"At the Mountains of Madness" / Lovecraft's Cthulhu Mythos

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  • Lovecraft's Cthulhu Mythos (8 of 14)
    "At the Mountains of Madness" is a novella by horror writer H. P. Lovecraft, written in February/March 1931. The story details the events of a disastrous expedition to the Antarctic continent in September of 1930 and what was found there by the explorers, which the narrator describes in the hope of deterring another planned expedition to return to the continent. The story has inadvertently popularized the concept of ancient astronauts, as well as Antarctica’s place in the “ancient astronaut mythology”.
    Chapters:
    0:00:00 - Introduction
    0:00:52 - Part 1
    0:25:55 - Part 2
    1:09:04 - Part 3
    1:35:17 - Part 4
    1:57:27 - Part 5
    2:28:10 - Part 6
    2:46:07 - Part 7
    3:09:31 - Part 8
    3:28:53 - Part 9
    3:53:33 - Part 10
    4:11:13 - Part 11
    4:34:45 - Part 12
    4:48:38 - Credits
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  • @HorrorBabble
    @HorrorBabble  2 ปีที่แล้ว +42

    How about some Lovecraftian artifacts?
    shop.vermilion.cc/collections/cthulhu?ref=HorrorBabble
    Pocket Watches, Playing Cards, Enamel Pins ... even an Umbrella!
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  • @benmasters8872
    @benmasters8872 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +19

    I must have given more views to this than anybody, I have fallen asleep to this almost every night for the last 3 years

  • @thebadshave503
    @thebadshave503 ปีที่แล้ว +290

    The best part of this story is how clear it makes one thing: Lovecraft feared penguins

    • @garysuarez9614
      @garysuarez9614 ปีที่แล้ว +25

      Give a penguin cybernetics and a chainsaw, they become an apex predator.

    • @Dakingsnake
      @Dakingsnake ปีที่แล้ว

      They are foul odored feculent creamy scat beasts. Filthy sea pigeons

    • @VansForever
      @VansForever ปีที่แล้ว +19

      Howard was afraid of air conditioning. "Cool Air" story

    • @LunarLocust
      @LunarLocust ปีที่แล้ว +27

      @@VansForever how do you think the penguins are going to expand their sphere of influence? A.C.
      I rest my case.

    • @chalzen1012
      @chalzen1012 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      @@LunarLocust lol

  • @jon952
    @jon952 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +18

    A fun footnote for anyone geologically inclined - the mentioned "Comanchian" period is no longer recognized, it was split up between the Triassic and Jurassic. The fact that Lovecraft mentioned it at all speaks to the fact that he knew his stuff for the time - all his geological mentions are pretty well researched.

    • @thumbhead3370
      @thumbhead3370 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      Also, he mentions continental drift which was not widely accepted at the time by the public.

    • @Driven2Beers
      @Driven2Beers หลายเดือนก่อน

      ​@@thumbhead3370Indeed. Wegener, at the time that this was written, was lumped in with pseudoscientists such as Velikovsky.

  • @leokeatonn
    @leokeatonn 3 ปีที่แล้ว +344

    This man was born to read Lovecraft. He has the perfect tone to tell these stories, it adds a deeper sense of mystery as if you're hearing it from a first person account of the events. Like a story from your grandfather

    • @AskMeWhyYoureStupid
      @AskMeWhyYoureStupid ปีที่แล้ว +2

      He's no Morgan Freeman . He's just reading a book . Your praise feels heavily misplaced and unneeded. He's not that good.
      Just my opinion though . I'm not the type to just give credit where it's not due.

    • @leokeatonn
      @leokeatonn ปีที่แล้ว +4

      @@AskMeWhyYoureStupid k

    • @AskMeWhyYoureStupid
      @AskMeWhyYoureStupid ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@leokeatonn salty ?

    • @thecoolestofthe834s2
      @thecoolestofthe834s2 ปีที่แล้ว +24

      @@AskMeWhyYoureStupid yikes kid go to therapy

    • @thecoolestofthe834s2
      @thecoolestofthe834s2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      100% agree

  • @InvisibleGrenade
    @InvisibleGrenade 4 ปีที่แล้ว +665

    I drive an 18 wheeler. Audiobooks keep me awake at night. Having found all other audiobooks of Lovecraft to be rather dry, I was so glad to stumble upon your readings. Really helps set the mood on late night drives during the Halloween season.

    • @jimmyd1337
      @jimmyd1337 4 ปีที่แล้ว +9

      the version of dunwich horror that's on audible is pretty good

    • @garysuarez9614
      @garysuarez9614 3 ปีที่แล้ว +22

      I drive the Old South. The words in the description of place and matter of scene sometimes are appropriate for the feeling I get around some of the town's and cities that are steeped in history and lore.

    • @stevesyncox9893
      @stevesyncox9893 3 ปีที่แล้ว +11

      I ran grader for years, audio books were great for keeping one awake and aware.

    • @stevenmdparker
      @stevenmdparker 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Same

    • @thelostronin
      @thelostronin 3 ปีที่แล้ว +9

      @@charlieb1575 only if you break down.

  • @wojecire
    @wojecire 3 ปีที่แล้ว +643

    Just a heads up, if you pass out listening to this you can have some pretty epic vivid dreams.

    • @BlueTS777
      @BlueTS777 3 ปีที่แล้ว +37

      I fell asleep and woke up to the haunting deep and ominously threatening voice of a being at 3am.

    • @arnehildrum821
      @arnehildrum821 3 ปีที่แล้ว +17

      Once i was dreaming that i was driving a tank through the blasted heath.

    • @jamesfry8983
      @jamesfry8983 3 ปีที่แล้ว +16

      You should try lucid dreaming of cthullu so much occult knowledge I have found told to me by the dreamless sleeper of the ages

    • @whatwhat98
      @whatwhat98 3 ปีที่แล้ว +14

      I fell asleep to it, woke up, no dreams. Disappointed but I'll listen again

    • @Gurgamo
      @Gurgamo 3 ปีที่แล้ว +10

      Are you sure they're only dreams...

  • @mattisvov
    @mattisvov 2 ปีที่แล้ว +52

    "They where men!"
    I think this is one of my favorite Lovecraft stories how he explicitly humanizes one of his creatures.
    First, for hours and hours, the Elder Things are presented as monsters, terrors.
    Then, at the very end, the narrator suddenly sympathizes with them: Despite their weird shape and nigh indestructibility, they are a biologic life form like us, with an intelligence not unlike our own, and quite relatable drives and motivations.
    That is a brilliant literary device: comparative horror. First show them as eldrich, alien and powerful. And then point out there are things that are scarier to them then they are to us.
    The entire narrative is written as a warning. But I don't think the narrator wanted to warn about the Elder Things, or even the Shoggoths.
    No, I think he wants to warn about the mountain to the south. And the things these immortal, antedeluvian monstrosites where TOO SCARED TO TALK ABOUT.

    • @kevinfogle7929
      @kevinfogle7929 2 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      I really wish he had written a follow up story about that.

    • @donaldmccleary9015
      @donaldmccleary9015 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      ​@Kevin Fogle me too. I think he meant to, but got sick and died before he could. My goodness, it would have been great.

    • @donaldmccleary9015
      @donaldmccleary9015 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      Great comment. I noticed that, too. I find it amazing that they fought many of the other creatures Lovecraft wrote about. Even more interesting is how they won some of the wars and had a truce, in their favor, from the others.
      They beat the Mi-Go and Cthulhu star spawn and drove them back. That is an amazing feat. Even cooler is how they fought with energy weapons, as told by the stories in the bas-reliefs.
      Imagine the terror in the camp when they woke up seeing their fellows being dissected. Such chaos!

    • @arancourt5623
      @arancourt5623 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +8

      He has a point, put yourself in the elder things position. You were caught in some catastrophic event, woke up surrounded by strange alien creatures that would undoubtedly be trying to kill you and have already dissected one of your companions, you fight free, try to understand just wtf is happening and try to get home only to find the entire world you once knew is gone. How would you react in such a circumstance?

  • @TransRoofKorean
    @TransRoofKorean 2 ปีที่แล้ว +9

    Whenever I hear of the Plateau of Leng I think of that early early Magic: the Gathering card Library of Leng, not knowing for 20 years that it was a Lovecraft reference.
    "Skip your discard phase" indeed.

  • @vali6717
    @vali6717 5 ปีที่แล้ว +315

    I am alone, locked in a restaurant at about midnight with several hours to fill. This seems like an excellent way to keep myself awake.

    • @duckman12569
      @duckman12569 5 ปีที่แล้ว +71

      Man found dead, barricaded in freezer, having scratched out his own eyes.

    • @youtubechangedmyname4895
      @youtubechangedmyname4895 5 ปีที่แล้ว +42

      @@duckman12569 I heard he scribbled an indecipherable message with his own blood on a package of frozen fish sticks.

    • @casey5990
      @casey5990 5 ปีที่แล้ว +9

      youtube changed my name I’m told it was a message; addressed to one Kanye West

    • @smitty1647
      @smitty1647 4 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      master of the custodial arts?

    • @DiaphaneDreams
      @DiaphaneDreams 4 ปีที่แล้ว +10

      Don't get so engrossed that you forget your security cameras. Foxy will only stay in the cove until about 2am.

  • @TheEldritchGod
    @TheEldritchGod 3 ปีที่แล้ว +151

    I love listening to this. It brings me back to the days of my youth at Miskatonic University as a linebacker for the football team, The Battling Cephalopods. (GO PODS!) It seems like you couldn't swing a cat back then without hitting someone ranting about some sort of cosmic horror man was not meant to know.
    Of course you should never swing a cat. I'm sure we all know why.

    • @Jimbubly
      @Jimbubly 2 ปีที่แล้ว +13

      Go pods!

    • @dynasty_01
      @dynasty_01 2 ปีที่แล้ว +11

      Go pods!

    • @johnjones2nd667
      @johnjones2nd667 2 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      And if you try, it will be the last time you hold your cat

    • @LTPottenger
      @LTPottenger 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      I thought there was a certain marshy look to your eyes.

    • @winstonsmith8597
      @winstonsmith8597 2 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      I still remember that half time show fiasco
      Go Pods

  • @jacobcollier821
    @jacobcollier821 3 ปีที่แล้ว +64

    Isn't it notable how much time is spent by Lovecraft explaining basic scientific principles we take for granted, such as relativity, continental drift, and even evolutions, both in art and biology? Principles which, granted some more than others, were brand new ideas at the time.

    • @jackle7896
      @jackle7896 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      And it all applies well today with ease of understanding cause he knew and understood. Brilliant writer, slight racist sadly

    • @roquettothestars9751
      @roquettothestars9751 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      @@jackle7896 stop this nonsense

    • @epion660
      @epion660 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@jackle7896 racist? Perhaps. But 'twas in the time period where 'negroe' was considered appropriate by everyone... Can't blame any individual for that.

    • @leejerrett8268
      @leejerrett8268 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      @@epion660Huckleberry fin uses the N-word a LOT but nobody is out here calling Mark Twain racist; Lovecraft using the word negro is not the aspect of his work people are referring to when they call him racist.

    • @evientually
      @evientually ปีที่แล้ว

      @@jackle7896 c?

  • @Anaverageguy41
    @Anaverageguy41 5 ปีที่แล้ว +130

    I love the fact that even though it's an almost 5 hour reading there's still a full set of captions.
    I don't know if it's just me but I find longer tales like this much easier to digest if I'm able to read alongside the voice

    • @HorrorBabble
      @HorrorBabble  5 ปีที่แล้ว +55

      I do add them when I have the time - especially for longer readings like this one. I'm glad you find them useful! Cheers, Ian.

    • @vincentanguoni8938
      @vincentanguoni8938 3 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      That's because looking at words is far far more intensive than listening!!!

    • @johnlynch575
      @johnlynch575 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      YEAH, ME TOO. PLUS I LIKE PRACTICING SCALES ON THE FIDDLE

  • @noahhecker6672
    @noahhecker6672 2 ปีที่แล้ว +28

    I love how lovecraft drops subtle hits to other stories throughout his works, such as the Nathaniel pickman foundation funding their expedition, the name an obvious reference to pickman’s gallery, or the dreaded necronomicon of the mad Arab. Also his extreme detail of the old ones biology is amazing, clearly a very learned man wrote this story

    • @kevinfogle7929
      @kevinfogle7929 2 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      I do too. He mentions speaking to a fellow professor that is in the English department about the hill things, a reference to the whisperer in the darkness

    • @HappyBeezerStudios
      @HappyBeezerStudios 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      It really helps with building a complex mythos. The stories aren't on their own, they are part of a shared world. People in them acknowledge that events from other stories happened, but it doesn't move the focus on there. As if those events are part of semi-common knowledge in that world. Or at least among those people dabbling in the mysterious.

    • @MikeyJBlakeJR
      @MikeyJBlakeJR หลายเดือนก่อน

      His ability to describe absolutely everything-regardless of the subject matter-makes you think these were written by actual professionals who deal with those things. Everything from biology to chemistry; geology to geography; architecture to sailing; ancient cultures to comparative mythology; farming practices to homesteading, and far more than I can name. What doesn't he know??

  • @kevinmorgan2968
    @kevinmorgan2968 3 ปีที่แล้ว +19

    It’s actually weird how much he sounds at times like the old sailors I heard at Portsmouth bars as a kid, it might be the part that creeps me out the most.

  • @unclestaco
    @unclestaco 5 ปีที่แล้ว +591

    The radio effects you added were a wonderful touch.

    • @Self-replicating_whatnot
      @Self-replicating_whatnot 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Indeed, but it's anachronistic. Should've been Morse code.

    • @georgeofhamilton
      @georgeofhamilton 4 ปีที่แล้ว +10

      @@Self-replicating_whatnot Woulda been bold if they just played the messages for us in Morse code and let us interpret them ourselves.

    • @Wppk765
      @Wppk765 4 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      BAB PEEG it really was! Such high production quality with HB. I’ve listened to some other folks narrate HP Lovecraft, but I always come back to HB because of just how well he speaks and the fine small touches he they add.

    • @mysmirandam.6618
      @mysmirandam.6618 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Agreed

    • @alexanderlane6115
      @alexanderlane6115 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@Self-replicating_whatnot I may be misinterpreting your meaning, but the way I took this I don't understand. Radio is not anachronistic technology in 1930, when the story is set

  • @liamwinter4512
    @liamwinter4512 5 ปีที่แล้ว +375

    This has to be 87% the inspiration for the original "The Thing".

    • @BeautifulEarthJa
      @BeautifulEarthJa 4 ปีที่แล้ว +20

      Yep. As well as At the Mouth of Madness, tho prob not as high a %

    • @halonothing4210
      @halonothing4210 4 ปีที่แล้ว +79

      The Thing from Another World (1951) and The Thing (1982) were based on a story written in 1938 by John W. Campbell entitled: "Who Goes There?"
      en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Who_Goes_There%3F

    • @paysonterhune290
      @paysonterhune290 4 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      Do.you even have to ask?

    • @TertiaryScroat
      @TertiaryScroat 4 ปีที่แล้ว +10

      hogwash, it was 84%

    • @63Jax
      @63Jax 4 ปีที่แล้ว +9

      no man, i think 86.7% is more accurate :)

  • @Duchess_Van_Hoof
    @Duchess_Van_Hoof 3 ปีที่แล้ว +35

    An exceptional reading I must say. The radio effect and the noise of the wind really helps bring out a greater dimension of immersion, and that alien sound does sound properly disturbing.

    • @christianeelizabeth5602
      @christianeelizabeth5602 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      I agree- the sound effects are a perfect touch! I also enjoyed the sounds added to the Shadow Over Innsmouth. Not too much, but just enough to complete the ambience.

  • @kyle857
    @kyle857 3 ปีที่แล้ว +17

    It is interesting how at the end he had empathy for the old ones who died even though they killed his men. They didn't know what was going on after having been frozen for so long. I also feel bad for them.

  • @kevfullo
    @kevfullo 5 ปีที่แล้ว +226

    the mother of all Lovecraft stories. Thanks for the new reading Ian

    • @tylerourada9719
      @tylerourada9719 5 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      too much rock description for my taste.

    • @austinmiller2170
      @austinmiller2170 4 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      Maybe John Carpenters 'The Thing' was actually just an evolved shogoth.

    • @The3y3
      @The3y3 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      @woooudo palpatine wouldn’t need a light saber

  • @jamiecameron7615
    @jamiecameron7615 4 ปีที่แล้ว +61

    I've listened to this treasure so many times. It deserves another comment. The time stamps are much appreciated even though I know them off by heart now.

    • @HorrorBabble
      @HorrorBabble  4 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      Thanks as always, Jamie!

    • @czcrossman
      @czcrossman 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      This is my favorite HP Lovecraft story and my top 5 HorrorBabble readings! Despite the length, I’ve listened probably a dozen times or more!!! Absolutely spectacular work Ian!

  • @bitterzombie
    @bitterzombie 2 ปีที่แล้ว +30

    This is my single favorite "short" story of all time. It just blends so many styles of narrative, scope of context, dramatic and horrifying twists and turns, all wrapped up in a tasteful blend of science and occultism. I heard that Guillermo del toro wanted to make it a movie, had the rights and stuff all set, but the studio pulled the plug. It's tragic, I have never wanted a movie adaptation so bad in my life, and Guillermo would have been one of my top picks to direct it

    • @akhasshativeritsol1950
      @akhasshativeritsol1950 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      Eldritch horror is a hard genre to translate to the screen, but if anyone could do it, it's probably del Toro!

    • @villie86
      @villie86 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      Speaking of movies, listening to this book for the first time, I find so many similarities with The Thing, it's amazing. There is no doubt that the movies were heavily inspired by Lovecraft, even if they are not the same.

    • @listerjne
      @listerjne ปีที่แล้ว +4

      del toros netflix show has several lovecraft stories, if u havent seen it already!

  • @Earnshawfully
    @Earnshawfully 4 ปีที่แล้ว +36

    Thank you for this brief glimmer of entertainment. I shall return now to the lonely reading of my worm-eaten Necronomicon in my wood-lined study, giving occasional nervous glance out of the mullioned windows at the darkening tree line.

    • @countiblis1246
      @countiblis1246 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Repeat after me: "Tantir-ah-mis-trobeen-ha-zar-ta / Tantir-man-ov-mis-hazen-sober. Kanda / Kanda / Kanda!" Good luck.

  • @lobotomite9767
    @lobotomite9767 5 ปีที่แล้ว +374

    I like to think that when Lovecraft was writing this he finished the sentence “queer cave mouths” and quietly said to himself..... “nice”

    • @cameltube-vk7el
      @cameltube-vk7el 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Hmmmmm...sounds like your using the→ South Park PD "NiCe" version or [see→ th-cam.com/video/h7SpXGz-XOc/w-d-xo.html ↔ Miss Teacher Bangs A Boy - "NICE"] something else? LOL ▬ Peace Out

    • @ProjectFlashlight612
      @ProjectFlashlight612 4 ปีที่แล้ว +9

      Howard was gay. His experiment with marriage was never going to meet with success. His genius lay beyond fucking, had nothing to do with it.

    • @halonothing4210
      @halonothing4210 4 ปีที่แล้ว +75

      Literally... the word queer just means strange. At the time the word was not associated with homosexuality... the word merely meant strange/odd. So, in proper context the sentence is just fine. A dictionary is a powerful tool :)

    • @AnimeShinigami13
      @AnimeShinigami13 4 ปีที่แล้ว +28

      back then Queer didn't mean what it means today.

    • @mysmirandam.6618
      @mysmirandam.6618 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Sounds legit

  • @adjones3937
    @adjones3937 ปีที่แล้ว +9

    Must have listened to this 10+ times. No lie. Still a treat.

    • @sandrargriffith3493
      @sandrargriffith3493 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      me too, over and over plus dunwich horror. I love these two the most.

    • @garysuarez9614
      @garysuarez9614 8 หลายเดือนก่อน

      every time

  • @RangerOfTheOrder
    @RangerOfTheOrder 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +4

    This has been my favorite Lovecraft story since I discovered him. I love falling asleep to your reading

  • @Frankenstec
    @Frankenstec 5 ปีที่แล้ว +264

    You are the only youtube channel Ive ever supported financially. And its because you put such effort in your work. I hope you can keep doing this for as long as you stay passionate for it. And if you find more projects to work on, Id be happy to help support you start that as well.

    • @jessicapackard4956
      @jessicapackard4956 5 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      Frankenstec how can I support this particular channel financially? I really want them to be able to make it. Such amazing narration

    • @Frankenstec
      @Frankenstec 5 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Best way would be through Patreon. You can choose how much you want to spend and you can get all their mp3s there too

    • @aaron2709
      @aaron2709 5 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Bravo.

  • @DarkVeghetta
    @DarkVeghetta 3 ปีที่แล้ว +22

    4 seconds of narration later - > instant sub (well, nearly so).
    I did mean to listen to the entirety of Lovecraft's work at some point and, thus, the journey begins...

  • @rambamish
    @rambamish 4 ปีที่แล้ว +91

    Just entered quarantine. Glad I found this channel. Now I have something to do for the next few months.

    • @HorrorBabble
      @HorrorBabble  4 ปีที่แล้ว +11

      Good luck, Michael!

    • @CS-hu5be
      @CS-hu5be 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      a truly relaxing channel to listen to.

    • @colbycox8783
      @colbycox8783 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      Michael Ramirez I’m with you

    • @leojablonski2309
      @leojablonski2309 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@CS-hu5be good luck

    • @leojablonski2309
      @leojablonski2309 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      Michael....Good luck

  • @Whalewraith
    @Whalewraith 4 ปีที่แล้ว +16

    Given that very little happens, this absolutely flew by. Excellent.

  • @f.maximo7760
    @f.maximo7760 5 ปีที่แล้ว +20

    I forget how many times I've listened to this marvel and still find it impossible not to love the reader's voice and the background atmosphere! Fantastic reading!

  • @causewaybob3651
    @causewaybob3651 3 ปีที่แล้ว +9

    I’m quarantined rn this guys voice is so soothing.

  • @jasemalvis2140
    @jasemalvis2140 4 ปีที่แล้ว +17

    No matter how familiar I am with the first sentence of this story, I love hearing it over and over still.

  • @edennis8578
    @edennis8578 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

    Lovecraft's writing is remarkably poetic, a trait that's unfortunately lost in movies based on his stories. I'm so glad that I came upon this channel; I never knew how beautiful Lovecraft's writing was before. Exquisite.

    • @jgbandbjb92709
      @jgbandbjb92709 9 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Think the biggest issue is they are written in early 1900s but for some stupid reason the films take place in modern times.

  • @reidintothemic3265
    @reidintothemic3265 5 ปีที่แล้ว +25

    Easily my favorite lovecraft story, imo the best example of objectively undeniable fear in the unknown and incomprehensible. Thank you so much for this, starting now!

    • @GodOfPlague
      @GodOfPlague 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      I love the lovecraft stories that have the sense of exploration.

  • @johnnycampbell3422
    @johnnycampbell3422 5 ปีที่แล้ว +37

    Beautiful reading. I've been considering Lovecraftian stories for 40 years. I've always thought pace was critical to the mood. Great job.

  • @Soulstrung87
    @Soulstrung87 5 ปีที่แล้ว +26

    Fantastic! I like this recording quite a bit. The "Tekeli-Li" was downright unsettling, and all of the other little touches you made to this story really adds to the atmosphere.
    This is probably my favorite Lovecraft story, and you've done a great job bringing it to life in your narration. Can't thank you enough for all the hard work, Ian!

    • @shingshongshamalama
      @shingshongshamalama 2 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      I think the thing Lovecraft is trying to transcribe there might be the cry of the emperor penguin.

  • @yadante357
    @yadante357 2 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    I'm a new fan of HorrorBabble. I've heard a few other audiobooks of H. P. Lovecraft and have to say, this is the highest quality I have come across. Higher quality than the official audiobooks that were on cassette tape a couple decades back and better than the other fan made audiobooks I have come across. I've been listening in order his Cthulhu Mythos playlist. Its fantastic. I hope all H.P. Lovecraft fans gets a chance to experience this.

  • @brooksuecker
    @brooksuecker 3 ปีที่แล้ว +10

    I've been listening to your Lovecraft recordings for months now... simply magnificent!

  • @tjjudd101
    @tjjudd101 10 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

    I love pretty much anything HorrorBabble does, but my favorite productions are the H.P. Lovecraft stories.

  • @TheScorpia12
    @TheScorpia12 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    I'm at work till 830. Its now 3, going on 3 01. Boutta absolutely crush this audiobook, thank you so much. IA, IA!

  • @fulminatus6241
    @fulminatus6241 5 ปีที่แล้ว +14

    This is the first H.P. Lovecraft story I ever read. Really been looking forward to the new version. Thanks so much.

  • @olafisashark5105
    @olafisashark5105 5 ปีที่แล้ว +36

    Such a scary undertaking of going to the pole and finding a rotting nightmarish city...I dont know if I could stay sane.

    • @Clocksangel
      @Clocksangel 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      I would love it, finding out that the reality we live in is splintered and that beings existed in a time before time. I would lose my mind with excitement and wonder.

    • @lucifers.morningstar3805
      @lucifers.morningstar3805 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      *laughing in Nyarlathotep.*

    • @arancourt5623
      @arancourt5623 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      That's what I love about The writing of Lovecraft, it truly questions the simultaneous strength and frailty of the human mind.

  • @TheBiggyJMan
    @TheBiggyJMan 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    I listen to this or TheExploringSeries' reading of this story almost every night. This story just puts me to sleep. I love it.

  • @LazyLifeIFreak
    @LazyLifeIFreak 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Last year I posted I heard this story, here I am once again having a listen.

  • @TimothyScotts1
    @TimothyScotts1 5 ปีที่แล้ว +43

    Hi Ian! I am new to Lovecraft's work, and have been enjoying it immensely thanks to your incredible readings! Thank you so much for the effort and clear passion you put into your audios! I will be following here on out :)

    • @HorrorBabble
      @HorrorBabble  5 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      And thank you for listening! Ian

  • @lunser9098
    @lunser9098 5 ปีที่แล้ว +15

    Thank you so much I’ve literally watched all of your videos, you are by far the best audiobook voice recorder I’ve had the pleasure of listening to, im a commercial electrician so I’m mostly working with headphones in and you’ve pulled me through blackwoods universes, and the lovecraftian horrortopia, you are the MVP

  • @RandomAccessMammeries
    @RandomAccessMammeries 3 หลายเดือนก่อน

    I've listened to this so many times now! I love how you read lovecraft it's like someone else in the comments said. Most people who read lovecraft are really dry but you always make these readings feel alive. Everyone talks about how it helps them stay awake but this helps me sleep better than anything else. I love getting wrapped up in the adventure and falling asleep to this! I will pick it back up wherever I last remember before I fell asleep. Absolute classic of an audio book!

  • @TsukiumisGuy
    @TsukiumisGuy 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    First read this in High School; just as I was going to sleep! Sleep? I stayed up very late to finish it. I was creeped out in a way I had never been before. It has stayed with me ever since.

  • @shogunbearz5454
    @shogunbearz5454 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    I'm listening at midnight on a rainy night in December the howling winds singing through my poorly insulated windows this is what I love about these readings the atmosphere creates itself

  • @bigbitehood1353
    @bigbitehood1353 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Your voice *MAKES* Lovecraft to me! Thank you

  • @blakmajk3512
    @blakmajk3512 2 ปีที่แล้ว +14

    Favorite Lovecraft story & favorite presentation! Great job, Ian! 👍🏼👍🏼

  • @robbabcock_
    @robbabcock_ 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +4

    Perfection! Lovecraft's single greatest work read by the mythos' best narrator!🐙🔥🙌

  • @tonypecoraro9220
    @tonypecoraro9220 4 ปีที่แล้ว +9

    This is the first time I have heard of your channel, much less this video. I've read the mythos before.
    Yet you still managed to earn my subscription in 40 seconds. Well done, looking forward to the rest of this now.

    • @HorrorBabble
      @HorrorBabble  4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Thanks for stopping by, Tony!

  • @mikestanmore2614
    @mikestanmore2614 5 ปีที่แล้ว +17

    I saw this and dropped everything. Well, I suppose that's the end of my plans for today. It's just as well I'm home for the day anyway!
    EDIT: That was a day well spent, thankyou Ian.

  • @michaelkottler
    @michaelkottler 3 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    Wonderful, the quality of Lovecraft's work and the efforts of all whom from writers to film directors to musicians to comic publishers to TV producers to video game studios to you name it who have expanded on HPL's amazing mythos. Thank you, Horrorbabble!

  • @sinjun1973
    @sinjun1973 3 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    They way you said, 'te kelli le' set my teeth on edge!

  • @johnjones2nd667
    @johnjones2nd667 4 ปีที่แล้ว +8

    I absolutely loved the raspy-ness you added to Te-Kel-Lee-Lee! Gabe me the chills food sir. Great stuff

  • @barrywhite1872
    @barrywhite1872 5 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    I've been waiting for this forever Mr Gordon, cannot wait to listen tonight. Thank you for all of your incredible work.

  • @paulcoy9060
    @paulcoy9060 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    The wind and snow effects make it much greater than the sum of it's parts.

  • @donaldmccleary9015
    @donaldmccleary9015 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    I planned it, so this, my favorite story, would be the last story I listened to when I finished your library for the first time. It was wonderful to hear "Tekeli-li! Tekeli-li!", as I finished (I planned it that way).
    I started in December of 2022. It was a task!
    Fantastic job narrating this fantastoc story. I really liked the sounds of radio transmissions, airplane engines, and wind. I think you threw a hint of "whimsical piping" in there faintly a time or two! I like how you also like how you record the keying up and click at the end of sending a transmission. You have that down to a science.
    I have listened to this story twice since Sunday. It never gets old!
    You added another just as I finished this one yesterday. The task goes on!
    Cheers!!

    • @HorrorBabble
      @HorrorBabble  4 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      You made it, Donald! What a gargantuan effort! Thanks for all the feedback along the way, we really appreciate it!

    • @donaldmccleary9015
      @donaldmccleary9015 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      @HorrorBabble it was a thoroughly enjoyable task. I learned about many new authors and fine works. No problem with the feedback. You two do a fantastic job! Your work is true art. I look forward to every new release.
      And....thanks for introducing me to so many good authors. The way those folks wrote....
      The stories you write are excellent, and I look forward to hearing more of them.

  • @DennisMoore664
    @DennisMoore664 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    There's so much to love from this and I thought about time stamping a couple of spots but 4:17:12 is the stuff that makes the Lovecraftian genre what it is. Tells us "shoggoths and their work ought not to be seen by humans" then goes on to describe them in that way so particular to Mr Lovecraft's style of horror. I love this so much!

  • @KATTALNUVA3
    @KATTALNUVA3 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    I’ve listened to these stories more times than I care to count, and yet my nightmares never involve Lovecraft’s creatures.

  • @Xbalanque84
    @Xbalanque84 5 ปีที่แล้ว +15

    Stellar reading. Absolutely love what you did with the shoggoth noises.

  • @AlexAlex-of6ms
    @AlexAlex-of6ms 4 ปีที่แล้ว +34

    You personally narrated this? It's very very good! Bravo and thank you sir, I deeply enjoy this.

    • @HorrorBabble
      @HorrorBabble  4 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      Hi Alex... yes. Thank you for listening!

  • @Clocksangel
    @Clocksangel 3 ปีที่แล้ว +17

    I absolutely love this story, like really love this story. There are, some details that I wish were more defined, and some plot holes I wish were more accurate and more specific. All in all I would say that "At the mountains of madness" is probably my third favorite book behind "Jane Eyre" and "Bram Stokers Dracula." Oh yeah by the way, "The things that came from Winters Hill," was pretty nice as well. The one thing I noticed about a lot of these stories is that they are very vague when it comes to the wonder of the story, and it always disappoints me. I guess I like iron clad facts about my cosmic entities.

  • @cinnamonroffles
    @cinnamonroffles 5 ปีที่แล้ว +19

    The peaks within, strange, mystery shut in by the stoic ridges, desolate empty landscapes of self denial, and ice cold that pierces like frost ridden iron and cuts rough and deep like jagged steel. Perhaps the reason behind our being is to explore, probe. We struggle endlessly against the challenge of the unknown, but perhaps it is better we leave it. The horror could be of squamous writhing presences, or perhaps a void that we are powerless to fill and impotent in the shadow of. Most dangerously, the horror could be that we are more similar to the abominations that lurk at the edge of the light, inhabiting the lupus hour in endless night, than we wish to admit.
    Very passionate reading, Ian. More dynamic and vocal. Less detached than the previous reading, and I enjoy the addition of vocal effects in the radio transmissions. The ambient noise comes in later, but the ambient sound of wind in the first few parts would be welcome.

    • @paysonterhune290
      @paysonterhune290 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      You big show off! We ALL know the desolate ruins and their meaning...

    • @TheBeakertube
      @TheBeakertube 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      Every Lovecraft video has to have at least one guy trying this 🤭

  • @xTheeLancelotx
    @xTheeLancelotx 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    I’ve been listening to all the stories at work. And it’s been fantastic. This is, sadly, the last HP Lovecraft story here that I’ll listen to. I’m glad it’s 4 hours long. Thanks for all the effort that went into making these. They made my days at work so much better.

  • @blowitoutyourcunt7675
    @blowitoutyourcunt7675 5 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    Quite easily my fourth listen, great narration to a mad story! Love the snowbound trope! Cheers mate, appreciate all that you do!

    • @HorrorBabble
      @HorrorBabble  5 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      And thanks as always for continuing to come back! Those mountains wouldn't be the same without you...! Ian

  • @briankolstee7814
    @briankolstee7814 5 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Thank you so much Ian. This is iconic Lovecraft. A grand reading as usual. Your dedication to excellence speaks volumes and engenders the support you celebrated with this story. Thank you once again.

  • @gonzaloayalaibarre
    @gonzaloayalaibarre 5 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    This is one of my favourite stories, I have listened to at least 3 different readings of it, including your old one.
    Alas, awful timing, I've never been so occupied in my entire life as I've been in the last couple weeks, it will be some time before I'm able to enjoy this one.

    • @HorrorBabble
      @HorrorBabble  5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      It won't be going anywhere - thanks Gonzalo!

  • @philipclements8505
    @philipclements8505 ปีที่แล้ว

    As an insomniac I thank you from the bottom of my heart. You have made my nights tolerable. Thank you.

  • @David_Tomlinson
    @David_Tomlinson 4 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    Anyone listening this in 2020? Good gracious Ignacious, what a ripping yarn. The twist at the end with Childs and Macready was inspired. 😁

    • @youvebeenmungaid1470
      @youvebeenmungaid1470 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      I’m in the future because it’s 2021 where I am

  • @TheLucidSoup
    @TheLucidSoup 5 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    Got a funny feeling, & checked subscriptions.
    & found this, 53 seconds since upload.
    A pleasant surprise indeed :3
    Thank you Horrorbabble

  • @folvenson
    @folvenson 5 ปีที่แล้ว +36

    I never thought penguins would expose a much deeper horror.

    • @thenerdlobby6599
      @thenerdlobby6599 3 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      I never thought i'd get to say, "kids, don't chew alkaloidal herbs."

  • @mortuarycookiezshane4192
    @mortuarycookiezshane4192 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    yay!!! Been waiting since you first mentioned it for this! Thanks horrorbabble team!

  • @Jade-kf9ld
    @Jade-kf9ld 5 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Thank you so much for this offering and your hard work Ian. Love this book, so happy to listen to your reading.

  • @liampower4303
    @liampower4303 5 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    Ian!! Thank you so much for this! Listening to this at 11:00 at night so I’m ready for spookiness

  • @famas7638
    @famas7638 5 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    Really like that you take the time to slow down when you're speaking. Much easier to pay attention.

  • @CaptainSpork7
    @CaptainSpork7 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Ian, please consider doing a reading of 'A Colder War' by Charles Stross. It is possibly the most chilling Cthulhu mythos short story I have ever read. It, in my humble opinion, is the finest example of cosmic dread, encapsulating the dread bleakness humanity faces at the awakening of a long dormant horror and how utterly powerless we are to stop it.

  • @mrwhale7351
    @mrwhale7351 4 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    For me it is hard to read older literature like edgar allan Poe and lovecraft but I enjoy them so listening to the audio I can much better understand and enjoy the stories thank you for this
    Edit:love the wind sounds

  • @mim0624
    @mim0624 5 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    I am waiting for these . Loving it!☺️

  • @DarthHastur
    @DarthHastur 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    I read along with your voice on your cthulu mythos. You're my favorite to read with . Your work is at my reading speed.

  • @jorgehughes9685
    @jorgehughes9685 5 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Still sends chills. Fantastic Redux!

  • @spock11189
    @spock11189 5 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Im from Germany and im a big fan of lovecraft. Your audiobooks are very good for optimizing my english.

  • @DKD212
    @DKD212 5 ปีที่แล้ว +11

    Finally! So keen to listen to this! I'm getting straight into it 😣

  • @MrBemaster
    @MrBemaster 5 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    Been with the channel since 2 300 subs, great to see how you guys have grown. Great reading as always !

  • @brightargyle8950
    @brightargyle8950 ปีที่แล้ว

    One of my favorite Lovecraft stories, I really enjoy this one and often return to listen to it again every so often. Good reading!

  • @eeeboytvr
    @eeeboytvr 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Thank you, just thank you... I've fallen asleep to this several nights running but take that as a compliment. I have never read the book but heard a BBC radiocast that was good but by the nature of radio incomplete. Your voice has made this story complete 👌

  • @eliasmalok3237
    @eliasmalok3237 5 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Thank you for this, I had a really bad day today & this helped centre me into a calm state. Huge H. P fan. . .

  • @morgancross5481
    @morgancross5481 5 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    You have such a wonderful voice for reading this material, loving it!

  • @philipclements8505
    @philipclements8505 5 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Thank you horrorBabble . Love love love this classic . Up there with The best of our dark eldridge master . Again thank you .

  • @jpuroila
    @jpuroila 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Just stumbled upon this. I've tried listening to audiobooks before and not liked them, but I enjoyed listening to this. The calm voice combined with Lovecraft's use of language just works very well.

  • @lobotomite9767
    @lobotomite9767 5 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    This was good, thank you for the reading and the small ambient noise touches. Very nice

  • @DepriverOfSouls
    @DepriverOfSouls 5 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Wooohoo, my favorite story is BACK. Thank you Ian and those of HorrorBabble =D.

  • @confusedwolf7157
    @confusedwolf7157 5 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    Mr HorrorBabble scales the true Lovecraft Leviathon. Well done sir! I put this into my library of the macabre together with your rendition of The Dunwich Horror.

  • @CanonicalVariable
    @CanonicalVariable 3 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    Excellent reading as always! Thanks for doing this

  • @dylanmccormack5600
    @dylanmccormack5600 5 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    If I had money, I'd donate large sums in a heartbeat, you're one of my favorite youtubers keep up the good work

  • @zemetrius
    @zemetrius 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    one of my favorite lovecraft stories, thanks.

  • @bovrar2nd861
    @bovrar2nd861 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    I am on the first minutes but I can already positively highlight it. The voice is very clear and comprehensive. You have my thanks.