The Books of Blood Volume 6 (Audible Audio Edition) Clive Barker Simon Vance Dick Hill Johnny Heller Pearl Hewitt Chris Patton Jeffrey Kafer Crossroad Press Books
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"Everybody is a book of blood; wherever we're opened, we're red." - Clive Barker
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 Press is proud to present Clive Barker's Books of Blood in digital for the first time.
The Books of Blood combine the ordinary with the extraordinary while radiating the eroticism that has become Barker's signature. Weaving tales of the everyday world transformed into an unrecognizable place, where reason no longer exists and logic ceases to explain the workings of the universe, Clive Barker provides the stuff of nightmares in packages too tantalizing to resist.
Never one to shy away from the unimaginable or the unspeakable, Clive Barker breathes life into our deepest, darkest nightmares, creating visions that are at once terrifying, tender, and witty. The Books of Blood confirm what horror fans everywhere have known for a long time We will be hearing from Clive Barker for many years to come.
In this, the sixth and final volume of Clive Barker's Books of Blood, with a new introduction by Mark Miller, five new stories of darkness unleashed
"The Life Of Death" - Hidden in the crypt of a derelict church she found Decay and Corruption in hits terrible glory. But such glamour can prove infectious....
"How Spoilers Bleed" - They committed a crime no jury could convict them for. But there were other judges...other punishments...
"Twilight At The Towers" - Ballard was the perfect spy. A man with all the cunning of an animal. Or was it vice-versa?
"The Last Illusion" - (A Harry D'Amour novella) - New York had shown Harry horrors enough for a dozen lifetimes. He thought he'd seen the worst that flesh could suffer. Then the beautiful widow walked into his life, with a husband who wouldn't lie down dead, and all Hell on her hells. And suddenly Harry was face to face with forces that could teach Manhattan a lesson in depravity.
"On Jerusalem Street" (a Postscript) - After the end, a new beginning Walking the highway of the dead...
ABOUT THE AUTHOR
"A visionary, fantasist, poet and painter, Clive Barker has expanded the reaches of human imagination as a novelist, director, screenwriter and dramatist. An inveterate seeker who traverses myriad styles with ease, Barker has left his indelible artistic mark on a range of projects that reflect his creative grasp of contemporary media-from familiar literary terrain to the progressive vision of his Seraphim production company. His 1998 Gods and Monsters, which he executive produced, garnered three Academy Award nominations and an Oscar for Best Adapted Screenplay. The following year, Barker joined the ranks of such illustrious authors as Gabriel Garcia Marquez, Annie Dillard and Aldous Huxley when his collection of literary works was inducted into the Perennial line at HarperCollins, who then published The Essential Clive Barker, a 700-page anthology with an introduction by Armistead Maupin.
Barker's literary works include such best-selling fantasies as Weaveworld, Imajica, and Everville, the children's novel The Thief of Always, Sacrament, Galilee and Coldheart Canyon. The first of his quintet of children's books, Abarat, was published in October 2002 to resounding critical acclaim, followed by Abarat II Days of Magic, Nights of War and Arabat III Absolute Midnight; Barker is currently completing the fourth in the series. As an artist, Barker frequently turns to the canvas to fuel his imagination with hugely successful exhibitions across America. His neo-expressionist paintings have been showcased in two large format books, Clive Barker, Illustrator, volumes I & II."
The Books of Blood Volume 6 (Audible Audio Edition) Clive Barker Simon Vance Dick Hill Johnny Heller Pearl Hewitt Chris Patton Jeffrey Kafer Crossroad Press Books
Now this one really brought it. For me, this volume was reminiscent of the first three volumes in that I wasn't disappointed in a single story, not even my least favorite, The Last Illusionist, which I kind of had trouble getting through because of the rather less than exciting plot and the hard to imagine imagery, but even that didn't take away with my overall enjoyment of the book as a whole.This book, as it was mentioned in the introduction, really does live up to its name. After being somewhat disappointed in the fourth and fifth volumes because to me the stories were just bizarre, but lacking the gore and intrigue of the stories in the first three volumes, I read this and thought that maybe these stories were written around the same time the stories in the first three volumes were because they were just so different from the twilight-zoney feel of volumes four and five.
My absolute favorite in this was probably the first story, The Life of Death, in which a woman becomes something of a walking talking plague who believes she is the desire of Death.
The second story, How Spoilers Bleed, simply put shows what happens when you mess with indigenous peoples and try to force them off of their land.
The third, Twilight at the Towers, was a bit vague for me and even now I'm left scratching my head, but it deals with the russian KGB and some top secret mutants they created and, of course, can't control.
The last true story in this was The Last Illusionist. I still don't get this one either, but apparently the Illusionist in this story made somewhat of the proverbial deal with the devil to wow people with his feats of magic and when misfortune befalls him, I guess that devil comes to collect.
The very last story, however, is considered a postscript and it's called On Jeruselem Street and that's just a follow-up on the very first story that kicked off the entire anthology in which it is named after, Books of Blood. When I first read that opener back in the original volume, I was blown away - I'd never read anything so haunting before. It was just so original. So what better way to end this anthology then by going back to visit with the unfortunate soul in which all of these bloody tales are tattooed on flesh?
If you haven't read any of the others, Frankly, I think this is an excellent one to start out with even if it is the last in the anthology. I think this one, maybe even more than the first three, best depicts what this anthology is all about. If you don't like a bunch of gore, then you probably shouldn't be buying a book called Books of Blood, right? There's a lot of it in here and it is described so graphically that it makes you wonder what kind of nightmares Mr. Barker has had. Anyway, I loved it.
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The Books of Blood Volume 6 (Audible Audio Edition) Clive Barker Simon Vance Dick Hill Johnny Heller Pearl Hewitt Chris Patton Jeffrey Kafer Crossroad Press Books Reviews
It is a good mix of short stories, there are 6 Books of Blood. They contain many outstanding short stories.
Great stories. Clive Barker has always been a favorite of mine!
I love the Books of Blood. This collection seemed to have less stories but not lacking in anyway. Clive Barker continues his winning series with stories that are more than fillers, tales that take you to darker places.
This was probably my favorite entry in the series, all of which were stellar. "The Last Illusion" was a model for occult detective fiction before it became cliché.
The final edition of Books of Blood does not disappoint. Many of the ideas in here are the fount not only of Barker's best movies, but of horror fiction to the present day. While it doesn't have anything as powerful as "Candyman," it does end with "Jerusalem," which is just about the best outro I have ever read. Nothing in this series is dated and the prose are as powerful today as they were when the stories were written.
Not the best of the Books of Blood but still worth the time to enjoy. The ending from the film version of Books of Blood is included in this volume. You will definitely be shaken by the events in these stories.
Bought this volume to read "The Last Illusion" which my favorite movie adaptation "Lord Of Illusions" is based on and I must say the story is WAY better. The other stories in this volume show Barker's true talent with great plots, deep interesting characters, and all around entertaining experiences. Highly recommended.
Now this one really brought it. For me, this volume was reminiscent of the first three volumes in that I wasn't disappointed in a single story, not even my least favorite, The Last Illusionist, which I kind of had trouble getting through because of the rather less than exciting plot and the hard to imagine imagery, but even that didn't take away with my overall enjoyment of the book as a whole.
This book, as it was mentioned in the introduction, really does live up to its name. After being somewhat disappointed in the fourth and fifth volumes because to me the stories were just bizarre, but lacking the gore and intrigue of the stories in the first three volumes, I read this and thought that maybe these stories were written around the same time the stories in the first three volumes were because they were just so different from the twilight-zoney feel of volumes four and five.
My absolute favorite in this was probably the first story, The Life of Death, in which a woman becomes something of a walking talking plague who believes she is the desire of Death.
The second story, How Spoilers Bleed, simply put shows what happens when you mess with indigenous peoples and try to force them off of their land.
The third, Twilight at the Towers, was a bit vague for me and even now I'm left scratching my head, but it deals with the russian KGB and some top secret mutants they created and, of course, can't control.
The last true story in this was The Last Illusionist. I still don't get this one either, but apparently the Illusionist in this story made somewhat of the proverbial deal with the devil to wow people with his feats of magic and when misfortune befalls him, I guess that devil comes to collect.
The very last story, however, is considered a postscript and it's called On Jeruselem Street and that's just a follow-up on the very first story that kicked off the entire anthology in which it is named after, Books of Blood. When I first read that opener back in the original volume, I was blown away - I'd never read anything so haunting before. It was just so original. So what better way to end this anthology then by going back to visit with the unfortunate soul in which all of these bloody tales are tattooed on flesh?
If you haven't read any of the others, Frankly, I think this is an excellent one to start out with even if it is the last in the anthology. I think this one, maybe even more than the first three, best depicts what this anthology is all about. If you don't like a bunch of gore, then you probably shouldn't be buying a book called Books of Blood, right? There's a lot of it in here and it is described so graphically that it makes you wonder what kind of nightmares Mr. Barker has had. Anyway, I loved it.
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