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The Night Land: British Library Tales of the Weird

Autor William Hope Hodgson
en Limba Engleză Paperback – 20 mai 2024
Written in a style composed of strange archaisms which fuel the weird sense of disorientation, this cult classic has won the admiration of writers from Brian Aldiss to C S Lewis, who wrote: 'The Night Land gives, like certain rare dreams, sensations we never had before.'
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Specificații

ISBN-13: 9780712355759
ISBN-10: 0712355758
Pagini: 448
Dimensiuni: 130 x 190 x 40 mm
Greutate: 0.44 kg
Editura: British Library Publishing
Colecția British Library Tales of the Weird
Seria British Library Tales of the Weird


Recenzii


For all its flaws and idiosyncracies, The Night Land is utterly unsurpassed, unique, astounding. A mutant vision like nothing else there has ever been.—China Mieville

One of the most potent pieces of macabre imagination ever written.—H.P. Lovecraft,

[Good science fiction stories] give, like certain rare dreams, sensations we never had before, and enlarge our conception of the range of possible experience... W.H. Hodgson's The Night Land [makes the grade] in eminence from the unforgettable sombre splendour of the images it presents...— C.S. Lewis

For all its flaws and idiosyncracies, "The Night Land" is utterly unsurpassed, unique, astounding. A mutant vision like nothing else there has ever been.--China MievilleOne of the most potent pieces of macabre imagination ever written.--H.P. Lovecraft, [Good science fiction stories] give, like certain rare dreams, sensations we never had before, and enlarge our conception of the range of possible experience... W.H. Hodgson's "The Night Land" [makes the grade] in eminence from the unforgettable sombre splendour of the images it presents...-- C.S. Lewis

Notă biografică

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. Hodgson used his experiences at sea to lend authentic detail to his short horror stories, many of which are set on the ocean, including his series of linked tales forming the "Sargasso Sea Stories". His novels, such as The House on the Borderland (1908) and The Night Land (1912), feature more cosmic themes, but several of his novels also focus on horrors associated with the sea. Early in his writing career Hodgson dedicated effort to poetry, although few of his poems were published during his lifetime. He also attracted some notice as a photographer and achieved renown as a bodybuilder. He died in World War I at age 40.