Clive Barker’s The Thief of Always is a fable as relevant today for all ages, as it was upon its release to the world on November 1, 1992… Perhaps even more so.
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Clive Barker’s The Thief of Always is a fable as relevant today for all ages, as it was upon its release to the world on November 1, 1992… Perhaps even more so.
Declassify >Believe it or not, the opening line of a book can truly shape the entire experience of reading it. Much like the opening scene to a movie, an author can choose to bring us straight into the action or build a slowly burning sense of purpose through their words.
With that in mind, I wanted to discuss the 12 best opening lines from books I’ve recently read, but I had a decision to make before I got started. I wasn’t sure what the criteria should be. Should it be the prologue, for those that have a prologue, or should it be the first line from chapter one because all of them had a chapter one?
Declassify >Have you read “The Great and Secret Show” by Clive Barker? Everville is a direct sequel to the events and world created within that novel. If you have, read on for my spoiler free review of Everville.
Declassify >What happens when an ordinary man falls in with a woman bestowed with power? What happens when the two of them run afoul of a salesman, an Incantrix, and the law? And finally, what happens when all of this is in the name of an old magical world hidden away within a carpet?
Weaveworld by Clive Barker happens.
Declassify >Galilee by Clive Barker is a departure from what most people know of his work; horror. This is a fantastical book. It’s a book about a book, a story about a story. The book is about Maddox putting to paper the histories of his family, the Barbarossas. But to do that he must also tell the story of the Gearys and the title character, Galilee, is the thread that binds these two families together.
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