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RIP James Herbert
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Best-selling horror writer James Herbert - who wrote The Rats - dies aged 69 at home in Sussex, UK
really liked his books, I remember as a kid ' borrowing ' his books of my mum and reading them under the bed covers with a torch, Had frightful nightmares but still read them
Best-selling horror writer James Herbert - who wrote The Rats - dies aged 69 at home in Sussex, UK
really liked his books, I remember as a kid ' borrowing ' his books of my mum and reading them under the bed covers with a torch, Had frightful nightmares but still read them
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I have all his books ..and like you read the rats when I was young.. Scared the hell out of me but I was hooked
I really liked his books RIP
ive read a lot of James Herberts books. first one was the rats and i loved it.
Yes brilliant book very scary. Brilliant for the imagination though,followed by the Lair I think.
RIP Mr J Herbert.
RIP
Had he been ill? His death seems very sudden.
I heard him on the radio a few months back talking about the new book he was planning.
Had he been ill?
Didn't Herbert put back the date of publication of his last novel by some way? It seems we may now know the reason-ill-health.
My brother had The Rats when we were young and even the cover scared the bejeebus out of me.
I borrowed The Rats and The Lair from a friend when I was about 18 and read them both within a couple of days as I could not put them down. Not only were they brilliantly written, but they seemed all the more horrific to me as most of the locations were very close to where I lived at that time, so my imagination really did run riot and I gave Epping Forest a very wide berth for many years afterwards!
RIP James, you will be greatly missed.
I found some are better than others, some terrifying, some heart-wrenching...and I think it fitting that he lived to see 'The Secret of Crickley Hall' adapted so well for the BBC.
R.I.P. James
RIP
At 9!! I was terrified reading them in my 30s!
Early stuff,as people have said was terrific. His later stuff I thought followed a formula a touch,but still a great read with a twist and red herring guaranteed.
Amazed that more of his work wasn't made into movies( epecially when the likes of Cabin in the Woods were even commissioned-total dross)
Sadly missed. Can't think of another consistent horror author....yet!
RIP.