the ghost pirates by william hope hodgson

As the story progresses, he recounts, with concern for discretion and with little emotion, the incremental attacks visited upon the ship. The story, taking superb advantage of “nested narration” (in which a character tells a story about a character telling a story) - one of Conrad’s own favorite techniques - begins with a sailor named Jessop taking a position aboard an allegedly “haunted” ship. As for Lovecraft, he was himself familiar with the novel, writing that “with its command of maritime knowledge, and its clever selection of hints and incidents suggestive of latent horrors in nature, this book at times reaches enviable peaks of power.” Such statements easily apply to The Ghost Pirates. With titles like Heart of Darkness and The Secret Sharer, Conrad expressed the confusion and peril of a hostile environment, the mystery, the potential for exploitation, and the psychic toll of a life lived in marginal, undelineated spaces. Some reviewers have likened William Hope Hodgson to both Joseph Conrad and H.P. They have history and character and stories to tell other than the obvious ones.The Ghost Pirates is an interesting early case of polished, ambitious, evocative literature hiding in the guise of pulp horror. Please remember that these are all vintage books that have often seen better days but, for me and hopefully you too, therein lies their charm. Through our Etsy page we hope to be able to pass on to like minded souls some of the treasures we find on our wanderings. A Britain where the ghosts are unquiet, where the woods are alive and where distinctions between the present, the future and the past are permeable. Stories that explore a Britain other than the one we think we know. Wyrd Britain is a blog (and Facebook page) concerned with stories in, of, from and about the stranger places of Britain. In pretty good condition with some wear, scuffs and dinks.

The Ghost Pirates is Volume 33 in the Dennis Wheatley Library of the Occult With its command of maritime knowledge, and its clever selection of hints and incidents suggestive of latent horrors in nature, this book at times reaches enviable peaks of power.' - H.P. is a powerful account of a doomed and haunted ship on its last voyage, and of the terrible sea-devils (of quasi-human aspect, and perhaps the spirits of bygone buccaneers) that besiege it and finally drag it down to an unknown fate.

The ghost pirates by william hope hodgson