The House On The Borderland

Author : William Hope Hodgson
Publisher : BoD - Books on Demand
Page : 196 pages
File Size : 50,9 Mb
Release : 2023-04-10
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9791041805266

Get Book

The House on the Borderland by William Hope Hodgson Pdf

We rely on your support to help us keep producing beautiful, free, and unrestricted editions of literature for the digital age. Will you support our efforts with a donation? The House on the Borderland is unique in several ways. The narrative itself is a double-frame narrative: the editor of the volume is presenting a manuscript he found under mysterious circumstances, describing the account of two fishermen who themselves discovered a hand-written account of the cosmic haunting of a recluse’s remote home. Additionally, the novel is one of the earliest examples of the departure of horror fiction from the Gothic style of supernatural, psychological hauntings, to more realist, science-fiction/cosmic horror themes. The recluse is, among other events, transported to a mysterious supra-universal plane populated by monsters and elder gods; and his house withstands assaults from legions of monsters as he travels across time and the solar system. The book was very influential on H. P. Lovecraft, who himself was famous for the cosmic horror themes in his work. The concept of an uncaring, and even evil, universe that Lovecraft found so disturbing is front and center in this supremely strange novel.

Author : William Hope Hodgson
Publisher : DigiCat
Page : 142 pages
File Size : 47,5 Mb
Release : 2023-12-26
Category : Fiction
ISBN : EAN:8596547765202

Get Book

The Ghost Pirates (Horror Classic) by William Hope Hodgson Pdf

This eBook has been formatted to the highest digital standards and adjusted for readability on all devices. Jessop is the only survivor of the final voyage of the Mortzestus, rescued from drowning by the crew of the passing Sangier. He begins to recount how he came to be aboard the ill-fated Mortzestus, the rumors surrounding the vessel and the unusual events that rapidly increase in both frequency and severity. He describes his confusion and uncertainty about what he believes he has seen, at times fearing for his own sanity.

Author : William Hope Hodgson
Publisher : BoD - Books on Demand
Page : 361 pages
File Size : 50,8 Mb
Release : 2022-11-04
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9782322436255

Get Book

The Night Land by William Hope Hodgson Pdf

The Sun has gone out: the Earth is lit only by the glow of residual vulcanism. The last few millions of the human race are gathered together in a gigantic metal pyramid, the Last Redoubt, under siege from unknown forces and Powers outside in the dark. These are held back by a Circle of energy, known as the "air clog," powered from the Earth's internal energy. For millennia, vast living shapes - the Watchers - have waited in the darkness near the pyramid: it is thought they are waiting for the inevitable time when the Circle's power finally weakens and dies. Other living things have been seen in the darkness beyond, some of unknown origins, and others that may once have been human. To leave the protection of the Circle means almost certain death, or worse, but as the story commences, the narrator establishes mind contact with an inhabitant of another, forgotten, Redoubt, and sets off into the darkness to find her.

Author : Simon Revelstroke,William Hope Hodgson
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 48,6 Mb
Release : 2000
Category : Comic books, strips, etc
ISBN : 1563895455

Get Book

William Hope Hodgson's The House on the Borderland by Simon Revelstroke,William Hope Hodgson Pdf

Graphic adaptation of the ageless horror classic.

Author : William Hope Hodgson
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 571 pages
File Size : 52,9 Mb
Release : 2021-09-02
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 9798469330783

Get Book

The Night Land Annotated by William Hope Hodgson Pdf

The Night Land is a horror/fantasy novel by English writer William Hope Hodgson, first published in 1912. As a work of fantasy it belongs to the Dying Earth subgenre. Hodgson also published a much shorter version of the novel, entitled The Dream of X (1912).The Night Land was revived in paperback by Ballantine Books, which republished the work in two parts as the 49th and 50th volumes of its Ballantine Adult Fantasy series in July 1972. H. P. Lovecraft's essay "Supernatural Horror in Literature" describes the novel as "one of the most potent pieces of macabre imagination ever written". Clark Ashton Smith wrote of it

Author : Haro Aso
Publisher : VIZ Media LLC
Page : 342 pages
File Size : 54,5 Mb
Release : 2022-03-15
Category : Comics & Graphic Novels
ISBN : 9781974729920

Get Book

Alice in Borderland, Vol. 1 by Haro Aso Pdf

The first game starts with a bang, but Ryohei manages to beat the clock and save his friends. It’s a short-lived victory, however, as they discover that winning only earns them a few days’ grace period. If they want to get home, they’re going to have to start playing a lot harder. -- VIZ Media

Author : William Hope Hodgson
Publisher : The Floating Press
Page : 230 pages
File Size : 45,9 Mb
Release : 2009-05-01
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781775411062

Get Book

The House on the Borderland by William Hope Hodgson Pdf

The House on the Borderland is a supernatural horror novel by William Hope Hodgson. He went beyond the existing ghost story and gothic molds, synthesizing a new cosmic horror that made a huge impact on later writers of weird tales, notably H. P. Lovecraft. The two gentlemen Tonnison and Berreggnog head to a village in Ireland for a week's fishing. There they discover the ruins of a strange house and the diary of the house's former occupant, the words on its torn pages hinting at an evil far beyond anything that has existed in this world before.

Author : William Hope Hodgson
Publisher : Read Books Ltd
Page : 30 pages
File Size : 51,5 Mb
Release : 2013-04-16
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781447499770

Get Book

The House Among the Laurels (Fantasy and Horror Classics) by William Hope Hodgson Pdf

William Hope Hodgson spent his early life as a cabin boy, before becoming a prolific author. Although best-known nowadays for two novels – The House on the Borderland (1908) and The Night Land (1912) – his short fiction was also extremely popular in its day. Within is 'The House Among The Laurels' which Hodgson wrote in 1910. A deserted mansion in Ireland displays signs of haunting, including what appears to be blood dripping from the ceiling, and several men have been found dead in the house. Is it a prank or a haunting? Carnacki recruits a group of burly local men to investigate, along with several dogs, and they attempt to stay the night within the mansion.

Author : Stephen Jones,Kim Newman
Publisher : Carroll & Graf Pub
Page : 366 pages
File Size : 41,9 Mb
Release : 1998
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 0786705523

Get Book

Horror by Stephen Jones,Kim Newman Pdf

Lists in chronological order the best horror novels and discusses the plot and background of each work

Author : Michael Bradford
Publisher : Orca Book Publishers
Page : 264 pages
File Size : 51,5 Mb
Release : 2015-04-01
Category : Juvenile Fiction
ISBN : 9781459807556

Get Book

Button Hill by Michael Bradford Pdf

Dekker isn’t happy that he and his little sister, Riley, are stuck in Button Hill with their weird old great-aunt Primrose. When he discovers an old clock in the cellar, made entirely of bones and with a skull for a face, he doesn’t think much about it. But when Riley goes missing, a strange boy named Cobb appears in Button Hill. He tells Dekker that Button Hill sits on the border between Nightside and Dayside—and that Riley is in Nightside and may never return. In order to save her, Dekker must follow her into the darkness and sacrifice something he thought he couldn’t live without.

Author : Howard Phillips Lovecraft
Publisher : Browntrout Publishers
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 41,8 Mb
Release : 2014-04-20
Category : Horror tales
ISBN : 0857756931

Get Book

At the Mountains of Madness by Howard Phillips Lovecraft Pdf

As a new expedition to Antarctica is planned a dark tale emerges of a previous, life-threatening adventure. Revealing hidden secrets, lost civilisations and alien origins, master storyteller H.P. Lovecraft indulges his talent for the macabre and horrific. In a gripping tale of fast-paced discovery an entire alien ecosystem is uncovered, and an ancient and bloody battle into which the adventurers have been drawn. It is only through sheer luck that two of them manage to escape, leaving the gnarled bodies of their companions, and live to tell the tale as a warning for all those who come after. FLAME TREE 451: From mystery to crime, supernatural to horror and fantasy to science fiction, Flame Tree 451 offers a healthy diet of werewolves and mechanical men, blood-lusty vampires, dastardly villains, mad scientists, secret worlds, lost civilizations and escapist fantasies. Discover a storehouse of tales gathered specifically for the reader of the fantastic. Each book features a brand new biography and glossary of Literary, Gothic and Victorian terms.

Author : William Hope Hodgson
Publisher : The Floating Press
Page : 159 pages
File Size : 46,9 Mb
Release : 2009-06-01
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781775415411

Get Book

The Boats of the Glen Carrig by William Hope Hodgson Pdf

The Boats of the Glen Carrig is horror writer William Hope Hodgson's 1907 novel. Written in an archaic style and presented as a true record and account, the story is narrated by a passenger of the Glen Carrig, a ship lost at sea after a supposed collision with a hidden rock. The survivors abandon the sinking hull in two lifeboats, but their most horrific and terrifying experiences are yet to come. The Boats of the Glen Carrig evokes a lost world and gives an engrossing study in human relationships submitted to pressure and fear.

Author : Leigh Bardugo
Publisher : Flatiron Books
Page : 406 pages
File Size : 53,8 Mb
Release : 2019-10-08
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781250313089

Get Book

Ninth House by Leigh Bardugo Pdf

"The best fantasy novel I’ve read in years, because it’s about real people... Impossible to put down." —Stephen King The smash New York Times bestseller from Leigh Bardugo, a mesmerizing tale of power, privilege, and dark magic set among the Ivy League elite. Goodreads Choice Award Winner Locus Finalist Galaxy “Alex” Stern is the most unlikely member of Yale’s freshman class. Raised in the Los Angeles hinterlands by a hippie mom, Alex dropped out of school early and into a world of shady drug-dealer boyfriends, dead-end jobs, and much, much worse. In fact, by age twenty, she is the sole survivor of a horrific, unsolved multiple homicide. Some might say she’s thrown her life away. But at her hospital bed, Alex is offered a second chance: to attend one of the world’s most prestigious universities on a full ride. What’s the catch, and why her? Still searching for answers, Alex arrives in New Haven tasked by her mysterious benefactors with monitoring the activities of Yale’s secret societies. Their eight windowless “tombs” are the well-known haunts of the rich and powerful, from high-ranking politicos to Wall Street’s biggest players. But their occult activities are more sinister and more extraordinary than any paranoid imagination might conceive. They tamper with forbidden magic. They raise the dead. And, sometimes, they prey on the living. Don't miss the highly-anticipated sequel, Hell Bent.

Author : Derek Lundy
Publisher : Vintage Canada
Page : 434 pages
File Size : 44,5 Mb
Release : 2011-10-04
Category : History
ISBN : 9780307398635

Get Book

Borderlands by Derek Lundy Pdf

"The periphery of a place can tell us a great deal about its heartland. along the edge of a nation's territory, its real prejudices, fears and obsessions - but also its virtues - irrepressibly bubble up as its people confront the 'other' whom they admire, or fear, or hold in contempt, and know little about. September 11, 2001, changed the United States utterly and nothing more so than the physical reality, the perception - and the meaning - of its borders." -from Borderlands Derek Lundy turns sixty at the end of a year in which three good friends have died. He feels the need to do something radical, and sets out on his motorcycle - a Kawasaki KLR 650 cc single-cylinder "thumper," which he describes as "unpretentious" and also "butt-ugly." Fascinated by the United States' post-9/11 passion for security, particularly on its two international borders, he chooses to investigate. He takes a firsthand look at both borders. The U.S.-Mexican borderlands, often disorderly and violent, operate according to their own ad hoc system of rules and conventions, and are distinct in many ways from the two countries the border divides. When security trumps trade, the economic well-being of both countries is threatened, and the upside is difficult to determine. American policy makers think the issues of drugs and illegals are ample reason to keep building fences to keep Mexicans out, even with no evidence that fences work or are anything but cruel. Mexicans' cheap labour keeps the wheels turning in the U.S. economy yet they are resented for trying to get into the country illegally (or legally). More people have died trying to cross this border than in the 9/11 attacks. At almost 9,000 kilometres, the U.S. border with Canada is the longest in the world. The northern border divides the planet's two biggest trading partners, and that relationship demands the fast, easy flow of goods and services in both directions. Since the events of 9/11, however, the United States has slowly and steadily choked the flux of trade: "just-in-time" parts shipments are in jeopardy; trucks must wait for inspection and clearance; people must be questioned. The border is "thickening." In prose that is compelling, impressive and at times frightening, Derek Lundy's incredible journey is illuminating enough to change minds, as great writing can sometimes do.

Author : Andrew Wynter
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 330 pages
File Size : 47,9 Mb
Release : 1875
Category : Idiot asylums
ISBN : HARVARD:HWS7FS

Get Book

The Borderlands of Insanity by Andrew Wynter Pdf