![]() This would provide the setting for one of Hodgson’s most famous novels, The House on the Borderland.ĭuring his youth, WHH was in love with the sea and made several attempts to run away but was always returned to his family. ![]() Samuel was moved at least twelve times during the years 1871-1890 and, in 1887, the family was sent to do missionary work in Ireland at Ardrahan, County Galway. This is perhaps supported by the fact that he was constantly transferred throughout most of his career. The family would eventually grow to include twelve children but three of WHH’s brothers would die in infancy before their second years.īy all reports, Samuel Hodgson was a difficult man to live with. ![]() WHH (known as Hope to his family and friends) was born in 1877, the second son of Essex clergyman Samuel Hodgson and his wife, Lizzie. Not surprisingly, his life was just as interesting as his stories. ![]() His works have been hailed by many critics and writers including H. ![]() William Hope Hodgson (1877-1918) is known not only as the writer of such sea horror tales as The Voice in the Night, From the Tideless Sea, The Ghost Pirates and The Boats of the Glen Carrig but also for the pioneer science-fiction classics The Night Land and The House on the Borderland. ![]()
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