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October Wrap Up

Three Farmers on their way to a Dance by Richard Powers

Candles Burning by Michael McDowell and Tabitha King

Dead Men Can't Complain by Peter Clines

The Hellbound Heart by Clive Barker

November 3, 2021 by vel veeter 1 Comment

Three Farmers on their Way to a Dance – 4/5 Stars This is Richard Powers’s first novel, and like a lot of first novels (he was 26 when he published it) it’s both good and precocious in various ways. The novel itself follows a few different threads, and ends up being similarly structured to a few other Powers novels. One thread involves a narrator with the last name P who is researching a photograph and learning about stories from Europe right up to and during […]

Filed Under: Fiction Tagged With: Clive Barker, Michael McDowell and Tabitha King, Peter Clines, richard powers

vel veeter's CBR13 Review No:439 · Genres: Fiction · Tags: Clive Barker, Michael McDowell and Tabitha King, Peter Clines, richard powers ·
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Don’t you hate it when you’ve hit the ripe old age of 29 and have experienced all the world has to offer, so you rip a hole in reality so you can cavort with pain demons just for a change of pace?

Hellbound Heart by Clive Barker

February 19, 2021 by Bothari43 2 Comments

(Trigger warnings for various unsavoriness.) I like my horror with a heaping helping of cheese (Slither, Night of the Comet, Cabin in the Woods), so I have never read any Clive Barker, and I’ve never seen Hellraiser. So when my sci-fi library book club picked Hellbound Heart, the book the movie Hellraiser is based on, I was not sure what to expect. I mean, I was expecting gross stuff and a guy with pins in his face, but I was not expecting such unlikeable characters. […]

Filed Under: Horror Tagged With: Cenobites, Clive Barker, Hellraiser, novella, unlikeable protagonists

Bothari43's CBR13 Review No:5 · Genres: Horror · Tags: Cenobites, Clive Barker, Hellraiser, novella, unlikeable protagonists ·
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Episode 1-21: Wither, Blister, Burn, and Peel

June 4, 2018 by prisco Leave a Comment

https://killingmykindle.com/2018/06/04/episode-1-21-wither-blister-burn-and-peel/ Wherein I review: 77. A Sport and a Pastime by James Salter 78. Think of a Number (Dave Gurney #1) by John Verdon 79. Weaveworld by Clive Barker 80. Shut Your Eyes Tight (Dave Gurney #2) by John Verdon 81. In a Dark, Dark Wood by Ruth Ware 82. Mean Business on North Ganson Street by S. Craig Zahler 83. Human Acts by Han Kang 84. Let The Devil Sleep (Dave Gurney #3) by John Verdon That’ll teach me to take a week off.  […]

Filed Under: Fiction, History, Horror, Romance Tagged With: a sport and a pastime, Clive Barker, dave gurney, Han Kang, human acts, In a Dark Dark Wood, james salter, john verdon, killing my kindle, let the devil sleep, mean business on north ganson street, podcast, Ruth Ware, s. craig zahler, shut your eyes tight, think of a number, weaveworld

prisco's CBR10 Review No:84 · Genres: Fiction, History, Horror, Romance · Tags: a sport and a pastime, Clive Barker, dave gurney, Han Kang, human acts, In a Dark Dark Wood, james salter, john verdon, killing my kindle, let the devil sleep, mean business on north ganson street, podcast, Ruth Ware, s. craig zahler, shut your eyes tight, think of a number, weaveworld ·
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Beautiful and Bizarre, Weird and Wonderful

February 13, 2015 by Quorren Leave a Comment

 Two things before we dive in: 1.  This is the second book in a series, so, you know, spoilers. 2. If you do buy this book (and you really, really should, after you buy the first one), I’d advise getting the first edition.  It’s out of print, but not hard to find a fine used copy and not very expensive either.  Subsequent additions don’t include Barker’s original artwork and while it’s not completely necessary to the story, it does help set the mood of the book. […]

Filed Under: Fantasy, Science Fiction Tagged With: Abarat, Clive Barker, Days of Magic Nights of War, Quorren, YA

Quorren's CBR7 Review No:12 · Genres: Fantasy, Science Fiction · Tags: Abarat, Clive Barker, Days of Magic Nights of War, Quorren, YA ·
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