• Changed the section title: Cast of Characters
• Added the description of Odd Thomas: The main character of this book.
• marked the description of Odd Thomas as not a spoiler
• Added the description of P. Oswald Boone: aka Little Ozzie.
• marked the description of P. Oswald Boone as not a spoiler
• Added the description of Terrible Chester: Little Ozzie's cat.
• marked the description of Terrible Chester as not a spoiler
• Added the description of Granny Sugars: Odd's maternal grandmother.
• marked the description of Granny Sugars as not a spoiler

Amanda edited the quotations of Odd Thomas 3 weeks ago.

• Added a quotation: “I am twenty years old. To a world-wise adult, I am little more than a child. To any child, however, I'm old enough to be distrusted, to be excluded forever from the magical community of the short and beardless.”Odd Thomas