Books of Blood, Volume Three [Mass Market Paperback]

Clive Barker (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: October 1, 1986

Five stories of otherworldly murder and terror include, ""Son of Celluloid,"" ""Rawhead Rex,"" ""Confessions of a Pornographer's Shroud,"" ""Scape-Goats,"" and ""Human Remains."" Reprint.

Product Details

• Mass Market Paperback
• Publisher: Berkley; later printing edition (October 1, 1986)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0425093476
• ISBN-13: 978-0425093474
• Product Dimensions: 6.7 x 3.8 x 0.6 inches
• Shipping Weight: 3.2 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 3.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (8 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #752,690 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

More About the Author

Clive Barker was born in Liverpool in 1952. He is the worldwide bestselling author of the Books of Blood, and numerous novels including Imajica, The Great and Secret Show, Sacrament and Galilee. In addition to his work as a novelist and short story writer he also illustrates, writes, directs and produces for the stage and screen. His films include Hellraiser, Hellbound, Nightbreed and Candyman. Clive lives in Beverly Hills, California.

Customer Reviews

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2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars On a par with Vol 2, Better than Vol 1., March 10, 2000

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"metalbeast" - See all my reviews

This review is from: Books of Blood, Volume Three (Mass Market Paperback)

I really enjoyed reading this book. Each story is very well written and has a good storyline and intersting characters. The themes of these stories are in some cases tried and tested favourites such as doppelgangers, buried monsters awoken and revenge beyond the grave. Others are completely new like the concept of an island made of the bodies of the drowned, and of a cancerous tumor continuing to grow after it's victims death and developing a twisted mind of it's own - as well as incredible powers over human perception.

This is among the best collection of short stories I have ever read, some of them even better than similar length stories by Stephen King. The books of blood are all excellent.

I would recommend this book to any fan of the horror genre, but I would even more strongly recommend that you buy the omnibus edition of volumes one to three.

I have now bought parts four to six and am looking forward to reading them. This second omnibus includes 'The inhuman condition', 'The last illusion' (On which the film 'lord of the illusions' was based), and 'In the flesh' -All released as separate mini-novels. The second omnibus is not available from amazon.com at present but can be found at amazon.co.uk.

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Wow!!!!!, February 15, 1999

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Sarah S (North Dakota) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Books of Blood, Volume Three (Mass Market Paperback)

This was a great book. Full of gore, humor and an intensity which makes you want to keep going. (Too bad the book is only about 400 pages though)

I have personally read the first two volumes of the "Books of Blood" and think the first one is the best. This particular volume follows suit to Barker's previous books, but is kinda of the same hack, dice, slice, squash, eat, destroy material that we have read in previous volumes. Barker is delightfully disgusting all the way through the novel in both detail and imagery. However I thought "Confession of a (Pornographer's) Shroud" was an excellent tail of venegeance on the author's behalf.

All in all, if you in enjoyed the series already I would recommend this book to complete the collection. If you HAVEN'T read the other two novellas then I would recommend the first volume over this one. In any case, you will get your money's worth.

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Ended..., January 20, 1999

By A Customer

This review is from: Books of Blood, Volume Three (Mass Market Paperback)

the first two volemes were good, really good. In this volume, I guess Barker just wanted to finish off his Books of Blood. The only good story that stands out has got to be Rawhead Rex, but the others were just trying hard, but never getting there. If Barker was more successful in distributing his stories throughout the three volumes, I guess this one would have been better off. It still is a good read, though the stories don't really capture you as the ones in the first volume.