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Imajica: A spellbinding epic fantasy novel Kindle Edition

4.4 out of 5 stars 1,520 ratings

A book of revelations. A seamless tapestry of erotic passion, thwarted ambition and mythic horror. Clive Barker takes us on a voyage to worlds beyond our knowledge, but within our grasp.

John Furie Zacharias, known as Gentle, a master forger whose life is a series of lies. Judith Odell, a beautiful woman desired by three powerful men, but belonging to none of them. Pie’oh’pah, a mysterious assassin who deals in love as well as death. These three are united in a desperate search for the heart of a universal mystery, and will find the truth that lies in a place as mysterious as the face of God, and as secret as the human soul. They discover the Imajica.

Imajica is many things: an epic novel of vast panoramas and intimate, obsessive passions, embracing ghosts and reflections as well as the human and the divine.

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‘Moves with tidal force and power’
- William S Burroughs

‘The tears of blood and nightmare imagery are passionate and ingenious… Imajica is a ride with remarkable views’
- Times Literary Supplement

‘Barker’s fecundity of invention is beyond praise. In a world of hard-bitten horror and originality, Clive Barker dislocates your mind’
- Mail on Sunday

‘A powerful and fascinating writer with a brilliant imagination… Clive Barker is an outstanding storyteller’
- J G Ballard

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From master storyteller Clive Barker comes an epic tale of myth, magic, and forbidden passion--complete with new illustrations and a new Appendix.

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.

--New York Daily News

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  • ASIN ‏ : ‎ B004DUMMY0
  • Publisher ‏ : ‎ HarperCollins
  • Accessibility ‏ : ‎ Learn more
  • Publication date ‏ : ‎ 21 Oct. 2010
  • Language ‏ : ‎ English
  • File size ‏ : ‎ 2.4 MB
  • Screen Reader ‏ : ‎ Supported
  • Enhanced typesetting ‏ : ‎ Enabled
  • X-Ray ‏ : ‎ Not Enabled
  • Word Wise ‏ : ‎ Enabled
  • Print length ‏ : ‎ 1205 pages
  • ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-0007355402
  • Page Flip ‏ : ‎ Enabled
  • Customer reviews:
    4.4 out of 5 stars 1,520 ratings

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Clive Barker
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Clive Barker was born in Liverpool in 1952. His earlier books include The Books of Blood, Cabal, and The Hellbound Heart. In addition to his work as a novelist and playwright, he also illustrates, writes, directs and produces for stage and screen. His films include Hellraiser, Hellbound, Nightbreed and Candyman. Clive lives in Beverly Hills, California

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Customers find this fantasy novel to be a favorite book of all time, praising its weird and wonderful elements and rich characters. The book receives positive feedback for its philosophy, with one customer noting how it takes readers on a journey of profound discovery, while another highlights its vivid world-building. Moreover, customers appreciate the book's dimensions, with one describing it as a fantasy of truly epic proportions, and its pacing, with one review mentioning how it takes readers to new lands and places. However, the book's readability is marred by spelling and punctuation errors in the Kindle edition.

30 customers mention ‘Readability’30 positive0 negative

Customers find the book highly readable and enjoyable, with several describing it as their favorite book of all time.

"...Very long, without ever getting repetitive or boring. Enjoyed every word, he’s a great story teller...." Read more

"...The book has been published in two parts in the past. The book is excellent but buy it in paperback in an edition with at least eleven hundred..." Read more

"This a book that covers many dimensions & is a book to truly luxuriate into...." Read more

"...This book can be read on many levels and I hope that you enjoy it as much and as often as I have." Read more

29 customers mention ‘Fantasy genre’27 positive2 negative

Customers enjoy the fantasy elements of the book, describing it as imaginative and full of the weird and wonderful, with one customer noting how the author creates vivid worlds.

"...Enjoyed every word, he’s a great story teller. Set in a time before mobile phones, which I enjoyed remembering...." Read more

"...is most well known for being a horror writer but he is incredibly poetic at times, I liked most of his characters that were supposed to be liked &..." Read more

"Gripping, enveloping, humane, radical, haunting, questioning, exploding with ideas...." Read more

"...It has a rich philosophy and has deep undertones which pokes a stick at our monotheistic belief systems and the male dominance we seek in so much of..." Read more

16 customers mention ‘Philosophy’13 positive3 negative

Customers appreciate the philosophical elements of the book, with one customer highlighting its great world-building and another noting how it takes readers on a journey of profound discovery.

"Brings some magic into your life. Very long, without ever getting repetitive or boring. Enjoyed every word, he’s a great story teller...." Read more

"...There are many twists & turns in this story to keep any reader alert & interested & with short chapters that are often split into sections it makes..." Read more

"...Huge and multidimensional in every way: in plot, in description, in characters, in concepts. Modern Fantasy of the highest order." Read more

"...It has a rich philosophy and has deep undertones which pokes a stick at our monotheistic belief systems and the male dominance we seek in so much of..." Read more

8 customers mention ‘Character development’8 positive0 negative

Customers appreciate the character development in the book, with one customer noting how the story leads the main characters, while another highlights the presence of anti-heroes.

"...Huge and multidimensional in every way: in plot, in description, in characters, in concepts. Modern Fantasy of the highest order." Read more

"...The characters are relatable and flawed, the various locales are suitably alien but not too much so, and the story moves on at a decent enough clip..." Read more

"...but largely unheeded by the good folk of the fifth, the story leads the main characters, and the reader, through amazing cities, brutal lands and..." Read more

"...Wonderful heroes and anti-heroes, quests, love stories, an analysis of self-determination and oligarchy ... Amazing and can highly recommend...." Read more

5 customers mention ‘Beauty’5 positive0 negative

Customers find the book beautiful, with one mentioning how colorful it is and another noting how it paints vivid pictures.

"...disliked the others that had the streak of bad in them, all were beautifully drawn along with the landscapes which were dizzying in their scope &..." Read more

"...It takes you to new lands and new places and paints pictures which draw you in to them with both skill and ease...." Read more

"...Without them the book wouldn't have been so beautiful, so colourful, so grandiose!" Read more

"...Barker does Fantasy, beautiful." Read more

5 customers mention ‘Dimensions’5 positive0 negative

Customers appreciate the book's dimensions, with one describing it as a fantasy of truly epic proportions.

"This a book that covers many dimensions & is a book to truly luxuriate into...." Read more

"...Huge and multidimensional in every way: in plot, in description, in characters, in concepts. Modern Fantasy of the highest order." Read more

"...Superb thriller , esoteric time flipping romance . Dimension jumping , heart breaking, life affirming . The man's a genius ." Read more

"Imajica is a fantasy of truly epic proportions and like all great fantasy, takes the reader on a journey of profound discovery" Read more

4 customers mention ‘Pacing’4 positive0 negative

Customers appreciate the pacing of the book, with one customer noting how it takes readers to strange and exotic lands, while another mentions how it explores societies on planets away from Earth.

"...It takes you to new lands and new places and paints pictures which draw you in to them with both skill and ease...." Read more

"...The characters are relatable and flawed, the various locales are suitably alien but not too much so, and the story moves on at a decent enough clip..." Read more

"...novel of make believe worlds, containing magic and societies on planets away from earth...." Read more

"...Magicians, Assassins, Demons, Goddesses, strange and exotic lands, all wrapped up in adventure. Barker does Fantasy, beautiful." Read more

5 customers mention ‘Spelling’0 positive5 negative

Customers report numerous spelling and punctuation errors throughout the Kindle edition of the book.

"...recommend the Kindle version to new readers because it contains a number of spelling mistakes...." Read more

"...Did the book not get proof read? The amount of punctuation errors I found seriously detracted from my enjoyment...." Read more

"...which stands out most about this Kindle edition of Imajica is the bad punctuation - it's so terrible that it needs re-edited completely from..." Read more

"...I had to read many sentences twice. There were some misspellings. I put up with the inconvenience just to read the book...." Read more

Top reviews from United Kingdom

  • Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 17 August 2024
    Format: Kindle EditionVerified Purchase
    Brings some magic into your life. Very long, without ever getting repetitive or boring. Enjoyed every word, he’s a great story teller. Set in a time before mobile phones, which I enjoyed remembering.
    I disliked the main characters intensely at times, but that just made it more interesting.
    I did not realise until more than halfway through, that this is the “Hellraiser guy”. Although this does not have much, if anything, in common with those films.
    If you like fantasy, definitely recommend this one.
    One person found this helpful
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  • Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 3 February 2012
    Format: Kindle EditionVerified Purchase
    I have read this book several times over the past few years.It is an excellent novel.I recently purchased the novel in a Kindle edition. I would not recommend the Kindle version to new readers because it contains a number of spelling mistakes.In many cases where a word begins with the letters cl the Kindle edition shows the word as starting with the letter d.For example clear is shown as dear.There are words spelt in block capitals which I presume were meant to be corrected before publication in Kindle.There are words that are plainly not in the original paperback book.I have purchased several books in Kindle and intend to used this method in future because I think it is the best way to purchase books. If I were Clive Barker I would ask Amazon to check the book and reissue it .
    Anyone buying the book in paperback should check that it contains both parts of the Imajica.The book has been published in two parts in the past.
    The book is excellent but buy it in paperback in an edition with at least eleven hundred pages.
    19 people found this helpful
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  • Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 23 February 2022
    Format: PaperbackVerified Purchase
    This a book that covers many dimensions & is a book to truly luxuriate into. Clive Barker is most well known for being a horror writer but he is incredibly poetic at times, I liked most of his characters that were supposed to be liked & disliked the others that had the streak of bad in them, all were beautifully drawn along with the landscapes which were dizzying in their scope & imagination. There are many twists & turns in this story to keep any reader alert & interested & with short chapters that are often split into sections it makes for a page turner. It’s a sci fi, rom com, horror, buddy, fantasy, sexy clever thriller of a book.
    4 people found this helpful
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  • Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 15 April 2024
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    Gripping, enveloping, humane, radical, haunting, questioning, exploding with ideas. Huge and multidimensional in every way: in plot, in description, in characters, in concepts. Modern Fantasy of the highest order.
    2 people found this helpful
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  • Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 31 August 2017
    Format: Kindle EditionVerified Purchase
    In very simple terms I love this book, it is rich, imaginative, beguiling and involving. It takes you to new lands and new places and paints pictures which draw you in to them with both skill and ease. Its touches on the sacred feminine, the destruction of female gods and idols in our own world and the sterility and dominance of male gods who require a female as the both the incubator and the deliverer of life.

    It has a rich philosophy and has deep undertones which pokes a stick at our monotheistic belief systems and the male dominance we seek in so much of our religions.

    This book can be read on many levels and I hope that you enjoy it as much and as often as I have.
    17 people found this helpful
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  • Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 29 May 2022
    Format: PaperbackVerified Purchase
    Imajica will give you the sprawl and lore of Lord of the rings, the existential dread of hellraiser, and an epic love story, all wrapped up in the sort of glorious weirdness that can only come from the mind of barker.
    The characters are relatable and flawed, the various locales are suitably alien but not too much so, and the story moves on at a decent enough clip that I didn't get bored but I felt like I went on an epic journey.
    All in all, it could have possibly been trimmed down a little, and for a story that is about the 5 dominions (dimensions) we spend a little too much time in mundane earth for my liking, and we fly a bit too quickly through the other worlds, only really seeing a glimpse of what could have been.

    If you like stuff like alien worlds, secret societies, dark magic, enduring love, and stakes high enough to save or doom not one but 5 worlds, you might like Imajica.
    4 people found this helpful
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  • Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 10 November 2024
    Format: Kindle EditionVerified Purchase
    Once the words form in your mind, you'll be hooked. It's 30 years since I last read it and I'm so glad to have returned to it again.
  • Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 7 October 2013
    Format: Kindle EditionVerified Purchase
    Clive Barker was my favourite author as a teenager. I started off reading James Herbert's and Stephen King's novels and progressed to the aforementioned. I have since studied English Literature at uni. Eighteen years later I thought I'd revisit his works.

    I thought I'd give Imajica a go first as it's his most epic. I downloaded a sample and it opened quite well, so decided to make a purchase. As another reviewer pointed out, the kindle version is riddled with typos and formatting errors. One thing I noted on this second reading is that even now, having read more literary novels, Barker has a very good vocabulary for a genre writer, although it does tend to run away from him at times. I have to agree with other reviewers in saying that his style does grow very tedious as the novel progresses. Upon re-reading I realise that elements of Weaveworld, Imajica, and the Books of the Art have blended together in my mind. The fantastical elements are not always that well described and some of the description of the action is confusing and difficult to visualise. I always enjoyed the sexual freedom of his works, often depicting same sex an opposite couplings in the same book, also the androgyny, but there is definitely a homosexual bias to his subtext, which I wasn't aware of when I was younger. I recall reading of something called 'the butt diggers choice' when glancing through one of his other books. It's also overtly Christian, which I found somewhat off-putting. I wasn't as amazed at the terrain in this book as I recall either. The book doesn't fully explore all dominions, and I felt a bit cheated by it all. It's just not a very good story. It's a bit rubbish really.

    Having satisfied my nostalgic craving I don't think I'll be returning to any other Clive Barker books. I tried the Abarat books, having read the first, and a large chunk of the second, and they're even worse. It just goes to show how much we grow as readers.
    13 people found this helpful
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Top reviews from other countries

  • Paul
    5.0 out of 5 stars Alternative worlds will always exist in our imaginations until their proven otherwise.
    Reviewed in Canada on 2 March 2025
    Personal Barker favourite. A thoroughly enthralling engaging romp.
    Of course I’m remembering a younger self when I read this tome.
    On kindle it doesn’t feel so heavy. I look forward to
    re-engaging. Make it so!
  • Mags
    5.0 out of 5 stars My favorite....
    Reviewed in the United States on 8 May 2025
    Barker is a great storytelling master and this book is his best ever in my opinion. Read and.re-read many times, it never fails to make me happy.
  • lpc76
    5.0 out of 5 stars Great read
    Reviewed in Australia on 14 June 2024
    Format: PaperbackVerified Purchase
    Book has me hooked from the first page
  • Abcd
    5.0 out of 5 stars Good Paperback but without illustrations and the afterword
    Reviewed in India on 10 May 2022
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    Fonts is good, nice for reading... Wished this one had illustrations..
    It's a Barker's work.. going to be fun anyway!!!!
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    Abcd
    5.0 out of 5 stars
    Good Paperback but without illustrations and the afterword

    Reviewed in India on 10 May 2022
    Fonts is good, nice for reading... Wished this one had illustrations..
    It's a Barker's work.. going to be fun anyway!!!!
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  • Hosenbund
    5.0 out of 5 stars THE VISUALS IN MY HEAD
    Reviewed in Germany on 2 July 2015
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    Very well written - the visuals I had in my head... WOW!
    Definitely a roller coaster of characters, sceneries, happening, plot twists and emotions. I recommend it to anyone that is interested in Fantasy and deep characters and different worlds.
    It is one of those books, I will never forget and whose characters will always have a place in my heart.

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