This was superb, I just read all of it in one sitting, thank you to the anon that recommended this awhile ago
What do you guys think of The Night Land? What else would you recommend like it, or other Weird Fiction stories?
The Night Land
This was superb, I just read all of it in one sitting, thank you to the anon that recommended this awhile ago
What do you guys think of The Night Land? What else would you recommend like it, or other Weird Fiction stories?
MOM SFFG IS LEAKING AGAIN
House on the Borderland, also by Hodgson is really good.
Dream Quest of Unknown Kadath, by HP Lovecraft.
The Ship of Ishtar, by A Merritt.
Almost anything by Clark Ashton Smith.
If you like a weird atmosphere, not much action, but tons of ambience, the Gormenghast books by Mervyn Peake.
Yes, I've read all of these. I started with Lovecraft, then CAS, then started on Hodgson's work with The House on the Borderland.
The House on the Borderland was wild for sure, Weird Fiction at its best is when its completely unpredictable.
Condensing multiple genres to 1 thread is dumb
dont just read dream quest, read the whole dream cycle
I liked it but every time I try to re-read it I get filtered by the funky modern romance bit.
the beginning of the story?
Yes. Sorry. You've ashamed me for my attention span and patience.
Dropped it after one third.
Absolute pile of dogshit.
>haha filtered
Blow it up your ass.
You're missing out, any fantasy before The Lord of the Rings is always a treat in my book
It's great. The middle section goes on a bit but the conclusion is simply ebin
When he doesn't give a shit anymore and sprints the full rest of the fricking distance with the entirety of the Night Lands chasing his ass
I was glued to my seat that's for sure, he absolutely built everything up in the story for that one segment and it paid off really well
Good stuff
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this is fascinating, this is a nice way to visualize the world thats for sure
imagining what this bizarre world look like is the best part. i remember towards the end he fights a yellow vampire with 4 arms that he defeats by tearing its shoulder joints then crushing its windpipe
>What do you guys think of The Night Land?
Honestly, it was unreadable. The prose was so clunky and annoying I couldn't enjoy it and it's about twice as long as it needed to be because he just repeats the same thing for 100 or so pages. Walking around in the dark, eating and drinking, then repeating that is incredibly dull. There's glimpses of a creative genius coming through the writing, but it's just glimpses. Worst dying earth story I've read and by a large margin.
I get what you're saying but I valued it, some may find it lengthy but constantly skipping around in the story doesn't let you feel the constant weight and anxiety the protagonist is feeling as they go through their routine.
The original
I liked the “clunky” prose. I found it added to the mood. If it had been smoothly written it wouldn’t have been so evocative. I also liked the repetitiousness for a similar reason.
>This was superb, I just read all of it in one sitting, thank you to the anon that recommended this awhile ago
Did you read the original or rewrite?