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  • Paperback: 150 pages
  • Publisher: Intl Business Pubns USA (9 Sep 2009)
  • Language English
  • ISBN-10: 143878760X
  • ISBN-13: 978-1438787602
  • Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (4 customer reviews)

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Six tales of Carnacki the Ghost Finder — tales of the outré, the unexpected, and the unexplained from a renowned master of the macabre, William Hope Hodgeson.

During their original run, the magazine that published them boasted: “Complaints continue to reach us from all parts of the country to the effect that Mr. William Hope Hodgeson’s Carnacki stories are producing a widespread epidemic of Nervous Prostration! So far from being able to reassure or calm our nervous readers, we are compelled to warn them that ‘The Whistling Room,’ which we publish this month, is worse than ever. Our advertising manager had to go to bed for two days after reading the advance sheets; a proofreader has sent in his resignation; and, worst of all, our smartest office boy — But this is no place to bewail or seek for sympathy.

“Mr. Hodgson’s new novel (Carnacki the Ghost Finder) comprises half a dozen of the ‘creepiest’ experiences imaginable. . . . Read after nightfall in a dimly lighted room peopled with uneasy shadows, these tales carry with them a haunting atmosphere of terror and an ever-present sense of the unknown powers of darkness . . . Mr. Hope Hodgson plays deftly on the strings of fear, and his new novel stamps him a fascinating panic-monger with a quick eye for all the sensational possibilities of ghost lore.” — The Bookman (1913) --This text refers to the Hardcover edition.

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5.0 out of 5 stars The birthplace of modern horror, 3 Mar 2004
By Anthony Lynas (Leicester, UK) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Carnacki the Ghost Finder (Wildside Fantasy) (Paperback)
I own a twenty year old paperback copy of Carnacki the Ghostfinder, bought for me as a Christmas present by one of my Uncles when I was but a child. I'm now in my thirties and I've returned to this book regularly ever since, no matter which way my literary leanings have taken me.

You see, despite the relatively simple writing style, and the occasional tweeness, all of the stories in this collection have something in common - they are believable and genuinely tense and scary.

Carnacki is a psychic sleuth - Edwardian Britain's answer to Jonathan Creek - sent to investigate ghostly goings on that may, or may not, be caused by unexplained phenomena. What sets Carnacki apart from many similar creations is that he isn't presented as a "know-all" and is often as scared of the situation he is in as the reader is meant to be . What sets the stories apart from similar creations is William Hope Hodgson's refusal to let them become supernatural freak-fests; the terrifying events are described in down-to-earth terms and their impact on the characters in the stories is more important than the explanations given to them.

There are three absolute gems in here - The Hog, The Horse of the Invisible and, in particular, The Whistling Room, which is both chilling and utterly believable.

William Hope Hodgson's stories heavily influenced HP Lovecraft (widely regarded as the father of modern horror) and it's easy to see themes Hodgson created being built on in Lovecraft's Cthulhu mythos. Later horror and occult authors, including Tremayne and Wheatley, have acknowledged Hodgson's impact on their writing. Hodgson was out of print in the UK from 1913 to 1973; American publishers kept his writing alive during this period. That Carnacki is still being read now, nearly a century after the stories were written, should be evidence enough of their strength, and I would recommend them to everybody. Especially the writers of Jonathon Creek, who seem to need a nudge in the right direction.

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5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars excellent, 3 Aug 2003
This review is from: Carnacki the Ghost-Finder (Hardcover)
I have owned a copy of this book for over 15 years and have read it dozen's of times, and each time is like the first. Every story makes the hairs stand up on the back of your neck and when you turn out the light when you go to bed you'll swear that you are not alone. I have read horror stories by many authors but this book is still a firm favourite, I look over my bookcases trying to decide on what to read and this one just jumps of the shelf. You never tire of reading about Carnacki's experiences. I can't rate this book highly enough, get yourself a copy, NOW!!!!
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5.0 out of 5 stars A professional ghost hunter, 4 Jan 2003
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I think this is a very good book.It contains ghost stories related to friends by a professional ghost hunter.He uses modern (early 1900's)equipment,like an electric pentangle he has invented.Some of the tales are very scary indeed,like The Gateway of the Monster and The Whistling Room,and sometimes it's a bit like Scooby-Doo and the ghosts are fake,but I'm not telling which ones.
I found it really entertaining and thoroughly enjoyable.
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