Clive Barker

Tusky

anyone read any of his stuff? Just got "Coldheart Canyon" seems quite good...

simu

I've read some of his Books of Blood. They're short stories and some of them I found quite cool even though I'm not usually very much into horror.

ixoy

Ah I've read a fair bit of his stuff.

Imajica - A ,fantasy/horror novel, is an absolute must read. It perfectly gets across Barker's themes of sexualized horror in a highly imaginative environment. The plot's also delicious fcuked up...

Weaveworld - Echoes some of the themes in Imajica (I think it was written beforehand) is somewhat inferior but still a decent read. Essentially, it's the story of a protaganist who enters a world that was woven into a carpet that he recently bought, but it's not a child's piece.

The Thief of Always - This is a child's book but it's a dark fairy tale, replete with lovely etches by the multi-talented Barker.

The Great and Secret Show/Everville - First two parts of "The Art" series. I enjoyed these although I'm somewhat frustrated by the lack of a followup. Umm it again uses some highly sexualized form of magic along with a whole host of odd themes and plots. Well worth catching.

Galilee - Not my favourite, although this is a well written novel about two powerful dynasties over a few years. A bit too lght on the action and imagination, it falls short of the fantastical imagings of his earlier works.

The Damnation Game - I think this, his earliest work, is his weakest and I don't particularly recommend it.

... Hope that helps

neXus9

Originally posted by simu
I've read some of his Books of Blood. They're short stories and some of them I found quite cool even though I'm not usually very much into horror.

Yeah, I read a few of those stories. Remember the one about the serial killer bringing food to the underworld people (at the secret subway stop). Crazy sh*t!! He's quite gory.

simu

Originally posted by neXus9
Yeah, I read a few of those stories. Remember the one about the serial killer bringing food to the underworld people (at the secret subway stop). Crazy sh*t!! He's quite gory.

Yeah, that was so weird. Some people I know interpreted it as an allegory of the way the United States is run. I also liked the one about the island that

turned out to be a giant whale

and the one where

a student took other students prisoner and forced themto brewk their own taboos - interesting if gross!

Tusky

Ive only had this book 2 or 3 days and im about 350 pages in, cant put it down. He has a great style of writing , some of the stuff he writes is really realyl disturbingly disturbed ! His mix of sex , gore and wierd creatures is... very strange but works well to horrify the reader... Think I'll read weaverworld next...followed by a few more!