So, when I reviewed Coraline, I mentioned that, in terms of "Young-person-casts-off-illusions-and-outwits-a-vastly-more-powerful-otherworldly-entity-and-comes-to-appreciate-the-realities-of-life" stories, I thought this book was vastly superior. So I jumped onto Bookmooch to see if anyone had a c...
No way can I rate this book.Yesterday I noticed that one of my friends here had added this book to her to-read stack. The author’s name hit me like a brick, the title less so. I looked Barker up on Wiki, scanned the list of novels, and decided that yes Weaveworld must be the Barker that I read.Pr...
While I appreciate a good epic as much as the next movie nerd, I’ve always sort of felt like there are few good reasons for a director to take more than 120 minutes to tell a story. I’m thinking here of people like Judd Apatow (whom I love) and Michael Bay (whom I don’t). As much as I like Funn...
След като изгълтах за отрицателно време уникалните "Кървави книги, Том 1" и "Кървави книги, Том 2" дойде ред и на... Дийпак Чопра... хаха, естествено, че се шегувам и Ви пробвам дали не сте заспали още на първото изречение от ревюто ми. След изключителните два тома с разкази на Клайв Баркър и още...
I am exercsing my (rarely used) right not to finish a book. I've read Clive Barker before, and routinely been unimpressed. After 150 pages (which is about 80 pages more than the hundred page rule- if you don't know, that rule says you should read 100-your age of a book before deciding not to read...
This is the original Clive Barker. There are 6 books in all that encompass eighteen stories. The collection is often found broken down in to two collections. This is books 1-3.Some of the short stories have been made in to movies such as Candyman, Rawhead Rex, Midnight Meat Train, Lord of Illusio...
This was excellent. A wonderful part 2 to The Great and Secret Show. I really loved that it was a story in itself. Often, it seems that authors give us a part two just to cash in on the characters we knew and loved in the first one. This is definitely not the case with this book. There are c...
I think dividing Imajica into two books was probably a really excellent idea, but it also has made the structural flaws in the book much more clear. In the first volume, I found myself buoyed along for the ride by the rich madness of the world and the characters, and the towering, lush ambition o...
Clive Barker's Sacrament is a puzzle box, a mystery that begs to be solved. This novel stands apart in Barker's arsenal. It exudes a personal, contemplative aura. It cannot truly be considered horror or even fantasy. It might more accurately be regarded as something akin to magical realism. ...
http://radiradev.blogspot.bg/2015/10/...Клайв Баркър е художник и на думи и на дела. По-запалените негови фенове знаят, че освен успешен писател, той също така е много популярен и с рисунките си. Голямо предимство на Баркър е това, че във всяка своя литературна творба представя нещата по възможно...
Clive Barker certainly is a creative writer. While his stories center around similar themes, he branches out and adds enough details to keep things fresh (at least in his earlier stories; I haven't read his later works). He is able to create tension by establishing wicked environments—whether the...
In the dead letter room in the middle of Omaha, Randolph Jaffe has stumbled upon a secret. At first, the secret isn’t clear, just vague references to something called the Art. The Art begins to consume Jaffe, taking over his life. Its secrets continue to elude Jaffe until he cracks part of the co...
I don't do well with audiobooks. Because I am an ADD-ridden manchild, I find the link between the writer's imagination and mine to be much more palpable and accessible when I'm looking at the words and holding the book in my hands. I also don't like that I have to basically take in the story at t...
Once again Clive Barker breaks away from the genre labelling tag of a ‘horror author’ for which he has been undeservingly stamped with since his early work. With Galilee, Barker takes to a new path with a beautifully written story of love that dances with the celestial and magical throughout. I...
This has been my first Clive Barker read, and I was very pleasantly surprised by it. From what I had heard of Barker before, I had assumed his work was in the gory blood porn genre. As such I was never very interested in trying out any of his work, since the more trashy kind of cheap thrills that...
Libros de terror hay demasiados. Quizás muchos. Algunos olvidables y otros más que pueden ser considerados obras maestras. Creo que en el género de terror, tanto literatura como cine, no hay demasiados grises. O la producción novela/cuento/película, es muy buena o una verdadera porquería condesc...
Few authors can claim to have marked a genre so thoroughly and personally that their words have leaked into every aspect of modern pop culture. Clive Barker is such an author, and the Books of Blood marked his debut - his coming out to the world - in brilliant, unforgettable fashion. Crossroad Pr...
(Originally posted @ CSI:Librarian.)As overjoyed I was to finally get a chance to read this, I was also incredibly apprehensive. On one hand, darkness taking over is something Barker does well. On the other, I wasn't sure really what could possibly happen to Candy or Abarat to warrant three more ...
Not a pleasant sight, but one Jack rejoiced in nevertheless. ‘They’ll have you yet,’ said the Yattering. ‘Who will?’ ‘You know,’ it said, hesitantly. ‘Name them.’ ‘Beelzebub,’ it answered, proud to name its old master. ‘The powers. Hell itself.’ ‘I don’t think so,’ P...
“I do.” “Why?” “There is a machine I have to see. If it does what I’m hearing, then it will change the world.” “Really?” “Really.” “Well, spit it out,” I said. “What does it do?...
"Yeah," he said. "I guess that's right. Well...be seein' ya." And, with that, they went their separate ways. It was still several hours before daybreak, and the streets were virtually deserted, so for Harvey it was a long, lonely trudge home. He was tired, and a little saddened by his f...
Taff Can I ask you a question, the most important one I can think of? Sure. I might not know the answer. Or I might not be able to tell you, but you can ask me anything. Can you tell me how to let go of something? Something precious? Simple. Don’t hold onto it for too long. *** The Schwinn was br...
First the sight of Boone in chains. Then bringing the baby out to meet the cameras, knowing his face would be on the cover of every newspaper across the country tomorrow morning. And now this: the glorious sight of Midian in flames. It had been Pettine’s notion, and a damn good one, to pour light...
Solomon said as Dale and Harry sat down in the living room with their strongest drinks of choice to talk about what had happened during the last few days. Solomon, a man no younger than seventy-five, was lanky and tall, with a shock of gray hair. He stood nearly a foot taller than Dale and was ea...
Maximillian Bacchus and His Travelling Circus “Well,” said Mr. Bacchus finally. “You have been most generous with your assistance. What can we offer you in return? Only the Circus. The songs! The Excitement! The laughter! Well, perhaps not the laughter. Still, the least we can do is give you a f...
Under ordinary circumstances I would be outraged at the indignity, but given the alternative, I can only view this as a mildly painful inoculation to ward off what might have been a much more serious malady. The first time I experienced the echo, it was so transient that I...