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 Everville - Clive Barker
 Everville - Clive Barker ... mountains, one group was overtaken by disaster - wiped out by avalanche, all except for one small girl, who found a door into another dimension. She found herself on the shores of Quiddity, the sea of dreams.Newest Review: ... greatest power known to mankind) and the dream-seas of Quiddity a mystical place that a person visits three times in their ... more ... life, once when they are born, once when they fall in love and once when they die. The plot is unbelievable making you wonder where the hell Barker gets these mind bending ideas from. There is a wide variety of excellent characters ranging from the bizzare to the sick and twisted. A favourite of mine is Tesla Bombeck a fiery woman who knows the secrets of Quiddity who has an evolutionary advanced monkey called Raul living inside her head! FANTASTIC! Once I was shortly into the first chapter I could not put this down,...more |
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Everville - Clive Barker: Sequel of epic proportions (205 words)
by Sartori - written on 16/06/01 (Useful, 48 readings)
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Clive Barker does it again in this superb sequel to the equally fantastic Great and Secret Show. This time the strory is set around the city of Everville where a series of bizarre and interesting characters continue a quest for the art (the greatest power known to mankind) and the dream-seas of Quiddity a mystical place that a person visits three times in their life, once when they are born, once when they fall in love and once when they die. The plot is unbelievable making you wonder where the hell Barker gets these mind bending ideas from. There is a wide variety of excellent characters ranging from the bizzare to the sick and twisted. A favourite of ...
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