Weaveworld

A favorite trip to take every now and then about life inside a carpet!

I'm in love....

FREAKING AWESOME READ, been a fave for 20 years.

I read this back in high school after Barker's Hellraiser came out. The imagery was vivid in his prose and I was amazed at the worlds that could be contained inside of a "carpet". The hero is a ne'er-do-well and the villians are a "salesman" and some kind of estrogenical witch.

One of my all time favs!!! haven't read this in quite some time and I have long since given it away but if the opportunity arose I would re-read this in a heart beat!!! Fantastic read!!! Not for all, but defiantly worth it if you get into it!!!!

Like a dark Alice in Wonderland. Such potential to go unrealized! Every other chapter, it seemed, had a tantalizing plot twist, something inventive and unexpected that could have turned the story on it's head, and instead he resolved it by the next chapter and the story plodded on. What an odd read...

One of my favorites of all time!!!

A parallel world unravels from a stitch in a rug. I remember how as a child I used to imagine Cher as one of the characters. The book is a magical world that is at times horrific but also recognisable as our own. The characters are as rich as those from a Neil Gaiman comic and just as ambivalent, with many implications for the fragility of our own ethical systems. The story's pace is exhilarating...more

A parallel world unravels from a stitch in a rug. I remember how as a child I used to imagine Cher as one of the characters. The book is a magical world that is at times horrific but also recognisable as our own. The characters are as rich as those from a Neil Gaiman comic and just as ambivalent, with many implications for the fragility of our own ethical systems. The story's pace is exhilarating and the scenes conjured up by Barker's prose make for a spectacular visual feast.   hide

i've read the damnation game, hellbound heart, and the great and secret show..clive's an excellent writer...so far this book kicks ass!!