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Focusing, as few of his colleagues did, on the horror novel, hodgson wrote such immortal works as the house on the borderland 1908 and the night land 1912, while also writing many significant short stories such as the voice in the night and the mystery of the derelict. The house on the borderland audio books free download. Apr 20, 2014 william hope hodgson 18771918 was born in essex but moved several times with his family, including a stint in county galway in ireland a setting that would later inspire the house on the borderland. I am not a rereader of books generally speaking, but i just finished reading it again for the 8th or 9th time. The house on the borderland by william hope hodgson free ebook. House on the borderland was the scariest book, the most engrossing sci fi i have ever read. In a plot which is said to have been this edition binds hodgson s most famous novel. The house on the borderland and other novels is a collection of short novels by british writer william hope hodgson.
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The house on the borderland william hope hodgson feedbooks. It appears that hodgson, from a number of accounts, is the grandfather of the genre entropic romance. Lovecrafts cosmos, where the best humankind can hope for is indifference from the great powers of the universe. The house on the borderland 1908 by william hope hodgson table of contents. But i hope youll still find it useful, because the book is still readily available in comic and book shops, and well worth any extra effort to seek it out. Hodgson uses the plot device of a found tale, as two weekend campers find a crumbling manuscript in the ruins of an ancient house in the woods. Editions of the house on the borderland by william hope hodgson. William hope hodgson 18771918 in 1877, two gentlemen, messrs tonnison and berreggnog, head into ireland to spend a week fishing in the village of kraighten. Publication date 1983 topics science fiction publisher. This book is available for free download in a number of formats including epub, pdf, azw, mobi and more. It was published by arkham house in 1946 in an edition of 3,014 copies.
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