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03-24-2008, 10:05 AM
Clive Barker, Abarat - Book 1
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General comments: Clive Barker, Abarat - Book 1 - Synopsis: “It begins in the most boring place in the world: Chickentown, U.S.A. There lives Candy Quackenbush, her heart bursting for some clue as to what her future might hold. When the answer comes, it’s not one she expects. Out of nowhere comes a wave, and Candy, led by a man called John Mischief (whose brothers live on the horns on his head), leaps into the surging water and is carried away. They are taken to the Abarat: a vast archipelago where every island is a different hour of the day, from The Great Head that sits in the mysterious twilight waters of Eight in the Evening, to the sunlit wonders of Three in the Afternoon, where dragons roam, to the dark terrors of Gorgossium, the island of Midnight, ruled over by the Prince of Midnight himself, Christopher Carrion. As Candy journeys from one amazing place to another, making fast friends and encountering treacherous foes – mechanical bugs and giant moths, miraculous cats and men made of mud, a murderous wizard and his terrified slave – she begins to realise something. She has been here before. Candy has a place in this extraordinary world: she is here to help save the Abarat from the dark forces that are stirring at its heart. Forced older than Time itself, and more evil than anything Candy has ever encountered. She’s a strange heroine, she knows. But this is a strange world. And in the Abarat, all things are possible.” First published in 2002 by HarperCollinsPublishers, ‘Abarat’ formed the first installation to the proposed ‘Books Of Abarat’ quartet of books. Clive Barker proclaimed that “the project is closer to his heart than anything he’s done before. In 15 years of publishing and movie making, nothing has excited him more.” The books began life as over 300 oil paintings that Barker spent four years creating. Over one hundred of these paintings can be found within this, the first book of the series. Barker was inspired to create this fantastical world, this complete mythology, in part by the classic movies ‘The Wizard of Oz’ and ‘Fantasia,’ as well as C.S. Lewis’s literary classics ‘The Chronicles of Narnia’ and the innovative and unique French Canadian circus Cirque du Soleil. Barker explains that he also took a piece of advice from a much earlier fantasist, William Blake, who said, ‘Make your own laws or be a slave to another man’s.’ Hence Barker went on to create his own alternative world where the rules are different; where miracles and wonderment happen. The book is so thoroughly well-produced and art directed with its 418 pages of heavy glossy paper which house the large collection of full colour paintings that illustrate the novel throughout. Included in the book is an impressive, full-colour, 25-page Appendix that gives the reader an invaluable piece of reference material that maps out the entire world of the ‘Abarat.’ The book is directed at both an adult and a younger audience, with its typical adolescent fantasy setting, throwing the reader into a crazy world where a new set of rules apply. Like J.R.R. Tolkien’s ‘The Lord Of The Rings’ and ‘The Hobbit,’ Barker has managed to create the perfect balance to appeal to both ends of this age spectrum. This first volume sets the imagination alight with its vivid descriptions of fantastic people and places. Barker has managed to grip the reader from the start, with his instantly likeable characters, whose colourful and involved personalities shine through the novel. The novel’s pace is fast and packed with mind-boggling images that will delight the younger readers and entertain those more mature readers. The book takes you on an epic journey in which you will be totally immersed and absorbed into the bizarre and magical world of Barker’s impressive imagination. ‘Abarat’ draws haunting similarities to his first children’s book, ‘The Thief Of Always’ where each quarter of the day in the ‘House Of Always’ symbolises an entire yearly season.
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General comments: Clive Barker, Abarat - Book 1 - Synopsis: “It begins in the most boring place in the world: Chickentown, U.S.A. There lives Candy Quackenbush, her heart bursting for some clue as to what her future might hold. When the answer comes, it’s not one she expects. Out of nowhere comes a wave, and Candy, led by a man called John Mischief (whose brothers live on the horns on his head), leaps into the surging water and is carried away. They are taken to the Abarat: a vast archipelago where every island is a different hour of the day, from The Great Head that sits in the mysterious twilight waters of Eight in the Evening, to the sunlit wonders of Three in the Afternoon, where dragons roam, to the dark terrors of Gorgossium, the island of Midnight, ruled over by the Prince of Midnight himself, Christopher Carrion. As Candy journeys from one amazing place to another, making fast friends and encountering treacherous foes – mechanical bugs and giant moths, miraculous cats and men made of mud, a murderous wizard and his terrified slave – she begins to realise something. She has been here before. Candy has a place in this extraordinary world: she is here to help save the Abarat from the dark forces that are stirring at its heart. Forced older than Time itself, and more evil than anything Candy has ever encountered. She’s a strange heroine, she knows. But this is a strange world. And in the Abarat, all things are possible.” First published in 2002 by HarperCollinsPublishers, ‘Abarat’ formed the first installation to the proposed ‘Books Of Abarat’ quartet of books. Clive Barker proclaimed that “the project is closer to his heart than anything he’s done before. In 15 years of publishing and movie making, nothing has excited him more.” The books began life as over 300 oil paintings that Barker spent four years creating. Over one hundred of these paintings can be found within this, the first book of the series. Barker was inspired to create this fantastical world, this complete mythology, in part by the classic movies ‘The Wizard of Oz’ and ‘Fantasia,’ as well as C.S. Lewis’s literary classics ‘The Chronicles of Narnia’ and the innovative and unique French Canadian circus Cirque du Soleil. Barker explains that he also took a piece of advice from a much earlier fantasist, William Blake, who said, ‘Make your own laws or be a slave to another man’s.’ Hence Barker went on to create his own alternative world where the rules are different; where miracles and wonderment happen. The book is so thoroughly well-produced and art directed with its 418 pages of heavy glossy paper which house the large collection of full colour paintings that illustrate the novel throughout. Included in the book is an impressive, full-colour, 25-page Appendix that gives the reader an invaluable piece of reference material that maps out the entire world of the ‘Abarat.’ The book is directed at both an adult and a younger audience, with its typical adolescent fantasy setting, throwing the reader into a crazy world where a new set of rules apply. Like J.R.R. Tolkien’s ‘The Lord Of The Rings’ and ‘The Hobbit,’ Barker has managed to create the perfect balance to appeal to both ends of this age spectrum. This first volume sets the imagination alight with its vivid descriptions of fantastic people and places. Barker has managed to grip the reader from the start, with his instantly likeable characters, whose colourful and involved personalities shine through the novel. The novel’s pace is fast and packed with mind-boggling images that will delight the younger readers and entertain those more mature readers. The book takes you on an epic journey in which you will be totally immersed and absorbed into the bizarre and magical world of Barker’s impressive imagination. ‘Abarat’ draws haunting similarities to his first children’s book, ‘The Thief Of Always’ where each quarter of the day in the ‘House Of Always’ symbolises an entire yearly season.