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The Books of Blood, Volume 1
- By: Clive Barker
- Narrated by: Simon Vance, Dick Hill, Peter Berkrot, and others
- Length: 6 hrs and 51 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 1,286
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 1,160
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 1,160
Weaving tales of the everyday world transformed into an unrecognizable place, where reason no longer exists and logic ceases to explain the workings of the universe, Clive Barker provides the stuff of nightmares in packages too tantalizing to resist. This first volume contains the short stories : "The Book of Blood," "The Midnight Meat Train," "The Yattering and Jack," "Sex, Death, and Starshine," and "In the Hills, the Cities,"
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3 out of 5 stars
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A BOOK OF BLOOD WRITTEN IN BLOOD
- By Jim "The Impatient" on 10-31-14
- The Books of Blood, Volume 1
- By: Clive Barker
- Narrated by: Simon Vance, Dick Hill, Peter Berkrot, Jeffrey Kafer, Chet Williamson, Chris Patton
Not Quite what I Expected
Reviewed: 09-22-14
When I purchased this audiobook my intention was to listen to some stories that scared me. The first story, "The Book of Blood", did just that. It was unsettling.
My expectations were being met and the next story, "The Midnight Meat Train", started off in the same vein but ended on a weird note. A couple of the other stories were more humorous than horrifying but "Pig Blood Blues" and "In the Hills, The Cities" both hit all of the right horror notes.
What was evident from the start is that Clive Barker is a good writer and knows how to tell a story. The narrators all did a good job as well. There's nothing bad I can say about this omnibus other than if you are looking for a collection of stories that are all straight horror then you should look somewhere else. If you are looking for a mixture of straight horror and horror comedy then this collection is right for you.
Even though I was looking for straight horror I am happy that I read Mr. Barker's collection because they were all interesting stories.
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The Road
- By: Cormac McCarthy
- Narrated by: Tom Stechschulte
- Length: 6 hrs and 39 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 22,982
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 17,939
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 17,951
America is a barren landscape of smoldering ashes, devoid of life except for those people still struggling to scratch out some type of existence. Amidst this destruction, a father and his young son walk, always toward the coast, but with no real understanding that circumstances will improve once they arrive. Still, they persevere, and their relationship comes to represent goodness in a world of utter devastation.
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5 out of 5 stars
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ARE YOU CARRYING THE FIRE?
- By Jim "The Impatient" on 05-14-16
- The Road
- By: Cormac McCarthy
- Narrated by: Tom Stechschulte
A Human Perspective of a Post-Apocalyptic World
Reviewed: 08-11-14
Far too often post-apocalyptic stories try to be sweeping in their scope and miss out on what people would actually go through in that kind of a situation. Those stories can be extremely entertaining, King's "The Stand", comes to mind as a great example of how to do a sweeping narrative about a post-apocalyptic world. "The Road", on the other hand, focuses on one dad's crusade to keep "the flame" alive in his son.
Often gut wrenching, this book immerses the reader in the lives of a dad and his son as they try to make a life in a world that tries to curb-stomp life at every turn. Who do you trust? Where will you find your next morsel to eat? Is life even worth living?
Tom Stechschulte deftly brings this Cormac McCarthy story home. Tom's performance highlights the hope that relentlessly tries to shine through the son and father.
Cormac McCarthy is quickly becoming one of my favorite authors and if you are looking for stories that bring light through the darkest of situations then you should definitely give his works a listen.
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