false http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1168391978m/32626.jpg 32626 8 "Everybody is a book of blood; wherever we're opened, we're red." For those who only know Clive Barker through his long multigenre novels, this one-volume edition of the <I>Books of Blood</I> is a welcome chance to acquire the 16 remarkable horror short stories with which he kicked off his career. For those who already know these tales, the poignant introduction is a window on the creator's mind. Reflecting back after 14 years, Barker writes:<p> <blockquote> I look at these pieces and I don't think the man who wrote them is alive in me anymore.... We are all our own graveyards I believe; we squat amongst the tombs of the people we were. If we're healthy, every day is a celebration, a Day of the Dead, in which we give thanks for the lives that we lived; and if we are neurotic we brood and mourn and wish that the past was still present.<p> Reading these stories over, I feel a little of both. Some of the simple energies that made these words flow through my pen--that made the phrases felicitous and the ideas sing--have gone. I lost their maker a long time ago. </blockquote><p> These enthusiastic tales are not ashamed of visceral horror, of blood splashing freely across the page: "The Midnight Meat Train," a grisly subway tale that surprises you with one twist after another; "The Yattering and Jack," about a hilarious demon who possesses a Christmas turkey; "In the Hills, the Cities," an unusual example of an original horror premise; "Dread," a harrowing non-supernatural tale about being forced to realize your worst nightmare; "Jacqueline Ess: Her Will and Testament," about a woman who kills men with her mind. Some of the tales are more successful than others, but all are distinguished by strikingly beautiful images of evil and destruction. No horror library is complete without them. <I>--Fiona Webster</I> 1913322 book 1987 Books of Blood: Volumes 1-3 total:1698|5:602|4:624|3:392|2:66|1:14| 1698 6828 2122 93 5 2 false false Wed Aug 22 18:10:26 -0700 2007 Wed Nov 07 19:10:06 -0800 2007
I really wish Barker would write some horror again, as his Abarat series does little for me story wise (t...more...]]> 5 2 false false Wed Aug 13 16:39:08 -0700 2008 Wed Aug 13 16:40:28 -0700 2008 4 1 false false Sun Aug 03 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Thu Jul 31 21:41:01 -0700 2008 Sun Aug 03 05:20:14 -0700 2008
· Paperback: 512 pages

· Publisher: Time Warner Paperbacks; New Ed edition (1 Feb 1988)

· Language English

· ISBN-10: 075151022X

· ISBN-13: 978-0751510225

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