Nothing to do with John Carpenters film of the same name, I recentlycomment.
became aware that Christopher Lee had narrated a version of James
Herbert's 1975 novel "The Fog" and as someone had kindly uploaded it to YouTube, decided to give it a listen whilst working outside the other day.
Quite enjoyed it, had a distinct "Quatermass" feel to it, though a great
deal of my enjoyment undoubtedly came from listening to Lee's narration.
Not sure I would enjoy it as much had someone else narrated it.
In a nutshell, a mysterious cloud of green fog is released into the
Wiltshire countryside which emerges from a fissure in the ground
following a violent earth tremor. Which turns anyone who comes into
contact with it into a violent psychopath.
The book follows a Govt worker named Holman, who is one of the first
people exposed to it, but manages to overcome its effects. And
subsequently attempts to help the govt deal with the aftermath as the fog moves around the countryside causing mass murder and suicides in its wake
and try to figure out a way of stopping it.
Obviously a lot of its descriptions are very dated, at one point he
appears to be describing the old East Greenwich Gas Works near the
Blackwall tunnel in London, which actually closed around the time the
novel was released and is now the site of the Millenium dome, which may
cause problems if someone wished to adapt this into a film.
Also, there is apparently a lot of stuff missing from this particular
audio novel adaptation, which appears to have been toned down
considerably or ommited for brevity.
Anyway, if you fancy giving the audionovel a listen its on YouTube in 4 parts. Here's part 1 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PRXOj7tnf1M
There's also another audionovel adaptation on Amazon, but not heard that to
Anyone read the original book or listened to either of these versions andcare to comment?
he never really did well with his film adaptationsNot seen "Survivor" to comment, quite enjoyed "The Rats", although it transposed the location from London to New York. Will have to see if I
though did he?
Anyone read the original book or listened to either of these versions
and care to comment?
Nothing to do with John Carpenters film of the same name, I recently became aware that Christopher Lee had narrated a version of James Herbert's 1975 novel "The Fog" and as someone had kindly uploaded it to YouTube, decided to give it a listen whilst working outside the other day.
Quite enjoyed it, had a distinct "Quatermass" feel to it, though a great deal of my enjoyment undoubtedly came from listening to Lee's narration. Not sure I would enjoy it as much had someone else narrated it.
In a nutshell, a mysterious cloud of green fog is released into the Wiltshire countryside which emerges from a fissure in the ground following a violent earth tremor. Which turns anyone who comes into contact with it into a violent psychopath.
The book follows a Govt worker named Holman, who is one of the first people exposed to it, but manages to overcome its effects. And subsequently attempts to help the govt deal with the aftermath as the fog moves around the countryside causing mass murder and suicides in its wake and try to figure out a way of stopping it.
Obviously a lot of its descriptions are very dated, at one point he appears to be describing the old East Greenwich Gas Works near the Blackwall tunnel in London, which actually closed around the time the novel was released and is now the site of the Millenium dome, which may cause problems if someone wished to adapt this into a film.
Also, there is apparently a lot of stuff missing from this particular audio novel adaptation, which appears to have been toned down considerably or ommited for brevity.
Anyway, if you fancy giving the audionovel a listen its on YouTube in 4 parts. Here's part 1 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PRXOj7tnf1M
There's also another audionovel adaptation on Amazon, but not heard that to comment.
Anyone read the original book or listened to either of these versions and care to comment?
On 24/05/2018 19:44, the dog from that film you saw wrote:
he never really did well with his film adaptations though did he?Not seen "Survivor" to comment, quite enjoyed "The Rats", although it transposed the location from London to New York. Will have to see if I can find an audiobook of that one!
The thing with his novels, although his most prolific stories were released in the 70s, his descriptions of places appear to be from decades earlier. Like the aformentioned East Greenwich Gas Works, which would have been a heavy industrial area in the 1940s and 50s as per his descriptions.
Similarly, in The Rats, they apparently emerged from an old bomb site that had stood derelict for several years. Not sure there were many bomb sites left in the 70s were there? He appears to be harping back to the early 50s
On 24/05/2018 19:44, the dog from that film you saw wrote:descriptions.
he never really did well with his film adaptations > though did he?Not seen "Survivor" to comment, quite enjoyed "The Rats", although it transposed the location from London to New York. Will have to see if I
can find an audiobook of that one!
The thing with his novels, although his most prolific stories were
released in the 70s, his descriptions of places appear to be from decades earlier. Like the aformentioned East Greenwich Gas Works, which would
have been a heavy industrial area in the 1940s and 50s as per his
Similarly, in The Rats, they apparently emerged from an old bomb site50s
that had stood derelict for several years. Not sure there were many bomb sites left in the 70s were there? He appears to be harping back to the early
I can imagine a lot of his writing came from childhood memories. There was always an old-fashioned feeling about the various English towns and cities he featured. It's one of the things that drew me to his novels.
Not seen "Survivor" to comment, quite enjoyed "The Rats", although it transposed the location from London to New York. Will have to see if I
can find an audiobook of that one!
Simon T <darkangel5@REMOVETHISBITlineone.net> wrote:50s
On 24/05/2018 19:44, the dog from that film you saw wrote:
he never really did well with his film adaptations > though did he?Not seen "Survivor" to comment, quite enjoyed "The Rats", although it
transposed the location from London to New York. Will have to see if I
can find an audiobook of that one!
The thing with his novels, although his most prolific stories were
released in the 70s, his descriptions of places appear to be from decades
earlier. Like the aformentioned East Greenwich Gas Works, which would
have been a heavy industrial area in the 1940s and 50s as per his descriptions.
Similarly, in The Rats, they apparently emerged from an old bomb site
that had stood derelict for several years. Not sure there were many bomb
sites left in the 70s were there? He appears to be harping back to the early
The other film adaptation of The Rats, called Deadly Eyes, is....not the >*best* movie ever made. Dachshunds make unconvincing stand ins for killer >rats. On the plus side, Scatman Crothers gets eaten alive.
On Friday, May 25, 2018 at 8:18:55 AM UTC+10, Simon T wrote:existential
Not seen "Survivor" to comment, quite enjoyed "The Rats", although it
transposed the location from London to New York. Will have to see if I
can find an audiobook of that one!
RATS got a pretty good computer game on the Speccy complete with rats eating through the screen when you got killed.
What about FLUKE which the book cover sets up as being some sort of
drama about the nature of being human and then turns out to be a dog investigating crime? The movie is PG and stars Matthew Modine and Samuel L. Jackson.
I really enjoyed that novel. It has a similar theme to Man in the HighCastle,
only civilisation has collapsed.
On Saturday, May 26, 2018 at 1:28:13 AM UTC+10, Incubus wrote:
I can imagine a lot of his writing came from childhood memories. There was >> always an old-fashioned feeling about the various English towns and cities >> he featured. It's one of the things that drew me to his novels.
Interesting discussion. I think his best novel was '48 which is set (unsurprisingly) in 1948 in an (alternate reality) war-torn London.
On 23/05/2018 22:30, Simon T wrote:
Anyone read the original book or listened to either of these versions
and care to comment?
i read quite a lot of his books while in school. for some strange reason
the school library had them all for loaning to 12 year olds onwards
despite them being remarkably rude
On Saturday, May 26, 2018 at 1:28:13 AM UTC+10, Incubus wrote:
I can imagine a lot of his writing came from childhood memories. There was >> always an old-fashioned feeling about the various English towns and cities he
featured. It's one of the things that drew me to his novels.
Interesting discussion. I think his best novel was '48 which is set (unsurprisingly) in 1948 in an (alternate reality) war-torn London.
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