The Fog [Abridged, Audiobook] [Audio Cassette]

James Herbert (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: October 2000

A yawning, bottomless abyss opens in a village in Wiltshire and out of it creeps a fog that resembles no other. Whatever it is, it must be controlled, for wherever it goes it leaves behind a trail of disaster. The fog, quite simply, drives people insane.

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These audiobooks from Macmillan UK offer abridged readings of some of the world's most popular authors. Handsomely packaged, they feature readings by eminent actors of the stage and screen, including James Fox, Martin Shaw, Tim Pigott-Smith and David Rintoul.

Product Details

• Audio Cassette
• Publisher: Macmillan; Abridged edition (October 2000)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0333780094
• ISBN-13: 978-0333780091
• Product Dimensions: 5.3 x 4.2 x 0.7 inches
• Shipping Weight: 4.2 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 3.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (17 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #6,997,358 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars DO NOT GET CAUGHT IN...THE FOG, October 1, 2002

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Lawyeraau (Balmoral Castle) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: The Fog (Paperback)

This is a superlative, well crafted horror story with a quite original storyline. Taking place in foggy, old England, a dense, yellowish fog suddenly arises from the depths of the earth, infiltrating the minds of all whom it envelopes and taking away all restraint. Suddenly, all formerly sane individuals find themselves acting as if they were beings out of Dante's Inferno. It is a disaster from which there is seemingly no end.

As the fog moves from place to place, it leaves in its wake a swath of grisly devastation, as murders, rapes, mass suicides, and looting become a way of life. Even animals succumb to the fog, as treasured pets turn on their owners. Only one man has managed to emerge with his sanity still intact, and a group of scientists in an underground laboratory are laboring to find out the reason for his seeming immunity. For in him lies the secret to the fog's destruction and the liberation of mankind from the effects of the fog. Time, however, is of the essence and running out.

This is really a terrific novel, well paced, tautly written, and totally absorbing. It is an absolute page turner, with scenes of horror matter factly written, making it all the more believable and horrific, while tinged by a trace of dark humor. The tension is crisply maintained throughout the entire book, from start to finish, and makes for a riveting read that is hard to put down. This is a must read for all those who love a good horror story. Bravo!

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars I'm wary about seeing Fog now!, July 10, 2002

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Daniel Firli (Sydney, Australia) - See all my reviews

This review is from: The Fog (Paperback)

Following a sudden earthquake in a peaceful English village, a yellow fog arises. Nobody thinks anything of it until sudden outbreaks of insanity occur following the path of the Fog.Insanity that drives both man and animal to act out of ordinary, commit mass suicide and even kill. There is only one man immune to the Fog's touch, so he has to find out what the Fog is before it comes to the heavily populated city of London.

A great Horror/Thriller that keeps you on the edge of your seat waiting for more and more of the gruesome effects of the Fog. Written in 1975, the gruesome factor would have been 'over the top', not so much these days but it still packs a punch.

Characterisation is excellent, especially his secondary characters which he will build up then kill off with a blood-gurgling finish. The writing is also very visual with no confusion about what is going on. The setting in cold, foggy England really helps with the forboding chilling feeling you get with this book as well. James Herbert is up there as being one of the top Horror writers along with Stephen King and Richard Laymon. Very enjoyable. RECOMMENDED TO ALL!

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Nothing odd about fog in England..., June 7, 2002

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AliGhaemi (Toronto, Canada) - See all my reviews

This review is from: The Fog (Paperback)

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.