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Summary: Book or screenplay version
Review: "Lord of Illusions" is a story about an illusionist named Swann. Swann performs shows and is very famous and rich. He has a wife named Dorothea that lives with him in California. A man named Valentin also lives with Swann and Dorothea. A New York cop named Harry D'Amour is sent to California to watch a criminal. And runs into a man named Butterfield during a murder and escapes. And during a performance by Swann, Harry runs into butterfield again and is almost murdered. In swann's performance, he fakes his death. Swann comes back later,while Harry trys to solve illusion codes and discovers Dorothea is a creature. I liked this book becuase Clive Barker obviously knew a little about illusions and magic and showed it well through the characters. In the screenplay version, Barker's plot is different. Dorothea isn't a creature. In fact, Harry takes care of her. If you would like to see what happens in the end of the book ,read it! DD
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Summary: Peering beneath the veneer of life. . .
Review: Cabal is one of Barker's most stunning achievments. Not only does he approach the subject of the nightmare creatures that inhabit the darkest receeses of our minds but he makes them even more human to us than the monstrous enemy they all fear. . .man. Beneath the calm facade of an old cemetary there lies an underworld of dark fantasy and wonder, Midian. Here all of our dreams come true: immortality, shapeshifting, the freedom of flying to name a few. However there is a cost to this wonderous place for those that inhabit this dark domain, they are eternally hunted by the bane of the supernatural, mankind. Here we come to understand their hatred and fear of us; a fear borne of prosecution for within Midian lies the very last of the races of the moon. . .the Nightbreed. A young man, Boone is haunted by nightmares and fantastic visions of the Nightbreed. Fearing for his sanity he goes to a phsyciatrist in hopes of discovering the source of these strange visions. However the very source of the help he seeks turns out to be a brutal serial killer that frames Boone for his own murders. After Boone is slain in a shootout with the police he awakens from the sleep of death and seeks out Midian and its dark dreams. He unwittingly brings about the end of this sanctuary and along the way he becomes the last hope for these amazing creatures. He is given a new mission and a new name: Cabal. He is their messiah and their only hope to escape the horror that is mankind. Join us in exploring the dark avenues of our wildest fantasies where one can change into the form of a wolf, take to sky and rake undying claws across the moon or where even a dead man can be a hero.
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Summary: One of Barker's Best
Review: Cabal is one of Clive Barker's most imaginative stories...adapted into a so-so film called "Nightbreed" that didn't have enough of a budget to convey the ideas in the story properly.Supposedly, the adventures of Boone are supposed to continue in another book, but Clive seems to have abandonded both this series and the next book of "The Art." If you haven't read any Clive, there are GREAT stories in this book. Highest rating.
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Summary: Cabal is a powerful interpretation!
Review: Cabal, surprisingly, ranks right up there among Barker's best, I personally think, by Imajica! This short is lucid in it's execution, it's cahracters have a vicious energy to them, and the story flows so damn well. The only thing to irk me was the sudden slap-in-my-face ending, to which I, to this day, do not understand. It just ... stopped. The short story The Life of Death was exceptionally well written, too. The absolute definition by which all other "psychological" thrillers should base themselves upon.
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Summary: My all time favorite.
Review: Electric, vivid, terrifying novel by the world's best horror author. When Boone, a troubled young man accused of being a serial killer, is shot dead outside the gates of Midian, his girlfriend Lori finds herself drawn there...One of the best horror/fantasies you'll ever be likely to read, topped off by a series of Barker's short stories. Do not miss this novel! END
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Summary: OK . . .
Review: I read all of the stories in this book. I found the short stories to be the best. The main story however I thought had very unbelievable characters, especially the policemen. I used to live in Canada and the police are not like that(from what I've seen) anyhow also there are alot of gun laws making guns other than rifles to be unavailable. This story in my opnion could have been better developed, with a little more research. My favorite story was 'How Spoilers Bleed."
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Summary: Barker's best to date?
Review: Okay, okay. So I've written a review for this book all ready, but as the titles says, I just can't get enough. I love this story; it, in its own little way, changed my like. I re-read it twice a year and have done so since 1990. I guess thats kind of pathetic, but this novel, a tale about killers, monsters, love and acceptence, is my favorite. I guess I felt the desire to write about this because of my current hobbie (I'm writing a role-playing game based on the story, with more Barker worlds and monsters thrown in for good measure.) But despite my rant, read this book. It is thrilling. It is rewarding. It is the end of this review.
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Summary: I can't get enough of this book
Review: Okay, okay. So I've written a review for this book all ready, but as the titles says, I just can't get enough. I love this story; it, in its own little way, changed my like. I re-read it twice a year and have done so since 1990. I guess thats kind of pathetic, but this novel, a tale about killers, monsters, love and acceptence, is my favorite. I guess I felt the desire to write about this because of my current hobbie (I'm writing a role-playing game based on the story, with more Barker worlds and monsters thrown in for good measure.) But despite my rant, read this book. It is thrilling. It is rewarding. It is the end of this review.
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Summary: Barker's best to date?
Review: This book is my favourite of Clive Barker's to date (on a par with the outstanding "Books of Blood"). The Liverpool born writer tells the story of monsters living under a cemetery and a man who is destined to become one of them. Later made into the film Nightbreed, this book pulls no punches, and is considerably stronger in content than the film. However Barker tells it in such a way it engrosses rather than offends, and opens up a magical world that becomes reality very quickly. Soon you realise that the real monsters are the humans, and your loyalties shift. For me the greatest writing talent in the genre, Barker has a mind like no other, and delivers big time with this book.
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Summary: Barker's best to date?
Review: This book is my favourite of Clive Barker's to date (on a par with the outstanding "Books of Blood"). The Liverpool born writer tells the story of monsters living under a cemetery and a man who is destined to become one of them. Later made into the film Nightbreed, this book pulls no punches, and is considerably stronger in content than the film. However Barker tells it in such a way it engrosses rather than offends, and opens up a magical world that becomes reality very quickly. Soon you realise that the real monsters are the humans, and your loyalties shift. For me the greatest writing talent in the genre, Barker has a mind like no other, and delivers big time with this book.
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