The House on the Borderland
Books | Fiction / Visionary & Metaphysical
3.4
William Hope Hodgson
A house seemingly disconnected in time and space becomes the setting for brutal conflict between the hapless homeowner and a collection of grotesque semi-human creatures in this landmark of fantasy and horror. The House on the Borderland is the account of a man, known only as the recluse, who moves into a remote and shunned house and unwittingly finds himself suspended between worlds, traveling through time, and fighting for his life against a siege of misshapen monstrosities. The author’s sweeping imagination evokes a wide variety of fantastical effects, from eerie intimations of the weird to vivid manifestations of supernatural horror, from fabulous glimpses of otherworldly landscapes to direct combat with non-human assailants of murderous intent. First published in 1908, the novel quickly acquired a reputation as a rare and visionary example of cosmic horror that would influence and draw praise from H.P. Lovecraft, Clark Ashton Smith, Olaf Stapleton and others. As gripping and surreal as a fever dream, The House on the Borderland remains one of the most transporting destinations in literature. With an eye-catching new cover, and professionally typeset manuscript, this edition of The House on the Borderland is both modern and readable.
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Author
William Hope Hodgson
Pages
134
Publisher
Graphic Arts Books
Published Date
2020-11-17
ISBN
1513267035 9781513267036
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"Supposedly one of the predecessors of the modern horror genre. Parts of this were painfully boring. Then the middle part where the man fights off a swarm of some zombie-like pig-men monsters was legitimately terrifying. Then the end was painfully boring again. Long descriptions of flying through time and space became quite tedious."
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Rebekah Travis
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