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William Hope Hodgson

Born

in Blackmore End, Essex, England, The United Kingdom

November 15, 1877

Died

April 19, 1918

Genre

Horror, Weird Fiction, Fantasy

Influences

Algernon Blackwood, Edgar Allan Poe, Jules Verne, Arthur Conan Doyle, ...more

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William Hope Hodgson 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. 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. Hodgson served with the British Army durng World War One. He died, at age 40, at Ypres, killed by German artillery fire.

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Average rating: 3.74 · 36,641 ratings · 4,763 reviews · 901 distinct works • Similar authors

	The House on the Borderland 3.58 avg rating — 11,377 ratings — published 1908 — 1224 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Carnacki, the Ghost Finder 3.73 avg rating — 2,602 ratings — published 1913 — 419 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Night Land 3.47 avg rating — 1,941 ratings — published 1912 — 160 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Boats of the 'Glen Carrig' 3.76 avg rating — 1,376 ratings — published 1907 — 478 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Ghost Pirates 3.59 avg rating — 1,379 ratings — published 1909 — 323 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Voice in the Night 3.86 avg rating — 753 ratings — published 1907 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The House on the Borderland and Other Novels by William Hope Hodgson, China Miéville (Goodreads Author) (Introduction) 3.87 avg rating — 264 ratings — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Collected Fiction, Vol. 1: The Boats of the "Glen Carrig" and Other Nautical Adventures 4.18 avg rating — 229 ratings — published 1907 — 9 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Collected Fiction, Vol. 2: The House on the Borderland and Other Mysterious Places by William Hope Hodgson, Jason Van Hollander 4.15 avg rating — 223 ratings — published 2002 — 13 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Derelict 3.72 avg rating — 231 ratings — published 1912 — 18 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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Series by William Hope Hodgson

The Collected Fiction of William Hope Hodgson (5 books)
by

William Hope Hodgson,

Douglas A. Anderson (Editor),

Ross E. Lockhart (Goodreads Author) (Introduction)

4.17 avg rating — 670 ratings

Quotes by William Hope Hodgson (?)

“I read, and, in reading, lifted the Curtains of the Impossible that blind the mind, and looked out into the unknown.”
― William Hope Hodgson

tags: reading, the-unknown

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“There had stood a great house in the centre of the gardens, where now was left only that fragment of ruin. This house had been empty for a great while; years before his—the ancient man's—birth. It was a place shunned by the people of the village, as it had been shunned by their fathers before them. There were many things said about it, and all were of evil. No one ever went near it, either by day or night. In the village it was a synonym of all that is unholy and dreadful.”
― William Hope Hodgson, The House on the Borderland

tags: haunted-house, horror

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“And, suddenly, it came home to me that I was a little man in a little ship, in the midst of a very great sea.”
― William Hope Hodgson, The William Hope Hodgson Megapack: 35 Classic Works

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Vote for the Nov-Dec Groupread theme. We'll have the top two themes, and they'll be based on names of authors and cover artists. Bonus street cred goes to folks who pick books that have both cover artists and author sharing names.

Michael: Anything by Michael Moorcock, or cover art by Michael Whelan. Any other Michael's are fair game too

6 votes, 20.7%

William: How about some classics by William Hope Hodgson or William Morris?

5 votes, 17.2%

Catherine: C.L. Moore or anything with a Catherine" Jeffrey Jones cover.

3 votes, 10.3%

James; James Enge or James A. Moore would work

3 votes, 10.3%

Charles:Charles R. Saunders or Charles Moll (did some Moorcock covers)

2 votes, 6.9%

John: John Jakes plus John Duillo (artist on Conan of the Isles, Conan the Freebooter, Conan the Wanderer)

2 votes, 6.9%

Andrew: Andrew J. Offutt and Howard Andrew Jones

2 votes, 6.9%

"Quillifer" by Walter Jon Williams (write-in)

2 votes, 6.9%

Robert:
Robert Lynn Asprin or Robert E. Howard or Robert Gould (did some Elric/MM covers)

1 vote, 3.4%

Raymond: Raymond E. Feist and Ray Bradbury and covers by Raymond Swanland

1 vote, 3.4%

Michael Whelan, and specifically with Brandon Sanderson (Stormlight Archeive)

1 vote, 3.4%

Raymond

1 vote, 3.4%

Beth: Elizabeth Moon or Elizabeth Bear

0 votes, 0.0%

Julie:J.V. Jones or Boris Vellejo's partner in art : Julie Bell

0 votes, 0.0%

Jan: Janet E. Morris and C. J. Cherryh (J = Janice), and Janny Wurts

0 votes, 0.0%

29 total votes

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