I'm glad we got some spiritual/religious reflection on how this extraordinary circumstance came to be and was glad to find it wasn't preachy at all. In fact, I found it quite eye opening and it strengthened some of the points that I think this book was trying to make. I say "think" because I didn't really grasp onto any strong lessons and ultimately I was left feeling like this novel was just okay: a fun read at the time, but something that won't stay with me for too long a time.

He was one of our greatest popular novelists, whose books are sold in thirty-three other languages, including Russian and Chinese. Widely imitated and hugely influential, his 19 novels have sold more than 42 million copies worldwide. Applicability of cancellation rights: Legal rights of cancellation under the Distance Selling Regulations available for UK or EU consumers do not apply to certain products and services. Herbert's 23 novels have sold 54m copies worldwide. He was published in 34 languages, including Russian and Chinese. In 2010 he was made an OBE and received the Grand Master award at the World Horror Convention. I'm sure I was a Labrador Retriever in a former life. I can tell by the way I eat dinner. Not a quote from the book; just an observation on my personal behaviour.

REVIEWS of FLUKE by James Herbert

James Herbert The Rats Trilogy Series 5 Books Collection Set - Domain, Lair, The Rats, Hunted, Fluke A minor one for Fluke, but he doesn't like it when a man deliberately steps on Rumbo's tail. So much so that he ends up biting the man on the leg in return.

Fluke is a 1995 American fantasy drama film directed by Carlo Carlei from a screenplay by Carlei and James Carrington, based on the 1977 novel of the same name by James Herbert. It stars Matthew Modine as a self-centered businessman who is reincarnated as a dog and attempts to reconnect with his family. Nancy Travis, Eric Stoltz, Jon Polito, and Max Pomeranc appear in supporting roles.Italian filmmaker Carlo Carlei wrote the adaptation of James Herbert's Fluke with co-writer James Carrington with the intention of getting the film greenlit at a major Hollywood studio. [3] Carlei had come close to getting the film greenlit at Paramount Pictures for producer Fred Roos, but the departure of Sid Ganis as the studio's Head of Production derailed development. [3] Then Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer co-chairman and chief executive officer Alan Ladd Jr. upon screening Carlei's Flight of the Innocent was impressed enough where Ladd acquired Flight of the Innocent for U.S. distribution and signed Carlei to a one picture deal with Fluke being greenlit. [3] Release [ edit ] Home media [ edit ]

Access-restricted-item true Addeddate 2020-12-11 10:41:45 Boxid IA40011622 Camera Sony Alpha-A6300 (Control) Collection_set printdisabled External-identifier urn:lcp:fluke0000herb:epub:e1ebb82c-5d8c-43d5-93c1-ee3d45550b41 Foldoutcount 0 Identifier fluke0000herb Identifier-ark ark:/13960/t7mq4tq9r Invoice 1652 Isbn 0450038289 Ocr tesseract 4.1.1 Ocr_detected_lang en Ocr_detected_lang_conf 1.0000 Ocr_detected_script Latin Ocr_detected_script_conf 0.9541 Ocr_module_version 0.0.8 Ocr_parameters -l eng Old_pallet IA19710 Openlibrary_edition I’ll start at the beginning, though. First off, it’s a wonderful idea. Is Fluke a man turned dog or a dog who thinks he is a man? You do not know what to believe. If it is the former, what cause this change? Being a Herbert book, my first thought was magic – yet there are other possibilities. We have countless supernatural possibilities all the way through to the possibility of reincarnation. What, exactly, is to blame? Of course, Herbert is not going to give us the answer until the end of the book. We need to work for that. We need to read about the life of the dog before we can understand the why of the situation.Schwarzbaum, Lisa (June 9, 1995). "Fluke". Entertainment Weekly. Archived from the original on October 4, 2020 . Retrieved November 9, 2023. I feel like we had a bit of a cameo from one of the fiendish rats from Herbert's (probably best known) novel "The Rats". If so, I'm wondering if his other books have any slight connections. I'll look forward to that, as this is only the second book I've read from this author. James Herbert was Britain's number one bestselling writer (a position he held ever since publication of his first novel) and one of the world's top writers of thriller/horror fiction. Animal Talk: Animals seemingly can understand each other, as well as human speech. Humans cannot understand animals, of course. Cabell, Craig (2003). James Herbert: Devil in the Dark. United Kingdom: John Blake Publishing. ISBN 978-1-84358-059-1.