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Can anyone tell me where Harper Collins have said that the release date is December 2008? Seems unlikely, considering Barker has basically finished writing, and said about 5 months ago that it'd be released 3rd quarter 2007. Also Amazon already have it on pre-order with a release date of 2nd July. Snakesamongus 10:42, 21 June 2007 (UTC)
It's now the 16th of September 2009 and it still hasn't been released. I'm getting bored of waiting Snakesamongus 13:32, 16 September 2009 (UTC) —Preceding unsigned comment added by 90.208.22.181 (talk)
So, I just read Scarlet Gospels and I think the page should be updated. You never learn Pinhead's "True name", the Order of the Gash isn't explained in any detail, other than their fortress was built 700,000 years ago. Apparently the damned and demons of hell can die, but no explanation of what that means. There's no Viking scene, no Golgotha scene, nothing on the puzzle boxes (other than a few self-solving boxes appear in story with zero explanation). Magic plays a big part, but it's origin or significance is never explained. It's, IMHO, a pretty weak entry into the Barker ouevre. There's no danger to main characters from 1st person narrative. Several times you find out something bad happened to a main character while other stuff was going on, but you get that only briefly ("Oh no! Bad guy killed minor character while you were in other room, Harry! Okay let's go have a fight against 1,000 enemies that occupies half a paragraph - THIS ACTUALLY HAPPENS. TWICE.) The reader comes back from a POV chapter to hear significant plot movement happened outside the purview of the reader, with almost zero detail. So, as you read it, know the characters are never in any danger while in the room. My humble suggestion - read Imajica. Imajica has nothing to do with Pinhead or Hellraiser mythos, but it's an AMAZING story. Imajica's absolutely first rate. Scarlet Gospels is like a 4/10, and most of that is nostalgia factor for better stories featuring Harry D'Amour. Pinhead's best scene is the first 10 pages, after that he just marches the plot along, doing nothing memorable or scary. (Sorry, didn't sign, doing now) Legomancer (talk) 03:01, 23 May 2015 (UTC)