He's not much of a writer IMO. You churn out a hundred or so attempts, you'd be really pathetic not hit a few out of the park, so many of his books are just terrible though. The plot is absurd, the writing is subpar at the very best, but the concept/premise of a lot of his writing IS good. He's just not the one to pull it off. For me his only good works were a half dozen short stories from his collections, I think he did an outer limits episode (sand kings ??) And Christine. His second attempt at a car novel blew chunks, A Buick from 8 or something. Interesting premise but no conclusion, or even very much plot between pages 5 and 5 from the end.