 Bear admired Hodgson 's imagination which , in The Night Land , had created the Last Redoubt as a " technological preserve " in the far future to keep out monsters that humanity had previously created , and which had evolved over long periods of time . But Bear 's interpretation of The Night Land is that this future landscape is a " metaphysical place " , and the monsters are " not creatures of this Earth " . For Bear , this explanation broadens the novel 's scope , and opens the door to other interpretations . 
