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Title: A succesful pastiche
Review: "Icebound" may take a little while to really get started, but once it does, it's a fine read. Not a great literary classic by any means, but definitely one of the more well-written of Koontz' countless novels.Just don't expect a traditional Koontz novel with supernatural beings, strong heroines, heroic dogs and highly advanced aliens. This is not a horror novel, it is a thriller, and an obvious Alistair MacLean-pastiche. And as such it works very well. MacLean would have had no reason to be ashamed had he written it.
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