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The Boats of the Glen Carrig
Hodgson, William Hope
Synopsis "The Boats of the Glen Carrig"
The novels and short stories of William Hope Hodgson (1877-1918), though almost entirely unknown during his lifetime, have become some of the most influential early works in fields of literature as diverse as fantasy, science fiction, and horror. Among his small body of longer fiction is "The Boats of the 'Glen Carrig, '" a curious narrative of weird menace and strange adventure on the high seas. Imitating the popular travelogues of the age of exploration, the narrative concerns the adventures of a group of castaways-first, upon a strange land where even the vegetation is a dreadful enemy, and later in the famous Sargasso Sea of legend, a place of ancient derelicts, deadly cephalopods, and the mysterious and sinister "weed-men." Mesembria Press is proud to present a new edition of William Hope Hodgson's "The Boats of the 'Glen Carrig, '" newly annotated to clarify some of the book's obscure nautical terminology, as well as provide additional insight into the author's unique imaginative vision.
Nació en 1875, hijo de un clérigo de Essex, y desde muy temprano se hizo a la mar como tripulante de barcos mercantes. No obstante, Hodgson aborrecía aquella vida, y en cuanto tuvo ocasión la abandonó para dedicarse a otras labores y a escribir relatos llenos de misterio, terror y aventura, ambientados muchos de ellos en el mar, un mar peligroso y lleno de entidades monstruosas y barcos abandonados. A pesar de que durante años la obra de Hodgson permaneció en el olvido a causa de su temprana muerte en Francia, durante la Primera Guerra Mundial, truncándose así su carrera literaria, autores como H.P. Lovecraft, que hablaba con entusiasmo de su novela sobrenatural La casa en el confín de la tierra (en esta misma colección), o Clark Ashton Smith lo reivindicaron como maestro (junto a Ambrose Bierce y otros) de la naciente escuela norteamericana del Horror Sobrenatural.
