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From William Hope Hodgson's mind-bending epic of cosmic horror, "The House On the Borderland".Related content
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Good old Hodgson! Yet as great as this story is, I still prefer 'Boats of the "Glen Carrig"'. Maybe it's because the latter has an almost Howardian feel to it in the sense of brave and hardened men fighting back against the eldritch horrors?
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I first heard about this from the League of Extraordinary Gentlemen, and its references to this book.
Gotta say, I was quite impressed with the story when I read about it.
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This story is still one of my fave weird fiction tales. It's quite unlike anything else I've read.
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The house on the borderland , excellent story by William hope hodgesin ,if you like this one you should check out another story by him called the hog you won't be disappointed
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I've read The Hog too, but I prefer this story. The Hog takes a long time to get going, while The House On the Borderland grabs you from the get go.
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The cannibal thing ! The whole story is framed by the account of two vacationers who find in the less frequented wilds of Ireland ,the ruins of the House, and find the book that the unknown recluse was writing. They also hear a howling but see nothing unnatural.
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Some unkind critics have suggested Hodgson stole concepts from Wells' Time Machine -- pointing to the section where the Narrator is just sitting in his study and suddenly he's shooting billions of years into the future (though there are only so many ways to describe how time in the outside world is speeding up).Β And he confronts a race of evil, shaggy, pale creatures (Morlocks in Wells and Swine Things in Hodgson).Β But, epic as The Time Machine is, House on the Borderland is even more epic -- cosmic -- mind-blowing -- whatever!
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I guess a comparison could be made. But frankly; there's no other book like "The House On the Borderland". I think that cited similarity is quite superficial.
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I believe you're right dude. Tolkien's orcs are from around 1937-8 while Hodgson created an evil pig-like humanoid in 1908. Both being English, I wonder if there was an influence. Having played D&D, when I saw Return of the Jedi as a kid, I was shocked to see orcs in Jaba's palace.
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Have not read it yet...but it seems good...
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It's a mind-boggling, almost psychedelic reading experience. It's unlike anything else I've read.
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I read a graphic novel adaptation, but it was more of an interpretation or tribute from the reviews. So I'll have to read it...
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Oh yeah, here it is. Very close to how I imagined it. Hodgeson kinda brought these things back in the Carnaki stories as the demonic dimension shambling Hog thing. I liked that story because the hog demon seemed to exist in a labyrinthine hell, trapped yet ever searching for prey like the Minotaur.
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I speculated, while drinking, that because of Hodgson's name (similar to hog), he might have been from people in the business of hog breeding and drawn from some rural experience. Or possibly, a pig had frightened him as a child.
Just thoughts. I never found pigs particularly grotesque or scary. My cousins' parents are pig farmers and I always felt a little sad about how they, the pigs that is, blissfully lived under the hood of doom.
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I like "The Hog" too. Yes, Hodgson seemed to have an affinity for swineish creatures.
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Like other ones you've done, this is not a story that I am familiar with. Seems interesting though. When I first saw this I thought it was like some weird Rawhead Rex thing lol 
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This one's really worth looking into. It's like nothing you've ever read before.
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You must go to the gallery of my friend --he's also a fan of classic horror literature!!
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I'll take a look! Thanks for the link
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Here is his interpretation...
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Again; if you haven't read it, please go check it out. If not the book, then read Richard Corben's graphic novel version. It really is "graphic"!
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The Richard Corben one was great. But I wish it was more faithful...
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Man, that was a really effective & creepily weird story. No wonder HPL liked it so much.
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Yep; Hodgson got wounded in the great war and recived an honourable discharge. But as soon as he had recovered he went back out into combat and was blown to smithereens at Ypres. Such a waste.
I have that graphic novel too, with art by Richard Corben. I like it too, though they take certain liberties with the story that really doesn't do anything for it either way.
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Loved Corben's art in it, but the adaptation was just terrible.
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Modern editors, can't tell 'em anything.
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