The Night Land

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The Night Land by William Hope Hodgson

[O]ne of the strangest visions ever published in science fiction or fantasy is presented. The Sun has gone out: the Earth is lit only by the glow of residual vulcanism. The last few millions of the human race are gathered together in a gigantic metal pyramid, the Last Redoubt, probably the first arcology in literature, under siege from unknown forces and Powers outside in the dark. These are held back by a Circle of energy, known as the "air clog," powered from the Earth's internal energy. For millennia, vast living shapes - the Watchers - have waited in the darkness near the pyramid: it is thought they are waiting for the inevitable time when the Circle's power finally weakens and dies. Other living things have been seen in the darkness beyond, some of unknown origins, and others that may once have been human.— Excerpted from The Night Land on Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia.

• The Dreams That Are Only Dreams
• Chapter I. Mirdath the Beautiful
• Chapter II. The Last Redoubt
• Chapter III. The Quiet Calling
• Chapter IV. The Hushing of the Voice
• Chapter V. Into the Night Land
• Chapter VI. The Way That I Did Go
• Chapter VII. The Night Land
• Chapter VIII. Down the Mighty Slope
• Chapter IX. The Dark Pyramid
• Chapter X. The Maid of the Olden Days
• Chapter XI. The Homeward Way
• Chapter XII. Downward of the Gorge
• Chapter XIII. Homeward by the Shore
• Chapter XIV. On the Island
• Chapter XV. Past the House of Silence
• Chapter XVI. In the Country of Silence
• Chapter XVII. The Love Days

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