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Campbell also defended Herbert's use of violence and indigence as both integral to The Rats' plot, and a break from the clichés of the horror fiction of that time period. [ 2 ] The underlying theme of the novel is the lack of care by the government toward the underclass and a lack of reaction to a tragedy until it is already too late.
The Rats series, The Fog James John Herbert , OBE (8 April 1943 – 20 March 2013) [ 1 ] was an English horror writer. A full-time writer, he also designed his own book covers and publicity.
Herbert's Rats trilogy was based in part on his own experiences in growing up among the Blitz-damaged areas of Whitechapel and Bethnal Green, east London, which were a haven for rats, and as a young adult he saw Todd Browning's 1931 Dracula, where the rat-infestation scene made a great impact on him; [1] [note 1] he was later to claim that he conceived the idea after watching it.
Lair is a 1979 science fiction horror novel by James Herbert, the first sequel to his debut The Rats and sixth book overall. [1] [2] He wrote two more sequels in the series after this: 1984's Domain and 1993's The City.
The Rats series - The Rats (1974), Lair (1979), Domain (1984) and The City (1993; a graphic novel) James Herbert – Domain (1984) and The City (1993), the last two books of the series, show how, after a nuclear war, humanity is overthrown by mutated giant black rats. Film 1975 War A Boy and His Dog [13]
10. The Butlerian Jihad (2002) - Legends of Dune Book #1. Brian Herbert and Kevin J. Anderson’s second trilogy, Legends of Dune, is also a prequel series, but it’s set much farther in the past ...
Pages in category "Novels by James Herbert" The following 11 pages are in this category, out of 11 total. ... The Rats (novel) S. The Secret of Crickley Hall; Shrine ...
Frank Herbert's OG Dune series has six books; after he died, his son Brian Herbert teamed up with author Kevin J. Anderson to continue the story, and their collaboration has produced 17 more books ...