Two friends on a fishing trip discover a manuscript that chronicles a tale of cosmic horror in the ruins of an oddly shaped house at the edge of an abyss in a remote Irish landscape. The manuscript describes the apparent descent into madness of its author, a recluse who, according to his strange account, witnesses the destruction of the solar system and time itself. The House on the Borderland is a singular work that transcends Gothic-style psychological haunting to introduce a modern, evocative blend of horror, science fiction, and fantasy.
This Warbler Classics edition includes the first-edition annotations and a detailed biographical timeline.
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Contents
Author’s Introduction to the Manuscript
I. The Finding of the Manuscript
II. The Plain of Silence
III. The House in the Arena
IV. The Earth
V. The Thing in the Pit
VI. The Swine-Things
VII. The Attack
VIII. After the Attack
IX. In the Cellars
X. The Time of Waiting
XI. The Searching of the Gardens
XII. The Subterranean Pit
XIII. The Trap in the Great Cellar
XIV. The Sea of Sleep
XV. The Noise in the Night
XVI. The Awakening
XVII. The Slowing Rotation
XVIII. The Green Star
XIX. The End of the Solar System
XX. The Celestial Globes
XXI. The Dark Sun
XXII. The Dark Nebula
XXIII. Pepper
XXIV. The Footsteps in the Garden
XXV. The Thing from the Arena
XXVI. The Luminous Speck
XXVII. Conclusion
Biographical Timeline
Over de auteur
William Hope Hodgson (1877-1918) was a prolific author of novels, short stories, and poetry. He wrote across several genres including horror, fantasy, and science fiction. Hodgson drew from his experiences as an officer in the a Merchant Marine, a renowned bodybuilder, and a photographer to weave imaginative, wholly original tales that have inspired generations of writers from H. P. Lovecraft to Terry Pratchett. The House on the Borderland (1908) is widely considered his greatest work. He died in the Fourth Battle of Ypres in World War I.
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