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by Clive Barker (Goodreads Author)

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Does anyone have any recommendations for books similar to Clive Barker's? I'm looking for a present for a friend who loves Clive Barker but has all his books.

Dylan Lockhart The classic ones are Stephen King and Lovecraft, but I would recommend Poppy Z. Brite (the first ones like Lost Souls, a story with vampires, or Exqui…moreThe classic ones are Stephen King and Lovecraft, but I would recommend Poppy Z. Brite (the first ones like Lost Souls, a story with vampires, or Exquisite Corpse, a romance between a cannibal and a necrophiliac), she's a true queen of splatterpunk.

For the gifts (for other readers), there's a lot of goodies about Hellraiser (the first movie was made by Clive Barker so it's okay about canon ;) ), my step-dad had the puzzle box and a Pinhead figure and they were quite good!(less)

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What do I read from here? Do I go to the graphic novel Hellraiser series? Is there a second book to this series? Help!

Dustin The Scarlet Gospels

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Isn't The Hellbound Heart just one of the stories from Clive's Books of Blood trilogy made into a separate novella, or is it an expansion from the Books of Blood story?

Kendall Moore The Hellbound Heart was a novella that was
originally published in the anthology series Night Visions as edited by G.R.R.M. It was then published as a…moreThe Hellbound Heart was a novella that was
originally published in the anthology series Night Visions as edited by G.R.R.M. It was then published as a separate piece thereafter.

Books of Blood was a completely different series of short stories.
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algunos pueden decir que sus novelas no son tan buenas como los cuento, otros pueden decir que sus novelas son arte en hojas dibujadas y plasmadas con tinta con una mentalidad que solo este escritor puede crear , lo que no pueden negar es que no existe otro clive ni nada que se le asemeje para mi es el ronaldiño de la literatura es un mago es un genio es único y eso merece mi respeto y admiración ?...

Rainy Lamentablemente, esta es una declaración, no una pregunta.

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So, in the movie, Kirsty's the daughter, but did it ever explain her relationship to the family in the book? Why is she hanging around all the time? Is she just their low-key stalker?

Dustin She’s an old friend of Rory’s.

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