... BBC 7 does usually have a good spooky or weird tale on the go. One very good reading is of William Hope Hodgson's odd, hard-to-define novel The House on the Borderland. I've never been quite sure of Hodgson. He has many admirers and his best work is powerful. But his style is starchy and his ideas are often maddeningly vague. THotB is probably his most accessible book. The central idea - ...

This morning, we took Will over to Borderland State Park for a hike. He was so excited to go hiking and exploring and collect rocks and sticks. He walked almost the whole trail himself, except for the really muddy parts. He really loves exploring the woods and always finds a stick to carry along the way.

... have read the book, which was a favorite of H.P. Lovecraft. Regardless, The House on the Borderland is an important work, having one foot planted firmly in the established 19th century genres ... there, the journal describes even stranger events, resulting in a climax I will not spoil here. The House on the Borderland is, like many early 20th century novels, difficult to read at times, both because ...

This is the time of year when people like to list the books that scared them or that gave them nightmares. Two of the scariest books I've ever read are about houses: this one and Shirley Jacksons's The Haunting of Hill House. While Jackson's book has plenty of frights and chills, Hodgson's is the one that gave me nightmares. I think it was the swine people, or maybe the journey ...

I completed the game Borderlands and I’ve started the second pass through the game.  It’s the same as the first time but all of your opponents are juiced up to your level or above. It’s hard for a game publisher to keep the game going. It’s still great fun but I can see this getting too repetitive soon. Beating the bosses is fun. You meet the boss monster, you die, you ...

Borderlands is a science fiction first-person shooter with RPG elements that was developed by Gearbox Software for Microsoft Windows,Lock, Load, & Face the MadnessGet ready for the mind blowing insanity! Play as one of four trigger-happy mercenaries and take out everything that stands in your way! With its addictive action, frantic first-person shooter combat, massive arsenal of weaponry, ...