james herbert

Its been many years since I read this and I found I couldn't remember any of it, or even understand why I held it in such high regard. It starts well, pretty gruesome stuff, then gets a bit plodding, which quite a lot of filler before it gets interesting again. A great last few chapters and a...

Hmm I think I read this years ago, but reading it again now I can understand why I don't remember it-its not very memorable. Nothing happens until around page 200, and even then its tenuous. And after describing a scene or event the author has an annoying habit of adding another phrase in...

Nobody True James Herbert Tor, Sep 2005, $25.95, 400 pp. ISBN: 0765312123 His first out of body experience (OBE) was caused by a hot potato when James True was six years old; he has plenty of them since. However, the current OBE proves different for thirty-three years old Jim when he returns to...

The Secret of Crickley Hall James Herbert Tor, Jul 19 2011, $17.99 ISBN: 9780765328885 One year ago five years old Cameron Caleigh vanished. His distraught parents American Gabe and Englishwoman Eve were frantic but he never was found. Desperately in need of a change Gabe and Eve accompanied by...

James Herbert dies Sad to hear James Herbert has died: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-21870413 He was one of the first authors I ever bought into, and had quite a collection of his books at one point. As a teenager, I loved the dark themes he touched upon - but like Stephen...

This is entirely a rambling thread, to state that one of the first ever authors I began reading prolifically was James Herbert. :) When I was 15 or 16 I think it was Bridlington we had our family holiday that year - and at some point we went to a shop and I bought "The Rats". Enjoyed it enough...