{"product_id":"the-house-on-the-borderland-9781783807390","title":"The House on the Borderland","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e\"I am an old man. I live here in this ancient house, surrounded by huge, unkempt gardens.\"\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e An exiled recluse, an ancient abode in the remote west of Ireland, nightly attacks by malevolent swine-things from a nearby pit, and cosmic vistas beyond time and space. \u003cem\u003eThe House on the Borderland\u003c\/em\u003e has been praised by China Mieville, Terry Pratchett, and Clark Ashton Smith, while H.P. Lovecraft wrote, \"Few can equal  Hodgson] in adumbrating the nearness of nameless forces and monstrous besieging entities through casual hints and significant details, or in conveying feelings of the spectral and abnormal.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \"Almost from the moment that you hear the title,\" observes Alan Moore, \"you are infected by the novel's weird charisma. Knock and enter at your own liability.\" \u003cem\u003eThe House on the Borderland\u003c\/em\u003e remains one of Hodgson's most celebrated works. This new edition features an introduction by Alan Moore, an afterword by Iain Sinclair, and illustrations by John Coulthart.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eHodgson, William Hope:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e - William Hope Hodgson was born in Blackmore End, Essex on 15 November 1877. Though distinguished as a sailor, body builder, photographer, and soldier, Hodgson is now remembered as a writer of the fantastic and macabre: The Boats of the Glen Carrig (1907), The Ghost Pirates (1909), The Night Land (1912), and the occult detective stories in Carnacki, the Ghost Finder (1913). Hodgson's literary career was tragically cut short by an artillery shell at the Battle of Ypres in late April 1918.","brand":"Swan River Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50553740493074,"sku":"9781783807390","price":17.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_4f6a2569-e077-489f-a60e-3a9f103c6a74.jpg?v=1731703068","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/the-house-on-the-borderland-9781783807390","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}