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Title	:	Books of Blood: Volumes One to Three (Books of Blood #1-3)
Author	:	Clive Barker
Book Format	:	Paperback
Book Edition	:	Special Edition
Pages	:	Pages: 507 pages
Published	:	October 1st 1998 by Berkley Books (first published 1984)
Categories	:	Short Stories. Fiction. Horror. Fantasy

Books of Blood: Volumes One to Three (Books of Blood #1-3)

Clive Barker

Paperback | Pages: 507 pages

Rating: 4.17 | 24015 Users | 587 Reviews

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"Everybody is a book of blood; wherever we're opened, we're red." For those who only know Clive Barker through his long multigenre novels, this one-volume edition of the Books of Blood is a welcome chance to acquire the 16 remarkable horror short stories with which he kicked off his career. For those who already know these tales, the poignant introduction is a window on the creator's mind. Reflecting back after 14 years, Barker writes:

I look at these pieces and I don't think the man who wrote them is alive in me anymore.... We are all our own graveyards I believe; we squat amongst the tombs of the people we were. If we're healthy, every day is a celebration, a Day of the Dead, in which we give thanks for the lives that we lived; and if we are neurotic we brood and mourn and wish that the past was still present.

Reading these stories over, I feel a little of both. Some of the simple energies that made these words flow through my pen--that made the phrases felicitous and the ideas sing--have gone. I lost their maker a long time ago.

These enthusiastic tales are not ashamed of visceral horror, of blood splashing freely across the page: "The Midnight Meat Train," a grisly subway tale that surprises you with one twist after another; "The Yattering and Jack," about a hilarious demon who possesses a Christmas turkey; "In the Hills, the Cities," an unusual example of an original horror premise; "Dread," a harrowing non-supernatural tale about being forced to realize your worst nightmare; "Jacqueline Ess: Her Will and Testament," about a woman who kills men with her mind. Some of the tales are more successful than others, but all are distinguished by strikingly beautiful images of evil and destruction. No horror library is complete without them. --Fiona Webster

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Original Title:	Books of Blood: Volumes 1-3
ISBN:	0425165582 (ISBN13: 9780425165584)
Edition Language:	English
Series:	Books of Blood #1-3
Setting:	New York State(United States)
Literary Awards:	World Fantasy Award for Best Collection (1985)

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This book took me a long time to get through. It is not light reading. It sucks you down into its bloody, gory depth. From the very first story, the frame so to speak, that explains what the Books of Blood are to the last ghostly saga. I enjoy a good gore-fest, yet I realized I was making faces at some of the details of intricate violence and troubling images. Its not just random blood and violence however. At the heart of it, the stories are just good stories. They are deep and well thought

"Everybody is a book of blood; wherever we're opened, we're red."Comprised of insane and downright horrifying tales from Clive Barker, Books of Blood is a strong debut release which led to King referring to him as "the future of horror". This edition contains Volumes 1-3, a grand total of fifteen stories (sixteen if you include the intro) - a large number of which have been subsequently adapted into movies.Having already been blown away by The Hellhound Heart, I was excited to get into more

Awesome... simply awesome. I am sad it took me thirty years to read this. Dread, The yattering and Jack, Rawhead Rex, and Human Remains were all beyond 5 stars, most of the rest were 4 or 5 stars, and Pig Blood Blues and In the Hills, the Cities being the only not totally awesome tales for me.Great read. Highest recommendation. Not just tearing and carving skin like I was used to from Barker, but there's plenty of that, too.

This book was recommended to be by a friend and at the time I just kind of passed it off but I kept coming across the name Clive Barker not realizing that he is such a huge horror Icon.I had a bit of a hard time tracking it down but when I finally found it and started it, it grossed me out right from the first page. That's a huge plus for me as I find a lot of horror novels very blah and I will catch myself skimming some paragraphs.I couldn't get enough of these stories.Barker took these words

A horror classic. Clive Barker hit the ground running with this amazing collection of unique dark fiction. This was the book that made Stephen King call Barker 'the future of Horror.'I really wish Barker would write some horror again, as his Abarat series does little for me story wise (though the paintings are beautiful) Honestly I've had my fill of sweeping fantasy from this author, especially since with each series I have to learn a whole new complex mythology.Really I'm just dying for Barker

Looking for good horror? Look no further... My favorite horror novel, ever. Erm... short story collection. Technically.Wow, wow & WOW! Barker is undeniably unique, a few steps above Stephen King (at this point) in the whimsical world of the macabre. All fifteen of these tales are incredible-- & incredibly wicked--anecdotes, all wonderful drafts for damn-good horror flicks (bettering "Hellraiser," surely) that could become classics as quintessential as Carrie, Pet Semetary or The Shining.

Fuck... masterful... amazing... off the hook! An insane introduction to an absolute horror genius.