Synopses & Reviews
A master storyteller and unrivaled visionary, Clive Barker has mixed the real and unreal with the horrible and wonderful in more than twenty years of fantastic fiction. andlt;Iandgt;The Inhuman Conditionandlt;/Iandgt; is a masterwork of surrealistic terror, recounting tragedy with pragmatism, inspiring panic more than dread and evoking equal parts revulsion and delight.
Review
andlt;Iandgt;The New York Timesandlt;/Iandgt; Barker createand#91;sand#93; an atmosphere of dread and foreboding...He makes a bad dream seem not only creepily disturbing but plausible....andlt;Iandgt;The Inhuman Conditionandlt;/Iandgt; is Clive Barker at his most effective.
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andlt;Iandgt;The Washington Postandlt;/Iandgt; The most provacative tales of terror ever published.
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andlt;Iandgt;Timeandlt;/Iandgt; Ever since the heyday of horror fiction...aficionados have been awaiting a writer to transcend the genre and give it new legitimacy. Clive Barker may be the man...witty, unpredictable, and concise....Each story involves an uncanny mix of eroticism and terror.
Synopsis
A master storyteller and unrivaled visionary, Clive Barker has mixed the real and unreal with the horrible and wonderful in more than twenty years of fantastic fiction. The Inhuman Condition is a masterwork of surrealistic terror, recounting tragedy with pragmatism, inspiring panic more than dread and evoking equal parts revulsion and delight.
About the Author
andlt;Bandgt;Clive Barkerandlt;/Bandgt; is the bestselling author of nineteen books, including andlt;Iandgt;Weaveworld, Imajica,andlt;/Iandgt; and andlt;Iandgt;Galilee.andlt;/Iandgt; He regularly shows his art in Los Angeles and New York, and produces and directs for both large screen and small. Recent projects include the Oscarand#174;-winning film andlt;Iandgt;Gods and Monsters,andlt;/Iandgt; and an exhibition of erotic painting and photographs, andlt;Iandgt;The Weird and the Wicked.andlt;/Iandgt; He lives with his husband, the photographer David Armstrong, in Los Angeles, along with his family of dogs, rats, geckoes, iguana, and turtles.
Table of Contents
andlt;Bandgt;Contentsandlt;/Bandgt;andlt;BRandgt;andlt;BRandgt;The Inhuman Conditionandlt;BRandgt;andlt;BRandgt;The Body Politicandlt;BRandgt;andlt;BRandgt;Revelationsandlt;BRandgt;andlt;BRandgt;Down, Satan!andlt;BRandgt;andlt;BRandgt;The Age of Desire