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Posted by Blinky the Shark on 09/13/07 08:45
Neredbojias wrote:
> Well bust mah britches and call me cheeky, on Wed, 12 Sep 2007
> 18:10:26 GMT Blinky the Shark scribed:
>
>>> Since were on the subject of novels, did you ever happen to read
>>> anything by "Hodgson" or "Hudson"? Not gonna tell ya the titles
>>> (now). But good stuff.
>>
>> Doesn't ring any bells.
>
> William Hope Hodgson wrote "The House on the Borderland" and "The
> Night Land", 2 very gothicy, horrorish, and a bit science-fictiony
> mood novels. I suppose the writing could be criticized, but I
> consider them classics. (There's a bit of "Stephen King" flavour in
> them.)
No wonder I've not heard of him. I've never read a Stephen King book or
seen a film based on one.
> William Henry Hudson was a 19th century naturalist who wrote "Green
> Mansions", a story about a girl, the last surviving member of an
> ancient, gifted race, living alone in a South American rain forest.
> The tale was actually more or less about her encounter with a
> "civilized" modern man and her inter-relation with the temporal
> environment.
>
> Evidentally I read those novels at just about the right time in my
> life because they made a real impression. "Green Mansions" _is_
> acknowledged a true classic, and I recommend it highly.
Okay. Thanks.
About a half-hour ago I finished "Clashes: Air Combat Over North Vietnam
1965-1972".
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