Librivox recording of carnacki, the ghost finder, by william hope hodgson. Broadcast and podcast five years ago, its still available on the radio drama revival. William hope hodgsons most popular book is the house on the borderland. The shadow men from the sea are terrifying creations,with hodgson s descriptive restraint allowing the readers own imagination. Stream and download audiobooks to your computer, tablet or mobile phone. Over his short career he produced a large body of work which explored and covered many genres. William hope hodgson is currently considered a single author. He produced a large number of essays, short fiction, and novels, spanning several overlapping genres including horror and science fiction. William hope hodgson primary author only author division.
Lovecraft lists this and other works by hodgson among his greatest influences. Online shopping from a great selection at books store. In the framework, an elderly ships doctor recounts a strange event that happened to him some years earlier, in the context of discussing his ideas about a fundamental life force that can manifest itself in the presence of. I bought wildside presss the william hope hodgson megapack. Written by william hope hodgson, narrated by drew ariana. The thing invisible a chapel attached to an edwardian manor house contains. The ghost pirates by william hope hodgson full audiobook.
William hope hodgson 1877 1918 the sun has gone out and the earth is lit only by the glow of residual vulcanism. He produced a large body of work, consisting of essays, short fiction, and novels, spanning several overlapping. William hope hodgson author of the house on the borderland. William hope hodgson, collection novels by william hope. He produced short fiction, and novels, spanning several overlapping genres including horror, fantastic fiction and science fiction. If one or more works are by a distinct, homonymous authors, go ahead and split the author. Over time, i hope to overhaul this article to insert more information about hodgson s life, work and influence. The house on the borderland 1908 is a supernatural horror novel by british fantasist william hope hodgson.
Hodgson used his experiences at sea to lend authentic detail to his short horror stories, many of which are. You know i wish people would sign and date entries such as these. From horror, to science fiction, to stories on the sea, where he had spent much of his early life. William hope hodgson was born in essex, england on november 15th, 1877. It is one of the most potent pieces of macabre imagination ever written. He produced a large body of work, consisting of essays, short fiction, and novels, spanning several overlapping genres including horror, fantastic fiction, and science fiction. Browse william hope hodgsons best selling audiobooks and newest titles. Jan 01, 2004 free kindle book and epub digitized and proofread by project gutenberg. The short stories of william hope hodgson, volume 1 by. Read in english by mark nelson chapters 17 the sun has gone out and the earth is lit only by the glow of residual vulcanism. The goddess of death the goddess of death was hodgson s first published story, and appeared in 1904 in royal magazine a village is terrorized by a number of murders by strangulation, and the chief suspect is a statue of the goddess kali stolen from a thugee temple. The house on the borderland audiobook by william hope hodgson 18771918. He produced a large body of work, consisting of essays, short fiction, and novels, spanning several overlapping genres including horror, fantastic fiction, and.
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A brief biography and bibliography of the writings of william hope hodgson, one of englands masters of supernatural fiction and fantasy. William hope hodgson books list of books by author william. Jul 31, 2014 the son of an impoverished british clergyman, young hope, as his family called him, ran away to sea just before his 14 th birthday. The novel is a hallucinatory account of a recluses.
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The ghost pirates audiobook by william hope hodgson the ghost pirates is a powerful account of a doomed and haunted ship on its last voyage, and of the terrible seadevils of quasihuman aspect. Browse william hope hodgsons bestselling audiobooks and newest titles. The abridgment was originally published as part of the chapbook collection poems and the dream of x in 1912 by r. William hope hodgson has 431 books on goodreads with 66983 ratings. The last few millions of the human race are gathered together in a gigantic metal pyramid, nearly eight miles high the last redoubt, under siege from unknown forces and powers outside in the dark. Throughout the 1890s hodgson sailed in various barques and packets, circling the world three times.
This is a classic novel that worked to slowly bridge the gap between the british fantastic and supernatural authors and modern horror fiction. William hope hodgson 15 november 1877 19 april 1918 was an english author. The dream of x is a novella by english writer william hope hodgson, an abridged version of his 1912 science fiction novel the night land. Download and keep this book for free with a 30 day trial.
William hope hodgson s first published novel, the boats of the glen carrig 1907, is a story of survival after a disaster at sea, and of the monstrous plant and animal lifeforms that the survivors encountered while trying to reach home. Hodsgon, also a noted photographer and bodybuilder, might have created more stories for this intrepid sleuth of the occult, but he unfortunately died at the. Listen to the night land audiobook by william hope hodgson. The tale is told by a traumatised sailor and clearly gets over a sense of slowly accumulating dread.
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