The Boats of the 'Glen-Carrig'
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The Boats of the 'Glen-Carrig' was written in the year 1907 by William Hope Hodgson. This book is one of the most popular novels of William Hope Hodgson, and has been translated into several other languages around the world.
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William Hope Hodgson
William Hope Hodgson (1877-1918) was a British author and poet best known for his works of macabre fiction. Early experience as a sailor gave resonance to his novels of the supernatural at sea, The Ghost Pirates and The Boats of the Glen-Carrig, but The House on the Borderland and The Night Land are often singled out for their powerful depiction of eerie, otherworldly horror. The author was a man of many parts, a public speaker, photographer and early advocate of bodybuilding. He was killed in action during the Battle of the Lys in the First World War.
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- Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5I first saw William Hope Hodgson's work published in the "fantasy masterworks" series, so I was curious to read these forerunners to modern fantasy fiction. It's a bit like fantasy, a bit like speculative fiction, and a bit like horror, all mixed in. Quite interesting to read, and to guess at who it might be an influence for.
I couldn't help thinking of Homer's Odyssey as I was reading this, although the men and women of this story don't have to go quite so far as Odysseus -- except perhaps the ones in the hulk, who have to endure seven years hanging around in the weed continent, fearing the monsters all the time... In any case, this book isn't really about any of the characters -- there are few named characters, and little dialogue, and not many descriptions of people -- but about the semi-supernatural monsters the luckless ship comes across. The writing is slow to read, and quite dense, but the descriptions and the tension of it are good. There's a touch of romance, too, and although Mary Madison isn't exactly a fully realised character, and the narrator isn't wonderfully sympathetic and human himself, that does add a bit of life and cheer to the end of the story. - Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The 'Boats of the "Glen Carrig"' begins with the narrator and a group of survivors travelling in lifeboats in search of supplies and a way home. The book details their visits to various islands, and the strange creatures and vegetation they found there. The edition I read called it a science fiction classic, but I think it's better described as an adventure story with monsters.Hodgson had experience as a sailor, and it shows in his writing, in the naming and technical description of the parts of the boats and their uses. The other descriptive aspects of the book are similarly mechanically-focused: the reader has no idea about what the other passengers look like or their personalities (apart from scant treatment of the bo'sun/boatswain and later female characters), however many pages are devoted to detailed description of e.g. how the boats were prepared against a storm, or how a device was constructed and operated in a rescue attempt. However, Hodgson does spend a good deal of effort on conveying the horror and fear the narrator experiences in encountering the various strange monsters, and of the landscape the smells and the feelings that it evoked, and so the reading is not as completely dry as might be expected in the absence of character depth, and the almost-laborious descriptions of mechanical devices, inventory, and other daily goings-on, do help place the reader into the experiences of the narrator and to connect with the action where it occurs.The monsters and situations are thrilling to be sure, but they have none of the existential dread and cosmic implications of horror authors like Lovecraft (whose association with Hodgson led me to read the latter's work). If it were not for the archaic language, I would say that the subject matter and treatment would be best enjoyed by older children. However, as it stands, it's probably best served as light nostalgic or escapist reading for adult fans of older literature; and on that level I enjoyed it immensely.
- Rating: 3 out of 5 stars3/5I believe Hodgson influenced H.P. Lovecraft's works, and reading this would believe it. Hodgson is more involved in the sea monsters you see dominating maps of the early sea navigation period, so this features devil fish over the deep-sea horrors of Cthulhu. Still, a fun & interesting read to gain insight into what influenced Lovecraft.