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Barker is two writers who happen to share a name: the splatterpunk of the early short stories, and the vast cosmological fantasies that followed. Starting with the wrong one is the usual reason people bounce off him, so this path opens with the short fiction that made his reputation, moves through the novellas and the first novels, and only then commits to the long books.
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- How should I approach learning clive barker?
- Barker is two writers who happen to share a name: the splatterpunk of the early short stories, and the vast cosmological fantasies that followed. Starting with the wrong one is the usual reason people bounce off him, so this path opens with the short fiction that made his reputation, moves through the novellas and the first novels, and only then commits to the long books.
- What's a good book to start clive barker with?
- A strong starting point is Weaveworld by Clive Barker. The ordered reading paths above show exactly where it fits and what to read next.