tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-825351661748594023.post8788205636363359011..comments2024-03-06T11:11:48.095-08:00Comments on Too Much Horror Fiction: The House on the Borderland by William Hope Hodgson (1908): Into That Great Void My Soul'd Be HurledWill Erricksonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16285306262078600804noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-825351661748594023.post-129119884576803282014-12-19T17:02:48.281-08:002014-12-19T17:02:48.281-08:00W.H. Hodgeson looks like quite the handsome stud i...<i>W.H. Hodgeson looks like quite the handsome stud in that drawing btw! Who would've thunk it?!</i><br /><br />He was a seaman, and had to take up boxing and weight training to avoid unwanted shipboard romance. Either that or have runes from the Sigsand M.S. tattooed on his buttocks.Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16755393226640706872noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-825351661748594023.post-45583952805145909952014-11-11T15:18:02.449-08:002014-11-11T15:18:02.449-08:00Thanks for the information about "House on th...Thanks for the information about "House on the Borderland". I wasn't aware of this novel.Edward Trimnellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15887249981647388209noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-825351661748594023.post-28415145179556243312014-11-06T05:27:38.228-08:002014-11-06T05:27:38.228-08:00What's also nice about the Carnacki stories is...What's also nice about the Carnacki stories is that not all of them turn out to deal with the supernatural. Also, Carnacki is refreshingly honest about those times when he felt fear or, in a couple of cases, ran away. It's a nice counterpoint to Blackwood's John Silence, who's pretty much infallible. Jonathan Stoverhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07751600613741713162noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-825351661748594023.post-35679243268592644222014-11-04T12:30:51.095-08:002014-11-04T12:30:51.095-08:00I second that emotion viz WH Hodgson's "C...I second that emotion viz WH Hodgson's "Carnacki" stories -- great Holmesian ghost hunting tales with terrific Edwardian tech ("electric pentagrams," etc.) And yet genuinely eerie too.Joe Ghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00028283065457396419noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-825351661748594023.post-58499923749840802132014-11-03T20:05:22.353-08:002014-11-03T20:05:22.353-08:00Well, that's what I get for not doing my due d...Well, that's what I get for not doing my due diligence! I could have sworn that Hodgson was an early influence on HPL--I know that's how I myself heard of him. And reading HOUSE seemed to corroborate my impression. Then again, it's been years since I've read either the Joshi or the de Camp bios of HPL, as well as Supernatural Horror. What an oversight! Thanks so much for Will Erricksonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16285306262078600804noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-825351661748594023.post-45350910182013086492014-11-03T10:50:48.205-08:002014-11-03T10:50:48.205-08:00I truly enjoyed this review of HOUSE ON THE BORDER...I truly enjoyed this review of HOUSE ON THE BORDERLAND but I must point out that Hodgson had a limited influence on Lovecraft. We know that HPL did not read Hodgson or this novel until 1934 by which point Lovecraft had written virtually all of his major fiction. The only stories written after his discovery of Hodgson were "The Shadow Out of Time" and "The Haunter in the Dark".Samhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00721816076270321813noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-825351661748594023.post-63057728333649678022014-11-02T10:44:33.915-08:002014-11-02T10:44:33.915-08:00Love the H. Bok cover for Arkham. Ole W.H. Hodgeso...Love the H. Bok cover for Arkham. Ole W.H. Hodgeson looks like quite the handsome stud in that drawing btw! Who would've thunk it?!highwaykneeshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00458606266831050852noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-825351661748594023.post-56882323020379543312014-11-02T08:23:05.424-08:002014-11-02T08:23:05.424-08:00I just got turned on to the aquatic and cosmic ter...I just got turned on to the aquatic and cosmic terrors of W.H. Hodgeson earlier this year; beginning with The House on the Borderland. I adore his work - particularly the Carnacki stories and The Boats of the Glen Carrig.James Graceyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08968719719213071671noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-825351661748594023.post-87304716040293879172014-11-02T01:08:23.924-07:002014-11-02T01:08:23.924-07:00WTF is with that corn cob cover?! On the other han...WTF is with that corn cob cover?! On the other hand, the Freeway Press one is superb.Lincolnhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11305014002247084812noreply@blogger.com