The Voice in the Night, William Hope Hodgson
The Voice in the Night, William Hope Hodgson
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The Voice in the Night

Author: William Hope Hodgson

Narrator: Cathy Dobson

Unabridged: 32 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 07/13/2017


Synopsis

William Hope Hodgson (1877-1918) was an English author. He produced a large body of work including horror, fantastic fiction, and science fiction stories.

"The Voice in the Night" is an uncanny story about a ship becalmed in fog in the middle of the Pacific. In the night, the watch hears a voice hailing the ship. It would seem to be a lone man in a rowing boat, but the individual does not wish to be seen. He is starving and urgently wants them to give him food - but despite this, he will not approach the ship and vehemently rejects the idea of being rescued. Instead they have to float some provisions out to him in a crate, which he takes off to a nearby island where his fiancée is dying of hunger. A few hours later he returns and tells a horrifying and incredible tale.

About William Hope Hodgson

English author William Hope Hodgson (1877-1918) was known for his works of horror and science-fiction. His first story, The Goddess of Death, was published in 1904. The Night Land, his last printed effort, was published in 1918. Hodgson was also renowned as a photographer and a bodybuilder. He died in battle during World War I at the age of 40.


Reviews

Goodreads review by Peter

Absolutely great and eerie story set upon the ocean. In the night two men of a schooner hear a voice alongside their ship requesting for food. A stranger tells them that he and his fiance survived the sink of their vessesl a couple of months ago. It was the Albatross. They survived by finding a ghos......more

Goodreads review by Eloy

"Era un noche oscura y sin estrellas. La falta de viento nos tenía detenidos en el Pacífico Norte. No sé cuál era nuestra posición exacta, pues durante un semana fatigosa y jadeante el sol había permanecido oculto detrás de un tenue neblina que parecía flotar sobre nosotros, aunque a veces descendía......more

While reading this story it made me wonder if it inspired H.P. Lovecraft and Big Steve.......more

Goodreads review by Kansas

Es un cuento que me ha gustado sobre todo por lo atmosférico y ese terror que puede sobrevenir de ese algo desconocido en la noche. Me gusta más esa primera mitad del cuento donde todo son sensaciones y esa especie de anticipación del terror que viene de la voz desconocida que se esconde en la noche......more