{"title":"William Hope Hodgson","description":"","products":[{"product_id":"the-house-on-the-borderland-hardcover","title":"The House on the Borderland - Hardcover","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA house seemingly disconnected in time and space becomes the setting for brutal conflict between the hapless homeowner and a collection of grotesque semi-human creatures in this landmark of fantasy and horror.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe House on the Borderland\u003c\/i\u003e is the account of a man, known only as the recluse, who moves into a remote and shunned house and unwittingly finds himself suspended between worlds, traveling through time, and fighting for his life against a siege of misshapen monstrosities. The author's sweeping imagination evokes a wide variety of fantastical effects, from eerie intimations of the weird to vivid manifestations of supernatural horror, from fabulous glimpses of otherworldly landscapes to direct combat with non-human assailants of murderous intent. First published in 1908, the novel quickly acquired a reputation as a rare and visionary example of cosmic horror that would influence and draw praise from H.P. Lovecraft, Clark Ashton Smith, Olaf Stapleton and others. As gripping and surreal as a fever dream, \u003ci\u003eThe House on the Borderland\u003c\/i\u003e remains one of the most transporting destinations in literature.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eWith an eye-catching new cover, and professionally typeset manuscript, this edition of \u003ci\u003eThe House on the Borderland\u003c\/i\u003e is both modern and readable.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eBack Jacket\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA diary discovered in the ruins of a remote house tells of a recluse who finds himself confronted by increasingly unearthly events that build to an astounding climax. \u003ci\u003eThe House on the Borderland\u003c\/i\u003e by \u003cb\u003eWilliam Hope Hodgson\u003c\/b\u003e is a classic of horror fantasy and one of the most extravagantly imaginative novels of its era.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50101545992415,"sku":"9781513220383","price":13.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0813\/8958\/4607\/files\/eXdGQ3Jwdy8zd1laTWdia214OVB2Zz09.webp?v=1781071696"},{"product_id":"the-house-on-the-borderland-paperback","title":"The House on the Borderland - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eThe House on the Borderland is a supernatural horror novel by William Hope Hodgson. He went beyond the existing ghost story and gothic molds, synthesizing a new cosmic horror that made a huge impact on later writers of weird tales, notably H. P. Lovecraft. The two gentlemen Tonnison and Berreggnog head to a village in Ireland for a week's fishing. There they discover the ruins of a strange house and the diary of the house's former occupant, the words on its torn pages hinting at an evil far beyond anything that has existed in this world before.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50101586952415,"sku":"9781719492577","price":8.08,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0813\/8958\/4607\/files\/b2VzOUQwZlFZQzBIa3hMRHNXMzhzdz09.webp?v=1781071776"},{"product_id":"the-house-on-the-borderland-paperback-1","title":"The House on the Borderland - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eWilliam Hope Hodgson's \"cosmic horror\" classic continues the Haunted Library of Horror Classics series.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eIn a ruined house at the edge of an abyss lies the diary of a madman...\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eTwo friends on a fishing trip make an unsettling discovery when the river they've been following abruptly ends and reappears some 100 feet below the edge of an abyss. If that wasn't unnerving enough, the river runs along the remains of an oddly shaped house, half-swallowed by the pit.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWithin the ruins, they discover the moldering journal of an unidentified man--the Recluse--who had lived in the house years ago. Its pages reveal the man's apparent descent into madness--why else would he chronicle haunted visions, trips to other dimensions, and attacks by swine-like creatures that have followed him home? After a horrific vision in which he witnesses the end of the earth and time itself, the Recluse awakens in his study to find nothing has changed--except that his dog has dissolved into a pile of dust. And then the \"swine things\" return...\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIntroduced by modern horror master Ramsey Campbell as \"an enduring classic of cosmic terror,\" \u003cem\u003eThe House on the Borderland\u003c\/em\u003e has inspired dozens of other classic horror novels and indelibly changed the genre. 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