Imajica by Clive Barker
(chapters 43-62, approx 450 of 1100 pages)
Show Notes
Synopsis 00:40 // Themes 12:05 // Wonderlands of Flesh and Blood by Christian Daumann 12:15 // Metaphors for the body 13:41 // The Patriarchal God 14:44 // Gender: female 15:22 // Gender: male 18:41 // Pie’oh’Pah 20:34 // Carnivale and the grotesque 21:53 // Corporeal transformation and extension 27:53 // Cities 28:05 (City Accelerated) // Games 30:56 // Mechanising gender 32:35 // LARP is awful 33:36 // Sagas of the Icelanders 36:01 // Representing the spirit 40:42 // Nephilim 41:50 // Imajica card game 46:28
Wonderlands in Flesh and Blood by Christian Daumann
Music Credits
Music is by Chris Zabriskie: chriszabriskie.com // bandcamp // free music archive
Samples: “Is That You Or Are You You?” from Reappear // “Another Version Of You” from Thoughtless
I read Imajica decades ago, this was the novel where I gave up reading Barker. I remember this novel having fantastic ideas and imagery, but the gender stuff and especially awkward race bit killed it for me. I made it through your 3 part podcast primarily because I had such a strong mixed feelings about this book and liked hearing your take.