William Hope Hodgson: Masters of the Weird Tale
Introduction by Sam Moskowitz.
This massive collection features all of William Hope Hodgson's finest short fiction and his most important novels, including The House on the Borderland, The Ghost Pirates, The Night Land, and The Boats of the Glen Carig. In addition, there are twenty of Hodgson's best short stories.
With the finest drawings, new and old, by renowned illustrator Stephen Fabian, as well as sterling color and black-and-white work by Hannes Bok and Ian Miller, this makes for an essential addition to everyone's weird tale library. Cloth in a clothbound slipcase.
William Hope Hodgson
William Hope Hodgson (1877–1918) was an English author. He produced a large body of work, consisting of essays, short fiction, and novels, spanning several overlapping genres including horror, fantastic fiction and science fiction. Hodgson used his experiences at sea to lend authentic detail to his short horror stories, many of which are set on the ocean, including his series of linked tales forming the "Sargasso Sea Mythos". His novels such as The Night Land and The House on the Borderland feature more cosmic themes, but several of his novels also focus on horrors associated with the sea. Early in his writing career he dedicated effort to poetry, although few of his poems were published during his lifetime. He also attracted some notice as a photographer and achieved some renown as a bodybuilder. He died in World War I at the age of 40.