Reading Everville by Clive Barker I'm thinking that there's a non-trivial problem writing fantasy set in the real world. How do you write the fantastic so it still contrast with the known, and thus keep its impact of strangeness? He's really pushing hard in this one. At least hundred pages still left, and Barker has ramped it up to eleven already!

#CliveBarker #Everville #Fantasy

Over the past month or so I've repurchased four books from my (let's call it...) youth. I have lost a lot of stuff from my childhood home and while I can't replace everything, I do like that I can some things.

In this case, the items are actually upgrades.

Picked up hardback copies of #StephenKing ,errr #PeterStraub (ha) #TheTalisman and #TheBlackHouse. Also grabbed hardbacks of #CliveBarker #WeaveWorld and #Imajica. (I've also got autographed copies of #Everville and #TheGreatAndSecretShow, but those were picked up years ago)

I've read them all in paperback way, way back in the day, but I like the security of hardback.

All I know is, I'm gonna be pissed if Amazon ever buys #ThriftBooks.