I was reading a collection of classic horror stories during the turn of the 19th/20th century, which included “The Derelict” by William Hope Hodgson having enjoyed his short I sought to find what other stories and books Hodgson had written when I discovered his apocalyptic 1912 novel The Night Land. In this age of big budget genre television there is one world that I would love to see brought to light for people to experience for themselves. Now we have American Gods and The Shannara Chronicles on our screens, and adored authors will soon see their stories and worlds coming to life for audiences hungry for the next wave of fantasy series.

In terms of genre television Game of Thrones opened the floodgates for high tier fantasy to be mainstream entertainment watched and loved by millions. $100 million series are becoming a more common sight, and TV studios are more willing to take risks with what content they develop and release. In the modern age of television the best series broadcast and streamed into our homes have the budgets and the resources of Hollywood talent at their disposal. As technology progressed and became more viable for TV studios to utilize, the quality of science fiction and fantasy shows began to improve, though was still limited in terms of cinematic quality and capability. Their sets looked cheap, their actors were campy, and special effects and visual effects were roughshod (just look at any Doctor Who episodes before 1980 for embarrassing proof). Individual series in America and internationally didn’t have the budget or pool of talent that Hollywood possessed. In the past genre television was viewed as the inferior product when compared to its filmic counterpart. A 100 Year Old Work of Weird Fiction Ripe for Adaptation

The night land book