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Originally Posted by Lobolover
Well,Hodgsons night land is a very interesting,if somewhat LONG and a tad bit tedious fantastic book of a post apocalyptic sort.
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I agree with you (perhaps for the first time, Lobolover
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The Night Land" is an incredible book, couched within the framework of an apocalyptic world and written in an artfully archaic style. It's compelling reading (for me, anyway); I've read it three times and have thoroughly enjoyed each read. (I must add that it strikes me more as a horror novel. It's style and length prohibits easy consumption. It's available here on
MobileRead, if you care to see how it 'reads.')
William Hope Hodgson was a master of horror and a very literary writer. Much of horror fiction (in my opinion), is potboiler fiction -- a good read and entertaining, but with not much more beyond a surface gloss.
Don