The House on the Borderland, William Hope Hodgson
The House on the Borderland, William Hope Hodgson
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The House on the Borderland

Author: William Hope Hodgson

Narrator: John Rayburn

Unabridged: 5 hr 29 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 05/02/2023


Synopsis

This is a very unusual book, wherein the majority of the story is contents of an ancient diary found by two friends on a fishing holiday while on the grounds of an old dilapidated house. The moldy manuscript has inscribed tales of strange things seen and heard. There are horrible creatures and huge monsters described as though they were old gods of mythology.They find stories saying the devil may have built the house. While reading the tattered and torn manuscript the two vacationers are startled by extremely unusual lights and sounds on the grounds and also in and around the building that is in a state of disrepair or ruin as a result of age or neglect. Much of the written material influences the men as they shudder at what seem to be supernatural manifestations. Later on they frequently have dreams of an eternal shroud of spray.This tale was first published more than a century ago in 1908 but retains the readability of stories by author William Hope Hodgson, still a leading name in exceptional weird fiction.

About William Hope Hodgson

William Hope Hodgson (1877–1918) was an English author famous for his contribution to the horror and fantastic fiction genres, though he was also a poet, photographer, and sailor. Some of his better-known works include The Night Land and The House on the Borderland. His writings are reflective of his power of expression.

About John Rayburn

John Rayburn is a veteran broadcaster. He served as a news/sports anchor and show host, and his TV newscast achieved the largest Share of Audience figures of any major-market TV newscast in the nation. John is a member of a Broadcast Pioneers Hall of Fame.


Reviews

Goodreads review by Vit on October 09, 2023

Certain writers always manage to find mysterious manuscripts in some godforsaken places… The House on the Borderland is one such manuscript written by a recluse living in a manor house that is a cosmic junction of time and space… I must have been here some ten years before I saw sufficient to warrant......more

Goodreads review by Henry on September 30, 2024

In an isolated area in the west of Ireland, far from big towns or roads and crowds there was a huge unwanted house, that the local people from the nearby little village of Kraighten said was haunted, the time before the dawn of the Twentieth Century, apparently more than a score of years then. Two s......more

Goodreads review by bup on April 28, 2011

Have you ever wondered what a place would be like where you were outside of time and space, neither dead nor alive? Where you could observe the mechanisms of the universe and see the death of our planet and sun? Where you could commune with souls of the dead in the black, silent sea of sleep? Well, i......more

Goodreads review by J.G. Keely on February 09, 2017

Read, write, and study books for long enough, and you'll eventually start to recognize how stories work. You'll find yourself saying things like "Oh, this character's going to die soon because the author just resolved the ongoing tension they had with the hero" or "Ah, the mysterious stranger must a......more

Goodreads review by Peter on July 09, 2018

You will never forget the books as long as you live. Incredible visions inside. I don't know what the author took but it was very strong stuff. Incredible book!......more