Customer Reviews
What can be imagined, need never be lost... 
2008-08-02
When you're an average guy, suddenly trying to save a diminishing world from destruction...and oh by the way, some really nasty people are now after you, because you've put yourself between them and their goal..
The core of the story, a quote from the book, "What can be imagined, need never be lost."
Great book...great story...variety of intriguing and opposing characters...great world building...lots of action and twists and turns..
Remarkable 
2008-07-19
The writer has demonstrated the ability to something that is truly unique in literature, He takes the classic story of good fighting against evil and is able to give a unique and riveting insight. He creates an entirely new world which has been woven into a rug, The inhaiants of this wrld once shared their world with the human race. As the humans grew in size, the Seerkind were forced to flee from one place to anoher. In their new homes, they were able to weav their magic spells or raptures and, when danger was upon them, they returned to the Weave. There are numerous characters in this book and it is not always to keep track of them as they appeae to drop in and out of the narrative. Although this book is mot in one of my favorite genres, U am able to appreciate the ork done by the writer.
weaveworld 
2008-03-11
The book is exactly as referenced. Further, this is one of the best books I have ever read. If you like Stephen King and the Dark Tower series you will also like this book....awesome fantasy work
Weaveworld 2008-03-10
WEAVEWORLD BY CLIVE BARKER: A relatively early book in Clive Barker's career when he was still living in England, it is set within his hometown of Liverpool. Starting out seemingly normal with normal people, it immediately jumps to the mundane and insane. Weaveworld is a book that will delight, appall, horrify, and leave you thinking about the meaning of place and belonging somewhere.
The main character, Cal Mooney, is a person going nowhere fast in a dead-end job, until he comes into contact with this large rolled up carpet that is being moved from a house. Gazing into its intricate patterns, he sees more at work here, and discovers paradise for the first time. As the book develops and more characters are added, he discovers that the magically collected designs within the carpet is what is known as The Fugue: an ancient civilization and people who have lived since the beginning of existence but over time, after cohabiting with humanity, have lost numbers and suffered destruction. Over a hundred years ago The Fugue, using magic, picked the best pieces of their world and their people and wrapped themselves into the design of the carpet, safe and protected, until they will have a safer place to live in the future. Guardians were appointed over time to protect The Fugue, but now they are all gone. The Fugue's greatest enemy, The Scourge, was a menace while they were living in the world, but now lies dormant while they are in the carpet. That is until they are freed and begin to change the world around them; old enemies come out of the woodwork, and Mooney, along with the daughter of one of the guardians, Suzanna Parish, must work to protect and save The Fugue before it is too late. While not every question is fully answered, or every problem resolved, the book is still an incredible journey.
If you haven't read Clive Barker before, Weaveworld is the perfect introductory novel to his language, his incredible imagination, and horrors you never thought possible.
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My all time favourite 2007-09-27
This is the best book I have ever read. In my opinion it's even better than Lord of the Rings.
Not Free SF Reader 2007-09-03
Clive Barker has made his mark on modern fiction by exposing all that is surreal and magical in the ordinary world --- and exploring the profound and overwhelming terror that results. With its volatile mix of the fantastical and the contemporary, the everyday and the otherworldly,
Weaveworld is an epic work of dark fantasy and horror -- a tour de force from one of today's most forceful and imaginative artists.
Brilliant Complex Fantasy Tale 2007-05-02
This magnificent fantasy takes the standard elements of the genre and imbues them with fresh vigor. Young Cal Mooney is a bored office clerk stuck in grey, depressed Liverpool, living with his father when a fateful encounter with a magical carpet opens Cal's eyes to the glories of another world. The carpet is the secret hiding place for the Seerkind, a species of magical beings who have managed to salvage bits and pieces of their magnificent world in a magnificent tapestry. The Seerkind are hiding from a terrible, omnipotent enemy known as the Scourge. For more than 80 years, the Seerkind have lain sleeping inside the carpet guarded by volunteer Seerkind who have sacrificed their immortality and grown old as protectors of the Weave. But the last guardian has died before passing on her secret to her granddaughter, Suzanna who is unaware of her magical heritage and the powers it provides to her. When Cal stumbles on the secret of the carpet, he and Suzanna must join forces to protect Weaveworld from Immacolata, a powerful Seerkind witch seeking revenge for banishment from Weaveworld and Shadwell, Immacolata's human companion, an ambitious salesman obsessed with possessing Weaveworld. "Weaveworld" is a dazzling, well crafted story that slowly reveals all the wonders and beauty of a fantastic place. Barker is a talented writer who is equally adept at scenes of mesmerizing beauty and blood-chilling horror. He also possesses a deft touch with characterization that reveals the heart and soul of villains and protagonists alike. The reader can feel sympathy even for Immacolata spurned and rejected by her people or for the Scourge, driven mad by loneliness and despair.
Spellbinding!!!!!!! 2007-04-29
I highly recommend this book to anyone that wants to take a ride on a vibrantly imaginative roller coaster into the unknown. I first read this book many years ago when I was in college. From the very first page I became captivated in the brilliant fantasy world that Clive Barker so cleverly orchestrates. This is one of the best books ever written in this genre. Clive Barker is obviously known as a master of horror and he certainly knows how to spill blood all over pages; yet keep you begging for more. But, let me tell you folks, he is also a master of the purely imaginative realm and this work is a true testament to his awesome talents.
A colorful adventure into the weave 2006-11-29
Weave world is a clever little adventure within an adventure beneath an adventure. One of the main characters of weave world is the twenty five year old Mr. Calhoun Mooney. He and his father are living in the present in London, suffering from their loses. The other main character, named Suzanna Parish lives as a potter who receives a message on her phone telling her that one of her only relatives living nearby is sick in a hospital bed and that she might visit her. Upon visiting her sick grandmother, who cannot speak because of her sickness, she feels an almost mental installation or a prophecy telling her to check her grandmothers home because there is something very important their.
Cal watches his father's prize winning pigeon collection while his dad lays in his depression. One day a single one of the pigeons escape and cal gives chase of it. Upon following the pigeon he finds himself at a house with thousands of birds all flocking their, flying in a whirlwind of birds, all above a single house and backyard. This same house is Mimi lancheski's, Suzanna's grandmothers. What occurs afterwards at the house on Rue Street is a serious part of the plot but Cal and Suzanna meet and they both adventure to a magic world caught inside of a carpet with its own people and its own places.
The dark tones that this author paints in ones mind are both bold and a little bit eccentric. This is the second book that Clive barker has written and it is out of the two books he has written by far the most descriptive.
wonderful adventure 2006-11-02
I don't usually read fantasy but someone recommended this book to me. I highly recommend this book if you like horror or dark fantasy. I can't imagine anyone not getting completly involved in this story.
