James Herbert croaks. I hope the rats don't get him. RIP Jimbob.

[hobbit.]

James Herbert, who has died aged 69, will be remembered as one of the pillars of British horror writing. Herbert managed the rare feat of straddling both genre and mainstream fiction; at the height of his career, he was often spoken of in the same breath as Stephen King, and sales of his books have run to more than 42m.

He shot to fame in 1974 with the publication of The Rats, and there can be few people who grew up in the 70s who didn't furtively pass around a dog-eared copy of this and its follow-up, Lair, revelling in Herbert's gory set-pieces and plentiful graphic sex scenes.

With The Rats, Herbert established himself as a master of the sort of apocalyptic horror that's so popular today – from Justin Cronin's The Passage to any number of zombie novels. There can be few authors working in the field of modern dystopian fiction who don't owe a debt to his work.

http://www.guardian.co.uk/books/2013/mar/20/james-herbert-master-british-horror-fiction

 

[Sean]

I remember reading his stuff at school. I still remember the sex scenes in The Fog.

R.I.P. Jim.

 

[butters]

that's pretty young.

not so much a fan of his stuff, though.

 

[hobbit.]

I remember reading his stuff at school. I still remember the sex scenes in The Fog.

R.I.P. Jim.

obviously i regard jimbob as a literary genius, who didnt write sex scenes, he wrote of performance art. you dirty minded cunt.

 

[hobbit.]

that's pretty young.

not so much a fan of his stuff, though.

not enough apples for your sort?

 

[Sean]

obviously i regard jimbob as a literary genius, who didnt write sex scenes, he wrote of performance art. you dirty minded cunt.

There's a scene in The Fog where a paedo teacher gets his cock cut off with a pair of pruning shears. The fucker knew how to paint a graphic picture, that's for sure.

 

[hobbit.]

There's a scene in The Fog where a paedo teacher gets his cock cut off with a pair of pruning shears. The fucker knew how to paint a graphic picture, that's for sure.

as i said, performance art.

 

[butters]

not enough apples for your sort?

blame the uterus

 

[hobbit.]

blame the uterus

saucy.

 

[butters]

saucy.

bechamel?

 

[hobbit.]

bechamel?

thrush?

cranberry with apple.

 

[butters]

thrush?

cranberry with apple.

gross boy

 

[hobbit.]

gross boy

the mistle thrush and the apple.....

 

[butters]

the mistle thrush and the apple.....

better than four and twenty blackbirds, i suppose - things would be quite claustrophobic

 

[hobbit.]

better than four and twenty blackbirds, i suppose - things would be quite claustrophobic

or the charolais.....

 

[butters]

or the charolais.....

*snort*

one keyboard. pay up.

 

[hobbit.]

*snort*

one keyboard. pay up.

if you think i am going to smear this pineapple with ky jelly and ram it up my own.... ? unless i misunderstand?

charolais we have come for you today

 

[butters]

i would have said 'bullocks' but it felt a little passé aggresseeve

 

[hobbit.]

i would have said 'bullocks' but it felt a little passé aggresseeve

Ha! see the apple and the uterus..

 

[butters]

i am going to smear this pineapple with ky jelly and ram it up my own....

charolais we have come for you today

quoted for posterity

clean up in aisle 2!

 

[hobbit.]

quoted for posterity

clean up in aisle 2!

and 22......

 

[hobbit.]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yzXqBt_ej20

 

[butters]

and 22......

and there's the catch....

 

[hobbit.]

and there's the catch....

more of a slippery obstruction really..

 

[butters]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yzXqBt_ej20

ah, i thought you meant charolais