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Sargasso #1
Sargasso #1
Now presenting! The first issue of SARGASSO!
Here, finally, is a yearly publication devoted to the life and works of noted writer William Hope Hodgson. SARGASSO is dedicated to not only promoting the literature but also to encouraging the ongoing study of Hodgson's life and work.
This first issue contains essays, fiction, poetry and artwork by many of the most celebrated Hodgson scholars today.
Contents include:
"Shadow Out of Hodgson" by John Haefele
"A Reassessment of William Hope Hodgson's Poetry" by Phillip A. Ellis
"William Hope Hodgson's Sales Log: The Pleasure and Consequences of Collecting" by Jane Frank
"The 'Writer Unlimited'--The Tales of Captain Gault" by Mark Valentine
"Always Sea and Sea: The Night Land as Sea-scape" by Emily Alder
"The Blue Egg" by William Miekle (A new Carnacki story)
Artwork by artists including Pete Von Sholly, Allen
Koszowski, Steve Lines, Nick Gucker and more!
Including poetry and even more articles!
SARGASSO is a 200+ page magazine, perfect bound and professionally printed with a limited print run of only 150 copies. Once they are gone, the issue will be out of print and never reprinted again.
A limited amount of copies are still by sending a paypal payment of $20 plus $5 for US postage or $10 for international shipping. Send payment via paypal to: sargassomagazine@yahoo.com to make sure you do not miss this important publication!
Here, finally, is a yearly publication devoted to the life and works of noted writer William Hope Hodgson. SARGASSO is dedicated to not only promoting the literature but also to encouraging the ongoing study of Hodgson's life and work.
This first issue contains essays, fiction, poetry and artwork by many of the most celebrated Hodgson scholars today.
Contents include:
"Shadow Out of Hodgson" by John Haefele
"A Reassessment of William Hope Hodgson's Poetry" by Phillip A. Ellis
"William Hope Hodgson's Sales Log: The Pleasure and Consequences of Collecting" by Jane Frank
"The 'Writer Unlimited'--The Tales of Captain Gault" by Mark Valentine
"Always Sea and Sea: The Night Land as Sea-scape" by Emily Alder
"The Blue Egg" by William Miekle (A new Carnacki story)
Artwork by artists including Pete Von Sholly, Allen
Koszowski, Steve Lines, Nick Gucker and more!
Including poetry and even more articles!
SARGASSO is a 200+ page magazine, perfect bound and professionally printed with a limited print run of only 150 copies. Once they are gone, the issue will be out of print and never reprinted again.
A limited amount of copies are still by sending a paypal payment of $20 plus $5 for US postage or $10 for international shipping. Send payment via paypal to: sargassomagazine@yahoo.com to make sure you do not miss this important publication!
204 pages, Kindle Edition
First published October 25, 2013
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August 6, 2014
Sherlock Holmes remains famous the world over. The name Charles Dickens remains a name to summon with. They hold sway, even now. But other popular and semi-popular authors of the pre-war era have slipped away, far away, until their names mean nothing and their most famous characters are hardly recalled.
William Hope Hodgson is forgotten. Carnacki and Captain Gualt, his creations, rank passing mentions in genre nonfiction. This seemed to be their permanent fate.
Sargasso: The Journal of William Hope Hodgson Studies has taken a great step toward changing that.
The first thing that strikes you upon piking up the book is that it’s stark raving gorgeous. In person, the front cover refuses to relinquish your attention; the back cover, featuring one of M.S. Corley’s stunning portraits of Thomas Carnacki, will hardly allow you to take the time to turn past it. A friend who came upon my overturned copy sat, picked up the book, and spent several minutes admiring it.
Every essay is a delight. It’s difficult, in a review, to analyze such pieces without this review becoming its own essay. But I especially enjoyed Jane Frank’s piece on Hodgson’s poorly-penned, often contradictory sales log–and Mark Valentine’s analysis of the Captain Gault stories has made me long for a collected volume of those tales. Some of the other essays fall prey to a great cloud of scholarly prose. They, however, still remain accessible to popular readers. All the better, their analyses are great.
The two stories were, for me, uneven. William Meikle’s tale “The Blue Egg,” enthralled me. He effortlessly brings together two of Hodgson’s heroes. It’s a delight from end to end. Pierre V. Comtois’ “A Question of Meaning” perhaps will appeal more to other readers. It left me cold–and wishing the story had a stronger infusion of Hodgson.
Overall, Sargasso is a fantastic effort to raise scholarly interest in Hodgson. I applaud Sam Gafford for this book. It’s truly wonderful–and truly a step forward.
William Hope Hodgson is forgotten. Carnacki and Captain Gualt, his creations, rank passing mentions in genre nonfiction. This seemed to be their permanent fate.
Sargasso: The Journal of William Hope Hodgson Studies has taken a great step toward changing that.
The first thing that strikes you upon piking up the book is that it’s stark raving gorgeous. In person, the front cover refuses to relinquish your attention; the back cover, featuring one of M.S. Corley’s stunning portraits of Thomas Carnacki, will hardly allow you to take the time to turn past it. A friend who came upon my overturned copy sat, picked up the book, and spent several minutes admiring it.
Every essay is a delight. It’s difficult, in a review, to analyze such pieces without this review becoming its own essay. But I especially enjoyed Jane Frank’s piece on Hodgson’s poorly-penned, often contradictory sales log–and Mark Valentine’s analysis of the Captain Gault stories has made me long for a collected volume of those tales. Some of the other essays fall prey to a great cloud of scholarly prose. They, however, still remain accessible to popular readers. All the better, their analyses are great.
The two stories were, for me, uneven. William Meikle’s tale “The Blue Egg,” enthralled me. He effortlessly brings together two of Hodgson’s heroes. It’s a delight from end to end. Pierre V. Comtois’ “A Question of Meaning” perhaps will appeal more to other readers. It left me cold–and wishing the story had a stronger infusion of Hodgson.
Overall, Sargasso is a fantastic effort to raise scholarly interest in Hodgson. I applaud Sam Gafford for this book. It’s truly wonderful–and truly a step forward.
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