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The Rats (USA Maps) [ABRIDGED] [AUDIOBOOK] [LARGE PRINT] (Audio Cassette)

~ (Author), Steven Pacey (Reader)
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Two cassettes. Playing time 3 hours. Read by Steven Pacey.


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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.

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  • Audio Cassette
  • Publisher: Macmillan UK; Abridged edition (December 1, 1999)
  • Language: English
  • ISBN-10: 0333780124
  • ISBN-13: 978-0333780121
  • Product Dimensions: 5.3 x 4.2 x 0.7 inches
  • Shipping Weight: 4.2 ounces
  • Average Customer Review: 4.2 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (13 customer reviews)
  • Amazon.com Sales Rank: #4,455,528 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:
3.0 out of 5 stars Graphic, October 8, 1998
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This review is from: The Rats (Paperback)
This was Herbert's first novel and instantly a huge success. It features tons of gory violence, but is because of that or nevertheless quite chilling. What makes this book stand out is its astonishingly primitive structure which goes like this: Chapter One: Character is introduced and gets killed in a gory way. Chapter Two: Character is introduced and gets killed in a gory way. Chapter Three: Character is.. You get the idea. Believe me, I'm not joking. This goes on for nearly half of the book! If you like cheap thrills, read this one and you'll even learn something: Every possible way a rat can bite a human... It's fascinating that this medicore effort is the first part of a trilogy which ended with the really BRILLANT novel "Domain." Review by Oliver Naujoks, Marburg/Germany
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4.0 out of 5 stars The horror novel that launched an entire genre!, February 26, 2002
This review is from: The Rats (Paperback)
This slim, grim piece of b-movie trash (and believe me, I mean that in the most positive and respectful way) actually launched a sub-genre in the british horror novel industry - the mutant pet and/or pest novel. The next few years would see bookshelves stuffed with grue dripping books about killer cats, dogs, bats, crabs, slugs (yes, I said slugs), spiders, jellyfish, and assorted other nasties. For this alone Herbert's novel deserves some kind of special recognition.

The novel itself was written, by hand I believe, on a lark. In one interview Herbert even admitted to not even bothering to do a rewrite! The story is simple: giant mutant rats gobble down assorted victims as, in between the gruesome attacks, scientists and members of the government scratch their heads and wonder how to do away with the seemingly indestructable beasties. In what would grow to be a trademark storytelling style, Herbert lavishes as much character detail on the victims to be as he does on the actual characters. An essential book for animal on the rampage buffs and rodent lovers everywhere.

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5.0 out of 5 stars The Rats, October 31, 2002
By Paul Roberts (Hertfordshire, United Kingdom) - See all my reviews
As the result of genetic engineering gone wrong, the rats of London have evolved. They are no longer the small black dirty things that sculk about under floorboards and flee at the first sight of man. They are big, and getting bolder by the day. After their first of human victim, they have decided they want more. It is with a chill that man decides it cannot stop them.

This is one of James Herbert's best books. It is incredibly difficult to put it down, and it keeps its qualities to the last page. The morbid horror of it grips you, as well as the involvement you feel with the main character as he tries to face the rats.

It is not a book for the faint hearted.

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4.0 out of 5 stars Whats for dinner?
Brutal, graphic and at times quite unsettling. The characters are entertaining if somewhat non-dimensional. Read more
Published on January 4, 2007 by frank black

5.0 out of 5 stars Harris was just a teacher...
and one day one of his students got attacked by a rat. That was all it took to pull him into the mess. The mess was an invasion of giant rats that carried a deadly disease. Read more
Published on July 30, 2005 by Michael Valdivielso

5.0 out of 5 stars I like rats, but not these rats!
Okay, the basic story is killer rats. Rats have never ever scared me. I've had a few for pets. But I do enjoy a good gory book and i'd heard this one was pretty gross. Read more
Published on August 17, 2002 by Amber Overla

4.0 out of 5 stars Best of the Trilogy
This is Herbert's first book in his Rats trilogy, and by far his best. I thoroughly enjoyed the entire trilogy, however Rats, the first was especially well done. Read more
Published on January 20, 2002 by Colin Willey

2.0 out of 5 stars Exercise in Mediocrity
Herbert is a British writer, and like many of his literary countrymen, generally adopts understatement as his prefered method of delivery. Read more
Published on July 15, 2001 by Dr. Christopher Coleman

4.0 out of 5 stars Great Fiction From A Great Writer
I read a review of this book that said that the book starts with Chapter 1 introducing a character and then having him/her killed horribly, Chapter 2 doing the same, and so on... Read more
Published on July 14, 2001 by netchild

5.0 out of 5 stars No relation to BEN........
My first book getting to know James Herbert and I must say this British writer is in a class all by himself. Read more
Published on June 24, 2000 by J. Bilby

5.0 out of 5 stars Gruesome chills
The Rats was the first horror book I read. In India we usually get 'popular' horror books by authors like Stephen King. Read more
Published on April 20, 2000 by Sambaran Mitra

5.0 out of 5 stars AN EXCELLENT CHILLE. I HIGHLY RECOMMEND IT!
I am 13 years old and I found this book excellent. James Herbert describes the rats in such ways that it makes a chill go down your spine. Read more
Published on August 19, 1999

4.0 out of 5 stars This book really scared me.
If this is the book I think it is, I read it in high school many moons ago. It scared me so bad I kept thinking there were rats in my bedroom at night while I was sleeping. Read more
Published on November 20, 1997

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