Books of blood
The Books of Blood (engl. Original title Books of Blood ) is a collection of horror short stories written by Clive Barker , who drew the cover for some expenses.
Form and content
In total, Barker wrote six Books of Blood, titled The First Book of Blood to The Sixth Book of Blood , each with four to six stories. The books, first published between 1984 and 1985, won two British Fantasy Awards and a World Fantasy Award .
The protagonists of the stories are mostly average people who, by chance or unfortunate circumstances, get involved in threatening or supernatural processes. Although horror stories , Barker occasionally uses elements of fantasy .
The framework story is the story of a fraudulent medium that, while trying to simulate paranormal activities in a haunted house for its clients, is haunted by actual ghosts who carve their stories into its flesh, thus making it into a living book of blood. The framework story consists of the prologue in the first book of blood: The book of blood and the epilogue of the sixth book of blood: The book of blood (A Postscript) - On Jerusalem Street ...
Awards
- World Fantasy Award in the category of best anthology / collection , 1985 (for: The first book of blood to The third book of blood )
- British Fantasy Award in the category of best short story , 1985 (for: In the mountains: Agony of cities , from The First Book of Blood )
- British Fantasy Award for Best Short Story , 1986 (for: The Forbidden , from The Fifth Book of Blood )
Film adaptations
The following films are based on stories from the Books of Blood ( edition and original and German title in brackets ):
- Rawhead Rex , 1986 ( The third book of blood: Rawhead Rex )
- Candyman's Curse , 1992 ( The fifth book of the blood: The Forbidden )
- Lord of Illusions , 1995 ( The sixth book of blood: The Last Illusion )
- Quicksilver Highway , 1997 ( The fourth book of the blood: Body Politics )
- Clive Barker's Book of Blood , 2008 ( The First and Sixth Books of Blood: Epilogue and Prologue )
- The Midnight Meat Train , 2008 ( The first book of blood: The Midnight Meat Train )
- Dread , 2009 ( The second book of blood: Dread, Moloch fear )
This means that at least one story has been filmed from every book of blood.
Audio versions
The following audio versions have been released:
- The First Book of Blood (contains three of six stories), The Second Book of Blood, and The Third Book of Blood (both contain two of five stories)
- In the mountains: agony of cities (from the first book of blood)
- Clive Barker Mysteries - Radio Play of the Blood 1 - Moloch Fear and Clive Barker Mysteries - Radio Play of the Blood 2 - Jaqueline Ess (both stories come from the second book of the blood)
Web links
- Content and reviews ( memento of January 8, 2017 in the Internet Archive ).