Night of the Crabs (Crabs Series)

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My father was a dedicated bank manager and I was destined for banking from birth. I accepted it but never found it very interesting. During the early years when I was working in Birmingham, I spent most of my lunch hours in the Birmingham gun quarter. I would have loved to have served an apprenticeship in the gun trade but my father would not hear of it. But some characters are killed by humans, reminding me (the reader) that humans are sometimes the worst killer crabs of all. Jean, my wife, helps with the business. Our four children, Rowan, Tara, Gavin and Angus have all moved away from home but they visit on a regular basis.

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But that's not the best part. The best part is the weird sex. Because Guy N. Smith writes sex scenes like a twelve year old who's never seen a naked lady before. The first time Davenport has sex with his lovely new girlfriend, Smith writes the following: Then the drownings begin. But it is not until the underwater army, driven driven by its need to kill and gorge on human flesh, crawls up on the beach that the authorities understand the massive threat they face. And when the screaming stops, the crunching of bone and munching of flesh begins… Damn you, I wanted to forget you, Klin." She raised herself up, and looked at him through tear-filled eyes. "It always happens the same way. I vowed I'd never take another husband." Reluctantly they parted and adjusted their clothing. Pat, her hair awry and her cheeks flushed, looked more beautiful to Cliff than ever before. Holidaymakers on the Welsh coast bask peacefully in the summer sunshine, blissfully unaware of the huge and evil army of giant crustaceans that lurk in the dark, off shore waters…

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Night Of The Crabs’ was the first instalment in Guy’s signature ‘Crabs’ series, but should possibly be read after the later released prequel entitled ‘ The Origin Of The Crabs’ (1979). The prequelends exactly where ‘Night Of The Crabs’ takes off, bringing together a seamless and tight storyline to begin the crabs series off with. What’s going on?” Cliff whispered. “This is so bizarre; it’s as though they’re waiting for something!” Realising that the crabs must have a breeding ground of some sort, Davenport et all head to a remote and desolate island just off the mainland in an attempt to rid the crabs from Hayman Island. What was feared to be a deadly mission turns out to be even more harrowing than they could ever have dreamed as they make their way onto the crabs new home. Retired professional hunter Gordon Hall is called upon when all other methods have failed, while a rural community lives in terror, not knowing when this Big Cat will strike again… Related Authors

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If you want to read fast paced book with crabs as villains, or people for that matter - then read it at your own peril. It ends in a final climactic showdown, an epic resolution that yet promises conflict still to come:

Another big plus: while in "Origin of the Crabs" the crabs killed everyone in the same boring-ass way, Guy Smith really manages to mix it up this time. Sometimes the crabs snap off people's heads and then disembowel them. Sometimes they just tear them apart. Like the other book, though, Smith keeps reinforcing the fact that the crabs have REALLY mean faces, and that they DEFINITELY want to kill humans because they are SO MEAN. The stupid military officers who discount the scientific advice. (After all, we have a great military and great weapons. How could we possibly lose?) I’m more than glad I let you come with me tonight," he whispered as he zipped himself up again. "I’m afraid, though, that we must still keep an eye open for those crabs!" Screw the Rules, I Have Connections!: When Cliff is captured by the military and suspected of spying, it turns out he's on good terms with a Sir Ronald Bradley at Whitehall. If he were a regular civilian without a direct line to a knighted politician, he'd probably be in big trouble.

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This book was written in the 70's so I had some issues with the views on women, but I understand this book is a product of its time, so that's cool. So, is he a sadly underrated British writer whose work deserves wider literary acclaim? You be the judge! There is something to be said about horror-/genre-fiction sex scenes from this era (and really, through at least the 90s) in how utterly pointless and rote they were: very middle-class white dude (anti-)titillation. Always using the same language and general set up: members exposed to cool air, fumbling hands finding their way in the dark (nearly always the dark), warm moistness [one of the least sexy word combinations in the English language], a hand to guide the man in before the thrusting begins, and absolutely zero actual sexiness. They never add anything to the plot but a moment of general awkwardness for the reader, and yet they were nearly always included in these books. It's strange, really. But lest you think that the Giant Crabs Invading Wales genre was laid to rest with the sixth volume of Smith’s work, 1988’s Crabs: The Human Sacrifice, fear not. Guy N. Smith is a versatile author who knows how to introduce a timeless theme to new audiences, and you can now savor the seventh installment in the Crabs series in graphic novel form:

While reading through this novel I could never quite shake the feeling that this started, on some level, as Doctor Who fan fiction. The Third Doctor and UNIT versus the Macra? Maybe. Professor Davenport often feels like a Pertwee character (though younger and a bit lustier) and the general pacing of the book feels like the ebb and flow of a 70s-era Doctor Who serial. Just one with a few added sex scenes* and maybe a bit more gore and violence. The next book in the Crabs series is ‘ Killer Crabs ’ (1978) released just two years later. ‘Night Of The Crabs’ has set down the groundwork for this next outrageous pulp horror classic, where no time needs to be spent playing with the denial and disbelief of the military which takes up a good chunk of ‘Night Of The Crabs’. However from here on in it’s non-stop blood-drenched crab action. From the moment the crabs first take to the beach of Shell Island, expect nothing short of one onslaught after another.