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[David Duffy]

On Wed, 25 Apr 2012, David Stockhoff wrote:

> Antonio
>
> I've just finished House on the Borderlands. I can't help but be reminded of 
> Master Ash in his ice-doomed time-tower.
>
> Otherwise, I see no resemblances to anything Wolfe has done except perhaps 
> for the gothic (and hoary) touch of the "recovered manuscript."

Yes, when I first read it I was blown away, but rereading it after 
rereading _The Time Machine_ (specifically the later chapter) showed me 
where many of the most striking ideas came from.

Re Wolfe and Hodgson, have you compared _Pirate Freedom_ to _The Ghost 
Pirates_? ;) [_Boats of the Glen Carrig_ is good fun too]

http://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/10966

Cheers, David Duffy.