tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3173887948269031901.post6807751023936601290..comments2024-03-26T01:21:57.869+00:00Comments on Supernatural Tales: The Sound of the Borderlandvaldemarhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03829872956512652469noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3173887948269031901.post-25636071992085927242015-12-18T11:05:24.018+00:002015-12-18T11:05:24.018+00:00I am very fond of THE HOUSE ON THE BORDERLAND, and...I am very fond of THE HOUSE ON THE BORDERLAND, and of Hodgson's work in general. No other author, save Lovecraft and Clark Ashton Smith, painted the cosmos as such a vicious and brutal chaos in which mankind, a mere footnote in the scheme of things, is unfortunate to exist in. THE HOUSE ON THE BORDERLAND, especially, holds an unaccountable fascination for me: it seems a remarkable fusion of the stupendous cosmic vistas of H.G. Wells and Olaf Stapledon and the brooding supernatural horror of Machen, Blackwood, Lovecraft, and Poe, a style which is rarely encountered, and even today is still unique. <br />I really appreciate this blog and is connexions; it is an inviting sanctuary in times when all that is supernatural, mystical, and mysterious is in danger vanishing completely. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com