- Mass Market Paperback: 448 pages
- Publisher: Fawcett; Reprint edition (Jun 27 1995)
- Language: English
- ISBN-10: 0449223795
- ISBN-13: 978-0449223796
- Product Dimensions: 10.5 x 2.9 x 17.5 cm
- Shipping Weight: 204 g
- Average Customer Review: 3.4 out of 5 stars See all reviews (36 customer reviews)
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: #671,235 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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From Publishers Weekly
Bestselling horror writer Saul's 18th novel features a mad entomologist and serial killer whose latest experiment causes insects to control the mind of a teenage girl, forcing her to implant the bugs into other innocent teens.
Copyright 1995 Reed Business Information, Inc.
Copyright 1995 Reed Business Information, Inc.
From Library Journal
This novel may be the ultimate stomach turner. Saul follows his standard theme: a group of dangerous young people must be destroyed for the world to be safe. The story begins with Julie falling victim to a strain of bees whose venom is unusually toxic. The man who developed the bees, and their antitoxin, is a serial killer. Not wanting Julie to survive, he switches the antitoxin for an untried substance that turns out to be a new species of insect that requires a mammalian host for survival. Julie survives, infested with internal insects, and spews them forth to infect her friends. The horror of her condition is thoroughly detailed. Saul also gives us a splendidly creepy bug-infested house of horrors and a fitting revenge for the villain. Not for the weak of stomach, but essential for any library that has Saul fans.
--Marylaine Block, St. Ambrose Univ. Lib., Davenport, Ia.
Copyright 1994 Reed Business Information, Inc. --This text refers to the Hardcover edition.
--Marylaine Block, St. Ambrose Univ. Lib., Davenport, Ia.
Copyright 1994 Reed Business Information, Inc. --This text refers to the Hardcover edition.
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5.0 out of 5 stars
Stinging!!!!,
By AFRANCIS (Somwhere far away.....) - See all my reviews
This review is from: The Homing (Mass Market Paperback)
This is a haunting and somewhat frightening novel I reccomend it to everybody!!!
4.0 out of 5 stars
Attack of the Killer Insects,
By A Customer
This review is from: The Homing (Mass Market Paperback)
It's been years since I've read this book, but from what I remember, "The Homing" is about an engaged woman (Karen Spellman) who leaves Los Angeles with her two daughters (15-year-old Julie and 9-year-old Molly) to settle down in her hometown of Pleasant Valley and marry Russell Owen, a guy she's known since kindergarten. Soon after their arrival, a deadly swarm of insects is released upon the town by a local lunatic (Carl Henderson). These bugs travel among living things (animals, humans), feeding and multiplying inside their host until it dies. Then the swarm moves on, repeating the process.Although the killer insect theme definitely falls into the horror genre, I wouldn't really group "The Homing" with those other cheesy, one-dimensional stories about bloodthirsty vermin that, without any apparent reason, start attacking humans. John Saul writes a little more intelligently than that. "The Homing" is more horror-ish than his other books, though, but it's still worth a try if you're a Saul fan--that is, if you don't mind the creepy crawlies that come with it.
4.0 out of 5 stars
Freaky!,
By "honeydick" (Toronto Canada) - See all my reviews
This review is from: The Homing (Audio Cassette)
While a bit far fetched I enjoyed listening to this tale from John Saul. The story drew me in from the very beginning and I was anxious to see what happens twoards the end. I have to confess I did like the ending. Some parts of this book were really creepy and this kept me glued to my stereo. It was a tad disturbing to see that the majority of victims were teen agers but it gave the book that extyra thrill and horrific jolt. All the characters were engaging and played their parts nicely. I also liked all the underlining sexual themes in the book; anybody else catch those? The reader did a good job, though at times her mid western accents got a bit too much. She did portray the drama of the book well occasionally going over the top in some of the more vilent scenes. This version contains two audio cassettes and is narrated by a single reader.
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