{"id":5703,"date":"2019-02-27T17:13:14","date_gmt":"2019-02-27T17:13:14","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/greydogtales.com\/blog\/?p=5703"},"modified":"2019-02-27T18:12:53","modified_gmt":"2019-02-27T18:12:53","slug":"hope-hodgson-and-the-haunted-ear","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/greydogtales.com\/blog\/hope-hodgson-and-the-haunted-ear\/","title":{"rendered":"Hope Hodgson and the Haunted Ear"},"content":{"rendered":"

Extend your lobes and indulge yourself, dearest listener, for today we return to that classic weird fiction author, William Hope Hodgson<\/strong><\/span>, and the world of audio, with a host of clickable links. Yes, The Voice of Horror<\/strong> returns! Many moons ago, we covered some of the recordings of WHH\u2019s work, but that post is rather out of date now. So we thought we\u2019d head there afresh, and at the same time include a short tribute to Hope Hodgson kindly provided by writer S L Edwards<\/strong>, thus extending the range of pieces which we published during last year\u2019s centennial of WHH\u2019s death.<\/p>\n

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demons of the sea, by the fantastic sebastian cabrol<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Whilst we\u2019re updating on WHH matters, we can add that the British Library will soon be publishing a collection of Hope Hodgson\u2019s fiction, edited by Dr Xavier Aldana Reyes<\/strong>, Senior Lecturer in English Literature and Film at Manchester Metropolitan University and a founder member of the Manchester Centre for Gothic Studies. He tells us that the collection is intended as a ‘best of’ intro for new readers who may never have heard of Hodgson. We hope to interview Xavier later this year in order to discuss Hope Hodgson, Gothic fiction and supernatural literature in general.<\/p>\n

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art by john coulthart<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

A related audio experience we must mention as well today is this album by Jon Mueller<\/strong>, originally released on CD as accompaniment to the book The House on the Borderland<\/em> by Hope Hodgson, published by Swan River Press, Dublin, 2018. The album can be purchased as a digital download here:<\/p>\n

https:\/\/rhythmplex.bandcamp.com\/album\/the-house-on-the-borderland<\/a><\/p>\n

And at time of writing, it looks like there are a few copies left of that printing of The House on the Borderland<\/em>. This was published in an edition of 300 signed copies and 50 unsigned, which contains:<\/p>\n