Graham Masterton?

[Duchessprozac]

So I have seen a lot of Masterton's books around recently and was wondering if he is worth reading.

I'm not the biggest horror reader but like the odd Herbert or King book and was wondering Graham Masterton was also worth having a look at.

 

[sanityassassin]

I am not a big Masterton fan he is a bit hit and miss for me some of his books are ok but others are not so good

 

[Urien]

Can be fun, certainly fast paced.

 

[jemcaesar]

I agree with sanityassassin. Some of his work is mediocre. However, other work is the best I've read in the genre. I'd recommend Family Portrait and The House That Jack Built as two of his best works.

 

[j d worthington]

I have a couple of his things in the Lovecraftian-Derlethian vein set aside for reading, but am only glancingly aware of his work otherwise, I'm afraid. Even those I've not yet read, but I've heard enough to make me curious.....

 

[bookgirl]

I enjoy him....definitely try the house that jack built. FYI, he has also written some sex books and his, um, expertise in that area comes out in his fiction!!

 

[Tarl_Cabot]

Can be a bit hit and miss, but I would recommend "Prey" to any horror fan. It is the only book that made me want to check under the bed before turning out the lights.

 

[malko]

all horror is hit and miss;
that is its trashy joy.

Graham Masterton wrote a thing about a giant pig and a man who was half-tree
can't remember exactly what it was called
but recently on Portal of Evil (a news site) I saw photos of a couple of guys
who ARE 'half-tree' because of a keratin problem,
made me think about the content of the book a different way.

 

[BAYLOR]

The Manitou and The Wells of Hell.

 

[Otis B. Driftwood]

I guess I am with the group here in saying that Masterton is mostly mediocre but better in some instances. I have read the original Manitou which seemed rushed and very, very clichéd. I also read The Burning which just seemed to go by the numbers. But then I thought Plague had some of the best descriptions of societal collapse that I have ever read.

 

[BAYLOR]

I guess I am with the group here in saying that Masterton is mostly mediocre but better in some instances. I have read the original Manitou which seemed rushed and very, very clichéd. I also read The Burning which just seemed to go by the numbers. But then I thought Plague had some of the best descriptions of societal collapse that I have ever read.

The film version of The Manitou wasn't so good.