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An adventure of both science fiction and fantasy—one of the great love stories--this is William Hope Hodgson's masterpiece, rewritten for the modern reader. Penned in 1912, The Night Land is considered by many to be a work of genius, but one written in a difficult, archaic style that readers often find impenetrable. As a labor of love, James Stoddard has rewritten Hodgson's book to bring it to a wider audience. The story opens in the 19th century, but quickly moves to the far future, where the sun has gone out, leaving the world in a darkness broken only by strange lights and mysterious fires. Over the ages, monsters and evil forces have descended to the earth, compelling the surviving humans to take refuge in a great pyramid of imperishable metal built in a miles-deep chasm. The monsters surround the pyramid in a perpetual siege lasting for eons, waiting for the moment when its defenses will fail. But one man, born out of his time, must leave the pyramid to seek his long-lost love though all the perils of the Night Land.
- Sales Rank: #1359644 in Books
- Brand: Brand: Ransom House
- Published on: 2011-07-22
- Original language: English
- Number of items: 1
- Dimensions: 8.00" h x .71" w x 5.00" l, .68 pounds
- Binding: Paperback
- 282 pages
- Used Book in Good Condition
About the Author
James Stoddard’s debut novel, "The High House" won the Compton Crook Award for best Fantasy novel by a new author, placed in the Locus Top Ten for best SF/Fantasy book of the year, and was named one of five finalists for the Mythopoeic Award, an award given to works reflecting the spirit of the writing of C.S. Lewis, Charles Williams, and J.R.R. Tolkien. His short stories have appeared in prominent science fiction and fantasy magazines. "The Battle of York" was selected for inclusion in Eos Books’ "Year’s Best Science Fiction 10;" "The First Editions" appeared in the "Year’s Best Fantasy 9" anthology, published by Tor Books.
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9 of 9 people found the following review helpful.
An unsung classic of rare beauty and power.
By Kyle Robinson
William Hope Hodgson's The Night Land is a flawed masterpiece; James Stoddard's remake, A Story Retold, is frighteningly close to being a true masterpiece. He strips the cumbersome prose of Hodgson's original and transports the bewitchingly alien world of the Night Lands into a compelling, readable work.
The Night Land is one of the most important pieces of genre fiction ever written, despite its obscurity. A ferociously original work when published in 1912, it created the Cosmic Horror and Dying Earth subgenres of science fiction, and invented plenty of other sci-fi staples (such as the Force Field.)
The setup can hardly be summarized without coming across as a non-sequitur: Andrew, a bereaved 19th-century English man, experiences an unearthly vision after his beloved wife's death, in which he is reborn millions of years in the future, when darkness and malevolent forces have enveloped the earth after the sun's death, and the last millions of humanity dwell in the Last Redoubt, a massive pyramidal structure shielded from the monsters and cosmic forces. Reincarnated as Andros, he establishes a psychic link with a woman who may be his previous life's lost lover reborn. But she is hundreds of miles away, in a mythical Lesser Redoubt on the verge of destruction. Andros leaves the safety of the Last Redoubt, embarking on a suicide mission to rescue his love and somehow survive the myriad of twisted monsters and horrifying supernatural forces that rule the land.
What follows is a chilling and utterly compelling exploration of a world as entrancing as it is terrifying. More importantly (and surprisingly) it is a love story of astonishing power and radiates with the spirit of the best science fiction - Man's daunting, even impossible, quest to survive the forces of a hostile universe. Rarely has a work been as hopefully in equal measure as despair. This is the fundamental difference between Hodgson and those who followed in his footsteps in writing Cosmic Horror, such as H.P. Lovecraft.
While the Lovecraftian cosmos casts man as a despondent, inconsequential speck in the unfathomable lurchings of ancient deities, Hodgson's Night Lands are surprisingly hopeful, with the occasional benevolent force helping Andros on his quest. This is not a nihilistic and hopeless universe, but one in which values such as Love, Honor, Beauty, and Goodness are ultimately greater than the overwhelming darkness. It is not an atheistic universe but one that echoes the most fundamental needs of humanity, for Salvation's deliverance from Evil and Resurrection's hope of Death's defeat. I don't know if Hodgson or Stoddard are Christians or even theists at all, but both the source novel and Stoddard's remake echo with a hope that will be familiar and welcome to a Christian reader.
Given the starkly original setting of The Night Land, the archetypal quest and love story is not a disappointment but a keystone for readers who would otherwise find the setting too bizarre and unsympathetic. Though over a century old, The Night Land is an eerily prescient story for our melancholic and cynical age. It's refreshing to read a truly heroic hero with no moral ambiguity, as if such a thing would be necessary in such an utterly hostile setting. And Andros' and Naani's relationship is a powerful portrait of love, of the sort rarely seen in modern media: the virtues of self-sacrifice, generosity, and struggling together are key to their romance, their chastity and restraint every bit as striking as their love. Such a perspective on love and commitment is nearly as alien to a twentysomething millennial as the colossal Watchers that lurch toward the Last Redoubt.
To put it simply, The Night Land: A Story Retold is a work of the highest caliber, and strongly recommended to anyone who enjoys science fiction, fantasy, horror, or romance. Those who enjoy this work are strongly recommended to check out John C. Wright's Awake In The Night Land, an anthology of four novellas in the same setting that further explore the world and themes of Hodgson's work to spectacular effect (and follow in close continuity with Stoddard's remake.)
7 of 7 people found the following review helpful.
Very well done
By Baritone
I saw the original "Night Land" in a bookstore and either bought it or got it from the library. I remember quoting the last line ("and they three to build the House of Joy,") not that I knew anything about love at the time. I enjoyed it, being somehow able to get through most of the odd language, and got the Kindle version not long ago. When I saw this new "translation," I figured I'd give it a try. I wasn't disappointed. The original leaves out quite a bit: the horrors are not described in as much detail as one would expect. Ironically, this version adds more detail that I both did and did not want: an interpolated scene wherein the ghosts of souls captured by the House of Silence appear to tempt the pyramid's dwellers to their doom. We already know that the House is basically the gate of hell, with those within suffering an unspecified but ghastly and eternal torment. I felt the ghost scene was a tad too much, but it was the only such note in what otherwise is a fine and faithful modernized version. Well done, Mr. Stoddard, and kudos for "diskoi".
Speaking of the House of Silence (which I hadn't previously thought was the size of the Great Redoubt), would Mr. Stoddard or someone else care to comment on the ambiguity of the Silent Ones? The odd critters are described by the narrator as not malicious, provided humans keep their distance, and this new version even suggests that the S.O. don't mean to inflict suffering on humans, Yet the House is most definitely evil, as Naani and the damned youths learn. So which is it? Lonely for friends, or as evil as it gets?
6 of 6 people found the following review helpful.
An Epic Masterpiece
By TheAnimeAmigo
This is a great version of the book and it is nicely and professionally translated for modern readers. When I read the original night land by William hope Hodgson it was difficult for me to understand becuase of it's Archaic english that was used in the original book. But this version by James stoddard is so much easier to read and it's more interesting becuase he added more detail to the story which Hodgson had failed to acknowledge. This is an epic masterpiece of fantasy, science fiction, romance, horror and adventure all put together. I highly recommend this version of The Night land to any readers out there.
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