About this title: Six tales of Carnacki the Ghost Finder, tales of the outre, the unexpected, and the unexplained from a reknowned master of the macabre, William Hope Hodgeson.
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Description: Good. Light shelf wear and minimal interior marks. Millions of satisfied customers and climbing. Thriftbooks is the name you can trust, guaranteed. Spend Less. Read More. read more
Binding: Paperback
Publisher: Panther
Date Published: 1973
ISBN-13:9780586040003ISBN:0586040005
Description: Good. Page colour-discoloured in accordance with book age. **SHIPPED FROM UK** We believe you will be completely satisfied with our quick and reliable service. All orders are dispatched as swiftly as possible! Buy with confidence! read more
Binding: Paper
Publisher: Sphere: Pocket
Date Published: 1981
ISBN-13:9780722146132ISBN:0722146132
Description: Fine. Paperback ........Paperback, 3rd printing, between vg+ and near fine due to some edge wear, no store stamps. by the Author of The Night Land and House On The Borderland. The picture of the book is of the actual book-NOT a stock photo................. read more
Edition: 1st Thus
Binding: Mass Market Paperback
Publisher: Panther, London
Date Published: 1973
Description: Good Minus. To view other titles by this author enter the keywords; XDCX, XJGX, Hodgson or Sc Fi. The book is in good-condition with minor wear o/w tight, clean and square. read more
Edition: First Printing
Binding: Mass Market Paperback
Publisher: London: Sphere, 1974, 1st Printing
ISBN-13:9780722146132ISBN:0722146132
Description: Uncredited Cover Art. Very Good. ----------paperback, Very Good, some light wear, this contains: The Thing Invisible; Gateway of the Monster; House Among the Laurels; Whistling Room; Searcher of the End House; Horse of the Invisible; Haunted Jarvee; The Hog; The Find, any image directly beside this listing is the actual book and not a generic photo... read more
Edition: First Printing
Binding: Paperback
Publisher: Tandem Books, London
Date Published: 1974
ISBN-13:9780426134183ISBN:0426134184
Description: Very Good- 270 pp. First Thus-first appearance in this format. Edge and corner wear with some creasing on the spine; no interior markings. This collection contains: The Thing Invisible; The Gateway of the Monster; The House Among the Laurels; The Whistling Room; The Searcher of the End House; The Horse of the Invisible; The Haunted Jarvee; The Find; and The Hog. read more
Edition: First Printing
Binding: Paperback
Publisher: Sphere Books, London
Date Published: 1974
ISBN-13:9780722146132ISBN:0722146132
Description: Very Good. 239 pp. First Thus-first appearance in this format. Light edge and corner wear with a faintly creased spine; no interior markings. This collection contains: The Thing Invisible; The Gateway of the Monster; The House Among the Laurels; The Whistling Room; The Searcher of the End House; The Horse of the Invisible; The Haunted Jarvee; The Find; and The Hog. Scans are available for all books. read more
Edition: First Printing
Binding: Paperback
Publisher: Grafton Books-Harper Collins, London
Date Published: 1991
ISBN-13:9780586211847ISBN:0586211845
Description: Very Good+ 270 pp. First thus-first appearance in this format. Lightly rubbed on the corners with a flat uncreased spine; ink marks on the lower edge of the text block; no interior markings. This collection contains: The Thing Invisible; The Gateway of the Monster; The House Among the Laurels; The Whistling Room; The Searcher of the End House; The Horse of the Invisible; The Haunted Jarvee; The Find; and The Hog. Scans are available for all books. read more
Edition: First Printing
Binding: Paperback
Publisher: Grafton Books-Harper Collins, London
Date Published: 1991
ISBN-13:9780586211847ISBN:0586211845
Description: Very Good+ 270 pp. First Thus-first appearance in this format. Lightly rubbed on the corners with a flat uncreased spine; small ink mark on the lower edge of the text block; no interior markings. This collection contains: The Thing Invisible; The Gateway of the Monster; The House Among the Laurels; The Whistling Room; The Searcher of the End House; The Horse of the Invisible; The Haunted Jarvee; The Find; and The Hog. Scans are available for all books. read more
Edition: 1st Printing
Binding: Mass Market Paperback
Publisher: Sphere, British
Date Published: 1974
ISBN-13:9780722146132ISBN:0722146132
Description: Very Good. Square solid copy with creases on spine, a reading crease along spine on front cover, some wear on bottom edge of back cover, and covers show light wear from rubbing. read more
Binding: S Mass Market Paperback
Publisher: Sphere
Date Published: 1980
ISBN-13:9780722146156ISBN:0722146159
Description: As New. New and unread, square and solid with a perfect spine and sharp cover, book is in a protective mylar bag. You'll feel as though you've been transported over the hills and far away, beyond the fields we know when this book arrives at your doorstep! NOTE: mild evidence of peripheral wear. read more
Binding: Paperback
Publisher: Dodo Press
Date Published: 2008
ISBN-13:9781406598865ISBN:1406598860
Description: New. BRAND NEW and ready for dispatch. Delivery normally within 4/7 days. Our reputation is built on our Speedy Delivery Service and our Customer Service Team. read more
Description: "Fine/Fine, Illus. DJ & frontispiece in color, als. USED "--Fine/Fine, Illus. DJ & frontispiece in color, also B&W illus., DJ--321, entirely in Japanese. --Collection of stories featuring psychic sleuth Carnacki. " read more
"William Hope Hodgson's Carnacki stories are early entries in the 'paranormal investigator' subgenre- an odd hybrid form which took many cues from the wildly popular Sherlock Holmes stories, combining aspects of Arthur Conan Doyle's idiosyncratic detective with tropes lifted from ghost stories, horror stories, and other streams of weird fiction. Weird masters Algernon Blackwood and M.P. Shiel also created their own sleuths of the uncanny. It is a strange mixture and difficult to calibrate. A detective story demands a certain level of concrete detail and effective plotting, whereas atmosphere and suggestion are key constituents of weird writing. Moreover, authors take a risk when they repeatedly expose the same character or characters to mind-bending supernatural horror- the sheer prodigality of the great weird tale is somewhat tamed when a character is shown to be familiar with the other world, making additional demands on the reader's willing suspension of disbelief; and, frankly, even the best weird author is not necessarily a master of believable characterization. Hodgson's Carnacki is perhaps less than a living, breathing literary creation, but his adventures are fine examples of (mostly) supernatural horror which innovatively meet the demands of intermingled realism and weirdness. The tales uniformly begin when the narrator and a small group of friends are invited to dinner at Carnacki's home, where, after a good meal and little ado, the Ghost Finder narrates his latest case. The nine stories in the collection vary somewhat in quality, most feel slightly padded, and not every case is in fact, in the end, a supernatural one. One of Hodgson's "hooks" in creating Carnacki is that the investigator arrives for his cases armed with the latest early 1900's technology, including cameras and the marvelous Electric Pentacle, a sort of lighted ceremonial diagram which provides protection from beings from Beyond. Also in Carnacki's arsenal are the imaginary ancient tomes the Sigsand Manuscript and the Saaamaaa Ritual (a Lovecraftian detail which again makes me wonder why the modern Lovecraft industry has not picked up on Hodgson to an even greater degree). Despite Carnacki's rational bent, once the malevolent Outer Beings arrive outside his Pentacle, he is frank in describing his abject terror to his audience. He only seldom flirts with despair and instead is shown fighting through his fear with appealing English matter-of-factness. The detective story trappings are diverting but the primary interest is in Hodgson's occult beings and forces. A strong atmosphere of dream and of nightmare pervades the tales whenever the dark forces make their appearance. These terrifying encounters build slowly, from 'old dark house' Gothic setups to confrontations with the cosmic and irreducibly strange. In "The Whistling Room", one of the strongest pieces, Carnacki describes the ultimate encounter thus: "And then, suddenly, the Unknown Last Line of the SaaaMaaa Ritual was whispered quite audibly in the room. Instantly, the thing happened that I had known once before. There came a sense as of dust falling continually and monotonously, and I knew that my life hung uncertain and suspended for a flash, in a brief, reeling vertigo of unseeable things." The reader never knows who whispers the Last Line; Carnacki never specifies when this thing happened that he had known once before- these internal vistas simply fly open in the moment of supreme fear and add psychological weight to the character's experience of the impossible. While Hodgson's excellent seafaring horror tales or his brilliant novel House On The Borderlands would probably be better entries for those unfamiliar with his work, the Carnacki stories might hold a special appeal for readers weaned on Sherlock Holmes (or Kolchak the Night Stalker, or The X-Files, for that matter)."
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