Dean Koontz: Did He Predict The Coronavirus In ‘The Eyes Of Darkness’ In 1981?
LONDON, ENGLAND - MARCH 14: A tourist wears a face mask next to a souvenir stall on Westminster Bridge as the outbreak of coronavirus intensifies on March 14, 2020 in London, England. Many Londoners and tourists are continuing they daily activities whilst mass gatherings could be banned in the UK from as early as next weekend as the outbreak of coronavirus intensifies. Many nations in Europe have already introduced strict travel bans and limits on their citizens daily lives whilst the United States has suspended incoming travel from European countries. (Photo by Chris J Ratcliffe/Getty Images)
Dean Koontz’s book The Eyes Of Darkness is getting a lot of renewed attention now, despite being nearly 40 years old. The book mentions a deadly virus called the “Wuhan 400,” which he described as a “severe pneumonia-like illness” that spreads attacking “the lungs and bronchial tubes” and “resisting all known treatments.”
He’s not the only person who seemed to have predicted the virus — or just had a good imagination to come up something which happened to partially overlap with actual events. So-called “psychic” Sylvia Browne supposedly predicted something like the coronavirus in her End Of Days book that, apparently, some of the Kardashians have read and recently quoted.
Check out some pages from The Eyes Of Darkness here.
Brian has been working in pop culture and media for about three decades: he’s worked at MTV, VH1, SiriusXM, CBS and Loudwire. Besides working as a writer and an editor-in-chief, he’s also appeared on air as a pundit, guested on radio shows and hosted podcasts. Over the years, he’s interviewed the surviving members of Led Zeppelin, the members of U2, Beyonce, Pink, Usher, Stevie Nicks, Lorde… and is grateful to have had the chance to interview Joe Strummer of the Clash and Tom Petty.
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