leemond2008 Posted March 21, 2013 Share Posted March 21, 2013 (edited) My favourite author (even though I have kind of grown out of his books) I still remember when my dad gave me 'the rats' to read when I was 11 years old thinking it would scare the shite out of me but I was engrossed in it (why you would give a kid of that age a book like that I dont know) and from then on I have read everything he has ever done. James Herbert dies aged 69 Edited March 21, 2013 by leemond2008 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rjw63 Posted March 21, 2013 Share Posted March 21, 2013 Fuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuu Wonder what was wrong with him? I also read The rats, Lair, The Fog and about 7 or 8 others. Still have them on my bookshelf Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
leemond2008 Posted March 21, 2013 Author Share Posted March 21, 2013 I dunno I have read a few things about it this morning but none of them say what he actually died of. A few months ago my mom was throwing out a load of my books that was round at their house and I said throw everything out except for my James Herbert books....she threw the **** lot out claiming she didn't know which ones were by James Herbert. I've slowly been replacing my collection just the other day I bought haunted, once and the others. luckily I had the majority of them safely tucked away in my book case at home The others has probably gotta be my favourite by him. Oh and I'm actually re-reading the rats today in tribute to him, started it this morning and I'm on page 24 at the moment Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rjw63 Posted March 21, 2013 Share Posted March 21, 2013 I like that bit (either in The Rats, or Lair) where that PE teacher goes out for a supposed jog in the woods, but really he likes to flash his cock at women walking their dogs He meets a grisly end! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
leemond2008 Posted March 21, 2013 Author Share Posted March 21, 2013 Yeah thats the Lair I think, wasn't a bad sequal in all fairness, not as good as the original but it stood up to the test, Domain was pretty shite even though I wouldn't mind reading that one again. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blunther Posted March 21, 2013 Share Posted March 21, 2013 Haven't read any of his books yet, but I've just bought The Rats for my kindle. RIP dude. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
coda Posted March 21, 2013 Share Posted March 21, 2013 I enjoyed some of his books in my youth. Borrowed The Magic Cottage from my local library and some freak had written a load of satanic stuff in it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ingram85 Posted March 21, 2013 Share Posted March 21, 2013 Noooo! My favourite author Much better than Stephen King but without anything near the popularity. The Dark should be a movie, I loved Sepulchre, Once and Ghosts of Sleath too. Will be missed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
leemond2008 Posted March 21, 2013 Author Share Posted March 21, 2013 A fair few of his films would have made awesome movies. used to love his little nod to fans with the returning Rumbo character, I have made it my mission in life to at some point own a squirrel called Rumbo Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Keyblade Posted March 21, 2013 Share Posted March 21, 2013 Thought this was about Frank Herbert for a sec, then remembered he already died. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
leemond2008 Posted March 21, 2013 Author Share Posted March 21, 2013 Another nice little article about him here Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
leemond2008 Posted March 21, 2013 Author Share Posted March 21, 2013 Oh and if there are any people who would like to learn more about the books of his that they have read then I would recomend this a cracking book Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WhatAboutTheFinish Posted March 21, 2013 Share Posted March 21, 2013 I'd almost forgotten what life before the internet was like. Many a happy teenage minute was spent with a couple of well thumbed pages from The Fog and the latest Grattan catalogue. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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