Clive Barker
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born
October 05, 1952
gender
male
place of birth
Liverpool, The United Kingdom
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genre
Horror, Science Fiction & Fantasy, Young Adult
about this author
Barker was born in Liverpool, England, the son of Joan Ruby (née Revill), a painter and school welfare officer, and Leonard Barker, a personnel director for an industrial relations firm. He studied English and philosophy at Liverpool University. Barker, who is openly gay, lives in Los Angeles, California with his partner of 17 years, photographer David Armstrong and Armstrong's daughter Nicole from a previous relationship.
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The Thief of Always: A Fable by Clive Barker avg rating 4.13 — 2,287 ratings — published 1992 24 editions |
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Abarat (Abarat, Book 1) by Clive Barker avg rating 3.96 — 2,133 ratings — published 2002 30 editions |
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Imajica by Clive Barker avg rating 4.08 — 2,029 ratings — published 1991 19 editions |
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Weaveworld by Clive Barker avg rating 4.06 — 1,998 ratings — published 1987 32 editions |
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The Great and Secret Show by Clive Barker avg rating 3.97 — 1,939 ratings — published 1989 21 editions |
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Books of Blood 1-3 by Clive Barker avg rating 4.02 — 1,644 ratings — published 1987 8 editions |
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The Hellbound Heart by Clive Barker avg rating 3.84 — 1,349 ratings — published 1986 7 editions |
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Cabal by Clive Barker avg rating 3.74 — 1,306 ratings — published 1988 16 editions |
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Abarat: Days of Magic, Nights of War (Abarat, Book 2) by Clive Barker avg rating 4.15 — 1,109 ratings — published 2004 17 editions |
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Everville by Clive Barker avg rating 3.87 — 1,165 ratings — published 1994 16 editions |
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"There are some people, you know, who are too important to ever be forgotten."
— Clive Barker (Abarat)
— Clive Barker (Abarat)
"I dreamed I spoke in another's language,
I dreamed I lived in another's skin,
I dreamed I was my own beloved,
I dreamed I was a tiger's kin.
I dreamed that Eden lived inside me,
And when I breathed a garden came,
I dreamed I knew all of Creation,
I dreamed I knew the Creator's name.
I dreamed--and this dream was the finest--
That all I dreamed was real and true,
And we would live in joy forever,
You in me, and me in you."
— Clive Barker (Abarat: Days of Magic, Nights of War)
I dreamed I lived in another's skin,
I dreamed I was my own beloved,
I dreamed I was a tiger's kin.
I dreamed that Eden lived inside me,
And when I breathed a garden came,
I dreamed I knew all of Creation,
I dreamed I knew the Creator's name.
I dreamed--and this dream was the finest--
That all I dreamed was real and true,
And we would live in joy forever,
You in me, and me in you."
— Clive Barker (Abarat: Days of Magic, Nights of War)
"O woe is me,
O woe is me,
I used to have a hamster tree,
But it was eaten by a newt,
And now I have no cuddly fruit..."
— Clive Barker (Abarat)
O woe is me,
I used to have a hamster tree,
But it was eaten by a newt,
And now I have no cuddly fruit..."
— Clive Barker (Abarat)
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