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Originally Posted by keirarts  Richard laymon was a gifted writer, Guy n smith clearly wasn't. |
I agree that Smith's earlier novels aren't literary masterpieces, but it's unfair to dismiss his entire body of work as rubbish. Books like
Doomflight,
Satan's Snowdrop and
Warhead are quite good. Not everything he wrote was poor, he did write some very good stuff. But, at the end of the day, it's pulp horror. It was never going to win any awards. They're cheap and tacky and very gory. In other words, I find them very enjoyable. Not everything Laymon has written has been good either. I found
Blood Games and
Dark Mountain very dull and uninspired - nothing actually happens and so end up being boring.
I think it's down to the individual reader as to what they enjoy and what they don't.
Nevertheless, I'll always consider
Eat Them Alive! by Pierce Nace an unsung genre classic.
