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RIP James Herbert

MattLambMattLamb
edited March 2013 in Chit chat
I've long been a big fan of his horror novels. Sad to see him go.

http://www.guardian.co.uk/books/2013/mar/20/james-herbert-horror-author-dies
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  • GrazGraz
    edited March 2013
    Oh my gosh, no. That's terrible. Bloomin waste. Very bad news. :(

    Best modern horror writer.
  • beanzbeanz
    edited March 2013
    Rats...
  • VincentACVincentAC
    edited March 2013
    R.I.P.

    Not read anything by him but it's one of those instantly recognisable names.
    Oh, no. Every time you turn up something monumental and terrible happens.
    I don’t think I have the stomach for it.
    --Raziel (Legend of Kain: Soul Reaver 2)

    https://www.youtube.com/user/VincentTSFP
  • WookieeWookiee
    edited March 2013
    VincentAC wrote: »
    R.I.P.

    Not read anything by him but it's one of those instantly recognisable names.

    snap....what's he done that's really awesome?

    I don't get impressed by horror as a rule though
  • Maroc's Astral ProjectionMaroc's Astral Projection
    edited March 2013
    RIP Mr Herbert.

    Memories of our school removing copies of The Fog from our library once they found out what 'filth' was contained within its pages.
  • JuanF. RamirezJuanF. Ramirez
    edited March 2013
    I've never heard of him till I came across that Spectrum adventure based on one of his works.

    Rest in Peace.
  • Maroc's Astral ProjectionMaroc's Astral Projection
    edited March 2013
    Of Herbert's books I've read:

    The Rats, The Fog, Fluke, Lair, The Jonah (all pretty early stuff).
  • ZheXerZheXer
    edited March 2013
    A great loss. A brilliant story teller on a par with Stephen King.

    I've read many of his books but the ones that stick in my mind are his early stuff - The Rats series and The Fog being amongst the best. Nobody True is one of his outstanding recent works.

    Sleep tight JH!
  • RalfRalf
    edited March 2013
    R.I.P Mr Herbert. Now you know what all this afterlife is about and if there are any real demons and horrors to be feared.

    As an teenager I was an avid horror reader and there were quite a lot of writers from UK available in Poland - James Herbert, Graham Masterton, Guy N. Smith... Some were better, some were worse but my taste wasn't really refined those days ;)
  • zx1zx1
    edited March 2013
    Oh no! I can't believe this.......
    When i was a teenage i started reading his books and became a big fan, and i've read just about all of them.
    RIP James Herbert.:sad:
    The trouble with tribbles is.......
  • ArjunArjun
    edited March 2013
    Rats was one of the creepiest horror stories I've read. And alongwith Survivor is one of my favourite James Herbert novels. RIP.
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  • stupidgetstupidget
    edited March 2013
    I'm gutted to quite honest:-(

    He was one of my favourite authors and I spent many hours being terrified by his amazing story telling.

    Magic cottage, The Fog, crickley hall and Sepulchre are my faves.

    RIP JH.
    Sausages is more important
  • zx1zx1
    edited March 2013
    The Dark was a good one, i also liked Spear and Portent.
    The trouble with tribbles is.......
  • MarkoMarko
    edited March 2013
    I didn't like what I read of his latest book - "Ash" - much, despite loving the previous books in the series. It's one of only a handful of books that I've ever started and not finished. Having said that, "''48", one of his other works, is one of my favourite books of all time and when he was good, he was very very good.
    FB
  • thx1138thx1138
    edited March 2013
    beanz wrote: »
    Rats...

    aw rats, you beat me to it
  • zx1zx1
    edited March 2013
    Marko wrote: »
    I didn't like what I read of his latest book - "Ash" - much, despite loving the previous books in the series. It's one of only a handful of books that I've ever started and not finished. Having said that, "''48", one of his other works, is one of my favourite books of all time and when he was good, he was very very good.

    By way of contrast, 48 was one book i didn't like. I didn't even finish it.
    I haven't read Ash yet though.
    The trouble with tribbles is.......
  • SaboteurSaboteur
    edited March 2013
    Just heard this on the radio, gutted.

    Almost crapped meself when reading 'lair' the sequel to rats.

    The spear was pretty good too.
  • fogfog
    edited March 2013
    someone did make a joke about it...



    you know the bloke who wrote about animals passed away..

    yer I used to like "all creatures great and small" also.


    RIP anyway
  • chop983chop983
    edited March 2013
    I've read a few of his books, The dark, Magic Cotttage and Haunted and to be honest I thought they were ****.
  • thx1138thx1138
    edited March 2013
    Watching last of the lovecraft on the horror channel last night, and it was sponsored by - James Herbert Ash.

    Have not read many of his books, but I read Rats as a teenager, and it was a great book, well written and exciting.
  • zx1zx1
    edited March 2013
    Another good UK horror writer is Shaun Hutson, his books are usually full of gore, wierd deaths and gratuitous sex!:grin:
    The trouble with tribbles is.......
  • deadpan666deadpan666
    edited March 2013
    RIP Mr. Herbert
    The Black Cauldron (PC)
  • Maroc's Astral ProjectionMaroc's Astral Projection
    edited March 2013
    zx1 wrote: »
    Another good UK horror writer is Shaun Hutson, his books are usually full of gore, wierd deaths and gratuitous sex!:grin:
    I read one of his. I think it was Assassin. He really likes to describe the way that bullets pump into flesh and smash bone :D
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