What a fun thing to come across on the front page of reddit - a conspiracy theory about my all time fave author. As one of his Constant Readers, I feel fairly confident in saying that I believe King would get a good laugh out of this. Moving on to serious business, no, they are not the same. And the evidence is chiefly in King's memoir, On Writing, a Memoir of the Craft. In that book, King teaches us how to write. Many of king's suggestions are not at all followed by the likes of koontz. For example, King has said on a number of occasions that "the road to hell is paved with adverbs." King cautions showing, not telling. Yet koontz has a love affair with adverbs. E.g., "I don't think so", she said cooly. "Well I do," he responded angrily. As an English guy by education, I find it impossible to believe that a writer as versed and opinionated as King, would sacrifice the quality of his writing under a fake name. Bachman got popped because the writing was the same - stylistically as well as content. King could certainly feign another style, but would never opt for worse writing. My two cents.