The Night Land
The Night Land is a classic horror novel by William Hope Hodgson, first published in 1912. As a work of fantasy it belongs to the Dying Earth subgenre. Hodgson also published a much shorter version of the novel, entitled The Dream of X. H. P. Lovecraft's essay "Supernatural Horror in Literature"...
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The Night Land is a classic horror novel by William Hope Hodgson, first published in 1912. As a work of fantasy it belongs to the Dying Earth subgenre. Hodgson also published a much shorter version of the novel, entitled The Dream of X. H. P. Lovecraft's essay "Supernatural Horror in Literature" describes the novel as "one of the most potent pieces of macabre imagination ever written".
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Format: Paperback
ISBN:
9781482363081 (1482363089)
ASIN: 1482363089
Publish date: 2013-02-04
Publisher: CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform (2010-12-22)
Pages no: 302
Edition language: English
Category:
Fantasy,
Adventure,
Science Fiction Fantasy,
Classics,
Science Fiction,
Horror,
Dystopia,
Apocalyptic,
Post Apocalyptic,
Weird Fiction,
Dying Earth
Nope. Even if we ever get to the scary part I probably wouldn't notice. I swear he was paid by the word. How many different ways did he think he repeatedly needed to say/describe/explain the same thing over and over and over. Pages apparently. YES! We know you love her. YES! We get it! ...
It has taken me about 30 years to finish this book. My parents bought it for me ages ago (because the blurb on the back had a recommendation by HP Lovecraft, that I read a lot of back then) and I've tried several times over the years to get through it. Finally got all the way through, but it was a m...
The book begins in the 17th century. The narrator recounts his wooing of his love, the Lady Mirdath and her death after she gives birth to a child. He experiences a vision of the far future when their future incarnations will meet again. His future self lives in the Last Redoubt, a gigantic pyrami...