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Title: The Hog Title Record # 78136
Author: William Hope Hodgson
Date: 1947-01-00
Type: SHORTFICTION
Length: novelette
Series: Carnacki (Hodgson)
Language: English
Synopsis: An experimenter in the supernatural powers of the visible spectrum attempts to get to the source of a man's terrible nightmares, but they are terribly threatened when they stir up malevolent psychic creatures who live in the Outer Realms.
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Other Titles

Translations
Year Language Title
1966Translated by Michel Deutsch
French Le verrat
1973Translated by Traude Dienel
German Der grunzende Mann
1977Translated by Jef Panken
Dutch Het Vreselijke Varken
1977Translated by François Truchaud
French Le verrat
2017Translated by Jürgen Martin.
German Der Schweinefürst

Publications

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Title Date Author/Editor Publisher/Pub. Series ISBN/Catalog ID Price Pages Format Type Cover Artist Verif
Carnacki, the Ghost-Finder 1947-00-00 William Hope Hodgson Mycroft & Moran  
$3.00?$: US dollar
241
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
coll Frank Utpatel Checkmark
Weird Tales, January 1947 1947-01-00 ed. D. McIlwraith Weird Tales  
$0.15?$: US dollar
100
pulp?Magazine using the common pulp size: 6.5" by 9.5". For ISFDB purposes this may also be used as a designation for the quality of the paper. There are some untrimmed pulps that are as large as 8" by 11.75
mag A. R. Tilburne Checkmark
Histoires d'horreur 1966-11-15 ed. uncredited OPTA (
Fiction Spécial?Fiction Special
#10)
 
F6.00?F: French frank
239
digest?Digest-size magazine, including both standard digest size, at about 7" by 4.5", and also large digest, such as recent issues of Asimov's, which are about 8.25" by 5.125".
anth  
Carnacki the Ghost-Finder 1973-00-00 William Hope Hodgson Panther 0-586-04000-5
£0.35?£: UK pound
204
pb?Paperback. Typically 7" by 4.25" (18 cm by 11 cm) or smaller, though trimming errors can cause them to sometimes be slightly (less than 1/4 extra inch) taller or wider/deeper.
coll Bob Haberfield Checkmark
Das Haus an der Grenze und andere phantastische Erzählungen 1973-00-00 William Hope Hodgson Insel (Bibliothek des Hauses Usher) 3-458-05818-4
DM 14.50?DM: German (Deutsche) mark
254
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
coll Hans Ulrich Osterwalder , Ute Osterwalder  
Carnacki, the Ghost-Finder 1974-00-00 William Hope Hodgson Sphere (The Dennis Wheatley Library of the Occult #5) 0-7221-4613-2
£0.40?£: UK pound
239
pb?Paperback. Typically 7" by 4.25" (18 cm by 11 cm) or smaller, though trimming errors can cause them to sometimes be slightly (less than 1/4 extra inch) taller or wider/deeper.
coll Checkmark
Carnacki, the Ghost-Finder 1974-00-00 William Hope Hodgson Tandem 0-426-13418-4
£0.35?£: UK pound
221
pb?Paperback. Typically 7" by 4.25" (18 cm by 11 cm) or smaller, though trimming errors can cause them to sometimes be slightly (less than 1/4 extra inch) taller or wider/deeper.
coll Peter Goodfellow Checkmark
Carnacki et les fantômes 1977-00-00 William Hope Hodgson
Librairie des Champs-Élysées?Librairie des Champs-Elysees
(Le Masque - Fantastique #14)
2-7024-0582-7   283
pb?Paperback. Typically 7" by 4.25" (18 cm by 11 cm) or smaller, though trimming errors can cause them to sometimes be slightly (less than 1/4 extra inch) taller or wider/deeper.
coll Bruce Pennington Checkmark
Carnacki, de Spokenjager 1977-00-00 William Hope Hodgson Brabantia Nostra (Kludde Reeks #9) 9
ƒ14.95?ƒ: Dutch guilder
245
tp?Trade paperback. Any softcover book which is at least 7.25" (or 19 cm) tall, or at least 4.5" (11.5 cm) wide/deep.
coll François Craenhals Checkmark
Carnacki, the Ghost-Finder 1980-00-00 William Hope Hodgson Sphere 0-7221-4615-9   239
pb?Paperback. Typically 7" by 4.25" (18 cm by 11 cm) or smaller, though trimming errors can cause them to sometimes be slightly (less than 1/4 extra inch) taller or wider/deeper.
coll  
Carnacki the Ghost-Finder 1981-00-00 William Hope Hodgson Sphere 0-7221-4793-7
£1.25?£: UK pound
239
pb?Paperback. Typically 7" by 4.25" (18 cm by 11 cm) or smaller, though trimming errors can cause them to sometimes be slightly (less than 1/4 extra inch) taller or wider/deeper.
coll Terry Oakes Checkmark
Carnacki et les fantômes 1982-05-00 William Hope Hodgson Néo (Fantastique / Science-fiction / Aventures #44) 2-7304-0145-8   282
tp?Trade paperback. Any softcover book which is at least 7.25" (or 19 cm) tall, or at least 4.5" (11.5 cm) wide/deep.
coll Jean-Michel Nicollet  
Das Haus an der Grenze und andere phantastische Erzählungen 1985-00-00 William Hope Hodgson Suhrkamp (Phantastische Bibliothek #140) 3-518-37589-X
DM 12.00?DM: German (Deutsche) mark
285
pb?Paperback. Typically 7" by 4.25" (18 cm by 11 cm) or smaller, though trimming errors can cause them to sometimes be slightly (less than 1/4 extra inch) taller or wider/deeper.
coll Tom Breuer  
Carnacki, the Ghost-Finder 1991-03-00 William Hope Hodgson Grafton 0-586-21184-5
£3.50?£: UK pound
270
pb?Paperback. Typically 7" by 4.25" (18 cm by 11 cm) or smaller, though trimming errors can cause them to sometimes be slightly (less than 1/4 extra inch) taller or wider/deeper.
coll Luis Rey Checkmark
H. P. Lovecraft's Book of Horror 1993-11-00 ed. Dave Carson, Stephen Jones Barnes & Noble Books 1-56619-496-2
$7.98?$: US dollar
xii+
450
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
anth Bruce Pennington Checkmark
H. P. Lovecraft's Book of Horror 1994-04-00 ed. Dave Carson, Stephen Jones Robinson 1-85487-231-1
£6.99?£: UK pound
xii+
450
tp?Trade paperback. Any softcover book which is at least 7.25" (or 19 cm) tall, or at least 4.5" (11.5 cm) wide/deep.
anth Bruce Pennington Checkmark
Carnacki et les fantômes 1995-06-00 William Hope Hodgson
10/18?Dix/Dix-huit
(Grands détectives #2625)
2-264-01558-6   316
pb?Paperback. Typically 7" by 4.25" (18 cm by 11 cm) or smaller, though trimming errors can cause them to sometimes be slightly (less than 1/4 extra inch) taller or wider/deeper.
coll  
The House on the Borderland and Other Mysterious Places 2004-03-00 William Hope Hodgson Night Shade Books 1-892389-40-1
$35.00?$: US dollar
xi+
466
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
coll Jason Van Hollander Checkmark
The World's Greatest Horror Stories 2004-03-00 ed. Dave Carson, Stephen Jones Barnes & Noble Books 0-7607-5466-7
$7.95?$: US dollar
xii+
450
tp?Trade paperback. Any softcover book which is at least 7.25" (or 19 cm) tall, or at least 4.5" (11.5 cm) wide/deep.
anth Simon Marsden Checkmark
Carnacki: The Ghost-Finder 2006-00-00 William Hope Hodgson Wordsworth Editions (Tales of Mystery & the Supernatural) 978-1-84022-529-7   191
tp?Trade paperback. Any softcover book which is at least 7.25" (or 19 cm) tall, or at least 4.5" (11.5 cm) wide/deep.
coll  
H. P. Lovecraft's Book of Horror 2008-00-00 ed. Dave Carson, Stephen Jones Fall River Press 978-1-4351-0745-8
$7.98?$: US dollar
532
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
anth Igor Satanovsky Checkmark
Carnacki le chasseur de fantômes 2008-01-00 William Hope Hodgson Terre de Brume (Terres Fantastiques) 978-2-84362-369-1
€19.00?€: Euro
287
tp?Trade paperback. Any softcover book which is at least 7.25" (or 19 cm) tall, or at least 4.5" (11.5 cm) wide/deep.
coll  
William Hope Hodgson: Masters of the Weird Tale 2008-08-01 William Hope Hodgson Centipede Press (Masters of the Weird Tale) 978-1-933618-57-9
$450.00?$: US dollar
1100
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
coll  
Supernatural Detectives 1: Carnacki: Ghost Finder / John Bell: Ghost Exposer 2011-05-09 Robert Eustace, William Hope Hodgson, L. T. Meade Coachwhip Publications (Supernatural Detectives #1) 978-1-61646-086-0
$19.95?$: US dollar
368
tp?Trade paperback. Any softcover book which is at least 7.25" (or 19 cm) tall, or at least 4.5" (11.5 cm) wide/deep.
omni  
The House on the Borderland and Other Mysterious Places 2011-10-01 William Hope Hodgson Night Shade Books 978-1-59780-368-7
$9.99?$: US dollar
 
ebook?Used for all electronic formats, including but not limited to EPUB, eReader, HTML, iBook, Mobipocket, and PDF.
coll Jason Van Hollander  
Weird Tales 2012-00-00 ed. uncredited Pulp Classics on DVD      
other?The publication format is non-standard. The details are usually provided publication notes.
anth Hannes Bok Checkmark
William Hope Hodgson 2014-04-00 William Hope Hodgson Centipede Press (The Centipede Press Library of Weird Fiction) 978-1-61347-049-7
$60.00?$: US dollar
733
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
coll Checkmark
The Best Weird Fiction and Ghost Stories of William Hope Hodgson 2016-00-00 William Hope Hodgson Oldstyle Tales Press 978-1-9746-2337-2   473
tp?Trade paperback. Any softcover book which is at least 7.25" (or 19 cm) tall, or at least 4.5" (11.5 cm) wide/deep.
coll Ivan K. Aivazovsky Checkmark
Carnacki, der Geisterdetektiv 2017-06-06 William Hope Hodgson Festa (H. P. Lovecrafts Bibliothek des Schreckens #2643) 978-3-86552-435-5
€28.00?€: Euro
335+
[1]
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
coll Checkmark
The Best Weird Fiction and Ghost Stories of William Hope Hodgson 2017-08-15 William Hope Hodgson   978-1-9746-2337-2
$17.00?$: US dollar
362
tp?Trade paperback. Any softcover book which is at least 7.25" (or 19 cm) tall, or at least 4.5" (11.5 cm) wide/deep.
coll  
The House on the Borderland and Other Mysterious Places 2018-01-09 William Hope Hodgson Night Shade Books 978-1-59780-921-4
$17.99?$: US dollar
496
tp?Trade paperback. Any softcover book which is at least 7.25" (or 19 cm) tall, or at least 4.5" (11.5 cm) wide/deep.
coll Jason Van Hollander  
The Weird Tales of William Hope Hodgson 2019-04-04 William Hope Hodgson The British Library (British Library Tales of the Weird) 978-0-7123-5233-8
£8.99?£: UK pound
236
tp?Trade paperback. Any softcover book which is at least 7.25" (or 19 cm) tall, or at least 4.5" (11.5 cm) wide/deep.
coll Enrique Bernardou Checkmark
Weird Horror Short Stories 2022-07-19 ed. Mike Ashley Flame Tree Press (Gothic Fantasy) 978-1-83964-935-6
$30.00?$: US dollar
432
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
anth  
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