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    <body><![CDATA[In 1986, Clive Barker followed the enormous success of the first three volumes of The Books Of Blood, with a final three volumes to create the entire Books Of Blood series. His two omnibus's were later to be broken down, to be sold as individual books. Barker was invited to be able to illustrate the...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/47632140">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[I've read this book a few times.  I couldn't say exactly how many; I only vividly recall the first read-through, when I was about twelve years old, this being the second of Barker's books that I picked up, after &quot;The Thief of Always&quot;, his first &quot;all-ages&quot; novel.<br/><br/>The &quot;...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/47376466">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[The manifestation of evil, &quot;in the flesh&quot; is the theme that unites all four novellas in this early Barker work.<br/><br/>The highlight here is, undoubtedly, &quot;The Forbidden&quot;. This is the basis for what is perhaps the MOST UNDERRATED HORROR FILM OF ALL TIME: Bernard Rose's &quot;...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/47489931">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[Certainly the least of the Books of Blood, the stories in <em>In The Flesh</em> seem underdeveloped, the characters just flat images to impose the reader's fears upon, serving their purpose and living or dying in the story, but never ever walking off the page.  Barker is, without doubt, one of the most skill...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/51131071">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[&quot;Terrifying and forbidding, subversive and insightful,&quot;...but in reality, kind of disappointing. I found this at the used book store, after having an unsettling day that I wanted a distraction from. Lo and behold, an entire collection of Clive Barker stories I'd never heard of! Now that I'...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/45671519">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[So far so good. Very intense writing. I am sure this will be the first of many Clive Barker books thanks to a good friend's recommendation.]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[Just like The Inhuman Condition, some of the best horror stories ever written.]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[One of my favorite short story books.]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[This review should be called, San Franciscans put shit on the street every day. Books I have found on the street and then read. The Serpent and The Rainbow. A Wrinkle In Time. A medical book of swallowing disorders (called oddly enough Swallowing Disorders).I was walking around the other night and I...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/10298284">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[I think about Candyman at least once a month, and I think about the creepy spa situation what with the ladies-who-aren't, at least that often.<br/><br/>If I've remembered something wrong, don't correct me: <a href="http://www.goodreads.com/author/show/10366.Clive_Barker" title="Clive Barker">Clive Barker</a>'s work was to totally creep me out and he succeeded. It's not his fault if my b...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/66720574">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[This actually has some of my favorite Barker stories in it. The title story is a real gem and 'The Forbidden' is where Candyman comes from, which is awesome!]]></body>
    
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    <![CDATA[Terrifying and forbidding, subversive and insightful, Clive Barker's groundbreaking stories revolutionized the worlds of horrific and fantastical fiction and established Barker's dominance over the otherworldly and the all-too-real. Here, as two businessmen encounter beautiful and seductive women and an earnest young woman researches a city slum, Barker maps the boundless vistas of the unfettered imagination -- only to uncover a profound sense of terror and overwhelming dread.<p></p>]]>
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    <body><![CDATA[This is sex on a stick, dipped in horror.  One of my all time favorite short stories is in this badboy, &quot;In the Flesh&quot;.  Best. Payoff. Ever.<br/>]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[Mr. Barker is simply one of the best authors today.]]></body>
    
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    <![CDATA[Terrifying and forbidding, subversive and insightful, Clive Barker's groundbreaking stories revolutionized the worlds of horrific and fantastical fiction and established Barker's dominance over the otherworldly and the all-too-real. Here, as two businessmen encounter beautiful and seductive women and an earnest young woman researches a city slum, Barker maps the boundless vistas of the unfettered imagination -- only to uncover a profound sense of terror and overwhelming dread.<p></p>]]>
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    <body><![CDATA[Four of Barker's short horror stories.  Pretty good.]]></body>
    
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    <![CDATA[Terrifying and forbidding, subversive and insightful, Clive Barker's groundbreaking stories revolutionized the worlds of horrific and fantastical fiction and established Barker's dominance over the otherworldly and the all-too-real. Here, as two businessmen encounter beautiful and seductive women and an earnest young woman researches a city slum, Barker maps the boundless vistas of the unfettered imagination -- only to uncover a profound sense of terror and overwhelming dread.<p></p>]]>
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    <body><![CDATA[In the Flesh; <br/>Clever prison ghost story,<br/><br/>The Forbidden;<br/>The inspiration for the film Candyman.  The film is very loyal to the short story.  Well written and engaging, would probally be more scary had I not seen the film, many times.  Not a disapointment though either. <br/><br/>...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/32280194">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[An ok book.  I'll read a few more of his books before I pass judgment on the author himself.  (Although I do think he's a great director).]]></body>
    
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    <![CDATA[In the depths of an abandoned steam bath, strangely beautiful women seduce two businessmen into a ritual of macabre sexuality; in a Greek asylum, wise men race frogs to decide the fate of the world; a petty convict's cellmate reveals to him the gruesome birth of evil; a young woman's slum research leads her into the hookhanded grip of the Candyman, a vicious supernatural killer.]]>
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    <body><![CDATA[Frog races to determine the fate of the world? The developing story of a stalker and a social worker. And then there's the woman who seduces a couple of businessmen. Throughout there is a sense of otherworldliness that is devilishly chilling...]]></body>
    
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    <![CDATA[In the Flesh]]>
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    <![CDATA[Terrifying and forbidding, subversive and insightful, Clive Barker's groundbreaking stories revolutionized the worlds of horrific and fantastical fiction and established Barker's dominance over the otherworldly and the all-too-real. Here, as two businessmen encounter beautiful and seductive women and an earnest young woman researches a city slum, Barker maps the boundless vistas of the unfettered imagination -- only to uncover a profound sense of terror and overwhelming dread.<p></p>]]>
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    <body><![CDATA[50 cents well spent.  The highlight so far - an imaginative HP lovecraft style tale involving a decaying turkish bath complex, shady real-estate dealing, mobsters, and an aquatic monster-god, fit with nubile servants.  ]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[If youn ever wondered the origins of The Candyman movie series, then this is where the origonal story is. The book is good, though some stories are more of a letdown than others. ]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[Long time since I read this. Don't remember a lot about it. Except....that it was scary. Scary and weird gross. Might need to read this one again soon.]]></body>
    
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