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  • By: Clive Barker
  • Narrated by: Simon Vance
  • Length: 37 hrs and 20 mins
  • 4.5 out of 5 stars (334 ratings)
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Imajica

By: Clive Barker
Narrated by: Simon Vance
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Summary

Imajica is an epic beyond compare: vast in conception, obsessively detailed in execution, and apocalyptic in its resolution. At its heart lies the sensualist and master art forger Gentle, whose life unravels when he encounters Judith Odell, whose power to influence the destinies of men is vaster than she knows, and Pie "oh" pah, an alien assassin who comes from a hidden dimension.

That dimension is one of five in the great system called Imajica. They are worlds that are utterly unlike our own but are ruled, peopled, and haunted by species whose lives are intricately connected with ours. As Gentle, Judith, and Pie "oh" pah travel the Imajica, they uncover a trail of crimes and intimate betrayals, leading them to a revelation so startling that it changes reality forever.

©1991, 2009 Clive Barker Ink (P)2015 David N. Wilson

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Amazing story

This is one of my favourite stories and this adaptation does not disappoint. Loved it.

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Fanbloodytastic

I love this book so it was amazing to hear it read aloud. Although i discovered id been pronouncing some of the place names wrong for years!

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Amazing

This is a great book that will live with me forever
Very well written timeless classic
Great narration which is perfectly suited to the book
Loved it

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Modern day masterpiece.

What more is there to say, by and by. Beautiful. Emotional. Biblical. Love it, and spread its magic throughout this dominion.

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Wonderful first act, then directionless

I tried reading this 20 years ago, and struggled. Having laboured through all 37 hours of it, I remember why. Like most of Mr. Barker's work, the first act is wonderful. Sadly, IMAGICA quickly becomes directionless and muddled. It's world's better than GALILEE, but weak and bloated beside THE GREAT AND SECRET SHOW.

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fantastic

fantastic fantasy adventure loved every moment of it again , such an imaginative mind to have written such a wondwe :-)

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Imajica

I bought the book over 10 years ago but could not get myself to start reading it due how enormous it was. Finally I bought the audio version and it was an absolute joy to listen to. It brought tears to my eyes at the end. This certainly ranks as one of the best books I have ever read. I must also give respect to Simon Vance for narrating the book.

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Not Clive’s best

Took some getting into by which time you’re committed to listening to the rest of it but I nearly gave up a couple of times.
My main issue was with the narrator’s characterisations which just made me laugh or throw up my hands in despair. It’ll put me off any other book Mr Vance does.
As for the story, I didn’t enjoy it nearly as much as Weaveworld or Great and Secret Show which I’ve read a few times. Maybe Imajica would be a better read then a listen.

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once will never be enough,

An amazing story over the years I have loved to read and aways found something new .

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As marvellous as I remembered...

I first read this back when 'book's were either hard or paperback, and upon opening this great doorstop of a book, within the first couple of pages I was fully committed to taking every step of Gentle and Pie-oh-Pah's through the magical and wonderful world of the Imajica...

Everyone longs for the miraculous, a glimpse of a Marvellous Magical land, a secret kingdom all their own. That the world's of the Dominion are so whole, complete and perfectly drawn that, after putting the story aside after a few hours of reading - or listening - you feel like you've just woken up out of a dream, a bit dazed, and regretful at having to leave this wondrous p lace, speaks volumes for the skill of Clive Barker's writing...

He's far and away one of the finest writers of fantasy, speculative fiction, call it what you like, of this generation, and a far, far better storyteller, creator of miraculous worlds and wonderful qcharacters that stay with you long after the book is finished, than one might suspect from a glance at his much more famous "Hellraiser" or "Books of Blood"...

Easily up there with Neil Gaiman, Tim Powers and Alan Moore on the summit of the imagination, in "Imajica" Clive Barker has created as huge, magnificent and epic a tale as you've ever read. And Simon Vance is, as ever, more than equal to the job of making this sprawling juggernaut of a tale and the strange, beautiful and grotesque, but never stereotypical, flat or dull characters come alive in every page...

Cannot recommend this Audible version of a wonderful book highly enough. If you never read another fantasy tale, or have never read one till now, I beg you to read "Imajica"... You WON'T regret it.

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