![]() ![]() ![]() Rereading it, however, I was struck by how little actual violence and horror there actually is (‘though, of course, it does have its moments!) and how much of it is comprised of suggestion. I first read “The Fog” back in the late-1970s and remember it as an exhilarating headlong rush into violent lunacy. Holman is tasked to enter the deadly, yellowish fog to try and learn what he can and assist the military to trap it again. The fog is soon multiplying, spreading and apparently developing a mind of its own “consuming” whole villages and towns and creating mass insanity as it does so. John Holman, an investigator at the Department of the Environment is one of the first to be exposed to the fog, but due to rapid medical intervention he gains immunity from its effects – which turns those exposed into violent, deviant psychopaths. His recent death reminded me of how much I enjoyed his early books when I first read them and that prompted me to pick up “The Fog”. He followed this up with “The Fog” a disaster novel about a military chemical weapon that is accidentally released after an unexpected earthquake in rural England. His first novel “The Rats”, a tale of giant man-eating black rats, became an instant best-seller. Originally an art director at an advertising agency (which gave him the necessary skills to design his own book covers, illustrations and publicity) he began writing in his spare time. Legendary British horror author James Herbert died on 20 March 2013. ![]()
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