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    Cover of The Rats

    The Rats

    James Herbert · 1974

    For millions of years man and rats had been natural enemies. But now for the first time - suddenly, shockingly, horribly - the balance of power had shifted and the rats began to prey on the human population.

    Fiction & Literature
    Open LibraryAmazon
    Stats for nerds
    1recommend
    2mentions
    2people
    2021–2025years
    50% recommend50% neutral

    Mentions per year

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    What Hacker News says

    1. riazrizviNov 2025
      If you like the idea of vicious rats, read British horror writer James Herbert’s The Rats.
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    2. jamiek88Apr 2021
      Same here, as evidenced when one rainy Saturday afternoon the family were all together after lunch, grandparents drinking tea, me cross legged on the floor reading when I innocently asked the room “hey, what does cunt mean?’

      Grandma turned puce and dad snatched the book from me, wtf are you reading?

      James Herbert’s Rats trilogy. Aged 8.

      Warped ever since.

      Text is plenty.

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