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Title: The Derelict Title Record # 58900
Author: William Hope Hodgson
Date: 1912-12-01
Type: SHORTFICTION
Length: novelette
Webpages: talestoterrify.com, Wikipedia-EN
Language: English
User Rating: 9.00 (2 votes) Your vote: Not cast VOTE
Current Tags: horror (1), fantasy (1) Add Tags

Other Titles

Variant Titles Translations
Year Title
1912 The Derelict [as by W. Hope Hodgson]
1988 The Terrible Derelict
Year Language Title
1968ⓘTranslated by Jacques Baron
 French L'épave [as by W. H. Hodgson]
1968ⓘTranslated by Jacques Baron.
 French L'épave
1969ⓘTranslated by L. Winick
 Dutch Het verlaten schip
1970ⓘTranslated by Wulf Teichmann
 German Die Herrenlose
1973ⓘTranslated by Alf Agdle
 Swedish Vraket
1981ⓘTranslated by L. Winick
 Dutch Het scheepswrak
1991ⓘTranslated by Stefania Carimati
 Italian Il relitto
1994ⓘTranslated by Sari Kallioinen and Anita Puumalainen
 Finnish Hylky
2019ⓘTranslated by Özgür Umut Hoşafçı
 Turkish Metruk Gemi

Publications

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Title Date Author/Editor Publisher/Pub. Series ISBN/Catalog ID Price Pages Format Type Cover Artist Verif
The Red Magazine, December 1, 1912 1912-12-01 ed. Editors of The Red Magazine The Amalgamated Press  
-/4.5?Prior to decimilisation (1968-1971), UK books were priced in shillings, or shillings and pence, where 20 shillings equals one pound and 12 old pence equals one shilling. Shillings were indicated with a variety of suffixes, e.g. 3s, 3', 3", 3/ all mean 3 shillings. Any number after that is additional pence, usually 6 (half a shilling) but sometimes 3 or 9 (a quarter of a shilling or three-quarters of a shilling).
 144
octavo?5.5" by 8.5" magazine, usually saddle-stapled, instead of side-stapled or glued
 mag  
Men of the Deep Waters 1914-00-00 William Hope Hodgson Eveleigh Nash  
7/6?Prior to decimilisation (1968-1971), UK books were priced in shillings, or shillings and pence, where 20 shillings equals one pound and 12 old pence equals one shilling. Shillings were indicated with a variety of suffixes, e.g. 3s, 3', 3", 3/ all mean 3 shillings. Any number after that is additional pence, usually 6 (half a shilling) but sometimes 3 or 9 (a quarter of a shilling or three-quarters of a shilling).
 303
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
 coll  
All Around Magazine, February 1916 1916-02-00 ed. Editors of All Around Magazine Street & Smith Publications, Inc.  
$0.15?$: US dollar. ISO code: USD
 196
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  
Men of the Deep Waters 1921-00-00 William Hope Hodgson Holden & Hardingham  
2/6?Prior to decimilisation (1968-1971), UK books were priced in shillings, or shillings and pence, where 20 shillings equals one pound and 12 old pence equals one shilling. Shillings were indicated with a variety of suffixes, e.g. 3s, 3', 3", 3/ all mean 3 shillings. Any number after that is additional pence, usually 6 (half a shilling) but sometimes 3 or 9 (a quarter of a shilling or three-quarters of a shilling).
 251
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
 coll  
A Century of Horror Stories 1935-00-00 ed. Dennis Wheatley Hutchinson  
3/6?Prior to decimilisation (1968-1971), UK books were priced in shillings, or shillings and pence, where 20 shillings equals one pound and 12 old pence equals one shilling. Shillings were indicated with a variety of suffixes, e.g. 3s, 3', 3", 3/ all mean 3 shillings. Any number after that is additional pence, usually 6 (half a shilling) but sometimes 3 or 9 (a quarter of a shilling or three-quarters of a shilling).
 1024
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
 anth Checkmark
Famous Fantastic Mysteries, December 1943 1943-12-00 ed. Mary Gnaedinger All-Fiction Field, Inc.  
$0.25?$: US dollar. ISO code: USD
 148
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 Lawrence Checkmark
Super Science and Fantastic Stories, April 1945 1945-04-00 ed. Alden H. Norton Popular Publications, Inc.; Toronto, Canada  
C$0.15?C$: Canadian dollar. ISO code: CAD
 84
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  
Avon Fantasy Reader, No. 4 1947-09-00 ed. Donald A. Wollheim Avon Book Co.  
$0.35?$: US dollar. ISO code: USD
 132
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".
 mag Checkmark
The Science Fiction Galaxy 1950-02-00 ed. Groff Conklin Permabooks P67
$0.35?$: US dollar. ISO code: USD
 xii+
242
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
 anth Richard Powers (artist) Checkmark
Perturbed Spirits: A Book of Ghost and Terror Stories 1954-00-00 ed. R. C. Bull Arthur Barker  
12/6?Prior to decimilisation (1968-1971), UK books were priced in shillings, or shillings and pence, where 20 shillings equals one pound and 12 old pence equals one shilling. Shillings were indicated with a variety of suffixes, e.g. 3s, 3', 3", 3/ all mean 3 shillings. Any number after that is additional pence, usually 6 (half a shilling) but sometimes 3 or 9 (a quarter of a shilling or three-quarters of a shilling).
 287
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
 anth  
Perturbed Spirits 1958-00-00 ed. R. C. Bull Dragon Books D20
2/6?Prior to decimilisation (1968-1971), UK books were priced in shillings, or shillings and pence, where 20 shillings equals one pound and 12 old pence equals one shilling. Shillings were indicated with a variety of suffixes, e.g. 3s, 3', 3", 3/ all mean 3 shillings. Any number after that is additional pence, usually 6 (half a shilling) but sometimes 3 or 9 (a quarter of a shilling or three-quarters of a shilling).
 191
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.
 anth  
Shafts of Fear 1964-00-00 ed. Dennis Wheatley Arrow Books 760
3/6?Prior to decimilisation (1968-1971), UK books were priced in shillings, or shillings and pence, where 20 shillings equals one pound and 12 old pence equals one shilling. Shillings were indicated with a variety of suffixes, e.g. 3s, 3', 3", 3/ all mean 3 shillings. Any number after that is additional pence, usually 6 (half a shilling) but sometimes 3 or 9 (a quarter of a shilling or three-quarters of a shilling).
 288
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.
 anth Checkmark
Best Horror Stories 2 1965-00-00 ed. John Keir Cross Faber and Faber  
18/-?Prior to decimilisation (1968-1971), UK books were priced in shillings, or shillings and pence, where 20 shillings equals one pound and 12 old pence equals one shilling. Shillings were indicated with a variety of suffixes, e.g. 3s, 3', 3", 3/ all mean 3 shillings. Any number after that is additional pence, usually 6 (half a shilling) but sometimes 3 or 9 (a quarter of a shilling or three-quarters of a shilling).
 270
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
 anth  
Shafts of Fear 1965-00-00 ed. Dennis Wheatley Arrow Books 760
3/6?Prior to decimilisation (1968-1971), UK books were priced in shillings, or shillings and pence, where 20 shillings equals one pound and 12 old pence equals one shilling. Shillings were indicated with a variety of suffixes, e.g. 3s, 3', 3", 3/ all mean 3 shillings. Any number after that is additional pence, usually 6 (half a shilling) but sometimes 3 or 9 (a quarter of a shilling or three-quarters of a shilling).
 288
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.
 anth  
Deep Waters 1967-00-00 William Hope Hodgson Arkham House  
$5.00?$: US dollar. ISO code: USD
 x+
300
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
 coll Frank Utpatel Checkmark
Dennis Wheatley's First Book of Horror Stories 1968-03-00 ed. Dennis Wheatley Hutchinson  
30/-?Prior to decimilisation (1968-1971), UK books were priced in shillings, or shillings and pence, where 20 shillings equals one pound and 12 old pence equals one shilling. Shillings were indicated with a variety of suffixes, e.g. 3s, 3', 3", 3/ all mean 3 shillings. Any number after that is additional pence, usually 6 (half a shilling) but sometimes 3 or 9 (a quarter of a shilling or three-quarters of a shilling).
 288
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
 anth  
Monster Mix 1968-06-00 ed. Robert Arthur Mayflower / Dell 5797
$0.60?$: US dollar. ISO code: USD
 284
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.
 anth Oscar Liebman Checkmark
Monster Mix 1968-08-00 ed. Robert Arthur Mayflower / Dell 5797
$0.60?$: US dollar. ISO code: USD
 284
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.
 anth Oscar Liebman Checkmark
Terror! 1970-00-00 ed. Bryan A. Netherwood Blackie & Son 0-216-88412-8
£1.65?£: UK pound. ISO code: GBP
 392
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
 anth  
Masters of Terror: Volume One 1977-11-00 William Hope Hodgson Corgi 0-552-10662-3
£0.80?£: UK pound. ISO code: GBP
 156
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
Chamber of Horrors 1984-00-00 ed. uncredited Octopus Books 0-7064-2053-5
£2.99?£: UK pound. ISO code: GBP
 349
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
 anth Stuart Bodek Checkmark
The Penguin Book of Horror Stories 1984-00-00 ed. J. A. Cuddon Penguin Books 0-14-006799-X
£4.95?£: UK pound. ISO code: GBP
 607
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 Steve Crisp Checkmark
Chamber of Horrors 1985-00-00 ed. uncredited Octopus Books 0-7064-2053-5
$6.00?$: US dollar. ISO code: USD
 349
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
 anth Stuart Bodek  
The Penguin Book of Horror Stories 1985-00-00 ed. J. A. Cuddon Penguin Books 0-14-006799-X
£4.95?£: UK pound. ISO code: GBP
 607
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 Steve Crisp  
The Penguin Book of Horror Stories 1985-10-00 ed. J. A. Cuddon Viking UK 0-670-81034-7
£10.95?£: UK pound. ISO code: GBP
 607
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
 anth  
The Mammoth Book of Classic Chillers 1986-09-00 ed. Tim Haydock Robinson 0-948164-25-5
£4.95?£: UK pound. ISO code: GBP
 693
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  
Chamber of Horrors 1987-00-00 ed. uncredited Gallery Books / W. H. Smith 0-8317-1234-1   349
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
 anth Stuart Bodek Checkmark
The Penguin Book of Horror Stories 1987-10-00 ed. J. A. Cuddon Penguin Books 0-14-006799-X
£5.95?£: UK pound. ISO code: GBP
 607
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 Steve Crisp  
The Room of Fear and Other Grues 1988-00-00 William Hope Hodgson The Strange Company      
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
 coll  
Spooky Sea Stories 1991-00-00 ed. Frank D. McSherry, Jr., Charles G. Waugh Yankee Books 0-89909-337-X
$11.95?$: US dollar. ISO code: USD
 xvii+
246
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 Anthony Bacon Venti  
The Penguin Book of Horror Stories 1991-00-00 ed. J. A. Cuddon Bloomsbury 1-870630-94-7
£4.99?£: UK pound. ISO code: GBP
 607
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
 anth Steve Crisp  
Famous Fantastic Mysteries 1991-08-00 ed. Stefan R. Dziemianowicz, Martin H. Greenberg, Robert Weinberg Gramercy Books 0-517-05577-5
$10.00?$: US dollar. ISO code: USD
 xiii+
449
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
 anth Virgil Finlay Checkmark
The Ghost Pirates and Other Revenants of the Sea 2005-06-25 William Hope Hodgson Night Shade Books 1-892389-41-X
$35.00?$: US dollar. ISO code: USD
 xiv+
541
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
 coll Jason Van Hollander Checkmark
Adrift on the Haunted Seas: The Best Short Stories of William Hope Hodgson 2005-08-00 William Hope Hodgson Cold Spring Press 1-59360-049-6
$11.00?$: US dollar. ISO code: USD
 243
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 Daniel Govar  
Great Horror Stories: Tales by Stoker, Poe, Lovecraft and Others 2008-01-11 ed. John Grafton Dover Publications 978-0-486-46143-4   240
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  
Great Horror Stories: Tales by Stoker, Poe, Lovecraft and Others 2008-01-28 ed. John Grafton Dover Publications (Dover Thrift Editions) 978-0-486-46143-4
$3.50?$: US dollar. ISO code: USD
 xi+
228
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.
 anth  
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. ISO code: USD
 1100
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
 coll  
Voices in the Night: Rare Stories 2009-11-10 William Hope Hodgson World Library Classics 978-1-55742-804-2
$7.99?$: US dollar. ISO code: USD
 142
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  
Monstrum: Classic Tales of Legendary, Beastly, and Ghastly Creatures 2010-00-00 ed. Chad Arment Coachwhip Publications 978-1-61646-022-8   346
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  
Horror Masters Vol. 4 2010-01-01 ed. Sons of Horror River Styx Publishing 978-1-61704-040-5
$12.89?$: US dollar. ISO code: USD
 184
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  
The Ghost Pirates and Other Revenants of the Sea 2011-10-01 William Hope Hodgson Night Shade Books 978-1-59780-369-4
$9.99?$: US dollar. ISO code: USD
  
ebook?Used for all electronic formats, including but not limited to EPUB, eReader, HTML, iBook, Mobipocket, and PDF.
 coll Jason Van Hollander  
Horrors from Haunted Seas 2012-04-30 William Hope Hodgson Creation Oneiros 978-1-902197-35-7
$16.95?$: US dollar. ISO code: USD
 259
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  
Before Weird Tales: Early 20th Century Stories of Horror and the Supernatural 2013-00-00 ed. Araminta Star Matthews, Charles G. Waugh Sam Teddy Publishing 978-1-935573-59-3
$24.95?$: US dollar. ISO code: USD
 428
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 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. ISO code: USD
 733
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
 coll Checkmark
The William Hope Hodgson Megapack 2014-05-05 William Hope Hodgson Wildside Press (Megapack) 978-1-4794-0920-4
$0.99?$: US dollar. ISO code: USD
  
ebook?Used for all electronic formats, including but not limited to EPUB, eReader, HTML, iBook, Mobipocket, and PDF.
 coll  
Horror Stories: Classic Tales from Hoffmann to Hodgson 2014-10-09 ed. Darryl Jones Oxford University Press 978-0-19-968543-1
£14.99?£: UK pound. ISO code: GBP
 xlii+
510
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
 anth Simon Marsden  
Tales to Terrify, #177 2015-06-12 ed. Tony C. Smith District of Wonders  
$0.00?$: US dollar. ISO code: USD
  
digital audio download?Digital recording in any format that is downloaded directly from the Internet. This category includes podcasts.
 mag 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
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. ISO code: USD
 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  
Pirates & Ghosts Short Stories 2017-10-15 ed. uncredited Flame Tree Publishing (Gothic Fantasy: Dark Fantasy) 978-1-78664-556-2
£20.00?£: UK pound. ISO code: GBP
 480
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
 anth  
The Classic Horror Collection 2017-11-30 ed. uncredited Arcturus Publishing 978-1-78888-263-7
$6.99?$: US dollar. ISO code: USD
  
ebook?Used for all electronic formats, including but not limited to EPUB, eReader, HTML, iBook, Mobipocket, and PDF.
 anth  
The Classic Horror Collection 2018-03-15 ed. uncredited Arcturus Publishing 978-1-78828-401-1   928
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
 anth  
The Classic Horror Collection 2018-05-01 ed. uncredited Sirius / Arcturus Publishing 978-1-78828-538-4
$19.99?$: US dollar. ISO code: USD
 928
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
 anth  
The Ghost Pirates and Other Revenants of the Sea 2018-05-08 William Hope Hodgson Night Shade Books 978-1-59780-941-2
$17.99?$: US dollar. ISO code: USD
 464
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 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. ISO code: GBP
 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
Horror at Sea: 15 Nautical Nightmares 2023-09-08 ed. Ian Gordon HorrorBabble  
$19.95?$: US dollar. ISO code: USD
  
digital audio download?Digital recording in any format that is downloaded directly from the Internet. This category includes podcasts.
 anth  
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