Has John Saul ever written a good novel?
Dan Tropea
The Right Hand of Evil. Both novels were lousy. i wrote why TRHOL was
lousy in another thread. But i considered after i wrote the post that i
may have misjudged him. He isn't a best selling author for nothing. So
has he written good novels and i jut picked two lousy ones? The 80s
novel i believe was called The God Project.
John Phillips
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I could never understand Saul's success. I read some of his stuff twenty or
so years ago (something like "Suffer the Children" and such subsequent ilk)
and when you compare him to early King/Herbert, Barker's "Damnation Game",
most of Ramsey Campbell's works, Ellison's "American Psycho" and the guts of
Jonathan Ayecliffe's ouvre, he pales by comparison. <Phew! That was a
mouthful -gasp!->
But, compared to the likes of Richard Laymon....<shakes his head at the
later> ... he's very literate, if a bit long winded. Mediocre, by long past
experiences, to say the least.
John.
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>> I have read 2 John Saul novels one in the 80s and a 2000 novel called
>> The Right Hand of Evil. Both novels were lousy. i wrote why TRHOL was
>> lousy in another thread. But i considered after i wrote the post that i
>> may have misjudged him. He isn't a best selling author for nothing. So
>> has he written good novels and i jut picked two lousy ones? The 80s
>> novel i believe was called The God Project.
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>I could never understand Saul's success. I read some of his stuff twenty or
>so years ago (something like "Suffer the Children" and such subsequent ilk)
God, I read that...it was one of those books my sister had lying around when I
was in high school.
And no, to answer the titular question.
--Robert
CultCuts
> I have read 2 John Saul novels one in the 80s and a 2000 novel called
> The Right Hand of Evil. Both novels were lousy. i wrote why TRHOL was
> lousy in another thread. But i considered after i wrote the post that i
> may have misjudged him. He isn't a best selling author for nothing. So
> has he written good novels and i jut picked two lousy ones? The 80s
> novel i believe was called The God Project.
His earlier novels are much better. They are also more disturbing in
context as well.
Try:
Punish The Sinners
Suffer The Children
When the Wind Blows.
Mark
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jimC
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> I have read 2 John Saul novels one in the 80s and a 2000 novel called
> The Right Hand of Evil. Both novels were lousy.
I know nothing about John Saul except by reputation. Why don't you read a
third and see if the trend continues?
From Amazon:
_Nathaniel_ by John Saul -
"For 100 years, the people of Prairie Bend have whispered Nathaniel's
name in wonder and fear. Some say he is a folktale, created to frighten
children on cold winter nights."
Around Helsingor, they had the same problem with some SOB named Grendel
in years past.
jimC
kendall
definitely agree that he is long-winded.
Kendall
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CultCuts
> Didn't he write Ghost Story? If so, I liked that one. But I would
> definitely agree that he is long-winded.
> Kendall
That was written by Peter Straub.
Mark
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> "Dan Tropea" <tro...@webtv.net> wrote in message
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> > I have read 2 John Saul novels one in the 80s and a 2000 novel called
> > The Right Hand of Evil. Both novels were lousy. i wrote why TRHOL was
> > lousy in another thread. But i considered after i wrote the post that i
> > may have misjudged him. He isn't a best selling author for nothing. So
> > has he written good novels and i jut picked two lousy ones? The 80s
> > novel i believe was called The God Project.
>
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> I could never understand Saul's success. I read some of his stuff twenty
or
> so years ago (something like "Suffer the Children" and such subsequent
ilk)
dpcumm...@gmail.com
> I have read 2 John Saul novels one in the 80s and a 2000 novel called
> The Right Hand of Evil. Both novels were lousy. i wrote why TRHOL was
> lousy in another thread. But i considered after i wrote the post that i
> may have misjudged him. He isn't a best selling author for nothing. So
> has he written good novels and i jut picked two lousy ones? The 80s
> novel i believe was called The God Project.