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William Hope Hodgson (1877 – 1918) was an Englishman who held many careers throughout his short life: sailor, soldier, personal trainer, and so on. However, he is best remembered for his career as an author of horror, fantasy and SF works, particularly the novels The House on the Borderland and The Night Land. At age 40, while serving in World War I, he was killed by an exploding shell.

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  • William Hope Hodgson
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  • William Hodgson (in arte Guglielmo Speranza Orsacchio) è un noto scrittore di baggianate, famoso in tutto il mondo per aver scritto "La Villa sopra l'Abisso" e "I Pirati dei Caraibi".
  • William Hope Hodgson (1877 – 1918) was an Englishman who held many careers throughout his short life: sailor, soldier, personal trainer, and so on. However, he is best remembered for his career as an author of horror, fantasy and SF works, particularly the novels The House on the Borderland and The Night Land. At age 40, while serving in World War I, he was killed by an exploding shell.
  • William Hope Hodgson (15 November 1877 – April 1918) was an English author. He produced a large body of work, consisting of essays, short fiction, and novels, spanning several overlapping genres including horror, fantastic fiction and science fiction. Hodgson used his experiences at sea to lend authentic detail to his short horror stories, many of which are set on the ocean, including his series of linked tales forming the "Sargasso Sea Mythos". His novels such as The Night Land and The House on the Borderland feature more cosmic themes, but several of his novels also focus on horrors associated with the sea. Early in his writing career he dedicated effort to poetry, although few of his poems were published during his lifetime. He also attracted some notice as a photographer and achieved s
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  • The House on the Borderland, The Night Land
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  • 1877-11-15(xsd:date)
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  • Ypres, Belgium
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  • Betty Farnworth
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  • William Hope Hodgson
Genre
  • Fantasy, horror, weird fiction
Birth Place
  • Blackmore End, Essex, England
death date
  • April 1918
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  • Author, sailor, soldier
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  • British
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  • William Hope Hodgson (15 November 1877 – April 1918) was an English author. He produced a large body of work, consisting of essays, short fiction, and novels, spanning several overlapping genres including horror, fantastic fiction and science fiction. Hodgson used his experiences at sea to lend authentic detail to his short horror stories, many of which are set on the ocean, including his series of linked tales forming the "Sargasso Sea Mythos". His novels such as The Night Land and The House on the Borderland feature more cosmic themes, but several of his novels also focus on horrors associated with the sea. Early in his writing career he dedicated effort to poetry, although few of his poems were published during his lifetime. He also attracted some notice as a photographer and achieved some renown as a bodybuilder. He died in World War I at the age of 40.
  • William Hodgson (in arte Guglielmo Speranza Orsacchio) è un noto scrittore di baggianate, famoso in tutto il mondo per aver scritto "La Villa sopra l'Abisso" e "I Pirati dei Caraibi".
  • William Hope Hodgson (1877 – 1918) was an Englishman who held many careers throughout his short life: sailor, soldier, personal trainer, and so on. However, he is best remembered for his career as an author of horror, fantasy and SF works, particularly the novels The House on the Borderland and The Night Land. At age 40, while serving in World War I, he was killed by an exploding shell.
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