Talk:The House on the Borderland
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[edit] Comic
Any one want to write something about the comic version? Zerath13
- It is, unfortunately, written in a florid style, only partially true to the original, and "sexed up" in terms of creating an incest backstory involving the sister.68.164.236.26 (talk) 16:45, 22 May 2008 (UTC)
[edit] Another interpretation?
In the manner of the novel "The Haunting", the manuscript story is written in such a way that the author's experiences can be taken as the dreams and delusions of a lonely man going mad in in grim, oppressive surroundings. The unobserved attack on the dog could indeed have been by a wildcat; the carcasses of the swine-things vanish as if they were never there; his apparent death could simply be caused by the house collapsing into the underground pit or sinkhole (created by the locale's peculiar geological character as shown by the subducting stream); and it is made explicit that the sister fears the author, never confirming that she actually saw the monsters. This ambiguity in Hodgson's approach to the tale (also reminiscent of Poe's "William Wilson") seems deliberate and may show a further level of artistry. SD 68.164.236.26 (talk) 16:58, 22 May 2008 (UTC)
