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The Great and Secret Show
The Great and Secret Show | Clive Barker
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In the little town of Palomo Grove, two great armies are amassing; forces shaped from the hearts and souls of America. In this New York Times bestseller, Barker unveils one of the most ambitious imaginative landscapes in modern fiction, creating a new vocabulary for the age-old battle between good and evil. Carrying its readers from the first stirring of consciousness to a vision of the end of the world, The Great and Secret Show is a breathtaking journey in the company of a master storyteller.
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Reggie
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One of the first horror novels I read as a teenager. I was in love at first read. Two men, Randall and Jaffe, discover a mystical place called the sea of quiddity One wants to use it for evil and one wants to protect it. Their feud will last decades and destroy lives in utterly gnarly ways. Barker never shies away from the body horror. If there is a totally 80‘s horror fantasy novel this is it. Day 1 of 21 days of horror.

johncadams This takes me back! 2y
vivastory I recognize the title, but I had no idea that's what it was about. Sounds amazing! 2y
Reggie @johncadams His books remind me of hot summers. His books were some of the first ones when I became a reader in my teens. 2y
Reggie @vivastory ummmmm it‘s just one of a thousand parts. I think you‘d like it still. 2y
Michael_Gee I looked it up to add to my list and saw I‘d already done so based off this post! 10mo
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TheNeverendingTBR
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Panpan

I've been a Barker fan for half my life and this is my least favourite of his by far.

Barker has said in interviews that this novel was the hardest to write of all his books, I can appreciate this, he never gave up and I suppose there's loads of people out there who see this as a masterpiece; i can appreciate that too - but this one just isn't for me.

https://www.goodreads.com/review/show/3146357188 ↩full review

KathyWheeler I have started this book countless times over the years but, although I‘ve enjoyed what I was reading while I reading it, I‘ve never gotten past the second chapter. I put it down and never pick it up again. I‘ve said that this is the year I finish it. 3y
Reggie Noooooooooo, lol, this and the next one in the series, Everville, are my favorites of his. I was even gonna say the worst villain from yesterday was Kissoon. @Kathywheeler I hope you power through. 3y
KathyWheeler @Reggie I don‘t understand why I don‘t pick it up again after I put it down. Every time I picked it up I was enjoying it. I have both it and Everville but I feel I can‘t read Everville until I read this one. 3y
TheNeverendingTBR @KathyWheeler Hope you manage to finish it and enjoy it more than me!! 😊 3y
TheNeverendingTBR @Reggie I'm sorry but his fantasy stuff is a hit or miss with me, I did like Imajica and Weaveworld but this went completely over my head! 🥴 3y
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Pickpick

#Rocktober Day 10: I used to be such a huge fan of Clive Barker‘s #WelcomeToTheJungle type of novels. This happens to be one of my faves but it‘s nearly twenty years old and falling apart at the seams - will have to find me a newer/sleeker version.

Reggie I LOVE THIS BOOK!!!!! This one Everville, and Weaveworld were my favorites of his. 6y
GatheringBooks @Reggie hi! have you read the abarat series as well? still awaiting the fourth novel tho. 6y
Reggie No, I haven‘t? But I have read The Damnation Game, all 3 Books of Blood and the Imajica series. Hate to say it but I don‘t think he has much left to go. He was on the Nerdist podcast saying he had gone to the dentist and went into toxic shock as a result of bacteria being loosened and putting him in a coma where he had 3 almost life ending strokes. He‘s ok now but he was in that coma for a couple of months. 6y
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GatheringBooks @Reggie oh no. i didn‘t know about this. that explains the infinitely long gap between novels. i have the imajica series - haven‘t read them yet tho primarily because i am a tad apprehensive about the world-building. abarat was gloriously illustrated, the books are gorgeous, so that helped a great deal. 6y
GatheringBooks @Reggie and yeah apparently there is an illustrated version of weaveworld too, but its prohibitively expensive. 6y
Reggie What he did for Weaveworld and The Great and Secret Show, he tried to do for Imajica and it just felt not as strong, same with Galilee. I want to give the Scarlet Gospels a try though. 6y
MStew Love this pic, well live papeback😍 6y
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AlanBaxter

"Memory, prophecy and fantasy - the past, the future and the dreaming moment between - are all one country, living one immortal day. To know that is Wisdom. To use it is the Art."
- The Great and Secret Show (Clive Barker)

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The book I wish I'd written, possibly my favourite book of all time. Epic, powerful, wonderful, dark. I love it.