The Night Land, A Story Retold

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Learn more about Amazon Prime. Penned in , 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.

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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.

A tremendously faithful retelling of a classic tale of endless horror and eternal love and triumph. All the same wonder and splendor of the original, but with modernized and cleaned up grammar, actual dialogue, and much stronger characterization. A glimpse into the dawn of sci fi.

The Night Land, A Story Retold

A must read for fans of the genra. I'm a big fan of the works of William hope Hodgson, I remember plowjng through Hodgson's verbose and difficult original text, so it's with some relief that James Stoddard's excellent retelling exits at all. He's managed to make an unfortunately extremely unreadable book palatable for the masses, which is a good thing as hidden in the originals meandering script in a truly fantastic story. I did initially have reservations regarding Jason's narration however, I eventually warmed to his "accent " Well done all. I was skeptical of a 'retelling' but I'm a big fan of Dying Earth so thought I'd give it a go.


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Was surprised by the imaginative story and ended up listening almost in one sitting! Best audio book I've heard so far this year. Hodgson's strange and quirky book has been made more readable in this re-written effort. This takes nothing away from the original story, which is a tremendous work of fantasy. The reader is taken along on a quest through a dark and horror strewn world, where, against all the odds, a lone man ventures into the night land, guided only by premonition and hope, in search of his re-born former wife of an earlier time.

No other work of fiction or fantasy is even close to this one, and whether you read this re-told version, or the original, you will be taken along on a journey through a nightmare land which will surprise and delight you. A Story Retold By: Free with day trial Membership details Membership details A day trial plus your first audiobook, free.

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The Earth Current will eventually run out, but the Night will last forever. All mankind can do is enjoy the millions of years left before they are overrun. The book starts with a 17th century gentleman mourning the death of his beloved in childbirth. He has a vision of a distant future where their souls will be reunited, and sees that world through the eyes of his future incarnation. The end of the novel doesn't mention anything about this. And a very crapsack one. Enormous, burrowing, yellow, and venomous. You would think that a post-sun death universe where reincarnation, Eldritch Abominations and Psychic Powers are a fact of life would be pretty alien to the notion of Yahweh, but the narrator tells us that men of our age should be "thankful unto God" that we live in the Days of Light and not the Night Land.

The Forces Of Good that defend the Redoubt from their enemies are vaguely defined and could be interpreted as God or angels providing protection.

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Several of the Night Land expanded universe stories also deal with God, where he's referred to as "the One who makes sure all Lovers are reunited. The Giants are an extremely unpleasant type, between unspecified monsters and 'bestial humans'. Many of the lesser horrors are the result of mankind breeding with the original night horrors. Particularly the ab-humans, who will inherit the Earth, only to be consumed by greater evils in turn.

An impossibly large ornate home on a hill, which seems to be abandoned but whose interior is lit by pale lights, and whose door is always unlocked.


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It is always sending intoxicating psychic messages out to anyone outside the Redoubt, and if you aren't properly trained you will run right through its doors and into its horrid embrace, never to be seen again. It is considered the absolute worst of all the horrors of the Night Land, since it always inflicts Destruction on those it successfully ensnares. Holding Back the Phlebotinum: Using a super weapon is a good way to provoke the monsters outside.

Jumped at the Call: When news of the plight of the Lesser Redoubt becomes known, a large group of young men break the rules and sally forth to try to go to their aid. This is the absolute worst possible idea because large groups of humans cannot travel in stealth through the Night Land. And there are two ways to travel through the Night Land: If any of them step foot over the periphery of the Air-Clog, they will immediately be Destroyed. Despite this, many of them have to be physically restrained by their comrades from trying to help the apparently doomed couple.

Knight in Shining Armor: Well, grey armour, anyway. The Last Redoubt, the gigantic fortress-city housing the remnants of humanity, constantly besieged by the horrors in the dark and doomed to fall once the Earth Current dies out. The Lesser Redoubt served this purpose also, before its own Earth Current faded.

The Night Land, A Story Retold by William Hope Hodgson and James Stoddard

After he finds Naani, she and the protagonist begin the long journey back to the Last Redoubt. Before beginning to ascend the gorge which separates the land of the Lesser Redoubt where Naani grew up and which is now utterly destroyed, along with everyone she has ever known from the area between it and the Last Redoubt she takes a Long Last Look back. This is about as "last" as looks ever get: The redoubt has existed for so long, entire eras of technology have been completely forgotten. This is probably for the best, as it was at the height of their advancement that mankind, in a moment of weakness, performed "The Unforgivable Experiments" that led to the hellish state of the world.

Some technology is best left forgotten. Made of Iron The Great Redoubt and the Underground Fields are covered with a nearly-indestructible grey metal which could withstand dozens of millions of years untarnished.


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Some of the monsters could fight entire battalions of men before being destroyed by energy weaponry. What the Earth has become after the death of the Sun—a lightless waste home to monsters, nightmares and worse. Our hero reveals at one point he had been a strong trained athlete during his life in the Pyramid only because the girl was impressed by his muscular bulk but he never thought physical strength was something to brag about or rely on, since all monsters evolved or devolved from humans are far too strong to be beaten in close combat and had to be fought by cunning, agility and Diskos fencing.

Nice Job Breaking It, Hero! Sure he meant well, but Nightmare Fuel Station Attendant: The protagonist is this to the night land itself. Many times, he comments on how the horrors of his world would drive the reader insane, but he is used to them because they are what he has always known. The Evil Forces, particularly the House of Silence.

The Night Land, a Story Retold

The fact that the Hero doesn't know exactly what happens to the red shirts after they enter the House of Silence freaks him out all the more. It gets to the point that the noises of the other abominations become a comforting distraction. Despite the verbosity, many of the Evils of the Night Land get only a vague description, sometimes only a noise, leaving much to the imagination.

Part of this is because many of the creatures are psychic and know when someone is thinking about them, which can give them a way to influence that person's mind. She alternates between absurd obstructiveness and considerable competence. Our Vampires Are Different: Yellow skin, 4 arms, may not actually be undead it's really hard to say, considering the story's setting. None of these traits scream typical vampire, now do they?

The "Doorways in the Night", holes in the universe which open up and let in soul-eating things.

The Power of Love: It's what differentiates mankind from the monsters. The "Forces Of Good" are a vague but benevolent force that tries their best to defend what little remains of mankind. It's not strong enough to actually defeat the horrors of the Night Land, and it cannot save them from the inevitable victory of the night creatures, but its actions have bought mankind millions more years. The Country of Seas and Volcanoes is based off of popular ideas of the time about the prehistoric world the idea being that similar conditions produce similar creatures.

A form of telepathy using "brain-elements". The text is unclear as to whether these elements are natural parts of the brain or some kind of implant. The entire text is written to emulate 17th century literature, and overshoots the mark by several measures, though it largely avoids Sesquipedalian Loquaciousness.