The House on the Borderland


Gelesen von Alan Winterrowd

(4.1 stars; 137 reviews)

In 1877, two gentlemen, Messrs Tonnison and Berreggnog, head into Ireland to spend a week fishing in the village of Kraighten. While there, they discover in the ruins of a very curious house a diary of the man who had once owned it. Its torn pages seem to hint at an evil beyond anything that existed on this side of the curtains of impossibility. This is a classic novel that worked to slowly bridge the gap between the British fantastic and supernatural authors of the later 19th century and modern horror fiction. Classic American horror writer H. P. Lovecraft lists this and other works by Hodgson among his greatest influences. (Summary by Wikipedia) (5 hr 22 min)

Kapitel

01 - Author's Introduction & The Finding of the Manuscript 25:17 Gelesen von Alan Winterrowd
02 - The Plain of Silence 12:05 Gelesen von Alan Winterrowd
03 - The House in the Arena 13:17 Gelesen von Alan Winterrowd
04 - The Earth 6:57 Gelesen von Alan Winterrowd
05 - The Thing in the Pit 14:09 Gelesen von Alan Winterrowd
06 - The Swine-Things 19:32 Gelesen von Alan Winterrowd
07 - The Attack 11:06 Gelesen von Alan Winterrowd
08 - After the Attack 9:30 Gelesen von Alan Winterrowd
09 - In the Cellars 7:55 Gelesen von Alan Winterrowd
10 - The Time of Waiting 6:38 Gelesen von Alan Winterrowd
11 - The Searching of the Gardens 13:53 Gelesen von Alan Winterrowd
12 - The Subterranean Pit 21:35 Gelesen von Alan Winterrowd
13 - The Trap in the Great Cellar 9:29 Gelesen von Alan Winterrowd
14 - The Sea of Sleep 8:41 Gelesen von Alan Winterrowd
15 - The Noise in the Night 21:52 Gelesen von Alan Winterrowd
16 - The Awakening 10:46 Gelesen von Alan Winterrowd
17 - The Slowing Rotation 12:52 Gelesen von Alan Winterrowd
18 - The Green Star 14:40 Gelesen von Alan Winterrowd
19 - The End of the Solar System 9:22 Gelesen von Alan Winterrowd
20 - The Celestial Globes 7:23 Gelesen von Alan Winterrowd
21 - The Dark Sun 10:23 Gelesen von Alan Winterrowd
22 - The Dark Nebula 10:25 Gelesen von Alan Winterrowd
23 - Pepper 2:22 Gelesen von Alan Winterrowd
24 - The Footsteps in the Garden 8:03 Gelesen von Alan Winterrowd
25 - The Thing From the Arena 18:01 Gelesen von Alan Winterrowd
26 - The Luminous Speck 5:09 Gelesen von Alan Winterrowd
27 - Conclusion 10:58 Gelesen von Alan Winterrowd

Bewertungen

Odd one indeed


(4.5 stars)

I unlike the other reviewers enjoyed the middle of this book. I had a beautiful picture in my minds eye of the solar system dying. Before this I considered the end of time the point when life could not it did not exist on the Earth. This gave an idea of what might take place long after that.

One strange story...


(4 stars)

This is a truly genre-defying tale that will keep you guessing. Is it fantasy? horror? science fiction? Just when you think you are getting a sense of its direction, it takes you down a totally different path. It amazingly anticipates many elements that we see in these genres today. Well-read. Thank you!

Its an excellent read, but...


(4 stars)

I'm sorry the story doesn't seem to have stood the test of time. There -are- parts which are horrific, but you really need to concentrate to hold the mood.

Free Listens Review


(4 stars)

The beginning of this narrative is eerie while the climax is heart-thudding terrifying, but a large section of the middle, in which the narrator describes a hallucinogenic dream in which he travels to the end of the world, dips into boredom. Apart from this middle section, the novel is a short, spooky classic of horror literature. For full review and other reviews of free audiobooks, visit www.freelistens.blogspot.com

A good classic horror story


(5 stars)

A horror story that has stood the test of time - like all good stories should. The Night land is another horror by William Hope Hodgson

Well ahead of it's time


(5 stars)

wildly imaginative, replete with beautiful prose, and unsettling, sublime descriptions of time and space. in one sense it is similar in style to Clark Ashton Smith in HP Lovecraft comma and like the stories of those two writers, house on the Borderland is not an action story. there are certainly moments of suspense and action, but it is more of a fantasy horror epic. if you've ever read HD Wells The Time Machine, this story reminds me a lot of the last chapter or two of that book: poetic, poignant, moving comma and rather horrific.

one of the weirdest stories ever written


(5 stars)

The reader was excellent. Great quality, amazing pronunciation, the whole shebang. The book... Is indescribable. Definitely a must read for weird fiction fans. I'm not sure if I really like it because it's just so crazy that I don't understand my own feelings towards it. You'll think "hey, this is super weird" as you go through the first few chapters. And THEN you'll get to the weird part in the second half. Sounds crazy? You haven't even heard the weird part...

Not sure about this one


(4 stars)

I wish I could give this more stars but I guess I just really didn't get this story. I agree with one of the other reviewers that the middle was rather boring. I was left a bit confused at the end as well. Maybe it is just me. The reader did a good job though, he spoke very clearly and it was easy to understand him. So for me 3 for the story and 5 for the reader