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9 unusual facts about William Hope Hodgson


A. F. Kidd

She collaborated with Australian writer Rick Kennett on the collection No. 427 Cheyne Walk: Carnacki, the Untold Stories which continues the adventures of occult investigator Carnacki the Ghost-Finder, originated by William Hope Hodgson.

Ardrahan

Ardrahan is mentioned in William Hope Hodgson's book The House on the Borderland as the nearest greater village to a small village called Kraighten, near which the author’s diary has been found.

Electric Pentacle

The "electric pentacle" is a fictional electronic device invented by author William Hope Hodgson and used in several of his short stories about Carnacki the Ghost-Finder.

Electric Wizard/Reverend Bizarre

The Electric Wizard track is exclusive to this release and takes its name from the novel by weird fiction author William Hope Hodgson.

Herman Charles Koenig

Koenig is also acknowledged for his efforts in fostering in the United States the writings of British author William Hope Hodgson(1877-1918), circulating copies of Hodgson’s books to Lovecraft and others.

Telluric current

In William Hope Hodgson's novel The Night Land, the "Earth-Current", a powerful telluric current, is the source of power for the Last Redoubt, the arcology home of man after the Sun has died.

Titus Crow

In an interview with Lumley, Robert M. Price suggests various possible models for Crow, including Miro Hetzel, Jack Vance's futuristic detective, Doctor Who, Mervyn Peake's Titus Groan, August Derleth's Dr. Laban Shrewsbury, William Hope Hodgson's Carnacki and Seabury Quinn's Jules de Grandin.

Voice in the Night

:"Voice in the Night" was also an episode in Alfred Hitchcock's TV series Suspicion adapted from The Voice in the Night, a short story by William Hope Hodgson

William Hope

William Hope Hodgson (1877–1918), English author of horror, fantastic fiction and science fiction


Sargasso Sea

The Sargasso Sea features in classic fantasy stories by William Hope Hodgson, such as his novel The Boats of the "Glen Carrig" (1907), Victor Appleton's Don Sturdy novel, Don Sturdy in the Port of Lost Ships: Or, Adrift in the Sargasso Sea, and several related short stories.


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