But he has started it at long last. Please, I don't care about Candy Quackenbush just give me the third book of the Art!!

This is for all the Clive Barker gamers out there. A few days ago Steam had a massive "leak". 13TB of game prototypes, demos, pre-release versions were extracted from their old servers that were active between 2003 to 2013, and apparently had a public endpoint that was just discovered and used to extract all of the files.

The gaming community is still digging through that massive archive and cataloging everything that they can.

One of the prototypes that were discovered is the pre-release version of Jericho.

You can follow what else has been discovered via this URL: https://hiddenpalace.org/Steam2_Content_Server

Read this years ago and wanted to revisit. Very excited for the journey!

A month or so ago I bought a Hellraiser movie poster at a small town comic shop only to find out it was a reproduction. Ended up buying a legit movie poster the same day because I wanted a legit movie poster. The new problem was that a movie poster pre a certain date is it was actually larger than modern movie posters, so I had to buy a new frame. Spent 150 bucks on a UV protection movie poster frame. The difference between the two posters side by side is huge! The left is the real poster.

If the mods are ok with it? I would be willing to send the reproduction poster to one of you lovely folks. Since it is a repo I won't charge any money. Spread the love so to speak. It would still be cool looking on someone's wall.

Post your reason for loving Clive's universe and a fact that the average person wouldn't know about his stuff. I'll pick one at the end of the week and send the person the repo poster free of charge, no funny business.

This is not a question about the contents of the story or the movie. I have not yet read Last Illusion nor watched the Lord of Illusions movie.

As far as I can figure out, this first was a short story "The Last Illusion" that was a part of Volume Six of Books of Blood. Later, it was adapted into the movie "Lord of Illusions", with some changes.

However, goodreads and some other online sources also claim that there is a book "Lord of Illusions", and I can't figure out if it's a real book or not. I can't find hardly any info about it, it doesn't appear on Barker's wikipedia page, and there are no audiobook versions, unlike most other Barker's books. But goodreads' reported page count seems too big to just be a re-titled "The Last Illusion".

Can anybody clarify for me, is "Lord of Illusions" a real book? If so, without spoilers, how different is it from "The Last Illusion" and from the movie?

Found this online for 60 dollars sealed marked down from 200 dollars. Figured it was a deal in light of finding a bunch of listing for loose and single cards for more than this cost. Gonna try to teach myself and the gf how to play it.

My small and random selection of Clive Barker's works sits on a shelf I see every day. I started thinking about the collection as a whole, and where it will end up. So, now I think I'll see what I really have and make sure it gets to the real collectors and not the prospectors.

I really got enthusiastic about the Books of Blood and all things Hellraiser. The graphic novels and the varied other series were a wonderful exploration too. Hmm, I think I have doubles. I'll enjoy this little journey.

Had to chuckle at the amount: £666,000+

Roll on the $1,000,000

I sure am, though I do feel there should be a pledge level that lets you get both the audiobooks and the digital books for a reduced price. Postage is too expensive to Australia for me to get any of the hardcopies unfortunately!

https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/clive-barker/three-new-books-from-clive-barker

First editions, all of them! Got them for a fair price too..

I am slowly rebuilding my Barker collection that I had to get rid of way back when.

Excited!

This book has one of the best openings of any book I've read.

Nothing ever begins. There is no first moment; no single word or place from which this or any other story springs. The threads can always be traced back to some earlier tale, and to the tails that preceded that; though as the narrator's voice recedes the connections will seem to grow more tenuous, for each age will want the tail told as if it were of its own making. Thus the pagan will be sanctified, the tragic become laughable; great lovers will stoop to sentiment, and demons dwindled clockwork toys. Nothing is fixed. In and out the shuttle goes, fact and fiction, mind and matter woven into patterns that may have only this in common: that hidden among them is a filigree that will with time become a world

For context, I absolutely worship Books of Blood and The Hellbound Heart, both supreme masterpieces and definitely 10/10. Top notch and horror at its best.

So, I was really eager to continue my Barker journey and seeing how Weaveworld was considered his best book I figured it was a no brainer.

But... I just couldn't even finish it. Made it about 70% through, each and every time wanting to adore the book but it was not to be. It is of course very well written and has the Barker ADN, I just couldn't really get into it.

I think my issue is actually very personal : I don't usually like fantasy settings. And of course, Weaveworld is above all a story about magic and what not. So I guess it wasn't meant to be.

Taking into account I LOVE Books of Blood and The Hellbound Heart, what books you guys think would be suitable for me?

Edit/Update: Looks like I will be going over the cards in the next few days to fully list out what is here. Stay tuned.

Pretty sure most of the cards are common or uncommon, with maybe a rare in there too. I honestly don't know anything beyond what I've been researching just to find out what they are. On the one hand, I do not have the time and energy to go through all 100+ different card to find the prices for each card. I also do not have the time to put them up on eBay or where ever and wait for the auction. I would like to see them go to someone within the Clive Barker fandom that is going to appreciate them. I am posting pictures so anyone can look at the cards I have. I'm pretty sure that the cards I only have singles are the rare cards, where the multiples that I have are common and uncommon.

I'm willing to split things up. All of the cards are **NOT** rated, starred, or looked at by anyone professional. They are in "used" condition. I'm willing to take better pictures of the cards if anyone would like. The individual prices are as follows:
Common: $5 each
Uncommon: $10 each
Rare: $20 each

Shipping will be determined with each order and I will give you options. Standard USPS is about $5 and Priority is $14. I can do international, but I don't know if anyone would want to pay the international shipping.

Thank you in advance.

Wow! What a great book. My only regret is not knowing about it when I was a kid

Solid message too, may be a kids book but there's wisdom here for all ages

Appreciate every day you have, even the dull ones

Until now I've only ever had access to Clive Barker vis Auidiobooks but this is my first official Barker novel purchase and I was very surprised in the near- pristine condition of this edition especially! Wonderful story 💙 I relate a lot to Suzzana

I've read it's not great but would still like to check it out since most people think the published version was heavily edited and rewritten.

Coldheart Canyon always makes me cry no matter how many times I read it. If you have read this book I'm sure all I have to say is Dempsey and you will understand why I'm currently in tears.

Franck Besançon just shared on his IG page that he's the artist behind Clive's new books!

For those that doesn't know him, he's also working on the new Hellraiser game.

Hell yeah. This is gonna be a good year to be a fan.

Nearing the end of this book and my copy is beat to hell because I've been taking it everywhere and reading. Didn't like the cover so I just decided to rip it off and doodle on the title page (it's supposed to be that one scene with Quaisoir). Back is just something ugly I did rq to have something in back.

The book has been so up and down for me. A lot of it's been slow going - I've been reading it off and on for over a year, but this last month I've really been getting more sucked into it and reading it a lot more. A lot of parts have been frustrating to me, and I still think I like Weaveworld more, but also it's one of those weird books that the more I mull it over, the more parts that previously frustrate me turn into things I like or don't mind. A lot of the characters' actions annoy me, but then I change my mind later (at least for the most part - Judith and Gentile are still so annoying sometimes!).

But even with plot, pace, and character frustrations I've had, Barker's prose is still something else. There are some authors I'll read and even their most "meh" books are still great compared to others in the genre, and Barker feels similar: just consistent quality with his words. I thought to myself there's no way I'm going to re-read Imajica, at least not for years, but yeah no, I'm definitely going to be re-reading it in a year or so; there are so many things I'm sure I missed because of the nature of the characters' identities and the later reveals.

Let's go Boone!

Struggling to get through Imajica so came back to this