Try this link: house

The book is very seminal in a lot of ways. Always remember the time frame it was written in. It was like the Carrie of its day in the sense that it set everything on its ear by its fresh approach to what readers were expecting.

If that helps?

Natahan,

    Thanks for the link. I was just wondering if any of you remembered reading it. I understand the importance and appreciate the originality of the tale in context of the time but it is just such an ambiguous story. Nothing is really explained. It has left me pondering. Maybe that is the whole idea.

Howie

Thanks guys.

Paul: I agree. Hodgson really created a creepy atmosphere with the swine-things trying to get into the man's house. I think one of the things about parts of the story that I had a problem with was the same thing happens over and over. Sun goes down. Night falls. Sun comes up. Sun goes back down. Night falls etc. This goes on too long. For long periods nothing seems to really happen.

Jeff: Looking forward to your thoughts on the story. I enjoyed it but don't know if I would actually read it again in its entirety.

Michael,

    Do you mean you read parts of it or the whole thing for inspiration? I am still wondering about the color green. His house was green on the Plain Of Silence. When the sun as we know it died,the new sun was green,the place on the dog where it was burned glowed green,etc.