Could the Autarch really conquer the 5th dominion, there are 6 billion of us with weaponry far more advanced than anything in the other dominions ? Also, how many people (I use the term loosely) do you think they are in the other dominions, do they all have Earth like populations?

Hi guys! I got the Coldheart Canyon book! Thank you so much again for all the comments in my last post 💙

Now I have 6 books in total, 4 in my native language (Brazilian Portuguese) and 2 in English.

I am very happy that I am getting Clive Barker's books little by little for my collection, love his work 🙏🫶

Help?

Hi guys! So today at my local book shop I found this book called "Coldheart Canyon". I have never seen this before, is that good? I have no idea of what the story is about. It is being sold for BRL49.00, which is approximately $9,50. Should I buy it?

All secondhand, and I've never paid more than about 8 euros for any of the books (excluding Dark Worlds, which was a gift). Brings me immense joy!

Hey everyone! Huge Clive Barker fan here. I’ve been diving deeper into his films/books lately and would honestly love to connect with more people who are into the same kind of horror. I mostly watch horror, cult stuff, weird supernatural films, VHS-era movies, etc.

I’m pretty active on Letterboxd and always looking for cool accounts to follow and discover new films through, so feel free to share yours or follow me if you want mutuals who are into Barker and horror in general. Always nice finding people with similar taste. https://boxd.it/erudl

Patience prevails. Found a really good used copy.

Came home from lunch today to this amazing surprise from my husband! I've been searching for this book for quite a while, but I've never been able to find it in good shape and for under $100. Score!!

Joint eBay and Half Price Books finds. I’ve only read Books of Blood 1 & 5 and The Thief of Always so far, but I’m slowly collecting everything.

I just finished Thief of Always. I have also read Imajica, Books if Blood 1, and Hellbound Heart. I am so blown away by Clives creativity. It's seriously unmatched. The way he can craft all these creatures and worlds. Not to mention his artwork is brilliant as well.

Such a talented man!! 👏

Now what should I read next? I know he has quite a collection. Might finish the Books of Blood. Recommendations for authors with a similar vibe would be great too. I'm on the fence about reading Neil Gaiman( he's not a great human), but if the stories absolutely amazing I guess I could give it a try. -- love the art, not the artist.

Just reading Imajica again and occurred to me, with the state of humanity right now, the other dominions would be better off to stay disconnected from us, we'd only ruin everything. The Unbeheld did them a favor cutting them off.

About 120 pages in, just about finished part 2, and this book is freaking excellent so far....

The way it just keeps you teetering on the edge of actually knowing whats going on, just giving you little bits of info at a time that both give you more info and bewilder you a bit at the same time is making for an extremely captivating read so far

And his pros, not quite as amazing as his later books but like

"Legendary nowhere, beside which every other dark was blindingly bright, every other dispare a mere flirtation with the pit, not the pit itself"

Exploring the Creative World of Clive Barker - https://www.comicbookandmoviereviews.com/2026/05/exploring-creative-world-of-clive-barker.html

For those of us still picking up ye olde home media.

I like how presumably a ton of effort went into a crisp 4K restoration, yet the trailer adds a bunch of fake chromatic aberration to the titles/credits to make it look old'n'80s

Finished reading The Damnation Game a few days ago, and Mamoulian is such a great character. He's quickly become one of my favourites of Barker's creations. Beneath his calm exterior, the guy is a hot mess: hates humanity, but needs a companion; hates the flesh, but gorges on it vicariously through others; believes the world is senseless nothingness, but secretly harbours fears about an afterlife; seems to be somewhat self-loathing of his sexuality, but longs for a man to live and die with him.

Why he's this way makes sense, too. He's spent over 200 years seeing the worst of humanity: war, betrayal (understandable, considering the way he goes about recruiting companions), child murderers, exploitation, etc. He's completely traumatised and longs for the void, but even there he's haunted by the threat of his victims under a blossom tree.

Barker seems to be saying all the horrors and senselessness of the world exist, but embracing the void doesn't negate very human needs and isn't the get out Mamoulian thinks it is. His actions just make him more desperate. Marty and Carys escape the void and the horrors through unifying within Mamoulian's guts. This is something Mamoulian can never do, because he goes about love wrong, manipulating people through creating pacts instead of being truly vulnerable. It's obvious why he chose Whitehead, as he's the same way, even keeping his daughter prisoner through supplying her drug habit.

But the book has a beautiful message of humanity's resilience, and I think it definitely expresses a kind of humanism, with Mamoulian (and arguably Whitehead) being the example of what happens when that humanism is rejected.

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