[Horrorfiend]

Last night when I was at a used book store I saw rows of John Saul books. I've never heard of him before. What kind of horror does he write? Is he any good?

[ravenus]

Last night when I was at a used book store I saw rows of John Saul books. I've never heard of him before. What kind of horror does he write? Is he any good?
If his opinion holds any good for you, Stephen King thinks Saul is a no-talent hack. I've flipped through a few pages of Saul prose at book-stalls,didn't seem in any way attractive.

[dragondrool]

I liked The Unloved, Hellfire, and Nathaniel. Most of the rest I either haven't read, or abandoned after a couple of chapters. They aren't rocket science, but they're okay for a summer day when you have nothing else to read. Pretty lightweight.

[Warewolf]

I've only read one of his books and I'd put him on par with Dean Koontz. In other words, Stephen King blows him out of the water. Never touched another one of his books and most likely never will...too much other good stuff to read :D

[Priestvyrce]

I was thinking of ,at least, trying a John Saul book, but now...

[magze]

I have read a few John Saul books when i was younger i enjoyed them then but having tried to read some recently i find his morbid fascination with children sickening. If you want i good horror read try James Herbet especially his earlier works

[Spice]

Listen to Stephen King.

He's right.

[Uncle Pony]

I've read as many of King's books as I've read of Saul's, and twice as many of Koontz's as the other two combined. Saul is the best out of all three, which isn't really saying much.

[Boll Weevil]

Tried my first Saul, "The Homing". Terribly disappointed, it was disjointed, characters reacted in a casual way to terrible events, the plot repeated itself, and the quality of writing was poor.

Technically as a writer he is no match for King, McCammon or Koontz.

But perhaps I was unlucky in choosing that book. What do people think is his best work?

[ricoboc]

I've been finding many King fans who knock all other horror writer's, with the exception of their beloved MASTER, Mr. King. YUCK!!!!

King was good in his prime, but PLEASE; I've had a hard time digesting many of his books. I could give a list but chose not to waste my time.

Saul is O.k, I've read a handful. Black Lightning was o.k and had nothing to do with children, same said for others I've read by him. So whoever sugested he had a sick fasination with children, perhaps you read a few books that were based on that theme. (This is a popular theme for horror) What's scarier than putting children in harms way.Think form the genres view point. The object is to scare.