The House on the Borderland - Softcover

Hodgson, William Hope

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0881840181 ISBN 13: 9780881840186

Publisher: Carroll & Graf Pub, 1983

Synopsis

Lovecraft: "A classic of the first water." Cover art by R. Courtney.

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Review

This classic novel of the weird supernatural, first published in 1908, was an important influence on H. P. Lovecraft. In the ruins of an ancient stone house in Ireland is found the diary of an elderly man who lived alone with his sister and their pets, and who longed for his lost love. The diary tells of how the man explores a cyclopean cavern beneath the house and fights off swarms of white pig-like monsters pouring up from below. Then, in a visionary sequence, he breaks through to an alternate space-time dimension and sees a doppelganger of his house on a vast desolate plain. The prose is hokey at times, but the strange mood evoked by the other-dimensional setting is powerful indeed. As acclaimed horror writer T. E. D. Klein says, "Never has a book so hauntingly conveyed a sense of terrible loneliness and isolation."

About the Author

William Hope Hodgson (1877-1918) was an English author. 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. He died in World War I at the age of 40.

Edition details

• Publisher: Carroll & Graf Pub
• Publication date: 1983
• ISBN 10: 0881840181
• ISBN 13: 9780881840186
• Binding: Paperback
• Language: English