Talk:William Hope Hodgson
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[edit] Recent Comments
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Paul R. Potts 17:57, 14 March 2007 (UTC) This page could use a photo and a somewhat expanded biography. It is my intention to add some biographical material from the Moskowitz essay, which I now have a copy of, and scan a photo, but if someone else gets to it first, I would be grateful.
I have removed the motif section, which was not working out well, and instead expanded the themes section slightly. This section could use some references to (perhaps) the Moskowitz essays or the Lassen introductions from the Night Shade Books series; these themes are pretty obvious in Hodgson's work but I don't want this to appear as original critical research (another reason I pulled my motifs section).
If you'd like to contribute many of the stories still need summaries, especially the Sargasso Sea stories. The Captain Gault stories could use slightly longer summaries. I am satisfied with the Captain Jat and D.C.O. Cargunka story summaries. "The Hog" needs expansion on the Carnacki page. The rest of the 427 Cheyne Walk need brief summaries. The rest of the Carnacki page needs some editing. The Ghost Pirates needs a plot summary. The Dream of X probably should be a separate section on The Night Land page describing how it differs from the original novel.
[edit] Older Comments
I've made some corrections to the list of Works. Whoever did it, had everything italicised, which means everything is a novel or book, which is incorrect. Hodgson only wrote 4 novels. The rest are short stories or collections. The Derelict is a short story, yet this person setup a future connection as "The Derelict (Novel)".
[edit] Last Edit / Overhaul
The last edit done was to add a link to an article written by another key fantastic horror / speculative fiction author in appreciation of Hodgson.
Over time, I hope to overhaul this article to insert more information about Hodgson's life, work and influence.
[edit] The link for Online editions
The link for Online editions wasn't dead but it was reverting to a main index page for authors. I traced the link for WHH and replaced the old address with the new, correct one.
[edit] New Link, plus typo correction
I've added a link for a Dr. Prune's Apothecary and corrected a typo on Nigh[t]shade Books.
[edit] Link to Bibliography
I've also added a link to a bibliography at Andy Robertson's Night Land site.
[edit] "Failed body builder"?
I admit I'm not an authority on Hodgson's life but was it his body building or the gymnasium he was running that failed? I believe it was the business that didn't succeed. Without objection, I'll alter the line to reflect that.
Going back over it, I noticed that the bodybuilding was mentioned again in the second paragraph, so I dropped the line in the first altogether. Nothing is lost.
[edit] Hodgson-Houdini controversy
I've added a link to a story that describes Hodgson's challenge to Houdini.
[edit] Place/Date of Birth
Added.
[edit] "classic of the first water" citation
Added.Hodgson 15:05, 31 March 2006 (UTC)
[edit] "most potent" citation
Added, but the phrase was modified to be an exact quote--"most potent" rather than "most powerful", etc. Although I'm not sure both these quotations from Lovecraft need citations since they come from the same essay.Hodgson 15:09, 31 March 2006 (UTC)
[edit] Expanding & re-organizing
I have been adding works and expanding on Hodgson's use of genre, and broken out his stories by recurring characters, which are getting separate pages, and to mention a few more of his notable standalone stories. I would like to expand the biography a bit, and plan to add some information on his poems, a number of which were recently published for the first time, and references to the recent "Lost Poetry" and "Wandering Soul" books. Paul R. Potts 15:33, 29 August 2006 (UTC)
[edit] Needs more biographical information
I've done just about all I can with the works section but the biography is pretty weak. Can anyone expand it, especially if you have access to the biographical essays in the Moskowitz collections? (Please cite them, of course, if you use information from these essays)... Paul R. Potts 23:22, 7 September 2006 (UTC)
[edit] Derelict, Eloi, Story List
I have added to the list of standalone stories most of the stories from the 5-volume Collected Fiction. These don't have dates or alternate titles yet and are not ordered yet. I have also contributed summaries of Eloi, Eloi and The Derelict. It is not my intention to provide summaries of every story (many of them are little known and don't especially stand out) but if any editor wants to highlight a particularly well-regarded or important story please feel free to either provide a page for the story or request it and I'll see what I can do. Paul R. Potts 20:25, 11 September 2006 (UTC)
[edit] Removing Motifs
The motifs section is not turning well, so I'm removing it, possibly to add it back in a different form later. Paul R. Potts 16:44, 14 March 2007 (UTC)
