Clive Barker

[CHIP TRONIC]

i love this author.

does anyone have some books????
I´d prefer german books but english books would also be Ok.

or does anyone know an address for downloading some e-books?

[gunjack]

i dunno where you can get them but he is a great author!

[bob]

does he write about material culture? as we had a book by a Clive Barker as a course text in this field.

[Sheridan]

clive barker is a horror author.
right?

[c s]

"clive barker's 'undying'" was some pc game with horror content.

[CHIP TRONIC]

yes he is a horror author.
he writes first class horror shockers with a lot of splatter, tension and even more important:subtle black humour.
One well-known film(Barker wrote the book): Hellraiser

even stephen king is fascinated by Clive Barker´s stories.

[Atarythm]

Yeah Hellraiser, I love the movies, I used a lot of samples of them in my productions...
I've been looking for the books for a while but without success...

[Atarythm]

@ Chip Tronic
Take a look on amazon.de. they have a lot of books from clive barker.

[c s]

i think i liked hellraiser the movie I but it's been a while since i've seen it. are the sequels worth checking out ?

as for stephen king, i really liked some older movies, for example i think 'the fog', 'shining', 'escape from ny' and this antarctica one where made after king books. but his style of writing is definitely not my cup of tea. then i prefer h.p.lovecraft for tasteful horror.

[amble]

yes that's right. steven king also writes too slow for my likes. sometimes theres next to nothing happening for a hundred of pages - maybe housewives have the time to read that. the shorter ones like 'cat-eye' are pretty good though.

if you are into hellraiser just check out the first three parts. the other ones are not really so good anymore. my personal favourite is no.2.

[Atarythm]

yes that's right. steven king also writes too slow for my likes. sometimes theres next to nothing happening for a hundred of pages - maybe housewives have the time to read that. the shorter ones like 'cat-eye' are pretty good though.

Well, I really like Stephen King and I've almost read all of his books. I understand your point of view, as he describes really exactly and some of the time is it a bit too long (that's something in has in common with Tolkien...). I don't like the movies made after books from him (ok, Shining was good but that's because of Kubrick's mad brain ;) ). But as always, it is really a matter of taste.

[Atarythm]

i think i liked hellraiser the movie I but it's been a while since i've seen it. are the sequels worth checking out ?

as amble said, the first three parts are good... Try to see them in english, the voices are so cool...

[bob]

Originally posted by Sheridan
clive barker is a horror author.
right?

looks like I got the wrong guy then....

[emef]

i read weaveworld by clive barker a few years ago...top book

[marcel]

Originally posted by Atarythm


Well, I really like Stephen King and I've almost read all of his books.

also the 'the dark tower' books? what do you think about them?

when i was younger i loved kingbooks, but today, hmm, i know why hes not so beloved by the critics. just stories without saying anything, but thats just my op

[Atarythm]

Yes, I read last month the fourth book of the dark tower, It was hard to read the first one, but I loved the 3 others, really waiting for the next sequels. It's different from what he normally makes.
About the stories without saying anything, I don't really agree but well that's also only my opinion... If all people would like the same things, life would be boring... ;)

[CHIP TRONIC]

well and what about dean koontz or John Saul?

i liked "seize the night", "intensity", "creatures of the night"
etc

great stuff!

[Atarythm]

That's right great stuff, I like Dean Koontz , "Twilight eyes" is my favorite.

[Mui]

Checkit....clive barker/todd mcfarlane action figures!

http://www.spawn.com/toys/series.aspx?division=toys&category=horror&series=barker2

http://www.spawn.com/toys/series.aspx?division=toys&category=horror&series=monsters

[marcel]

Originally posted by Atarythm
It was hard to read the first one, but I loved the 3 others,

the same with me! the first was really hard to read. king was just beginning to know how to write me thinks. but the others where good. do you think that king is wrting on the next book of this erm epos? tha last one has been released now for a while. but anyhow im not really interested in this anymore

[Atarythm]

from king's official website

September 2003 :

Wolves of the Calla
(Volume V of The Dark Tower series)
PUBLICATION IN SEPTEMBER IS STILL TENTATIVE.

November 2003 :

Song of Susannah
(Volume VI of The Dark Tower series)
PUBLICATION IN NOVEMBER IS STILL TENTATIVE.

March 2004 :

The Dark Tower
(Volume VII of The Dark Tower Series)
PUBLICATION IN MARCH IS STILL TENTATIVE.


We'll see how it comes...

[CHIP TRONIC]

hey hey ! thank you for the links and information, guys!