"The Quest of Iranon" / Lovecraft's Dream Cycle
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"The Quest of Iranon" is a fantasy short story by American writer H. P. Lovecraft. The story is about a golden-haired youth who wanders into the city of Teloth, telling tales of the great city of Aira, where he was prince.
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"Wherefore do ye toil; is it not that ye may live and be happy? And if ye toil only that ye may toil more, when shall happiness find you? Ye toil to live, but is not life made of beauty and song? And if ye suffer no singers among you, where shall be the fruits of your toil? Toil without song is like a weary journey without an end. Were not death more pleasing?"
This story was chilling. I've found that a whole lot of these dream cycle stories seem to embody Lovecraft's disappointment with the monotony of his life, and this one is among the most tragic, almost heartbreaking, but seems to represent a fact of life that is true over 100 years later.
The dreamland stories are underrated treasures. Thank you very much!!
I understand designating these stories dream cycles, as modern man is apt to cling to classifications. I understand also the designation of cosmic horror. But, really, to me Lovecraft is belittled by such narrow nomenclature. We should understand the foundations of his work, rooted in Dunsanny and Poe, to be clear. There is an overlap implied an all Lovecraft, just as he never intended concrete distinctions. Usually the overlap is Azathoth, or Nyarlathotep. There is a clear period where it all seemlessly overlaps. Im not really sure where the line is between Dream cycles and cosmic horror stories, perhaps Im a fool to suggest even that there is one.
I don't think that the story takes place in the dreamlands, more likely that it is earth in an ancient time.
@@noehirschi1367That's cool. I might re listen to this with that in mind.
My favorite story of all time. I listen to this rendition a few times a year.
I always really liked this one, it was divergent from what most people think of when they think lovecraft, but its still an enthralling story of purpose gained through dreams and purpose crushed by reality imo.
Acedia Nihil i agree !!!!
I dont want to say theres fundamentally deeper meaning than that, atleast in the sense of mundane ordinariness, but beyond that, into the mad thicket of the worlds own primal archetypes, where great old things still reign higher than mans loftiest cathedrals.
So beautiful and sad. An allegory for modern mundane tedious struggles.
A beautiful reading. Am I the only one who wishes Lovecraft's Dunsanian phase lasted a bit longer?
JJ Vladimir
Not at all! While parts of his ‘Dream Cycle’ tales can be somewhat corny, it seems that as he matured in this style his work grew much more epic, beautiful, and profound-this story is a magnificent example of the pinnacle of Lovecraft’s achievements in this style.
And even the corny stuff grows on you after a while!
It evolved. Thats like wishing the dinosaurs lasted longer. Good thing for us they didnt
Superb, most people always thinks of Lovecraft as a purely horror writer, but there's so much more, this and The Cat's of Ulther are perfect examples of what I mean.
Nice one.
Why? People think that after reading Statement of Randolph Carter and shit and dont realize that Randolph Carter is like some psychonaut dream wizard
This is gorgeous....it carried me away. I had never read this Lovecraft story.
Great story and narration! It is such a beautiful and sad story about the imagination and dreams of children.
The last sentence is monumental and parts of it are often used elsewhere. I cannot tell you how often I saw parts of it in a movie or in writing before discovering Lovecraft.
Thanks for this wonderful gem!
Read this one a few yrs ago, kinda reminded me of how some ppl age only in body but not in mind till their dreams get messed with, then they age fast physically and mentally and die soon after. Here in central Fl where there's a lot of retirees I see a lotta ppl who are already dead and just waiting for the grim reaper to finish the task. Some are creaky like me and still look to learn more, pursue dreams, little slower, more realistic but pushing on. You and Jen are still young, one day you'll be creaky and hopefully still narrating 'spooky' stuff. May dark spooky entities of the moors keep you well.
Thanks again Wayne!
I'd never seen this story before.Thank you for reading it.I'm sure hearing it this way is the best way to be introduced to it.Lovely.
This story was so full of beautiful description and was enchanting but so sad. Thank you for your lovely narration. Merry Christmas to all at HB.
The story of a man who dreamed, and relied too much on those who would dream with him.
Yet another beautiful reading!
You are making a most precious contribution to recorded literature.
Thank You for your superlative work!
Thank you for listening Richard!
I have binged on Lovecraft's stories since the first of the month and am totally taken by his absorbing and vivid imagery and entrancing prose. His fantastical tales are as equally engrossing and stunning as his more horror-themed ones, this tale being one of them. It has earned a spot on my favorite list of his stories.
The Quest of Iranon" is a fantasy short story by American writer H. P. Lovecraft. The story is about a golden-haired youth who wanders into the city of Teloth, telling tales of the great city of Aira, where he was prince.
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One of my favorites.
Great Dream. 5 🌟. Will dream again.
Thank you so much. One of the best stories of HPL, maybe his most personal work.
martin mucha One can certainly feel the passion in this work, but I am convinced that Lovecraft’s R. Carter tales are his most personal of the ‘Dream Cycle ‘. It’s particularly evident in the way that the nostalgic Carter waxes rhapsodic about the beauty of old Providence, a city we know Lovecraft adored to such a degree that living elsewhere caused bouts of illness, depression, and manifestations of an unusual surliness in Lovecraft’s typically retiring temperament.
However, there is CERTAINLY the sense that ALL of Lovecraft’s dreamlands were directly personal to an extent that some of his stories with (shall we say) more concrete settings were not.
One of my favorite None Horror story from Lovecraft, it has a sense of solemn mood to it
One of my favorites. Love you guys!
Thanks guys
personal theory: Iranon is the child of one of earths gods.
In the dream quest for unknown Kadath, Carter muses about finding the children of the gods to find karate, and assumes that some of those children might have inherited memories that might help him. Iranon "dreaming" of Aira and the hyaline mythra sounds awfully like some inherited memory from a god.
Thank you for yet another wonderful read :)
One of my all time favorite stories.
I want to make a musical arrangement using your amazing narration.
Most of those stories have the theme of finding a place that likely might not exist. Or no longer does.
This is a very nice reading. Good nuances in the different voices.
The story has always been bittersweet for me. On the one hand, I really enjoy this as a good attempt from Lovecraft at a sort of Dunsany-fantasy, but on the other hand I wish he had made them in larger amounts and with more content. Often it seems Lovecraft didn't have enough confidence in his own works to commit to them properly, instead leaving them behind without properly utilizing the potential they had.
I wonder if ultimately he found greater satisfaction in penning/developing his own brand of cosmic horror. I imagine other folks here have their opinions on this subject. Ian
That can quite possibly be true. I hope he found some joy, or at least relaxation in it. If you have read any of his letters, he just seems so pathologically self-doubting. He didn't even want to publish "The shadow over Innsmouth" because of self-criticism, which is funny, because it's one of the most famous works of his.
PS: I listened to your version of "The human chair" on youtube before it was taken down. I really liked the combination of strange and creepy elements it had, and made me interested to read more from the author(Which I had never heard of before). That's why I hope you will continue to showcase stories which might not be as well known as Lovecraft's. It's fun to be surprised;)
I need to pay more attention to his letters - and potentially make a video on the subject. Thanks again Ralith - you can still listen to The Human Chair on Bandcamp. But yeah, we'll always dig a little deeper if it results in the occasional surprise here and there. Ian
Many authors would kill to hear someone say 'I wish there was more of this.'
My favorite story.
Lovely--a side of Lovecraft with which I am not well acquainted.
yes 11 thank you !!
I don't think this would be considered a horror story. A sad one perhaps.
is this story about for iran?
mithra (iranian sun god) aira (where the name iran came from), the events, even the name iranon - it is odd
Shiiit. This story messed me up.
The style of storytelling in this one reminds me of Tolkien's Simarillion.
Tolkien and Lovecraft were both inspired by Lord Dunsany
clark ashton smith seems to be his greatest influence here. if it had cas on the title i wouldn't have doubted
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