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	Phantoms (novel) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Phantoms is a novel by science fiction/horror writer Dean R. Koontz.
		It can create small "probes" or "phantoms" imitating consumed life forms to go forth and hunt more prey, obeying the orders of its "hive mind;" in addition the creature absorbs the mental capacity of those it consumes.
		Phantoms was adapted into a movie in 1998 starring Peter O'Toole, Rose McGowan, Liev Schreiber, Ben Affleck and Joanna Going.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Phantoms_(novel) (496 words)

	Dean Koontz by Joan G. Kotker
		In Phantoms, she does gain a certain amount of insight into her mother and the mother's attitudes toward her, but other than this, she remains at the end the same brave, resourceful woman she was at the beginning.
		Many of his novels take place in California, particularly the Laguna Seco area where he lives, and he uses such standard devices as storms to indicate that something very bad is about to happen or fog to show that characters are bewildered and do not know which way to turn.
		In Phantoms this point of view serves the story well because there are so many characters-the sheriff and his deputies, the CBW team members, the townspeople, the escaped murder suspect, the motorcycle gang members, the doctor and her sister, the author Flyte and his publisher.
	www.bcc.ctc.edu /lmc/kotker/koon3.htm (7004 words)

	In vitro validation of the luminal measurement of a novel catheter based moulding technique -- Eccleshall et al. 81 ...
		The mean signed difference between the balloon and phantom for a given dimension is taken to represent the accuracy, 1 SD the precision, and the unsigned mean difference the absolute mean
		Figure 3A shows the relation between the balloon and phantom diameters in the range 1.5 to 4.0 mm.
		At a phantom diameter of 2.0 mm the overestimation was 0.32
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		When I read the Dean Koontz novel "Phantoms," I thought that, if they did it right, the book could be turned into a good horror movie.
		Phantoms is an example of what you get when bad things happen to good books.
		Phantoms is rated R for profanity and gore.
	home.ptd.net /~chandler/phantoms.htm (903 words)

	Dean Koontz's Phantoms (1998) - The Bad Movie Report
		The hook in the novel is fairly well-preserved, although certain aspects of the story have been jettisoned to streamline it to movie-length.
		This compression also calls for a paring down of the cast of characters - the human antagonist in Koontz's novel, an escaped murderer, is gone; in his place is the deputy played by Schreiber, who is undergoing some sort of mental breakdown, and whose twisted desires and line delivery is appropriated by the Enemy.
		Koontz's characters tend to be defined by a major trauma lurking in their past - a trauma which, by dealing with the events that form the arc of the story, the characters finally overcome (or at least begin the healing process).
	www.stomptokyo.com /badmoviereport/reviews/P/phantoms.html (1436 words)

	Steven Bruhm, On Jerrold E. Hogle, _The Undergrounds of The Phantom of the Opera: Sublimation and the Gothic in ...
		Jerrold E. Hogle, The Undergrounds of The Phantom of the Opera: Sublimation and the Gothic in Leroux's Novel and Its Progeny.
		Put another way, the Phantoms are "sublimations" of cultural anxieties, displaced into a monstrously other figure yet resonant and legible as that which white Western culture needs to solidify its sense of itself as a developed and healthy people.
		This is no doubt true, and such a constructionism aligns the novel with its Romantic precursors in convincing ways, but it does not explain why Christine and her father should want that closeness in the first place, why they need to imagine a space that will permit it.
	www.rc.umd.edu /reviews/back/hogle.html (1454 words)

	Phantoms of the Opera: A Survey of Adaptations
		By the "Taylor Phantom" I mean the relatively normal composer whose music is stolen and in the course of his rage his face is burned, rather than having had a face that was deformed from birth.
		The Phantom slaps Christine when she is not willing to put enough effort into her music, but his hand misses her by several inches, yet there is a resounding slap on the soundtrack.
		He was clearly not into adapting the novel, and though he uses much of the plot of the novel, his heart and his creativity is clearly more in the aspects that diverge from the original.
	www.computercrowsnest.com /features/arc/2005/nz8191.php (8747 words)

	Phantoms (1998) - A Review by David Nusair (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		That Phantoms isn't all that dissimilar from Dean Koontz's book isn't much of a surprise, given that Koontz also wrote the film's screenplay.
		The premise is simple: A young doctor and her sister enter the small town of Snowfield only to discover that the entire population is either dead or missing.
		Phantoms had the potential to be a great horror film, but never rises above the level of abject mediocrity thanks to Chappelle's hopelessly inept directorial choices.
	www.reelfilm.com /phantoms.htm (349 words)

	"Phantoms" / a review from Christian Spotlight on the Movies
		Dean Koontz's novel adapted to film, centers in the town of Snowfield, where most of the population has vanished or died, with the exception of Jenny (Joanna Going), Lisa (Rose McGowan), Bryce Hammond (Ben Affleck), Deputy Stu Wargle (Liev Schreiber) and Deputy Steve Shanning (Nicky Katt).
		Phantoms is a suspenseful, relatively well done adaptation of the Koontz' novel.
		Phantoms is none of these, and appropriately gets a low Moral Rating; however, if you are going to see it regardless, take a non-Christian friend and talk to him/her about Jesus Christ.
	www.christiananswers.net /spotlight/movies/pre2000/i-phantoms.html (468 words)

	: Phantoms - DVD film (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		Either Dean Koontz shouldn't adapt his own bestsellers, or his 1983 novel Phantoms was a pack of horror clichés to begin with, or this movie is 15 years past its due date.
		Phantoms has a few genuinely creepy highlights, including a devilish beastie resembling an angry flying scorpion, and horror fans will surely find something to admire, but everyone else is advised to proceed with caution and lowered expectations.
		"Phantoms" isn't a classic film, since it has its own flaws and doesn't delve deeply into some interesting ideas, but it blends action and horror into a suspenseful and often scary mixture, with non-stop thrills and tension that keep the material fun to watch, even if the story's not always logical.
	www.totaltiorden.dk /shop/dvd_details.php/1558908781\|dvd (1766 words)

	Compare Prices and Read Reviews on Phantoms at Epinions.com (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		Phantoms begins as a fairly spooky and suspenseful story, building mostly on the "fear of the unknown concept." It also operates on a psychological factor.
		Also, at some point after the two-thirds point of the novel, we see the evil.
		Overall, I would call Phantoms a combination of deluded Stephen King, with weak or medium character development and psychological elements, and deluded Michael Crichton, with shaky science and dim scientists.
	www.epinions.com /content_56310468228 (751 words)

	The Unusual Suspects - Natasha Cooper (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		The novel opens with Ginty interviewing an English-speaking terrorist warlord, who is indirectly responsible for the use of rape as a means of waging war.
		Clare Layton's second novel, to be published by HarperCollins in September 2001 switches between 1970 and 2000 and leads thirty-ish journalist Ginty Schell into a world in which habits of masculine violence and dominance are as destructive of men's happiness as they are of women's.
		John le Carre's Smiley novels are unmatched in their description of the decent man doggedly pursuing right, however painful it is to him and everyone he cares about.
	www.lydmouth.demon.co.uk /us/natasha/cooper.htm (3540 words)

	PHANTOMS
		Based on popular suspense novelist Dean Koontz's 1983 work, "Phantoms," this adaption is a mediocre mix of often terrifying moments combined with some laughable "B" movie elements.
		Having never read the original novel, I can't say how fans of it will react to this big screen treatment, but the film should partially please some fans of the horror/sci-fi genre.
		Although several of his novels have been made into movies, Koontz reportedly hasn't been happy with some of those adaptions, including 1995's "Hideaway." Thus, this time he's taken it upon himself to adapt his own work into screenplay form, and presumably hasn't strayed too far from his original work.
	www.screenit.com /movies/1998/phantoms.html (2710 words)

	SPLICEDwire: "Phantoms" review
		Either fright writer Dean Koontz is a hack, or his novel "Phantoms" has been adapted by a hack.
		Not long after the military arrives, "Phantoms" turns in to a laughable "Night of the Living Dead" remake, with army-fatigued zombies terrorizing the tight sweater girls and the handsome young sheriff, played by Ben Affleck ("Chasing Amy," "Good Will Hunting") in an enormous career misstep.
		The screening of "Phantoms" I went to had a small audience that loudly vocalized numerous suggestions for how the characters might get out of the town alive, if only they weren't so stupid.
	www.splicedonline.com /98reviews/phantoms.html (473 words)

	deseretnews.com - Movie review: Phantoms \| Deseret Morning News Web edition
		There's only so much good actors and a skillful director can do with bad writing, and the cast and crew of "Phantoms" are saddled with as terrible a script as you can imagine.
		Koontz, who's had major complaints with other movie and TV versions of his books, spends most of his script building up situations for scares that never come, and he rushes through a rather hasty and unsatisfying conclusion.
		"Phantoms" is rated R for violent gunfights and horrific attacks, some sickeningly gory makeup effects and goo, and prevalent use of R-rated profanities.
	deseretnews.com /movies/view/1,1257,1423,00.html (499 words)

	The Phantom of the Opera Soundtrack Reviews @ Movie Music . com
		For example, the Phantom's disfigured face could have been made really horrifying with the newest computer technology, but instead, his face is mainly a thing of beauty.
		I first saw "The Phantom of the Opera" when I was 13 years old, too busy laughing with my friends and pretending to be bored rather than taking in the beauty of the music and the set.
		Every time I would rewind I almost expected that when Christine comes back the second time (after the Phantom lets her go and he is sitting in front of his music box in defeat) that she would have told him that she was going to stay by his side and save him from his solitude.
	www.moviemusic.com /comments.asp?mm=phantomoftheopera2004 (2645 words)

	Appendix B: Interuniversity Microelectronics Center (IMEC)
		IMEC (Interuniversity Microelectronics Center) was begun in 1984 by the Flanders government to strengthen the potential of Flemish universities and to strengthen the infrastructure in microelectronics.
		PHANTOMS meets twice yearly, and is attempting to put together a nanoelectronics roadmap.
		A similar arrangement between PHANTOMS and institutions in the United States would be highly desirable, but it has not yet been possible to negotiate such an arrangement.
	www.wtec.org /loyola/nano/b_05.htm (766 words)

	PHANTOMS movie review with photos, video
		As the film opens, Dr. Jennifer Pailey (Joanna Going) is driving her younger sister (McGowan) to Pailey's quaint village for a visit.
		Phantoms includes most of the basic horror cliches -- behind-the-door frights and silly red herrings.
		Phantoms is silly stuff, and it doesn't even offer much satisfaction for monster-movie fans because the organism seldom takes a discernible shape.
	www.rochestergoesout.com /mov/p/phantoms.html (445 words)

	PHANTOMS - Critic Review...CinemaReview.com....Movie Reviews, Movie Contents, Moviegoer Opinions and Much More!
		Of course, that's often the problem with adapting a novel, even when the screenwriter and the book's author are the same.
		As Phantoms opens, Dr. Jennifer Pailey (Joanna Going) is bringing her teenage sister, Lisa (Rose McGowan) home with her to the sleepy town of Snowfield to give the younger woman a chance to get away from the hustle and bustle of Los Angeles.
		Eventually, however, the tension drains away as the somewhat-burdensome plot kicks into high gear and too much time is spent on exposition instead of character development and atmosphere.
	www.cinemareview.com /critics.asp?movieid=019811 (688 words)

	Thin Film Phantoms
		To adequately assess the fidelity and capabilities of a high-frequency, high-resolution ultrasonic imaging system, it is necessary to provide a calibration target that can accurately emulate the small-scale scattering structure of tissues being imaged, in this case, the complex organization the skin surface at the tip of a finger that forms a fingerprint.
		The purpose of this project is to demonstrate the effective use of a novel class of ultrasound thin film imaging test phantoms originally developed by K.J. Parker and D. Phillips for clinical B-scan ultrasound imaging systems to characterize and calibrate a high-frequency, C-scan based fingerprint scanner.
		The thin-film calibration targets commonly referred to as phantoms provide high-resolution test objects and are well suited for the precise placement and distribution of organized patterns of sub-resolvable scattering sites within the imaging plane.
	www.cis.rit.edu /research/ultrasound/dciproposal.htm (912 words)

	The Louisville Scene - Movie Review (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		Dean Koontz's adaptation of his horror novel is a schlocky mishmash of horror-film cliches, tossed together from various monster movies, mad-scientist flicks and satanic thrillers.
		Though sloppily directed by Joe Chappelle, Koontz receives top billing for "Phantoms" because the horror novelist is second only to Stephen King for fans of the form today.
		"Phantoms" is silly stuff and doesn't offer much satisfaction, even for monster fans, since the organism seldom takes a clearly discernible shape.
	www.courier-journal.com /scene/movies/rev1998/19980123phantoms.html (406 words)

	Phantoms of the Opera
		The novel is told as a series of narratives, mostly lengthy journal entries, written from a variety of characters' perspectives.
		The main plot of the novel involves three central characters, Marian Halcombe, Laura Fairlie later Lady Glyde, and Walter Hartright, the central romance between Laura and Walter being thwarted by Laura's prior betrothal to Sir Percival Glyde, one of the novels two primary villains.
		All eyes have turned to her, and we are reminded of the importance of "looking in the opera house." Here, as in Wilkie Collins' novel The Woman in White, the attention has turned from the diva on the stage to the diva in the audience.
	home.earthlink.net /~andersonrob/PhantomsOfTheOpera.html (5169 words)

	The Hive - Reader Reviews (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		I was wondering if you have considered, it may seem far fetched, but trying a submission to a screen writer or something, it would be kinda cool seeing some material like this on the silverscreen.
		The novel deals mainly with the mythologies surrounding Area 51 and the Abduction Experience as seen through the eyes of it's two main characters, a Private Eye named Jake Silver, and an alleged Abductee Christina Anderson.
		The novel comes to a climax during a heated battle deep inside of S-4, Area 51's sister base.
	www.terencewest.com /reviews (1223 words)

	Phantoms Reviews
		That said, this is the best adaptation of a Koontz novel that has been produced by Hollywood.
		"Phantoms" is based on a novel by Dean Koontz, one of my favorite authors.
		It was with this knowledge that I went into "Phantoms" expecting a kick-ass...
	www.killermovies.com /p/phantoms/reviews (445 words)

	Nights And Weekends - Phantoms Review (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		In Phantoms, Dr. Jenny Paige returns to her home in the small mountain town of Snowfield, California with her younger sister, Lisa, only to find the town deserted.
		Phantoms is a horrifying novel that will grab you from the beginning and refuse to let go until it’s over.
		This may have been my first Koontz novel, but it definitely won’t be my last.
	www.nightsandweekends.com /articles/04/NW0400299.php (213 words)

	Dean Koontz (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
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	Phantoms of the Opera
		Phantoms of the Opera by John L. Flynn, Ph.D. Phantoms of the Opera: The Face Behind the Mask.
		Phantoms of the Opera: The Face Behind the Mask, with a beautiful cover illustration and a brilliant book design, provided audiences with what they wanted.
		Phantoms of the Opera: The Face Behind the Mask was a critical and artistic success, but never made money outside of the big cities, and was considered a financial failure.
	www.towson.edu /~flynn/phopera.htm (453 words)

	Horror Book Reviews Writers Write -- The IWJ
		Phantoms is a suspensful horror tale of the horrible demise of small mountain community and the terrifying conclusions about what happened to it.
		Phantoms doesn't disappoint on any level; the town-killing problem in this novel is just as compelling as its associated mystery.
		Like the other Koontz novels there are plenty of horror chills and thrills along the way, making this novel a classic.
	www.writerswrite.com /journal/nov97/horror.htm (445 words)

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