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ISBN: 194840530X

ISBN13: 9781948405300

The Nest (Paperbacks from Hell)

(Part of the Paperbacks from Hell Series)

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It was just an ordinary garbage dump on peaceful Cape Cod. No one ever imagined that conditions were perfect for breeding, that it was a warm womb, fetid, moist, and with food so plentiful that everything creeping, crawling, and slithering could gorge to satiation. Then a change in poison control was made, resulting in an unforeseen mutation. Now the giant mutant cockroaches are ready to leave their nest--in search of human flesh

Following in the footsteps of other "animal attack" classics like Jaws and The Rats, Gregory A. Douglas's shocker The Nest (1980) is an '80s paperback horror classic and was the basis for a 1988 cult film adaptation. This edition features a new introduction by Too Much Horror Fiction blogger Will Errickson.

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I read this book in high school when it first came out, and it's always stuck with me...

Published by Mike D. , 10 months ago
Back in high school in the early 80s, I was a huge Stephen King horror fan. This book has stuck with me for all those years because of its gruesome horror scenes and crazy end reveal of the monster in the nest. A truly great entry in 70s-80s horror novels. It seemed to fly under the radar back then, but I'm really glad that it's had a reprint. I will definitely pick it up again.

Fairly decent killer bug book *mild spoilers*

Published by Thriftbooks.com User , 17 years ago
THE NEST by Gregory A. Douglas isn't for the faint of heart; the deaths are described in very gruesome detail, even for a horror novel. Just warning you. Anyway, this is a pretty good "nature gone mad" book. The various inhabitants of the island of Yalkie are drawn pretty realistically and no one really feels like a stock character or archetype. Suspense sequences are done nicely. There's a sex sequence (well, sort of) that seems a bit random, but otherwise, everything flows well. This book is a bit of an odd hybrid of a 50's giant monster movie (the general pace and narrative flow) and an 80's slasher film (sexual content, gruesome deaths, even a killer-isn't-quite-dead-yet scare). Also, there seems to be a slight right-wing spin, a mild conservative twist, but not enough to really bother me (who's about as left-wing as you can get).

Creepy, creepy, creepy...

Published by Thriftbooks.com User , 20 years ago
This is one of the creepiest horror books ever written. An entire community on an island is being slowly massacred by giant, vicious, mutated cockroaches. The description of people, including children, being eaten alive is so gut-turning. This is a very good book, very scary and very realistic. The writer's description into how cockroaches live and what they are capable of is frightening. Buy it.

The Nest

Published by Thriftbooks.com User , 22 years ago
I have only two words for anyone who likes a good horror / insect / scary as heck book. READ IT. READ IT. READ IT. One of the most spine chilling reads of all time. Quite Frankly it is the most memerable and well writen pieces of Horror Art I have ever read. Stephen King eat your heart out. The only other writer i have ever read which comes close is Peter Benchley.
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