The Fog (Macmillan UK Audio Books)

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Summary: Like a car accident you can't take your eyes away from...
Review: Herbert takes all of three pages to begin his assault on the reader. This is one of the most horrific things I have ever read. The idea of a fog (actually a biological weapon gon awry) that causes madness is perhaps not terribly original, but the results, described by Herbert with an almost gleeful tone, are as horrible as anything ever dreamed of in the genre. Grisly, gory, and gross, yet you can't put it down! If you like to be scared out of your wits, this one will do the job.

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Summary: Like a car accident you can't take your eyes away from...
Review: Herbert takes all of three pages to begin his assault on the reader. This is one of the most horrific things I have ever read. The idea of a fog (actually a biological weapon gon awry) that causes madness is perhaps not terribly original, but the results, described by Herbert with an almost gleeful tone, are as horrible as anything ever dreamed of in the genre. Grisly, gory, and gross, yet you can't put it down! If you like to be scared out of your wits, this one will do the job.

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Summary: Very good but a little bit far-fetched
Review: I found this book very interesting and it was very gory. The characters were described well.I think that is a good book, but a yellow fog that comes out of an eathquake, makes people go insane and makes them commit mass suicide is a bit far-fetched

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Summary: Couldn't stop reading
Review: I'm no huge fan of horror (yet...) but I really enjoyed this book. I can't remember the last time I was so scared from reading a book. A great story, gripping and enjoyable.

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Summary: Undoubtedly the leading horror writer of his time!
Review: James Herbert seems to prove time and time again that he is light years away from all other horror writers of his time. "The Fog" is just another installment of brilliant writing by this man. I read the most recent version of this story, which the writer admitted to needing touched up. Although the raw story was powerful enough when initially published to create a storm of controversy over its excessive use of violence, it is no worse now than the evening news. The true horror lies not in the gore that permeates the book from cover to cover, but in the idea that the story is not entirely unrealistic. James Herbert could teach a few of his contemporaries across the Atlantic just how to build tension within a few hundred pages. This book bites from the word go, and doesn't let go. I would advise anybody with some spare time to read this book, just make sure that you don't have anything else to do for the next few hours.

Rating:
Summary: Undoubtedly the leading horror writer of his time!
Review: James Herbert seems to prove time and time again that he is light years away from all other horror writers of his time. "The Fog" is just another installment of brilliant writing by this man. I read the most recent version of this story, which the writer admitted to needing touched up. Although the raw story was powerful enough when initially published to create a storm of controversy over its excessive use of violence, it is no worse now than the evening news. The true horror lies not in the gore that permeates the book from cover to cover, but in the idea that the story is not entirely unrealistic. James Herbert could teach a few of his contemporaries across the Atlantic just how to build tension within a few hundred pages. This book bites from the word go, and doesn't let go. I would advise anybody with some spare time to read this book, just make sure that you don't have anything else to do for the next few hours.

Rating:
Summary: Undoubtedly the leading horror writer of his time!
Review: James Herbert seems to prove time and time again that he is light years away from all other horror writers of his time. "The Fog" is just another installment of brilliant writing by this man. I read the most recent version of this story, which the writer admitted to needing touched up. Although the raw story was powerful enough when initially published to create a storm of controversy over its excessive use of violence, it is no worse now than the evening news. The true horror lies not in the gore that permeates the book from cover to cover, but in the idea that the story is not entirely unrealistic. James Herbert could teach a few of his contemporaries across the Atlantic just how to build tension within a few hundred pages. This book bites from the word go, and doesn't let go. I would advise anybody with some spare time to read this book, just make sure that you don't have anything else to do for the next few hours.

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Summary: Nothing odd about fog in England...
Review: Or is there? When a routine excursion for a contracted civil servant leads to his barely escaping the jaws of death in Southern England, one event after the other points to a Defense Ministry experiment gone horribly wrong.
A rather original thriller set in the fields of Salisbury, Fog keeps pace with the sordid consequences, zombified victims and scrambling authorities who try to contain the genie.
Fog is of special interest personally because, having visited Salisbury, the setting is indeed home to a British military base. The novel incorporates a romantic sub-plot and begins to fall apart towards the end. Still, horror fans will derive a couple of days' of gory amusement from the... Fog.

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Summary: A Fascinating Look Into Madness
Review: Possibly one of the best horror novels ever written, The Fog is the story of a government-made fog-like substance that escapes from underground storage following an earthquake. Originally intended for warfare, it causes insanity in those it touches and leaves death and destruction in its wake. It is up to the desperate government scientists of Britain and a man first exposed to the fog to stop it before it destroys the world. As well as having an engaging story about a team working around the clock to stop the insidious fog, the novel is peppered with grisly vignettes describing in detail the effects on the people who come in contact with it; for example a town full of people rush to the ocean in a mass suicide, a private school for boys turns into an orgy of mutilation and murder, and pigeons attack their owner viciously. Providing suspense, fright and all-out goriness, The Fog is a must-read for any self-respecting horror fan.

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Summary: The Fog or the Bog?
Review: The Fog is Herbert at his best. Suspense, action. What more could a Herbert fan possibly want? Fog 2