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Carnacki the Ghost-Finder - William Hope Hodgson
Carnacki the Ghost-Finder
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Format: paperback
ISBN: 9780722147931 (0722147937)
Publisher: Sphere Books Limited
Pages no: 239
Edition language: English
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Douglas Smith | Writer
Douglas Smith | Writer rated it
2.0 Carnacki, The Ghost Finder
The first story was enjoyable, but the rest of the collection (which included six short stories) were simply more of the same thing: same structure, same approaches by the "ghost hunter," same less than suspenseful scenarios. I picked this title to read because I've read Hodgson's more well known wo...
beishir
beishir rated it
3.0 Carnacki the Ghost-Finder
I read "The Invisible Thing", a short story in this collection, years ago, enjoyed it, and became interested in Carnacki. After re-reading "The Invisible Thing" and reading the other 8 short stories in this collection, I have to say that I have an overall feeling of disappointment. While "The Invisi...
heidenkind
heidenkind rated it
Two out of five good stories isn't terrible...
The Charcoal Burner
The Charcoal Burner rated it
4.0
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FriedEgg
FriedEgg rated it
Starting off strong, I was struck by the effectiveness of Hodgson's writing. He tells a good ghost story, if not as subtle and gradual a build up as M.R. James, they are more tense and frightening, the supernatural forces (indeed, when they were supernatural) more malignant.But after a while the fo...
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