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- From: chuahl@ocf.berkeley.edu (Chua HakLien)
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- Subject: Clive Barker: From _The_Thief_Of_Always_
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- Date: 24 Dec 1992 02:30:58 GMT
- Organization: U.C. Berkeley Open Computing Facility
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- POSSIBLE SPOILER ALERT!!!!
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- This is a description of a storm, from Barker's new book _The_Thief_Of_Always_.
- ( Harper Collins, 240 pages, $20 ).
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- "It had more than lightning at its dark heart. It had the light rains that
- came at early morning to coax forth the seeds of another spring; it had the
- drooping fogs of autumn, and the spiraling snows that had brought so many
- midnight Christmases ... shafts of sunlight piereced the storm-clouds in the
- name of Summer, only to be smothered by Fall's fog, while ... Spring coaxed
- its legions out of bough and earth, then saw its buds murdered by Winter's
- frosts before they could show their colors."
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- Was King ever as good? =)
- (Admittedly, however, King's characters are still amongst the best in
- horror fiction. Barker is improving, but he's not up to SK's level in
- terms of characterisation just yet!!! )
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- Chua
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