[SKRIVA] Skräckförfattaren James Herbert död

  • From: Ahrvid Engholm <ahrvid@xxxxxxxxxxx>
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  • Date: Wed, 20 Mar 2013 22:25:35 +0100

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

"The late writer's early novels mined primal fears of scurrying rodents 
and lethal chemical spillages, inspiring a new wave of dystopian fiction. 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."

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