The last of the caretakers has just died. Since then, the rug has been guarded by human caretakers. In the last century they were hunted down by an unspeakable horror known as the Scourge, and, threatened with annihilation, they worked their strongest raptures to weave themselves and their culture into a rug for safekeeping. It is the world of the Seerkind, a people more ancient than man, who possesses raptures - the power to make magic. Weaveworld begins with a rug - a wondrous, magnificent rug - into which a world has been woven. Here is storytelling on a grand scale - the stuff of which a classic is made.
To paraphrase one of his other creations - "He has such sights to show you." So while my favourite Barker story will remain The Thief of Always this is the book that I would use as an example of what I enjoy about him as a writer. All too easily I lost myself in the prose and the world he conjured. It's flamboyant and ignores certain conventions for brevity and efficiency (and so contributing to this being a rather long read), but I love it. Some may disagree with me on the third aspect. As with the first pillar the blend between the grandiose and the intimate works well. It works on two levels, the most obvious being the overarching threat to an entire world. Even though I'd read the book before I found the book to be full of wonders and dark delights. In places the tale touches upon the familiar and weaves them into something new.
There a three pillars that make this book stand tall.
It's been a few years since I last read this, so I was a little worried that it might not stand up to a re-read, but I was proved wrong - and that makes me happy :-) I'm a big fan of Clive Barker and for me Weaveworld exemplifies what he does well.
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