One of my all time favorite dark fantasy novels 1987s Weaveworld is a seminal work of SFF literature. Have you read it? Let me know what you thought of it!
Barker's words are exquisite. Weaveworld, Imajica, The Great and Secret Show, Coldheart Canyon... Too many to list. His ability to transport you to strange and fantastical worlds is unparalleled. I think of him as a master stew chef. He can take ingredients used by all, and when he's done cooking, it is the tastiest stew you will ever try! His books will never leave your psyche. i love your book reviews. I hope you get around to reading more of his works. I love them all!
I don’t think I could have said it better! Thank so much for the kind words I really appreciate it :) I am making my way through all of his works. So far Imajica takes the cake as my favorite. I just finished The Damnation Game last week and plan to do the Great and Secret Show next
My favourite book of all time, and not just Clive Barker's. Loved it so much that I never re-read it in case I didn't love it as much the second time round. I think I need to do something about that.
Excellent review! Thank you!👍👍👍 I'm reading weaveworld just now...yeah, one has to read it at least twice, once for the literal story and twice to understand the symbolism. It's a lot to take in, but really liking it so far!!
Clive Barker is one of my absolute favorites. Another author who I rarely hear about despite being huge at one point is John Crowley. He got a lot of accolades for his novel Little, Big (one of Neil Gaiman's favorites) and his Aegypt Cycle is really wonderful (a history professor delving into western occultism finds that a lot of the things John Dee and Giordano Bruno and such wrote about were real). I think his style is more literary than a lot of genre readers prefer.
The Damnation game was the first I read because that was so interesting I read Weave World and Great and Secret Show. Each time I left the human race and was transported into other worlds. His name is Clive Barker not Clyde Barker.
This was fascinating to listen to. I was a high school librarian when this was released, and I remember how many requests there were, from students who were all about the Hellraiser hype. We got a copy in, and almost no-one (who had been on the waiting list), kept it longer than a day. It was so different from what they expected. Which the nerdier of us realized by the time WE loaned it out. It was a larger leap than many of us were ready for at the time, as our library only contained a handful of fantasy titles (the most adult of which were probably by Anne McCaffrey), so with Weaveworld, our youthful eyes were opened to the potential of detailed, multi-layered fantasy. I'm still in touch with a couple of friends from way back then, and we all have fantasy at the core of our reading habits - habits I'm certain, this book helped form.
I, too, love the work of Clive Barker, and Weaveworld is tied The Great And Secret Show as my favorite of his novels. I still remember, vividly, Immacolota and her sisters, standing over the last guardian of the Fugue and waiting for the guardian's "devastating endgame raptures''. This video has inspired me to reread Barker's fantasy novels after 25 years from when I first read them. I was made aware of your channel by Sarah Reads this evening, and I'm hitting the subscribe button as soon as my comment is finished. So many booktubers make videos about the same boring cliched books, and it's refreshing to find a channel that explores the depths and byways of fantastic and speculative fiction. If you haven't read the books of China Mieville, most particularly the Bas-Lag series: Peridido Street Station, The Scar, and the Iron Council, I would encourage you to check them out.
Your comment put the biggest smile on my face. Thank you so much for the encouragement, it means a lot. Mieville has been on my radar for sure. I think his work will be a hit for me. Thanks again for watching and welcome to the channel!
late to the punch but this too will probably bring me back on a barker then gaiman spree after i finish up the new john dies at the end book next week. still praying on the art book 3 and another imajica but moreso for clive's continued good health.
You have me sold on this book! I just have to say that the way you start your videos with a back story about the author or the reasons the book came about just makes the books you talk about be more enticing. You do an excellent job at setting the scene and making us care about the books! Now I have to add yet another book to my TBR and not even mad 🤣 great video!
I love this guy, because I know he loves this book as much as I do! It shows, but nothing compares to reading it for your self and the emotions it evokes. The search for the scourge, book 3 changed my life with the shift of the book. Then the dream season and the finally, oh the passion of it. Read this book or miss out on a great experience in life, up to you. It changed my life forever. Immaclotta what a character, who could have created such a woman? Don't know who I'm talking about? To bad, read it people. God, one fell swoop, whoooooo!
I’m always left speechless at the lyrical elegance of Barker’s prose. Definitely evokes some unique feelings within my soul. Makes me very happy to hear you so excited to review this. I’ve been loving your channel the last few days. Very charismatic. May your days be long, good sai!
Gordon thank you so much for the kind words! That means a lot :) Barker has quickly become one my all time favorite authors. There is something magic in his writing. It’s great to meet another fan 🍻
Excellent review! This is the number 1 book I want to read from Clive Barker! What an amazing career he had. Hard to believe this is the creator of Hellraiser!
Nitpick: The Dark Tower was around before Weaveworld was published. But it would be interesting to see where King might have been influenced, in the books that came out after it.
My first Clive Barker book, hooked from the start, it’s based loosely in my childhood neighbourhood.. led me onto Imajica, The Great & Secret Show & Everville,Sacrament etc.. still to this day wonder what the Scourge actually looked like :) would make a great movie/series with todays fx..
Of all the Barker books I've read, Weaveworld is my favorite so far. Currently finishing Imajica and I am really really enjoying it, but it won't dethrone Weaveworld.
Awesome video! Clive Barker is my favourite author of all time. Weaveworld blew me away. I absolutely loved it. And the Damnation Game is my favourite novel of all time, so... you're not alone, Baron. The way Barker writes, to me, is just other-worldly. I have yet to find another author who can write at least in a similar fashion. There are of course a lot of great authors out there that I love and respect very much, however to me Clive Barker is one of a kind.
Agreed -: most regular fantasy readers probably think Weaveworld doesn't quite fit the parameters of what a fantasy novel should be. I liked it, as well as The Damnation Game, Imajica, & the six volume Books of Blood very much. But other books by him, such as The Great & Secret Show, Sacrament, & Coldheart Canyon, were too worthy & mainstreamish for my tastes. Next on my TBR by Barker is Galilee - hoping it has more of the suspense & fantasy elements which Barker is so good at depicting.
Silversun writing to explain that I am an artist inspired by Clive Barker though his wickedly ace novel "Weave World ", and now I am obsessed with working on a new order of dark fantasy twisted with some science fiction! This is my graphic novel, very Lovecraftian and Lewis Carrol! This is Silversun thanking everyone for their time.
I did a search on youtube to see if I could find an interview with C.B. where he speaks the correct pronunciation of Immacolata and found your video. I read WW over 20 years ago and don't remember a thing. I'm looking forward to reading it again, now with a more matured mind and your exuberant endorsement. Have you read any of Raymond E. Fiest's works?
Baron, I honestly don’t understand how you manage to make such concise videos that include so much information! This video showcased your passion for Barker and made me want to push this book up my TBR! Loved it! ☺️
He explained what Clive barker wrote the book. Want to say thank you!! I have read many time before I have never finish the book because I had a lot of interruptions in my life now I retired so will have a chance to finish the book again and thanks
I read Weaveworld a few months ago, and it was a VERY interesting read for me, mostly because of how much it didn't work, and at the same time did work. From the very beginning, through to now months later, I have been very very interested in the ideas put forth in this book. But the execution REALLY did not work for me. So even while the ideas almost intoxicated me, I got bogged down by the nitty gritty of the writing and the way the plot unfolded. It's cool to see a youtuber talking about Barker, which I haven't seen before, even though I didn't love the experience of reading this one book by him! (To be fair, I'm coming from a more traditional fantasy/scifi background so perhaps I just wasn't ready for this type of story).
I totally get that. His writing is super stylized and is going to be divisive by nature. I am still stoked to see people give it a go :) thanks for watching!
When I was a kid I read a book about a man that went into a carpet or tapestry and befriends a jumping spider it was beyond me at the time and I can't remember what it was called is this it ? If not please help me 🙏
Man, you talk about this with a *passion*! I'm going to have to pick it up soon. Sounds like it would be great as an audiobook. Have you done it on audio? Because I think I could slip in in this year if I get it on audio.
Adam with your love of both fantasy and literary works I would be so stoked to hear your thoughts on this one! I read this physically and can’t comment on the audiobook :/ I’m doing an Imajica read along with Andrew soon on the discord if interested
@@YourBrainonBooks Oh. It's read by Simon Vance. So that's pretty much a guarantee of an excellent audiobook. Hell yea I'm putting it near the top of my TBR.
Just come across your channel, great reviews, enjoyed your thoughts. Weaveworld and Imajica are my two fav books I’ve ever read, been into Barker since his Books of Blood. Had a first edition Imajica, read it till it fell apart. Wish he’d get round to finishing The Great and Secret Show and Cabal though.
Thanks Marc! I am always happy to meet another Barker fan :) I am slowly making my way through reviewing all of his books. Agreed! I wish we had a conclusion to Book of the Art. Abarat too!
@@YourBrainonBooks Your welcome, as you say how he can create worlds on the page is incredible. Don’t think I’ve ever read anyone who can do it quite the same. If you’ve not read Cabal recommend you do, to my mind it’s in a similar vein to Weaveworld and Imajica but as it’s an earlier work you can see a progression in his style from horror to fantasy, over the three books, still a great read though. Sure I read somewhere it was meant to be his Star Wars of horror, fantasy, as it was meant to be a trilogy. Don’t know if you like film but if so watch Nightbreed, but the directors cut, not the theatrical cut. How the directors cut came about is a story in itself. Another book of his i’d recommend is Coldheart Canyon. another great premise. Take care and all the best.
I have an Imajica group read starting Nov 1st on my Discord server. Super excited to finally get to it! Feel free to come pop in and chat with us. Link is in my about page if your interested. Thanks for watching 🤙
Barker is a decent wordsmith, however I often wish he were more succinct. I find that I would rather read his books than watch or hear them. This way, I can modulate the speed at which I enjoy them, and interact creatively. Hearing Weaveworld as an audio book irritated me to the point of stopping halfway.
I know that this is a random place for this comment but here it goes. I have started my ventures into reading novels with reading a clash of kings the illustrated edition and two starwars novels that i have checked out from the library. The starwars novels will be next for me to read if i get to them, because man the clash of kings book is a beast. Yeah i should mention that i have watched some game of thrones so i know some of the charters in the book and i am reading the appendix of the book.
Very excited! I got both Imajica and Weaveworld on Audible and just began Imajica and am already in, just a little. May I ask you the difference, though, in the psychological themes that the reader will go through between the two. Maybe that’s a hard question to answer, but I’m looking for what the difference in subjective experience between the two may be? Any thoughts would be appreciated. Although I’ll be reading both, I can’t decide which one to read first. ✨☮️✨ Love your gentle enthusiasm.
🤔 that is a difficult question to answer. Well I guess in the spirit of simplicity both are stories of good vs evil with Weaveworld being individuals against the world and Imajica is more the individuals against themselves. They are Barker novels so there is going to be themes of Hedonism, desire, sexuality, material oppression, etc. I feel Imajica to be the better novel. But it isn’t as accessible as Weaveworld and some struggle with its density.
@@YourBrainonBooks Oh, thank you. It was a difficult question to figure out how to ask. But I got it. I think I’ll start with Imajica, with more the integration of the individual, as that may be more personal instead of societal, so to speak. I like it so far. It already sorta hooked me, so I’ll stick with it. Thank you.
Thank you so much! They are fun to make. I haven’t done anything in a while. Work and wresting children have been keeping me busy lol. But I’ll have so more out soon. I’ve be fortunate to read some pretty good ones recently :) let me know how you end up liking the book
@@YourBrainonBooks I will. I got through Brothers Karamasov in about 3 weeks, which was a wild 37 hour read and this is approximately a 50 hour read, although I read slowly and rewind to absorb everything. Imajica is fascinating, already. I do audiobooks because of an eye condition kerataconus, so am so grateful for the audiobooks, but am quite picky about the the narration voices . Simon Vance is the reader of this, so it’s awesome. I’ll be back when I’m done 🔮. Enjoy your family time and reading time. Your intelligence is high so wishing you well on the channel as well.
I recently read my first Clive Barker which was Cabal and I am looking forward to trying Weaveworld! Luckily it was on Kindle sale recently so I have it ready to go.
Sweet! Weaveworld is so much bigger in scope than Cabal. But I still love the monsters of Midian. FYI I’m about to announce the channel discord here this week. But I have a group doing a buddy read of Imajica next month if you’re interested. Thanks for watching!
Back in the 90s I read the damnation game. Then followed that with Cabal. I always wanted to give the great and secret show a go. Maybe I can come across a copy some where in the wild
Oh man your in for a treat. That’s a very different vibe than Damnation Game or Cabal. His writing really leveled up then. I’m almost done with Imajica right now and I’m blown away by it
I LOVE this novel. He totally could’ve made an epic series out of it but it is amazing just the way it is. I’ve done a video on this as well. Along with doing book vs movie on hellbound heart and cabal. Clive Barker is one of my favorite authors.
Mr. Barker is alongside Arthur Machen and Lovecraft my most inspirations ever. I knew him from Jericho. Would love you to do a review on The Thief Of Always.
I’m reading weaveworld now. It is as amazing as you said. I love a live Barker and all that embodies him. I just found your channel. I am so glad I did. BIBLIOPHILES UNITE!! 📚
@@YourBrainonBooks Sorry one more question. Immacolata makes a reference when she visits Mimi in the hospital, pertaining to magic- more specifically she refers to it as “The Show”. Is that a toss in or connection to “The Great and Secret Show?”
This was the 1st of your vids i ever saw (was trying to introduce my wife to Barker's work "dead letter office" and the fugue and such) and heard what you said and being well versed.. although its been yrs with high speech and rolands wanderings to secure (or tear down) the tower i felt compelled to comment. But after seeing your other uploads your clearly memeber of our Ka'tet. And thank you. 👍🏻
Barker's words are exquisite. Weaveworld, Imajica, The Great and Secret Show, Coldheart Canyon... Too many to list.
His ability to transport you to strange and fantastical worlds is unparalleled. I think of him as a master stew chef. He can take ingredients used by all, and when he's done cooking, it is the tastiest stew you will ever try!
His books will never leave your psyche.
i love your book reviews. I hope you get around to reading more of his works. I love them all!
I don’t think I could have said it better! Thank so much for the kind words I really appreciate it :) I am making my way through all of his works. So far Imajica takes the cake as my favorite. I just finished The Damnation Game last week and plan to do the Great and Secret Show next
I joined the British army in 1990 and took his books all round the world many times Weaveworld is gonna be buried in my coffin when I die
My favourite book of all time, and not just Clive Barker's. Loved it so much that I never re-read it in case I didn't love it as much the second time round. I think I need to do something about that.
Excellent review! Thank you!👍👍👍 I'm reading weaveworld just now...yeah, one has to read it at least twice, once for the literal story and twice to understand the symbolism. It's a lot to take in, but really liking it so far!!
The shit is incredible. people don't even know. they need to.
Clive Barker is one of my absolute favorites.
Another author who I rarely hear about despite being huge at one point is John Crowley. He got a lot of accolades for his novel Little, Big (one of Neil Gaiman's favorites) and his Aegypt Cycle is really wonderful (a history professor delving into western occultism finds that a lot of the things John Dee and Giordano Bruno and such wrote about were real). I think his style is more literary than a lot of genre readers prefer.
The Damnation game was the first I read because that was so interesting I read Weave World and Great and Secret Show. Each time I left the human race and was transported into other worlds. His name is Clive Barker not Clyde Barker.
This was fascinating to listen to. I was a high school librarian when this was released, and I remember how many requests there were, from students who were all about the Hellraiser hype. We got a copy in, and almost no-one (who had been on the waiting list), kept it longer than a day. It was so different from what they expected. Which the nerdier of us realized by the time WE loaned it out.
It was a larger leap than many of us were ready for at the time, as our library only contained a handful of fantasy titles (the most adult of which were probably by Anne McCaffrey), so with Weaveworld, our youthful eyes were opened to the potential of detailed, multi-layered fantasy. I'm still in touch with a couple of friends from way back then, and we all have fantasy at the core of our reading habits - habits I'm certain, this book helped form.
Oh my goodness what a great story! Thank you so much for sharing that with me :) this is why I make these videos
I, too, love the work of Clive Barker, and Weaveworld is tied The Great And Secret Show as my favorite of his novels. I still remember, vividly, Immacolota and her sisters, standing over the last guardian of the Fugue and waiting for the guardian's "devastating endgame raptures''. This video has inspired me to reread Barker's fantasy novels after 25 years from when I first read them. I was made aware of your channel by Sarah Reads this evening, and I'm hitting the subscribe button as soon as my comment is finished. So many booktubers make videos about the same boring cliched books, and it's refreshing to find a channel that explores the depths and byways of fantastic and speculative fiction. If you haven't read the books of China Mieville, most particularly the Bas-Lag series: Peridido Street Station, The Scar, and the Iron Council, I would encourage you to check them out.
Your comment put the biggest smile on my face. Thank you so much for the encouragement, it means a lot. Mieville has been on my radar for sure. I think his work will be a hit for me. Thanks again for watching and welcome to the channel!
I TOTALLY agree with that! It was a godsend finding this page. None of my immediate friends or family read so it’s nice to have found this page ❤️
late to the punch but this too will probably bring me back on a barker then gaiman spree after i finish up the new john dies at the end book next week. still praying on the art book 3 and another imajica but moreso for clive's continued good health.
You have me sold on this book! I just have to say that the way you start your videos with a back story about the author or the reasons the book came about just makes the books you talk about be more enticing. You do an excellent job at setting the scene and making us care about the books! Now I have to add yet another book to my TBR and not even mad 🤣 great video!
Ellen you are always so encouraging thank you so much 😊
I love this guy, because I know he loves this book as much as I do! It shows, but nothing compares to reading it for your self and the emotions it evokes. The search for the scourge, book 3 changed my life with the shift of the book. Then the dream season and the finally, oh the passion of it. Read this book or miss out on a great experience in life, up to you. It changed my life forever. Immaclotta what a character, who could have created such a woman? Don't know who I'm talking about? To bad, read it people. God, one fell swoop, whoooooo!
I’m always left speechless at the lyrical elegance of Barker’s prose. Definitely evokes some unique feelings within my soul. Makes me very happy to hear you so excited to review this. I’ve been loving your channel the last few days. Very charismatic. May your days be long, good sai!
Gordon thank you so much for the kind words! That means a lot :) Barker has quickly become one my all time favorite authors. There is something magic in his writing. It’s great to meet another fan 🍻
Thank you for this video. I will pick this book up
It was a treat to find the newest Barker title at the library over the years. 💯
Weaveworld is exceptional!
Read Weaveworld when it came out. All I can say it blew me away. I can’t even put it into words.
I’ve got it. I’ve had it for years. And many more of his too. Weaveworld is my absolute favourite.
Excellent review! This is the number 1 book I want to read from Clive Barker! What an amazing career he had. Hard to believe this is the creator of Hellraiser!
Thanks Johanna! I would be so curious to see how you like this one!
Nitpick: The Dark Tower was around before Weaveworld was published. But it would be interesting to see where King might have been influenced, in the books that came out after it.
My first Clive Barker book, hooked from the start, it’s based loosely in my childhood neighbourhood.. led me onto Imajica, The Great & Secret Show & Everville,Sacrament etc.. still to this day wonder what the Scourge actually looked like :) would make a great movie/series with todays fx..
Of all the Barker books I've read, Weaveworld is my favorite so far. Currently finishing Imajica and I am really really enjoying it, but it won't dethrone Weaveworld.
Awesome video! Clive Barker is my favourite author of all time. Weaveworld blew me away. I absolutely loved it.
And the Damnation Game is my favourite novel of all time, so... you're not alone, Baron.
The way Barker writes, to me, is just other-worldly. I have yet to find another author who can write at least in a similar fashion.
There are of course a lot of great authors out there that I love and respect very much, however to me Clive Barker is one of a kind.
Thanks! Great to meet more fans of Barker :)
Agreed -: most regular fantasy readers probably think Weaveworld doesn't quite fit the parameters of what a fantasy novel should be. I liked it, as well as The Damnation Game, Imajica, & the six volume Books of Blood very much. But other books by him, such as The Great & Secret Show, Sacrament, & Coldheart Canyon, were too worthy & mainstreamish for my tastes. Next on my TBR by Barker is Galilee - hoping it has more of the suspense & fantasy elements which Barker is so good at depicting.
Silversun writing to explain that I am an artist inspired by Clive Barker though his wickedly ace novel "Weave World ", and now I am obsessed with working on a new order of dark fantasy twisted with some science fiction! This is my graphic novel, very Lovecraftian and Lewis Carrol! This is Silversun thanking everyone for their time.
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I did a search on youtube to see if I could find an interview with C.B. where he speaks the correct pronunciation of Immacolata and found your video. I read WW over 20 years ago and don't remember a thing. I'm looking forward to reading it again, now with a more matured mind and your exuberant endorsement. Have you read any of Raymond E. Fiest's works?
Not yet, but Feist definitely on my radar! That’s awesome, if you pick it back up let me what you think. I love talking about WW :)
Clive is the greatest fantasy writer of all time. I was a horror fan who enjoyed his change to fantasy
Definitely sounds very interesting! I don't know that I'll get to it this year, but I'm definitely bumping it up my list!
Weaveworld and The Dark Tower, 2 of my absolute favorite works of literature.
The Search for the Scourge
"...if you gaze for long into an abyss, the abyss gazes also into you."
-Fredrich Nietzsche
Beyond Good and Evil
Baron, I honestly don’t understand how you manage to make such concise videos that include so much information! This video showcased your passion for Barker and made me want to push this book up my TBR! Loved it! ☺️
Thanks Sarah! That means a lot :)
God this sounds so interesting!!!
Sucks all the diesel
He explained what Clive barker wrote the book. Want to say thank you!! I have read many time before I have never finish the book because I had a lot of interruptions in my life now I retired so will have a chance to finish the book again and thanks
Thanks Michael!
I read Weaveworld a few months ago, and it was a VERY interesting read for me, mostly because of how much it didn't work, and at the same time did work. From the very beginning, through to now months later, I have been very very interested in the ideas put forth in this book. But the execution REALLY did not work for me. So even while the ideas almost intoxicated me, I got bogged down by the nitty gritty of the writing and the way the plot unfolded. It's cool to see a youtuber talking about Barker, which I haven't seen before, even though I didn't love the experience of reading this one book by him! (To be fair, I'm coming from a more traditional fantasy/scifi background so perhaps I just wasn't ready for this type of story).
I totally get that. His writing is super stylized and is going to be divisive by nature. I am still stoked to see people give it a go :) thanks for watching!
This book will stay with you. Great review.
When I was a kid I read a book about a man that went into a carpet or tapestry and befriends a jumping spider it was beyond me at the time and I can't remember what it was called is this it ? If not please help me 🙏
A man definitely goes into a tapestry but I don’t recall anything about a spider :/
dam it well thanks for responding I will keep searching 🕷
Wow you’ve sold me on this book Baron. It sounds right up my alley.
Oh with your love of Gaiman and King I think this would definitely be your sort of thing! Thanks for watching Chas :)
Man, you talk about this with a *passion*! I'm going to have to pick it up soon.
Sounds like it would be great as an audiobook. Have you done it on audio?
Because I think I could slip in in this year if I get it on audio.
Adam with your love of both fantasy and literary works I would be so stoked to hear your thoughts on this one! I read this physically and can’t comment on the audiobook :/ I’m doing an Imajica read along with Andrew soon on the discord if interested
@@YourBrainonBooks Oh. It's read by Simon Vance. So that's pretty much a guarantee of an excellent audiobook. Hell yea I'm putting it near the top of my TBR.
Hell yeah!!!!! This is exciting
Just come across your channel, great reviews, enjoyed your thoughts. Weaveworld and Imajica are my two fav books I’ve ever read, been into Barker since his Books of Blood. Had a first edition Imajica, read it till it fell apart. Wish he’d get round to finishing The Great and Secret Show and Cabal though.
Thanks Marc! I am always happy to meet another Barker fan :) I am slowly making my way through reviewing all of his books. Agreed! I wish we had a conclusion to Book of the Art. Abarat too!
@@YourBrainonBooks Your welcome, as you say how he can create worlds on the page is incredible. Don’t think I’ve ever read anyone who can do it quite the same. If you’ve not read Cabal recommend you do, to my mind it’s in a similar vein to Weaveworld and Imajica but as it’s an earlier work you can see a progression in his style from horror to fantasy, over the three books, still a great read though. Sure I read somewhere it was meant to be his Star Wars of horror, fantasy, as it was meant to be a trilogy. Don’t know if you like film but if so watch Nightbreed, but the directors cut, not the theatrical cut. How the directors cut came about is a story in itself. Another book of his i’d recommend is Coldheart Canyon. another great premise. Take care and all the best.
Cabal was my first Barker book! I’ve read it a couple times and really enjoy it :) I’ll do a review for that one soon
Right on! Have you read Imajica?
I have an Imajica group read starting Nov 1st on my Discord server. Super excited to finally get to it! Feel free to come pop in and chat with us. Link is in my about page if your interested. Thanks for watching 🤙
Barker is a decent wordsmith, however I often wish he were more succinct. I find that I would rather read his books than watch or hear them. This way, I can modulate the speed at which I enjoy them, and interact creatively. Hearing Weaveworld as an audio book irritated me to the point of stopping halfway.
I know that this is a random place for this comment but here it goes. I have started my ventures into reading novels with reading a clash of kings the illustrated edition and two starwars novels that i have checked out from the library. The starwars novels will be next for me to read if i get to them, because man the clash of kings book is a beast. Yeah i should mention that i have watched some game of thrones so i know some of the charters in the book and i am reading the appendix of the book.
Glad to see you found the joy of reading :)
Excellent book. I've read it and reread it many times.
Very excited! I got both Imajica and Weaveworld on Audible and just began Imajica and am already in, just a little. May I ask you the difference, though, in the psychological themes that the reader will go through between the two. Maybe that’s a hard question to answer, but I’m looking for what the difference in subjective experience between the two may be? Any thoughts would be appreciated. Although I’ll be reading both, I can’t decide which one to read first. ✨☮️✨ Love your gentle enthusiasm.
🤔 that is a difficult question to answer. Well I guess in the spirit of simplicity both are stories of good vs evil with Weaveworld being individuals against the world and Imajica is more the individuals against themselves. They are Barker novels so there is going to be themes of Hedonism, desire, sexuality, material oppression, etc. I feel Imajica to be the better novel. But it isn’t as accessible as Weaveworld and some struggle with its density.
@@YourBrainonBooks Oh, thank you. It was a difficult question to figure out how to ask. But I got it. I think I’ll start with Imajica, with more the integration of the individual, as that may be more personal instead of societal, so to speak. I like it so far. It already sorta hooked me, so I’ll stick with it. Thank you.
@@YourBrainonBooks PS: And you give stellar reviews, I forgot to say. ☮️
Thank you so much! They are fun to make. I haven’t done anything in a while. Work and wresting children have been keeping me busy lol. But I’ll have so more out soon. I’ve be fortunate to read some pretty good ones recently :) let me know how you end up liking the book
@@YourBrainonBooks I will. I got through Brothers Karamasov in about 3 weeks, which was a wild 37 hour read and this is approximately a 50 hour read, although I read slowly and rewind to absorb everything. Imajica is fascinating, already. I do audiobooks because of an eye condition kerataconus, so am so grateful for the audiobooks, but am quite picky about the the narration voices . Simon Vance is the reader of this, so it’s awesome. I’ll be back when I’m done 🔮. Enjoy your family time and reading time. Your intelligence is high so wishing you well on the channel as well.
I recently read my first Clive Barker which was Cabal and I am looking forward to trying Weaveworld! Luckily it was on Kindle sale recently so I have it ready to go.
Sweet! Weaveworld is so much bigger in scope than Cabal. But I still love the monsters of Midian.
FYI I’m about to announce the channel discord here this week. But I have a group doing a buddy read of Imajica next month if you’re interested. Thanks for watching!
Back in the 90s I read the damnation game. Then followed that with Cabal. I always wanted to give the great and secret show a go. Maybe I can come across a copy some where in the wild
Oh man your in for a treat. That’s a very different vibe than Damnation Game or Cabal. His writing really leveled up then. I’m almost done with Imajica right now and I’m blown away by it
I LOVE this novel. He totally could’ve made an epic series out of it but it is amazing just the way it is.
I’ve done a video on this as well. Along with doing book vs movie on hellbound heart and cabal. Clive Barker is one of my favorite authors.
Heck yeah!!! Stoked to find another big fan! I’ll definitely check out your videos
Ok you talked me into it. I'm adding this to my list to read at some point.
Lol this pleases me greatly 🐱
never read any Clive I think I might need to... at some point
Mr. Barker is alongside Arthur Machen and Lovecraft my most inspirations ever. I knew him from Jericho.
Would love you to do a review on The Thief Of Always.
Glad to meet another fan! A Thief of always review is definitely happening. I just found a clean hardcover of it last week 🙌
@@YourBrainonBooks I liked the passion you put on this review, you got yourself a new sub! Keep up the good work
Thanks! That means a lot
I loved that book, you should look at "Memories" from Mike McQuay, i loved it, a lot
Just looked it up, seems super interesting! Thanks for the recommendation!
I’m reading weaveworld now. It is as amazing as you said. I love a live Barker and all that embodies him. I just found your channel. I am so glad I did. BIBLIOPHILES UNITE!! 📚
So glad to hear it Kyle!!!! :) Is this your first book of his?
@@YourBrainonBooks nope I have read all of them except for Imajica, Galilee, and the 2nd instalment in the Abarat series.
@@YourBrainonBooks I’m still trying to track down my signed copy of the 1st edition/1st print “Sacrament”
@@YourBrainonBooks Sorry one more question. Immacolata makes a reference when she visits Mimi in the hospital, pertaining to magic- more specifically she refers to it as “The Show”. Is that a toss in or connection to “The Great and Secret Show?”
I honestly haven’t thought about that. WW was written first 🤔 but it’s definitely possible
Thanks so much!!!
Thank you for watching! :)
Good job!!!
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Love the video Baron!!!!
Thanks Andrew!!! Looking forward to our Imajica read
@@YourBrainonBooks Me too!!!!
Love, love, 💘
Dark tower predates this by almost 10yrs just fyi (ima fan of both btw)
This was the 1st of your vids i ever saw (was trying to introduce my wife to Barker's work "dead letter office" and the fugue and such) and heard what you said and being well versed.. although its been yrs with high speech and rolands wanderings to secure (or tear down) the tower i felt compelled to comment. But after seeing your other uploads your clearly memeber of our Ka'tet. And thank you. 👍🏻
i dont understand this barker/king trend-drifting away from their cardinal genre
For me, book more reminded me to Stiven Kings Testament than Dark Tower series.
I could certainly see that, thanks for watching!