The House on the Borderland: Free Audiobook and Listening Guide
The House on the Borderland by William Hope Hodgson: the LibriVox audiobook summary, 29 original MP3 tracks, 5:38:29 running time and a link to listen.
The House on the Borderland, credited to William Hope Hodgson, is available as a LibriVox volunteer audiobook. This guide identifies the recording, its source summary and its audio tracks.
About the work
The LibriVox catalogue summary, preserved with the recording, reads:
LibriVox recording of The House on the Borderland (Version 2) by William Hope Hodgson. Read in English by John Van Stan This story helped propel 19th Century gothic fiction in the direction of “cosmic” horror. In fact, H.P. Lovecraft lists it as among his greatest influences. It begins simply enough: with two friends stumbling upon a ruined and curious house while vacationing in a remote village. After reading the tattered journal of the old recluse who lived there, they are shocked to discover an interdimensional, reality-bending nightmare full of nearly-indescribable horrors that range from demons, to bestial (somewhat Lovecraftian) monsters, and devastating parasitic fungal diseases. - Summary by John Van Stan
Recording facts
- Recording title: The House on the Borderland
- Author credits: William Hope Hodgson
- Language: English
- Original MP3 tracks: 29
- Listed recording duration: 5:38:29
Catalogue topics
- horror
- supernatural
- Monster
- universe
- haunted house
- recluse
- cosmic horror
- pig monster
Opening tracks: first 24 of 29
- 00 - Dedication and Author's Introduction — 3:36
- 01 - The Finding of the Manuscript — 23:37
- 02 - The Plain of Silence — 12:48
- 03 - The House in the Arena — 14:08
- 04 - The Earth — 7:05
- 05 - The Thing in the Pit — 13:44
- 06 - The Swine-Things — 20:15
- 07 - The Attack — 11:10
- 08 - After the Attack — 9:45
- 09 - In the Cellars — 8:15
- 10 - The Time of Waiting — 6:40
- 11 - The Searching of the Gardens — 13:55
- 12 - The Subterranean Pit — 21:37
- 13 - The Trap in the Great Cellar — 9:40
- 14 - The Sea of Sleep — 9:10
- 15 - The Noise in the Night — 23:01
- 16 - The Awakening — 11:50
- 17 - The Slowing Rotation — 14:05
- 18 - The Green Star — 17:02
- 19 - The End of the Solar System — 9:54
- 20 - The Celestial Globes — 7:45
- 21 - The Dark Sun — 11:00
- 22 - The Dark Nebula — 11:00
- 23 - Pepper — 2:20
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