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Clive Barker is a master of dark fantasy and horror. When he emerged on the scene back in the early 1980s with the domestic release of his short story anthology THE BOOKS OF BLOOD, American horror master Stephen King was quoted as saying, “I think Clive Barker is so good I am literally tongue-tied.:

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The Hellbound Heart | Clive Barker

I‘m not a fan of body horror, so we‘ll see how this goes. At least I‘m not usually squeamish about it.

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The Hellbound Heart | Clive Barker

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The ultimate in grotesque body horror that inspired Clive Barker‘s Hellraiser movie series. Well written and truly horrifying, a must read for horror fans. 5⭐️
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Lauranahe

The Damnation Game | Clive Barker

bailed

I finally decided to DNF…I‘ve been finding reasons to not read it, which means I should stop trying and move on to something else. Maybe in a different mood it‘s be ok, but I found it boring. ☹️

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Michael_Gee

Hellbound Heart | Clive Barker

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A quick, sometimes beautifully written novella that contains a vast mythology. Barker‘s work is fascinating, and it is now difficult to separate it from the movie franchise it spawned. The movie varies only in a few places from the book, so it was impossible for me not to picture the actors as we read. I want to read more Barker!

TrishB Wrote some amazing books 👍🏻 2y

Michael_Gee @TrishB I have the 3 volumes of Books of Blood as well as the Damnation Game on my shelf. What would you recommend (of those or others)? 2y

TrishB Those are the strictly horror ones- after those he goes off more into fantasy horror- I would go with Weaveworld then The Great and Secret Show and Everville. 2y

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Michael_Gee @TrishB 👍👍👍 thank you! 2y

Reggie I 2nd @TrishB. One of my favorite books ever is The Great and Secret Show. Later in life Clive goes to a dentist and gets toxic shock. He spends the next 3 months in a coma and has I think 2 heart attacks. On a podcast he describes having this crazy nightmare and I thought to myself, that‘s straight out of The Great and Secret Show. 2y

TrishB @Reggie it definitely is! 2y

Michael_Gee @Reggie oof, scary! I will add that one to my TBR for sure. 2y

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Reggie

Weaveworld | Clive Barker

Thanks for the tag @Parvez I‘m going to skip 1&2. 3- In Clive Barker‘s Weaveworld there is an orchard of peaches, where they are the juiciest and get you drunk off of happiness. It‘s located in a world woven into a carpet woven by the magic of the 4 families in hopes of escaping genocide at the hands of an angel. Unfortunately the orchard burns down when Weaveworld gets infiltrated by Immacolata, and Shadwell and the gyre gets destroyed.

CarolynM Well, it sounds like it was good while it lasted…😆 2y

Reggie @CarolynM lol, I know, I coulda left off that last sentence. 2y

Centique Happiest peach orchard sounds like a perfect setting 🙌 darn it when you can‘t even hide in a magic carpet forever though! 2y

Suet624 Ain‘t that always the way? 2y

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mindduckbooks

Weaveworld | Clive Barker

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Weaveworld is a fantasy epic that has great characters, exciting scenes, creative world building and much more. However, it felt too long and a little hard to get through. Check out our discussion about it on episode 8 of our podcast: https://bit.ly/3LhCzOK

KathyWheeler While I liked Weaveworld, I completely agree that it was far too long. 2y

mindduckbooks @KathyWheeler yeah, half way through the book I gave up and only came back to it after a few month because I wanted to discuss it on the podcast :D 2y

KathyWheeler @mindduckbooks It should have ended when the world was woven up the first time, but as I removed it, it was then unwoven and had to be rewoven a 2nd time. 2y

mindduckbooks @KathyWheeler yeah that was a little redundant:D I actually liked the ending of the second part a lot. If they edited the book and cut it down to 50-75% of the length, I think it would be an awesome book. Also, I was really interested what they would do with the memories and what you don't remember isn't real any more. I wish that would play a bigger role in the story. 2y

KathyWheeler @mindduckbooks I agree with everything you say here. 2y

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mindduckbooks

Hellbound Heart | Clive Barker

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Short, thrilling, exciting and filthy. One of my favorite horror stories that started a movie franchise with 9 nonsense sequels with another one coming out just recently. Check out the Mind books podcast ep. 21 where we had a lot of fun discussing this book as well as ALL the movies that I unfortunately watched: https://bit.ly/3BpeXFg

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