Now printing, the first 200-page issue of Sargasso: journal of William Hope Hodgson Studies, which will premiere at NecronomiCon 2013. I can’t say Hodgson is my cup-of-tea, though I read him in the 80s, but it’s great to see another scholarly journal in the field — and one not afraid to slap on a deliciously retro cover which evokes the alt-zines of yore.
$25 to the UK including shipping.
I read some of Hodgson’s short stories back in the 90s, along with his novel, “The House on the Borderland”. His character of Carnacki, the occult detective, seemed to me a bit tiresome and contrived. But I enjoyed the novel. Once you get past the author’s peculiar anxiety about swine, there is the wonderful hallucinogenic scene towards the end, when the lead character observes the destruction of the solar system. A new anthology of his stories (published by NightShade books) just appeared in one of our local book stores. So maybe his work is being re-introduced.