HorrorBabble I'm sure if anyone could stare into the abyss of the cosmos and find dark treasures to narrate while keeping mostly sane it's HorrorBabble!!
Ian, I find your voice relaxing, but too expressive to lull me anywhere but full relaxed attention. Your reading skills and voice acting skills make your readings "closed eye movie" entertaining. Great work to all involved in the recording, editing and presentation. btw I can't read anymore so audio books are my only choice, you make that seem like a blessing. 😎
Man, there is a serious shortage of Science Fiction horror. i Especially liked the war theme of Tony and the Beetles. it's truly a mostly untapped form of story setting. Would LOVE more of these, guys!!!!!!
Wonderful series, Ian & Jen, carefully curated and beautifully read. Hearing "The Voice in the Night," I wonder if it wasn't the story on which was based the 1963 Japanese movie, "Matango: Attack of the Mushroom People." I remember watching Matango as a child and having the same feelings of sympathy and dread as I do now, listening to Ian's narration of Hodgson's heart-rending story.
In fact Matango was indeed based on "The Voice In The Night" and also "Fungus Isle" by Phillip Fisher, which was just basically a plagiarizing of Hodgson's idea.
Have yet to comment but have been meaning too. You have gotten me completely obsessed with HP Lovecraft (boardgames now included) and I love all of you and yours other material. This is my favorite channel and I thank you so much for your work. Wonderful and malevolent narration, you have a loyal follower.
May I just say... These are all great, BUT.... I fksjchsng LOVE Vonnegut. I was heartbroken when he died and I hadn't had a chance to meet him. I am nowhere near reading all of his catalog but the ones I've read have had a great impact on me.
I watched the black and white on of The Thing from Out of Space? Before the Kurt Russel one. They are both superb in their own way. Even the video game on the PS3 is good. 👍
Seven tales exploring the thin line between horror and science fiction. Chapters: 00:09 - The Dweller in the Gulf (Clark Ashton Smith) 42:55 - The Crystal Egg (H. G. Wells) 1:26:49 - The Voice in the Night (William Hope Hodgson) 1:55:51 - The Pendulum (Ray Bradbury) 2:10:14 - The Hanging Stranger (Philip K. Dick) 2:46:38 - 2 B R 0 2 B (Kurt Vonnegut, Jr.) 3:03:41 - All Cats Are Gray (Andre Norton) Bandcamp link: horrorbabble.bandcamp.com/album/when-horror-meets-science-fiction Narrated by Ian Gordon for HorrorBabble Music and production by Ian Gordon Support us on Bandcamp or Patreon: horrorbabble.bandcamp.com www.patreon.com/horrorbabble HorrorBabble MERCH: teespring.com/stores/horrorbabble-merch Search HORRORBABBLE to find us on: AUDIBLE / ITUNES / SPOTIFY Home: www.horrorbabble.com Rue Morgue: www.rue-morgue.com Social Media: facebook.com/HorrorBabble instagram.com/horrorbabble twitter.com/HorrorBabble
Clark Ashton Smith: unbeatable for engendering an atmosphere of unearthly horror. He weaves a world though a mastery of English that makes it an alien tongue, so apt to his strange and outré tales. The poetic demon of fantasy, telling adult fairy tales that haunt like ghosts the colourful imagination of the willing reader.
thank you so much for listing the story times. this way i can sort of find the ones haven’t heard. :} i do wish that UTube would have the little 10 or 20 second forward and backwards thingies.
On keyboard you can press J to go back 10 seconds and L to go forward 10, and on mobile you can double tap either side of the video for the same thing. Hope this helps!
Random ass comment for something not really that significant about an idea that isn’t that thought about. One thing I find difficulty with is building a collection. This wouldn’t be something most would concern themselves with, especially in the circles I traveled in. But I see storytelling no different than the creation of music, and a collection is no different than building an album. What is it that you wish the audience to see and what kind of impression do you wish to give? This is important because if you want to compile these fables to your audience they need to have kind of anchor. Not just for genre, but basic subject. This is a good example as its self explanatory, but is heavily nuanced. I explained to my dad once that the three main genres of horror, fantasy, and science fiction are still relevant if you just understand what each is trying to say. In simple terms: Fantasy is imagination given wonder Science Fiction is imagination made possible Horror is imagination that betrays These elements are important in the foundation of weird fiction. To understand these differences and how they overlap. Making fiction a much more boundless entity. Now with that said how does this relate to the collection. Well we have two absolutes in collision with each other, the made possible and the betrayed, a concept approached in some of the archetypes like Frankenstein and some of Lovecraft’s best work. And honestly the revelation of seeing what us humans are capable of may just be the greatest of revelations to an ever learning mind.
If we had access to more tales NOT in the public domain, these collections would be easier to assemble. We work within the confines of available literature, and do our best to pair tales that are thematically similar. Great observations once again Rhett! Ian
I adore the Wells story. It reminds me of some of the better written SCP tales (or rather, the SCP tales remind me of this!). Some of those are fantastic--I'd LOVE to hear you read the Lord Blackwood series! They'd fit perfectly in a weird tales collection--they're written in a convincing late 1800s/very early 1900s style.
Wow Andre Norton is a great writer; first time i have heard/read her work. That’s crazy she legally changed her name to Andre to get work in genre fiction. Good on ya, Alice, wherever you are. 🙏✨
Sure hope you guys start adding in some newer and rarer Non-Public Domain old stuff, There is off course room for good old stories in audio, It's just that there are many other recordings of these same stories. I'm guessing there are many horror stories from the 80's that the writers would be glad to let your read without payment, Just to share stories that should still be read but have been forgotten. Course do what ya like, You are doing a damn good job of it, But I'm thinking if you asked some fanboy to contact some forgotten writers from Horror's heyday of the 80's, That you would get some stories free of payment that you really like, and without multiple sources of the same source material already available Again, Not that you are doing a Disservice, On the contrary you are probably in most cases improving the reading of many classic stories, Just that I like many do not get excited over a released story that I've already had many chances over the years, at listening too already. I'm figuring you are headed in this direction, I'm just suggesting that a few emails might get you some kinda modern stories that are damn good and do not already have plenty of competition from other sources. I can say I have checked your page probably a half a hundred times waiting for this, And I figure I'm not alone in this untapped resource(if that's the right word) Regardless, Cheers!!
Thank you for the suggestion - I'd like to address a couple of points here: We've made contact with several 'living' authors, many of whom have been open to working with us, though in all cases, we've been stalled by incredibly complicated rights issues. One author, for example, just didn't know who owned the rights to his works outside of the US. I think it's easy to underestimate just how much work is involved in identifying a potential author, never mind sourcing their contact details and putting together a comprehensive proposal. You probably missed it last year, but we were granted permission to record Clive Barker's THE MIDNIGHT MEAT TRAIN, but it was on a limited basis, due to externally held 'rights'. It took us over a year to arrange that, and wouldn't have been possible at all without the assistance of Rue Morgue Magazine. On another note, here on the channel we have over 30 original and exclusive readings, all of which are new and for the most part, rare. Both playlists can be found on the channel page: th-cam.com/users/HorrorBabble With regards to the classics, adaptations will be more common moving forward, which present these old takes in an entirely new light. Here's an example: th-cam.com/video/StwG65eLH9o/w-d-xo.html In the end, we do our best with the resources available, which has only become more difficult in recent months due to TH-cam's decision to demonetisation the channel without warning and/or an explanation. In terms of the direction we're heading in - who knows? We're open to all possibilities. That said, it's nice to know folks out there are interested in the future of HB, and we do appreciate you taking the time to put all this into words. We hope you'll stick with us - it's a long road ahead! Thanks again, Ian
Yeah, You know us Fans, We overlook all the incredible little tedious things that seem like it would be simple but due to regulations/etc, you have to jump thru hoops. It's a horrible shame that TH-cam keeps putting the finger on it's content creators, I really hope they create a Viable Alternative where the "YOU" actually is put ahead of censorship. Best of luck to you and yours!!!
Thanks for responding! As long as you guys keep listening to us, new opportunities will continue to arise. Thanks again, and all the best to you, too! Ian
@@HorrorBabble Please, Please, PLEASE keep doing the legendary, and not as well know, authors from bygone eras. They wrote the best CLASSIC horror stories, without today's Gore and clichéd 'slasher', or Zombie crap. I LOVE your narrations of the books, I just can't find time to actually read, and nobody does it like you. Love this Channel.. as it is!!!! 👏💖 😊✌🐨
Hello I want to say first at I can't go to sleep without listening to your voice and these absolutely wonderful stories that you narrate I think my favorite one is the pit people. But I'm looking the stories you narrated from an author who wrote about a character who is a ghost chaser or ghosts hunter? He sits in his chair and tells his friends about his ghostly adventures? Unfortunately I didn't write it down can you give me the name of the author and the name of the character please? Thank you
Would you please read SOFT by F Paul Wilson. I found it in a colleused. called BETWEEN TIME AND TERROR that contains at least 2 other stories you have used.
Ok I don't know how many Pub Doms it holds but I know at least two other stories in between time and terror are pub dom because you have used them . all the stories are good. Maybe there are more there that you can use... If not thanks anyway.
If there are any stories in the PD you'd like to hear, feel free to send your suggestions via our website: www.horrorbabble.com (much easier for us to keep track this way!) Thanks.
please split up the selection. i love the content, but i'd sure appreciate a table of contents, esp. when i could be listening to a story i haven't read already.
The last one seems kind of poignant in current day with scientists ruining the economy and our lives for our own good with the same condescending tone as the scientist in the story.
@robdee81.they say if a man perceive of something then it stands to reason that it can happen,so the writer thought this.We cannot perceive of colours that do not compute in our brains impossible...non fiction becomes fiction very quickly
The slight echo when they enter the cave in the first story is a great touch! Your effort doesnt go unnoticed!
You give so much care to your reading, Every story comes alive - the original authors would have been SO happy to have heard you.
This series was the bees knees. Such a brilliant idea. Hope there is more Horror /Sci fi, they go together perfectly.!!
I think another series in the future would be a great idea, though we'll have to dig a little deeper for good PD sci-fi.
HorrorBabble I'm sure if anyone could stare into the abyss of the cosmos and find dark treasures to narrate while keeping mostly sane it's HorrorBabble!!
Ian, I find your voice relaxing, but too expressive to lull me anywhere but full relaxed attention. Your reading skills and voice acting skills make your readings "closed eye movie" entertaining.
Great work to all involved in the recording, editing and presentation.
btw I can't read anymore so audio books are my only choice, you make that seem like a blessing. 😎
Man, there is a serious shortage of Science Fiction horror. i Especially liked the war theme of Tony and the Beetles. it's truly a mostly untapped form of story setting. Would LOVE more of these, guys!!!!!!
Thanks for the time you put into putting out these readings. I appreciate it so much.
Wonderful series, Ian & Jen, carefully curated and beautifully read.
Hearing "The Voice in the Night," I wonder if it wasn't the story on which was based the 1963 Japanese movie, "Matango: Attack of the Mushroom People." I remember watching Matango as a child and having the same feelings of sympathy and dread as I do now, listening to Ian's narration of Hodgson's heart-rending story.
Thank you! I'm pretty sure others have drawn that comparison - very likely.
I had a nightmare like it when I was 7 or so
In fact Matango was indeed based on "The Voice In The Night" and also "Fungus Isle" by Phillip Fisher, which was just basically a plagiarizing of Hodgson's idea.
@@antonioortiz4544 Thank you, Antonio!
Have yet to comment but have been meaning too. You have gotten me completely obsessed with HP Lovecraft (boardgames now included) and I love all of you and yours other material. This is my favorite channel and I thank you so much for your work. Wonderful and malevolent narration, you have a loyal follower.
Thank you Zach - great to hear from you!
Thanks for all your efforts of putting quality products on TH-cam for us listeners!
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May I just say...
These are all great, BUT....
I fksjchsng LOVE Vonnegut. I was heartbroken when he died and I hadn't had a chance to meet him. I am nowhere near reading all of his catalog but the ones I've read have had a great impact on me.
Aw, yes! I love Kurt Vonnegut, so great to hear a story of his!
He's very pertinent in these times.
Incredible! The PKD, Wells and Clark Ashton Smith stories were fantastic.
I think sci-fi makes some of the best horror, like The Thing.
Totally!!
should should listen to At The Mountains of Madness by Lovecraft on Horrorbabble. The thing is directly taken from it.
@@lta6494 It's great! Thanks for the trivia!☺
@@lta6494 Actually "The Thing" is based from "Who goes there?" by John W. Campbell. A good read as well.
I watched the black and white on of The Thing from Out of Space? Before the Kurt Russel one. They are both superb in their own way. Even the video game on the PS3 is good. 👍
Seven tales exploring the thin line between horror and science fiction.
Chapters:
00:09 - The Dweller in the Gulf (Clark Ashton Smith)
42:55 - The Crystal Egg (H. G. Wells)
1:26:49 - The Voice in the Night (William Hope Hodgson)
1:55:51 - The Pendulum (Ray Bradbury)
2:10:14 - The Hanging Stranger (Philip K. Dick)
2:46:38 - 2 B R 0 2 B (Kurt Vonnegut, Jr.)
3:03:41 - All Cats Are Gray (Andre Norton)
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Clark Ashton Smith: unbeatable for engendering an atmosphere of unearthly horror. He weaves a world though a mastery of English that makes it an alien tongue, so apt to his strange and outré tales. The poetic demon of fantasy, telling adult fairy tales that haunt like ghosts the colourful imagination of the willing reader.
Well this helps a ton. I can throw this on while I work on my book.
What are you working on Adam?
Ian Gordon is superb! Thank you very much!
These stories are awesome! I love these compilations.
I like all these stories.
Thanks!
The pendulum was amazing!!!!
Thank you for this post
CA Smith, great reading of a story I have never cared for. Have not read it in years, except for shouting myself hoarse , an enjoyable listen.
This is such a great channel. This series is amazing. I think I’ll ask for Cthulhu sets for my birthday
thank you so much for listing the story times. this way i can sort of find the ones haven’t heard. :}
i do wish that UTube would have the little 10 or 20 second forward and backwards thingies.
On keyboard you can press J to go back 10 seconds and L to go forward 10, and on mobile you can double tap either side of the video for the same thing. Hope this helps!
Morchys Ekwilslesches how do you like that?! thanks much. :)🐈🐾
IDK if I have ever agreed with so many people who commented. I'm in love with this. Keep them coming my friend.
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1:27:00 is wonderful.
If 2BR02B isn't a classic of the genre it deserves to be.
I think it works well. Scientists confronted by the unexplainable
Random ass comment for something not really that significant about an idea that isn’t that thought about.
One thing I find difficulty with is building a collection. This wouldn’t be something most would concern themselves with, especially in the circles I traveled in. But I see storytelling no different than the creation of music, and a collection is no different than building an album. What is it that you wish the audience to see and what kind of impression do you wish to give? This is important because if you want to compile these fables to your audience they need to have kind of anchor. Not just for genre, but basic subject. This is a good example as its self explanatory, but is heavily nuanced.
I explained to my dad once that the three main genres of horror, fantasy, and science fiction are still relevant if you just understand what each is trying to say. In simple terms:
Fantasy is imagination given wonder
Science Fiction is imagination made possible
Horror is imagination that betrays
These elements are important in the foundation of weird fiction. To understand these differences and how they overlap. Making fiction a much more boundless entity. Now with that said how does this relate to the collection. Well we have two absolutes in collision with each other, the made possible and the betrayed, a concept approached in some of the archetypes like Frankenstein and some of Lovecraft’s best work. And honestly the revelation of seeing what us humans are capable of may just be the greatest of revelations to an ever learning mind.
If we had access to more tales NOT in the public domain, these collections would be easier to assemble. We work within the confines of available literature, and do our best to pair tales that are thematically similar. Great observations once again Rhett! Ian
Really glad to help out as usual X3
This was a particularly good set of stories. Thought I read everything Dick ever wrote but apparently forgot this one!
Great selection! Well done.
For someone with thalassophobia like me, space is like an infinite sea of emptiness.
Excellent work as always.
Excellent collection. Some of it seriously creepy.
Great! But needs more Lovecraft haha
I *almost* included a Lovecraft reading... next time!
Two of my best subjects sci-fi and horror thank you HorrorBabble your number one on the net👍🖤🕸🕷❗
08:51 stay away from me then haha.
awesome as always! :)xo
Crimeny! I'm going to have nightmares from that first one.
I adore the Wells story. It reminds me of some of the better written SCP tales (or rather, the SCP tales remind me of this!). Some of those are fantastic--I'd LOVE to hear you read the Lord Blackwood series! They'd fit perfectly in a weird tales collection--they're written in a convincing late 1800s/very early 1900s style.
Wow Andre Norton is a great writer; first time i have heard/read her work. That’s crazy she legally changed her name to Andre to get work in genre fiction. Good on ya, Alice, wherever you are. 🙏✨
2 b or not 2 b was So fricking.good woweeee
He is a dedicated father and grandson!
@@donaldmccleary9015family man if ever ive seen one!!!
Thats good one
The strange part, nobody seemed to notice
What this story portrays
Sure hope you guys start adding in some newer and rarer Non-Public Domain old stuff, There is off course room for good old stories in audio, It's just that there are many other recordings of these same stories. I'm guessing there are many horror stories from the 80's that the writers would be glad to let your read without payment, Just to share stories that should still be read but have been forgotten.
Course do what ya like, You are doing a damn good job of it, But I'm thinking if you asked some fanboy to contact some forgotten writers from Horror's heyday of the 80's, That you would get some stories free of payment that you really like, and without multiple sources of the same source material already available
Again, Not that you are doing a Disservice, On the contrary you are probably in most cases improving the reading of many classic stories, Just that I like many do not get excited over a released story that I've already had many chances over the years, at listening too already.
I'm figuring you are headed in this direction, I'm just suggesting that a few emails might get you some kinda modern stories that are damn good and do not already have plenty of competition from other sources.
I can say I have checked your page probably a half a hundred times waiting for this, And I figure I'm not alone in this untapped resource(if that's the right word)
Regardless, Cheers!!
Thank you for the suggestion - I'd like to address a couple of points here:
We've made contact with several 'living' authors, many of whom have been open to working with us, though in all cases, we've been stalled by incredibly complicated rights issues. One author, for example, just didn't know who owned the rights to his works outside of the US. I think it's easy to underestimate just how much work is involved in identifying a potential author, never mind sourcing their contact details and putting together a comprehensive proposal.
You probably missed it last year, but we were granted permission to record Clive Barker's THE MIDNIGHT MEAT TRAIN, but it was on a limited basis, due to externally held 'rights'. It took us over a year to arrange that, and wouldn't have been possible at all without the assistance of Rue Morgue Magazine.
On another note, here on the channel we have over 30 original and exclusive readings, all of which are new and for the most part, rare. Both playlists can be found on the channel page: th-cam.com/users/HorrorBabble
With regards to the classics, adaptations will be more common moving forward, which present these old takes in an entirely new light. Here's an example: th-cam.com/video/StwG65eLH9o/w-d-xo.html
In the end, we do our best with the resources available, which has only become more difficult in recent months due to TH-cam's decision to demonetisation the channel without warning and/or an explanation.
In terms of the direction we're heading in - who knows? We're open to all possibilities.
That said, it's nice to know folks out there are interested in the future of HB, and we do appreciate you taking the time to put all this into words. We hope you'll stick with us - it's a long road ahead!
Thanks again, Ian
Yeah, You know us Fans, We overlook all the incredible little tedious things that seem like it would be simple but due to regulations/etc, you have to jump thru hoops.
It's a horrible shame that TH-cam keeps putting the finger on it's content creators, I really hope they create a Viable Alternative where the "YOU" actually is put ahead of censorship.
Best of luck to you and yours!!!
Thanks for responding! As long as you guys keep listening to us, new opportunities will continue to arise.
Thanks again, and all the best to you, too! Ian
@@HorrorBabble Please, Please, PLEASE keep doing the legendary, and not as well know, authors from bygone eras.
They wrote the best CLASSIC horror stories, without today's Gore and clichéd 'slasher', or Zombie crap. I LOVE your narrations of the books, I just can't find time to actually read, and nobody does it like you.
Love this Channel.. as it is!!!! 👏💖
😊✌🐨
Kurt Vonnegut!
I had to leave about halfway through. I will be back to finish the story later. The fetid bat fur overcame my senses.
The Red One by Jack London......
Hello I want to say first at I can't go to sleep without listening to your voice and these absolutely wonderful stories that you narrate I think my favorite one is the pit people. But I'm looking the stories you narrated from an author who wrote about a character who is a ghost chaser or ghosts hunter? He sits in his chair and tells his friends about his ghostly adventures? Unfortunately I didn't write it down can you give me the name of the author and the name of the character please? Thank you
Hi Judith, I believe you're referring to Carnacki, the Ghost-Finder: th-cam.com/video/GP9_W6Xtyp4/w-d-xo.html
Would you please read SOFT by F Paul Wilson.
I found it in a colleused. called BETWEEN TIME AND TERROR that contains at least 2 other stories you have used.
We can only record works in the public domain I'm afraid! Ian
I was hoping that they shot the despicable horrid alien and roasted him for dinner.
1000%
Since you're reading a collection of short stories, a list in the description would be appreciated.
Have you checked the video description? There's a full list of story titles and times there. They're also listed in the pinned comment...
@@HorrorBabble My apologies!🙏I don't know why I didn't see those! Perhaps the AdBlock browser I'm using is less intuitive than I thought🤔
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I always miss the original typewriter beginning.
Ok
I don't know how many Pub Doms it holds but I know at least two other stories in between time and terror are pub dom because you have used them . all the stories are good. Maybe there are more there that you can use...
If not thanks anyway.
If there are any stories in the PD you'd like to hear, feel free to send your suggestions via our website: www.horrorbabble.com (much easier for us to keep track this way!) Thanks.
Rubies are only red. All other colors are sapphires.
please split up the selection. i love the content, but i'd sure appreciate a table of contents, esp. when i could be listening to a story i haven't read already.
Hello! Every video on the channel has a table of contents in the video description.
HorrorBabble oops.
No need to oops - we're still working out the creases!
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The last one seems kind of poignant in current day with scientists ruining the economy and our lives for our own good with the same condescending tone as the scientist in the story.
@robdee81.they say if a man perceive of something then it stands to reason that it can happen,so the writer thought this.We cannot perceive of colours that do not compute in our brains impossible...non fiction becomes fiction very quickly