tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7487871339000666216.post6559540497526423196..comments2024-03-29T00:32:33.920-04:00Comments on GROGNARDIA: Pulp Fantasy Library: The House on the BorderlandJames Maliszewskihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00341941102398271464noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7487871339000666216.post-33735676214109021332009-11-06T09:35:33.527-05:002009-11-06T09:35:33.527-05:00The plot summary reminds me of HP's Rats In Th...The plot summary reminds me of HP's Rats In The Wall... especially the mysterious house, the subterrain cave exploration and the swineherd dreams. Gotta put this one on my "to read" list.El Willyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00905016365234891915noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7487871339000666216.post-40679625901271270602009-11-03T04:32:58.636-05:002009-11-03T04:32:58.636-05:00Hodgson's universe seems to me as bleak as HPL...Hodgson's universe seems to me as bleak as HPL's. The difference is that Hodgson's human characters are much more capable of humane love, exemplified by The Night Land. Likewise they're much more likely to confront the darkness rather than be crushed by the sense of cosmic horror. If they fail it's because they're physically defeated, not because they failed a SAN check. So, Hodgson is no more hopeful about the nature of the universe, but he's a lot more hopeful about the nature of humanity.Simonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01173759805310975320noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7487871339000666216.post-76484321399048632422009-11-02T15:48:55.248-05:002009-11-02T15:48:55.248-05:00It is weird to me that the resurgence of interest ...It is weird to me that the resurgence of interest and respect for HPL has not seemed to encompass Hodgson. An intriguingly diverse writer, but one with a really distinctive sense of "the weird". Some of his Carnacki stories are very creepy--and then others read like Victorian Scooby-Doo. The setting for the Boats of Glen Carrig is also a nifty place where reality changes.Matthew Slepinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04056247825064943944noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7487871339000666216.post-60977122822418348562009-11-02T15:18:53.778-05:002009-11-02T15:18:53.778-05:00House on the Borderland is one of my favorites.Ver...House on the Borderland is one of my favorites.Very worthy of inclusion in this series, James.FASERIPhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14858463803195240463noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7487871339000666216.post-80471152755743823972009-11-02T12:20:50.263-05:002009-11-02T12:20:50.263-05:00It's a novel I've been meaning to read for...It's a novel I've been meaning to read for some time. Thanks for teh reminder.<br /><br />For a very readable, humorous but highly surreal story with some similar tropes - strange house in rural Ireland, fantastic and disturbing happenings - check out the The Third Policeman by Flann O'Brien.Ruddhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12174843939252395797noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7487871339000666216.post-34596322035077742082009-11-02T10:41:23.824-05:002009-11-02T10:41:23.824-05:00Having read Lovecraft's HiSL at an early age, ...Having read Lovecraft's HiSL at an early age, I have always wondered about HotB, but have not yet read it.<br /><br />The Night Land, however, from what I remember of it, is, as the others have said, really very inspiring.Timeshadowshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09952601433965644275noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7487871339000666216.post-209412009715004542009-11-02T10:22:50.891-05:002009-11-02T10:22:50.891-05:00I found the first half of The House on the Borderl...I found the first half of The House on the Borderland terrifying. The assault of the swine-things is very, very disturbing. The cosmic denouement I could take or leave.<br /><br />I agree with Howarth that the Nightland is even better. The second chapter of that book is one of the most strange and wonderful things I've ever read. The vision of humanity holed up in "the Last Redoubt", a large metal pyramid, besieged on all sides by beings and forces from the outside, and in a state of woeful ignorance is very compelling. And really weird.Ben L.https://www.blogger.com/profile/04568198881628052274noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7487871339000666216.post-86185050015464292122009-11-02T09:51:13.075-05:002009-11-02T09:51:13.075-05:00Because of the original publication date, and not ...Because of the original publication date, and not the Arkham reprint, there's a copy of House on the Boderland available at Project Gutenberg, for those so inclined.<br /><br />http://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/10002Danielhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00851335695807313040noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7487871339000666216.post-62706013691247599672009-11-02T08:42:34.226-05:002009-11-02T08:42:34.226-05:00I've often wondered if Sutherland's "...I've often wondered if Sutherland's "pig-faced orcs" were inspired by the creatures in <i>House on the Borderland</i>. Other than the rhyme with "pork", I can't think of any other possible inspiration for that interpretation.<br /><br />I prefer Hodgson's <i>The Night Land</i>, myself. It's twice as bizarre.metamorphosissigmahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18163514061779555557noreply@blogger.com