Great to hear this narrated, I often thought of this when Harry Potter appeared, I love August Derleth and I think he did a marvelous job of finishing Lovecraft works...else we may not have them! Thank you as ever for all your efforts on behalf of us happy, lucky listeners .
I appreciate your efforts hugely, thankyou so much for uploading all this wonderful free entertainment !! you are a Godsend as I've said before , but perhaps that wasnt your channel? I have been ill in bed for weeks now, and am deeply ingratiated to you and a few other story uploaders for my sanity! bless you .
fiona cahill I'm so glad that my channel has been being useful for your well being! The body brings suffering but our mind can do wonders. Hope you get better soon!
this stuff trains the ear so much to understand more english. its funny i hear words which i have no idea what they mean but i know how they are spelled. so great
first time I read his works I had the dictionary to my side. A year later, my writing has GREATLY improved as well as my ability to set scene and imagery.
Monkeys are loose. Full of beans, sounds like to me. I let them loose... I mean, out of their cages... but I keep them in there... locked up in that room. If I was ever to let them monkeys out of the house, they'd be running this town inside a week. [laughs] I was kidding. I wouldn't wish the monkeys on my worst enemy. These aren't cute monkeys. Nah. These are like those damn monkeys in "The Wizard of Oz"... only they ain’t got no wings... and they smell bad... these are vicious, mean-spirited monkeys. Worked for 30 years over at the furniture department at the Eden's. Can't tell me everyone in this town didn't look down on me. Worked for commission. Lucky if I made 300 bucks a month. Now I run the whole damn furniture department! Ehhh, And I live in Bobby Ore's house! People think I have got the power cause I've got the monkeys. Nope. I've got the power because I'll let the monkeys loose... They don't understand...... They don't understand THAT... and they don't understand me. But that's okay. That's all right, see... cause people.. they understand monkeys.
A decent fleshing out of the fragment, but typical of Derleth, where he goes dreadfully wrong is about at the 17 minute mark when describing the beings noted in the Necromonicon. Here he injects his own vision, what has become called the "Mythos," in which all the Old Ones, Great Old Ones, and otherworldly beings are grouped together like one big family with one single purpose -- "all involved in some kind of plan to dominate the Earth..." August is trying to shape all these beings together in some kind of Joseph Campbell-like mythology that simply does not comport with HPL's vision. It's this "trying to make sense" of what was not meant to be understood, not meant to be categorized and collated. I know that in his life HPL was found of August, and I appreciate how August kept HPL's work alive when it could have easily slipped into obscurity, but I don't think he saw the big picture; if he did, he willfully ignored it in order to suit his own agenda.
no man could've captured the mythos quite as Lovecraft did. If August would have simply pasted Lovecraft words onto his own page it would've seemed too artificial think. In a way it'd have been hopeful in a way if he had done so; perhaps Lovecraft wasn't alone as he thought he was. But seeing the stories told from a different perspective is rewarding in its own sense. Great comment!
I think Derleth was simply too prosaic. His perception of the Mythos was filtered through a preset concept of evil vs. good, and that's how he interpreted and extended it.
Couldn't agree more. The horror of Lovecraft's mythos comes not from forces of 'darkness' and 'evil' that can be opposed by forces of good, but by a completely amoral universe that operates on rules that neither the reason and logic of science nor the faith and morality of religion can comprehend, let alone control. Good and evil are irrelevant. There's no great, fated battle to be fought. Mankind is a speck of dust, doomed the moment that some cosmic chance brings the attention of any of the planet's previous colonists back to this tiny, overlooked space rock, let alone anything else. I think if there's any succinct way to summarise Lovecraftian horror, it'd be "There's always a bigger fish." Sometimes literally.
Cool story! I love how all the Easter eggs from the other stories in it that he wrote. . Also so much for the star shaped rocks being a type of "currency" as so thought (shout out to "At the Mountains of Madness).
The Shuttered Room was made into a Late Nite creepy creature T.V. movie; at least that's what I remember the most. This was back in the early 70's and I was 6 or 7 years old. Then the movie just disappeared-until I found it on TH-cam more than forty years later. Bless the beasts and the children--and TH-cam too!
Well before he started a religion of his own, he was a rather unsuccessful science fiction author. I guess his tales were more convincing as a new age religion than science fiction. Who would've guessed it?
This Has Been A Adventurous & Revealing story of the dark spirit's that existed in those treacherous mountains. So thanks to that teacher and that educated Professor that saved that family in this story. A fantastic story The Reader did a phenomenal job . and thanks to : Free audio books for providing this upload Thank you once again I enjoyed it. To take me to the adventurous darkside of the Demons.
I like this story. Its rare to find a story by Lovecraft like this. Its almost Dracula like, finding a professor with arcane knowledge to help you against an unearthly menace and managing to overcome a curse and save innocents. Other lovecraft stories rarely end so nicely.
Calling any work by Derleth and Lovecraft a collaboration is inaccurate, and attributing it only to Lovecraft even more so. This particular story is one of the bunch that actually had a significant bit of lovecraft in it, using two lengthy entries of his Commonplace Book, but still, it amounts to only 100 words out of the 5600 in this story.
I've listened to many recordings of Lovecraft's stories, but this narrator is my absolute favorite, however I can't explain exactly why . . . If any one else shares my enthusiasm for his work and has some idea about why his interpretations are so effective, I'd enjoy hearing about them.
these works are entirely the work of August Derleth and cannot be considered among the works of H.P. Lovecraft: “The Ancestor”,“The Dark Brotherhood”,“The Fisherman of Falcon Point”,“The Gable Window”,“The Horror from the Middle Span”,“Innsmouth Clay”,“The Lamp of Alhazred”,The Lurker at the Threshold,“The Peabody Heritage”,“The Shadow in the Attic”,“The Shadow out of Space”,“The Shuttered Room” “The Survivor” “The Watchers out of Time” “Wentworth’s Day” “Witches’ Hollow”
So how do I tell the difference? Is there a list?😁 and also, if you don't mind. How do I know when lovecraft is narrating? I've never seen is name as narrator?
I never realised this wasn’t an complete Lovecraft story until I read the comments but I kept thinking “this doesn’t sound right. Far too much description of the necronomicon and the reason for rescuing the boy and helping the teacher seems weak, unlike most of his work where the protagonist seems to naturally fall into the horror and adventure with a clear purpose. This seemed rushed and poorly worded” I thought it might have been his early work but makes sense now that it was mostly written by his friend and I can understand some of the main criticisms of his approach to Lovecraft’s universe.
Gambrel roofs. How many times does Lovecraft mention gambrel roofs in his stories? Whenever I hear it my ears perk up. That and “singular”, “cyclopean”, “eldritch”... you could play Lovecraft bingo or a drinking game with all the words he repeatedly uses throughout his works.
Fragments indeed! Some of them consisting out of a single sentence. I think it's fair to say that some of these stories were written by Derleth. No finishing involved.
"Finishing touch" is disingenuous. The "fragments" suggested a story to Derleth, who wrote it from the bottom up and incorporated what Lovecraft wrote. He and Derleth never collaborated.
To free audiobooks you should have plenty of the Mike Harris and trixie Mehan mysriries by tt Flynn we all know that he written the best westerns but I did not have known that tt Flynn had also written pulp stories as damn well As he can
This is not a Howard P. Lovecraft story. It's August Derleth, writing as Lovecraft after Mr. Lovecraft's death. You can tell pretty easily when compared to Lovecraft's genius, and this story has a slight homosexual flair in the set up ...somehow. No worries, August was key in keeping H. P. Lovecraft out in the literary world. It's just that this is not full of the subtle skill of true Lovecraft literature.
You can always tell the ones that Derleth published as 'collaborations' with Lovecraft. His style does not blend at all with Lovecraft's. For all that he was concerned that Lovecraft's work would be forgotten I notice that he didn't start Arkham House until after Lovecraft had passed away and he wouldn't have to share the profits. If they were as good of friends as Derleth says they were then why didn't Lovecraft leave his papers with Derleth upon his death? He seems to me to have been an opportunist that saw a talent that he could 'discover' and sell. And since Lovecraft was no longer married and his mother had already passed then he wouldn't need to gain permission or share the profits with anyone. He even threatened Sonia Greene with a copyright lawsuit if she published anything that she had of Lovecraft's and even her own stories that she had co-written with him. And then he imposes his own morality over Lovecraft's work even though Lovecraft had said numerous times that he never really saw his creations as 'evil' or 'good' in the traditional sense. He always put out there that they were so alien from us that their motivations would be utterly unknowable to our human brains. Derleth would be turning in his grave with all the money that's being made on Lovecraft (especially by Joshi) . And now they're being offered for the most terrible thing aof all...fre.
Nonsense! neither HPL nor Derleth would ever have used the word in that way. "Niggardly" means "cheaply" or "miserly." I think you've only used the word because of its proximity to a less acceptable word.
Not bad. But, not great, either. I have mixed views about HP. He's an excellent writer stylistically. Great descriptive writing, dialogue, setting...it's just the story doesn't appeal to me. I like parts of his story. He takes us from the horror to the science fiction realm, too often. I'd prefer if he kept to a Gothic spirit.
In a hundred years from now Lovecraft's writing will still be just as good. The guy was ahead of his time.
Except some lines in the stories will be changed for the religion of political correctness. Many consider Lovecraft a racist. So stupid!
@@larry4581 Like he said, he was ahead of his time!
ok hp lovecraft
@@larry4581 We preserve his words entirely, don't worry 😉
@@GentlemanLife-Beyotch I have already heard audiobooks that change the cat's name in "The Rats In The Walls"
When you see 'Whateley's' on the school's student list, it's time to turn in your resignation letter-lol.
Is whatley also the family in the Dunwhich Horror?
Yes
To be fair, there's also the "undecayed" Whateleys, and the merely decadent Whateleys. Only Wilbur's line was truly corrupt.
Great to hear this narrated, I often thought of this when Harry Potter appeared, I love August Derleth and I think he did a marvelous job of finishing Lovecraft works...else we may not have them! Thank you as ever for all your efforts on behalf of us happy, lucky listeners .
fiona cahill My pleasure! And thanks for being a wonderful audience!
I appreciate your efforts hugely, thankyou so much for uploading all this wonderful free entertainment !! you are a Godsend as I've said before , but perhaps that wasnt your channel? I have been ill in bed for weeks now, and am deeply ingratiated to you and a few other story uploaders for my sanity! bless you .
fiona cahill I'm so glad that my channel has been being useful for your well being! The body brings suffering but our mind can do wonders. Hope you get better soon!
fiona cahill
I miss those old cassette days. To me they'll always be books on tape and never audiobooks
A wizard Potter? It'll never catch on...
dashinvaine 😁
LOL
Thanks so much for posting these audio stories. I'm becoming addicted to Lovecraft. Who reads this? He's really good.
Conrad Feininger
this stuff trains the ear so much to understand more english. its funny i hear words which i have no idea what they mean but i know how they are spelled. so great
+Pahansisuinen Thanks for listening!
+ericx1973 skimping
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first time I read his works I had the dictionary to my side. A year later, my writing has GREATLY improved as well as my ability to set scene and imagery.
Monkeys are loose. Full of beans, sounds like to me. I let them loose... I mean, out of their cages... but I keep them in there... locked up in that room. If I was ever to let them monkeys out of the house, they'd be running this town inside a week.
[laughs] I was kidding. I wouldn't wish the monkeys on my worst enemy. These aren't cute monkeys. Nah. These are like those damn monkeys in "The Wizard of Oz"... only they ain’t got no wings... and they smell bad... these are vicious, mean-spirited monkeys.
Worked for 30 years over at the furniture department at the Eden's. Can't tell me everyone in this town didn't look down on me. Worked for commission. Lucky if I made 300 bucks a month. Now I run the whole damn furniture department! Ehhh, And I live in Bobby Ore's house!
People think I have got the power cause I've got the monkeys. Nope. I've got the power because I'll let the monkeys loose... They don't understand......
They don't understand THAT... and they don't understand me. But that's okay. That's all right, see... cause people.. they understand monkeys.
This. This should be made into a movie. Not all of Lovecraft’s stories would translate well to film, but this is one of the ones that would do well.
A decent fleshing out of the fragment, but typical of Derleth, where he goes dreadfully wrong is about at the 17 minute mark when describing the beings noted in the Necromonicon. Here he injects his own vision, what has become called the "Mythos," in which all the Old Ones, Great Old Ones, and otherworldly beings are grouped together like one big family with one single purpose -- "all involved in some kind of plan to dominate the Earth..." August is trying to shape all these beings together in some kind of Joseph Campbell-like mythology that simply does not comport with HPL's vision. It's this "trying to make sense" of what was not meant to be understood, not meant to be categorized and collated. I know that in his life HPL was found of August, and I appreciate how August kept HPL's work alive when it could have easily slipped into obscurity, but I don't think he saw the big picture; if he did, he willfully ignored it in order to suit his own agenda.
+ghul576 I was about to leave a similar comment, but you beat me to it. I could not agree agree more.
no man could've captured the mythos quite as Lovecraft did. If August would have simply pasted Lovecraft words onto his own page it would've seemed too artificial think. In a way it'd have been hopeful in a way if he had done so; perhaps Lovecraft wasn't alone as he thought he was. But seeing the stories told from a different perspective is rewarding in its own sense. Great comment!
I think Derleth was simply too prosaic. His perception of the Mythos was filtered through a preset concept of evil vs. good, and that's how he interpreted and extended it.
Couldn't agree more. The horror of Lovecraft's mythos comes not from forces of 'darkness' and 'evil' that can be opposed by forces of good, but by a completely amoral universe that operates on rules that neither the reason and logic of science nor the faith and morality of religion can comprehend, let alone control. Good and evil are irrelevant. There's no great, fated battle to be fought. Mankind is a speck of dust, doomed the moment that some cosmic chance brings the attention of any of the planet's previous colonists back to this tiny, overlooked space rock, let alone anything else.
I think if there's any succinct way to summarise Lovecraftian horror, it'd be "There's always a bigger fish." Sometimes literally.
well said
Damn, teacher of the year!
Cool story! I love how all the Easter eggs from the other stories in it that he wrote. . Also so much for the star shaped rocks being a type of "currency" as so thought (shout out to "At the Mountains of Madness).
Thanks for listening! Cheers!
The Shuttered Room was made into a Late Nite creepy creature T.V. movie; at least that's what I remember the most. This was back in the early 70's and I was 6 or 7 years old. Then the movie just disappeared-until I found it on TH-cam more than forty years later. Bless the beasts and the children--and TH-cam too!
FRITHJOF MOELLER Yeah, TH-cam is such a wonderful tool! I have seen some of the things that I only heard as some kind of legend on TH-cam. lol. :)
Yeah, learn about anything that interests you in no time at all. I can dig that.
Good one! Excellent narration of some favorite writers.
and he does look grim, ungainly, ghastly, gaunt, ominous, gelatinous. oh and of course, ancient.
LOL. Thanks for listening! :D
Gelatinous and gaunt as a ghost! Oh and of course. He does. Don't you?
eldritch and cyclopean, even..
17:36 Why do I suddenly feel like somebody rebranded "Necronomicon" as "Dianetics" after H.P.'s time?
@cak01vej
NO...
JUST...
....
DO...
NOT...
DO IT.
LRH, what a charlatan.
Well before he started a religion of his own, he was a rather unsuccessful science fiction author. I guess his tales were more convincing as a new age religion than science fiction. Who would've guessed it?
cak01vej Do it, but with a mind bent to critical thinking, and as you read ask “inconvenient” questions and engage in critical inquiries.
This Has Been A Adventurous
& Revealing story of the dark spirit's that existed in those treacherous mountains.
So thanks to that teacher and that educated Professor that saved that family in this story.
A fantastic story The Reader did a phenomenal job .
and thanks to :
Free audio books
for providing this upload
Thank you once again I enjoyed it. To take me to the adventurous darkside of the Demons.
I like this story. Its rare to find a story by Lovecraft like this. Its almost Dracula like, finding a professor with arcane knowledge to help you against an unearthly menace and managing to overcome a curse and save innocents. Other lovecraft stories rarely end so nicely.
this was written by August derleth.
Most don't really end in a sense of "ending."
Calling any work by Derleth and Lovecraft a collaboration is inaccurate, and attributing it only to Lovecraft even more so. This particular story is one of the bunch that actually had a significant bit of lovecraft in it, using two lengthy entries of his Commonplace Book, but still, it amounts to only 100 words out of the 5600 in this story.
Im loving these story's after playing bloodborne i couldnt help but find out where those stories came from
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I played bloodborne and got my ass kickd haha. I still hacent beat it. But its a great game. Keeps u comin bck for more. Great atmosphere
"You're a wizard Andrew."
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Thoroughly enjoyed. JK Rowling is busted.
Haha. None more original than Lovecraft! :D
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I've listened to many recordings of Lovecraft's stories, but this narrator is my absolute favorite, however I can't explain exactly why . . . If any one else shares my enthusiasm for his work and has some idea about why his interpretations are so effective, I'd enjoy hearing about them.
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I'm in agreement about the excellent narrator, but cannot explain why either.
It mentions a wizard Potter way before JK Rowling was even born.
+Andrew Ryndin Thanks for listening!
Maybe intentional by Rowling as a nod to Lovecraft
BaraCara Taz despite the fact that wizard is in this sense a name and not a title...
+BaraCara Taz an Monty Python
Yea so true. That would be awesome if Jk Rowling did pay some homage to lovecraft
Awesome story. Very scary
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Who the heck dislikes a free audio book '-'
I don't know y but I like this more than most of Lovecrafts work I really like the magic.
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these works are entirely the work of August Derleth and cannot be considered among the works of H.P. Lovecraft:
“The Ancestor”,“The Dark Brotherhood”,“The Fisherman of Falcon Point”,“The Gable Window”,“The Horror from the Middle Span”,“Innsmouth Clay”,“The Lamp of Alhazred”,The Lurker at the Threshold,“The Peabody Heritage”,“The Shadow in the Attic”,“The Shadow out of Space”,“The Shuttered Room”
“The Survivor”
“The Watchers out of Time”
“Wentworth’s Day”
“Witches’ Hollow”
Is that true?
So how do I tell the difference? Is there a list?😁 and also, if you don't mind. How do I know when lovecraft is narrating? I've never seen is name as narrator?
it has to be at least part lovecraft. the word "ancient" was used.
great reading. professional quality. thanks for sharing :)
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I never realised this wasn’t an complete Lovecraft story until I read the comments but I kept thinking “this doesn’t sound right. Far too much description of the necronomicon and the reason for rescuing the boy and helping the teacher seems weak, unlike most of his work where the protagonist seems to naturally fall into the horror and adventure with a clear purpose. This seemed rushed and poorly worded” I thought it might have been his early work but makes sense now that it was mostly written by his friend and I can understand some of the main criticisms of his approach to Lovecraft’s universe.
I wonder what the relation is between Wizard Potter from Witch's Hollow and the Wizard Potter from Godric's Hollow.
Gambrel roofs. How many times does Lovecraft mention gambrel roofs in his stories? Whenever I hear it my ears perk up.
That and “singular”, “cyclopean”, “eldritch”... you could play Lovecraft bingo or a drinking game with all the words he repeatedly uses throughout his works.
So this wasn't a collab? Did lovecraft have a hand in editing? The style is different but there is a lot of lovecraft mythos in there.
The original fragments were written by Lovecraft. And August Derleth published it after Lovecraft's death with his finishing touch.
Fragments indeed! Some of them consisting out of a single sentence. I think it's fair to say that some of these stories were written by Derleth. No finishing involved.
"Finishing touch" is disingenuous. The "fragments" suggested a story to Derleth, who wrote it from the bottom up and incorporated what Lovecraft wrote. He and Derleth never collaborated.
Ahh, Kos, or some say Kosm… Do you hear our prayers?
The night of the hunt!
We are born of the blood, made men by the blood, undone by the blood...
Aw a pale blood hunter
To free audiobooks you should have plenty of the Mike Harris and trixie Mehan mysriries by tt Flynn we all know that he written the best westerns but I did not have known that tt Flynn had also written pulp stories as damn well As he can
Andy Densmore Thank you for your feedback!
Who is the narrator?
This is not a Howard P. Lovecraft story. It's August Derleth, writing as Lovecraft after Mr. Lovecraft's death. You can tell pretty easily when compared to Lovecraft's genius, and this story has a slight homosexual flair in the set up ...somehow. No worries, August was key in keeping H. P. Lovecraft out in the literary world. It's just that this is not full of the subtle skill of true Lovecraft literature.
A wizard Potter you say? Why no, I have never heard of such things, tell me more, I beg of you!
Yeah. You can tell old HP wrote only part of this.
Lovecraft Reads his own stories (the ones with his picture on ) man with suit and tie.
Genius.
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Love this story. It doesn't make it into the Cthulhu mythos and I'm not real sure why. Are these beings unrelated?
I'm still literally dying inside with want to know the reader's name.. he is officially my favorite reader and I don't know his name
+Allen Kent Conrad Feininger
His name is Tyrone Biggums
Conrad Feininger. And I agree he is a great reader.
Darude- sandstorm.
davemaier68 AGREED !!!!!
Who else hears the weird subliminal overlay in the background
"niggardly a manner" 😂😂
You can always tell the ones that Derleth published as 'collaborations' with Lovecraft. His style does not blend at all with Lovecraft's. For all that he was concerned that Lovecraft's work would be forgotten I notice that he didn't start Arkham House until after Lovecraft had passed away and he wouldn't have to share the profits. If they were as good of friends as Derleth says they were then why didn't Lovecraft leave his papers with Derleth upon his death? He seems to me to have been an opportunist that saw a talent that he could 'discover' and sell. And since Lovecraft was no longer married and his mother had already passed then he wouldn't need to gain permission or share the profits with anyone. He even threatened Sonia Greene with a copyright lawsuit if she published anything that she had of Lovecraft's and even her own stories that she had co-written with him.
And then he imposes his own morality over Lovecraft's work even though Lovecraft had said numerous times that he never really saw his creations as 'evil' or 'good' in the traditional sense. He always put out there that they were so alien from us that their motivations would be utterly unknowable to our human brains. Derleth would be turning in his grave with all the money that's being made on Lovecraft (especially by Joshi) . And now they're being offered for the most terrible thing aof all...fre.
Had J.K Rowling ever read this?
There's even a village called Witches Hollow in Harry Potter if i remember correctly
I'm sure she had. Lovecraft influenced MANY modern writers.
a fragment from a guy who never even graduated from high school. Poor Grandpa
If u love lovecraft,check out horrorbabble on youtube,the best reader that is releasing new stuff,his channel seems to be dead
whi .. which one?
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Wazzup 🎉😅
Nobody else gonna mention how this sounds like Mike Rowe?
ahhhh ahahha he said niggardly
Dude!
Nonsense! neither HPL nor Derleth would ever have used the word in that way. "Niggardly" means "cheaply" or "miserly." I think you've only used the word because of its proximity to a less acceptable word.
@@genedryer-bivins8314 I feel like Lovecraft definitely would've used that word
Not bad. But, not great, either. I have mixed views about HP. He's an excellent writer stylistically. Great descriptive writing, dialogue, setting...it's just the story doesn't appeal to me. I like parts of his story. He takes us from the horror to the science fiction realm, too often. I'd prefer if he kept to a Gothic spirit.
Good God!
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cmonBruh
xDeadMedic Oh no, the guy who died over 80 years ago said a word you don’t like, you poor fuckin thing!
W
Yea just found lovecraft and wow. And BOo
creepy picture
It's a much more interesting story than that banal halloween title implies
I expected more Harry Potter jokes in the comments.
You can tell this wasn't written by Lovecraft because it has niggardly racism.
Glass of sarnath
Hunting repass
Ye sassafras
Damn, teacher of the year!