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The Ghost Pirates
William Hope Hodgson
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The Ghost Pirates is a powerful account of a doomed and haunted ship on its last voyage, and of the terrible sea-devils (of quasi-human aspect, and perhaps the spirits of bygone buccaneers) that besiege it and finally drag it down to an unknown fate. With its command of maritime knowledge, and its clever selection of hints and incidents suggestive of latent horrors in nature, this book at times reaches enviable peaks of power. (Summary by Wikipedia)
Recommended for fans of Stephen King, Clive Barker, and Dean Koontz.
The Ghost Pirates is a powerful account of a doomed and haunted ship on its last voyage, and of the terrible sea-devils (of quasi-human aspect, and perhaps the spirits of bygone buccaneers) that besiege it and finally drag it down to an unknown fate. With its command of maritime knowledge, and its clever selection of hints and incidents suggestive of latent horrors in nature, this book at times reaches enviable peaks of power. (Summary by Wikipedia)
Recommended for fans of Stephen King, Clive Barker, and Dean Koontz.
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"Yus!" he said tersely.
"I can't understand," I went on. "I never heard anything about it."
"Who'd yer got ter tell yer abart it?" he asked.
I made no reply to his question; indeed, I had scarcely comprehended it, for the problem of what I ought to do in the matter had risen again in my mind.
"I've a good mind to go aft and tell the Second Mate all I know," I said. "He's seen something himself that he can't explain away, and—and anyway I can't stand this state of things. If the Second Mate knew all—"
"Garn!" he cut in, interrupting me. "An' be told yer're a blastid hidiot. Not yer. Yer sty were yer are."
I stood irresolute. What he had said, was perfectly correct, and I was positively stumped what to do for the best. That there was danger aloft, I was convinced; though if I had been asked my reas. . . Read More
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The Ghost Pirates by William Hope Hodgson is a classic horror, sea-adventure, pirate tale that is best grouped with stories from writers like Lovecraft, Bierce, Machen, and Blackwood: creators of the horror subgenre called "the weird." Here, the seafarers are aboard a ship rumored to contain ghosts,
E poi disse una cosa che mi sorprese. «Ci sono troppe ombre su questa nave. Danno sui nervi come nient’altro che abbia mai visto.» Parlò tutto d’un fiato, senza riflettere, e io mi voltai a guardarlo. «Troppe ombre!», dissi. «Che diavolo vuoi dire?» Ma lui rifiutò di dare spiegazioni o di dirmi dell
This is a very good short novel of slowly built tension and quiet horror set at sea, as were so many of Hodgson's best works. His knowledge of shipboard life and procedures is quite engrossing, and though he does tend to use nautical terms that were only vaguely understood by me I was able to keep a
"—Sospecho que este barco tiene una predisposición especial a ser abordado por esas cosas —le expliqué—. Realmente no sé qué tipo de seres son. En muchos aspectos se parecen a los hombres. Pero… bueno, sólo Dios sabe qué misterios se ocultan en el mar. No tengo ni la más remota idea de si están hech
This book has gotten some perplexing praise as being one of the "tightest" books ever written, "with barely a word wasted." True, the novel is very short. A novella really. But there is so much repetitious drivel and padding, I can't help but feel it would have worked better as a short story. Chapte
William Hope Hodgson's first published novel, "The Boats of the Glen Carrig" (1907), is a story of survival after a disaster at sea, and of the monstrous plant and animal life-forms that the survivors encountered while trying to reach home. In his second book, the now-classic "The House on the Borde
There is something strange about the sailing ship the Mortzestus, people in hush voices give hints on the beach to him in San Francisco at the turn of the century, ( 20th that is) but do not say what, it does feel vaguely uneasy when Mr. Jessop signs on board, rumors or no rumors he misses home, Eng