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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.
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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“An enduring classic of cosmic terror.”
—Ramsey Campbell
“The Big Bang in my private universe as a science fiction and fantasy reader and, later, writer.”
—Terry Pratchett
“Few can equal [Hodgson] in adumbrating the nearness of nameless forces and monstrous besieging entities through casual hints and significant details, or in conveying feelings of the spectral and abnormal.”
—H. P. Lovecraft
