The House on the Borderland by William Hope Hodgson

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The House on the Borderland by William Hope Hodgson!

Introduction by James Chambers!

Front cover, and interior artwork by the amazing K. L. Turner!
A total of 11 illustrations in The House on the Borderland!
The deluxe hardcover editions are signed by James Chambers and K. L. Turner!
Signed and lettered deluxe hardcover edition with slipcase!
Signed and double lettered deluxe hardcover edition!
Unsigned hardcover edition!
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Note: The front cover stamp artwork will be stamped in gold on the front cover. The second image is the end sheet, and finally the House on the Borderland image is the full color frontispiece. Don't miss out on collecting this elegant edition of The House on the Borderland by William Hope Hodgson, and all of the future books in the Weird House Classics line!

The House on the Borderland, first published in 1908, begins with two friends on a fishing trip who, near a small Irish village, come upon a ruined house overlooking a monstrous chasm. In the ruins, they find the manuscript that forms the book. The author of this manuscript had lived in the house with his sister and his dog, Pepper. The house is besieged by attacks from horrible “Swine-Things,” but the true mysteries lie in the house itself and the inexplicable and transcendent experiences the manuscript’s author undergoes within it, being incorporeally transported across aeons to the far future and into the infinite. This is the book about which H. P. Lovecraft coined the term “cosmic horror.” Many writers cite Hodgson as an influence, including Gene Wolfe, China Miéville, and Brian Keene.

"Abruptly, the Thing turned and gazed hideously in my direction. It opened its mouth, and, for the first time, the stillness of that abominable place was broken, by a deep, booming note that sent an added thrill of apprehension through me. Then, immediately, I became aware that it was coming toward me, swiftly and silently. In an instant, it had covered half the distance that lay between. And still, I was borne helplessly to meet it. Only a hundred yards, and the brutish ferocity of the giant face numbed me with a feeling of unmitigated horror.

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With my foot on the first step, I paused. It seemed to me, I heard a movement, apparently from the buttery, which is to the left of the staircase. It had been one of the first places I searched, and yet, I felt certain my ears had not deceived me. My nerves were strung now, and, with hardly any hesitation, I stepped up to the door, holding the lamp above my head. In a glance, I saw that the place was empty, save for the heavy, stone slabs, supported by brick pillars; and I was about to leave it, convinced that I had been mistaken; when, in turning, my light was flashed back from two bright spots outside the window, and high up. For a few moments, I stood there, staring. Then they moved—revolving slowly, and throwing out alternate scintillations of green and red; at least, so it appeared to me. I knew then that they were eyes."

EDITIONS

Deluxe Signed & Lettered Hardcover Edition

• Introduction by James Chambers
  
• Frontispiece and interior artwork by K. L. Turner
  
• A total of 11 interior illustrations!
  
• Signed by James Chambers, and Artist K. L. Turner
  
• Hand Lettered A to Z
  
• Beautiful Front cover stamping
  
• Limited to 26 Lettered Editions
  
• Housed in a Slipcase
  
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Deluxe Signed & Double Lettered Hardcover

• Introduction by James Chambers
  
• Frontispiece and interior illustrations by K. L. Turner
  
• A total of 11 interior illustrations by K. L. Turner  
  
• Signed by the Author and Artist
  
• Hand-Lettered AA to ZZ
  
• Beautiful Front cover Stamping! 
  
• Limited to 26 Signed and double Lettered Editions
  
• Preorder now!

Unsigned Hardcover Edition

• Introduction by James Chambers
  
• Frontispiece and interior illustrations by K. L. Turner
  
• A total of 11 interior illustrations by K. L. Turner!
  
• Beautiful Front cover stamping!
  
• Preorder now!

PRAISE FOR WILLIAM HOPE HODGSON

“… the Big Bang in my private universe as a science fiction and fantasy reader and, later, writer….”
— Terry Pratchett

“… a peculiar & magnificent power — an ability to suggest realms & dimensions just out of reach & sieges by hellish legions the nameless from unsuspected, fathomless abysses of night. The House On The Borderland has a breath-taking cosmic reach.”
— H. P. Lovecraft

ABOUT THE AUTHOR

William Hope Hodgson (1877-1918) was born in Essex, England, near Fitchingfield where his father was an Anglican clergyman. The family lived in many different locations, including Ireland, where The House on the Borderland takes place. Hodgson ran away to sea from his boarding school, and many of his short stories take place in a maritime setting, including the short horror story “The Voice in the Night,” about castaways overcome by a fungal infection, which was made into the Japanese movie Matango. He is also the author of a series of stories featuring Carnacki, the Occult Detective. Hodgson was an enthusiastic bodybuilder and at one time ran a school of Physical Culture. He married Betty Farnsworth, also a writer; they lived in France, but returned to England when war broke out. He was killed in World War II, in the Ypres Salient.