THE DARK SIDE OF SCI-FI: 15 Stories Blending Horror and Science Fiction

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  • @joz6683
    @joz6683 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +34

    Thanks for this in bed after eye surgery. 3 days bed rest. I kept this until today. Thanks to everyone involved 👍

    • @HorrorBabble
      @HorrorBabble  8 หลายเดือนก่อน +5

      Blimey -- I hope you make a swift recovery.

  • @MrsCaranAmy
    @MrsCaranAmy 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +31

    This is an incredible collection of science fiction/horror stories. I appreciate all the great work that you do. Excellent narration. Thank you 💖🤗🌟

    • @HorrorBabble
      @HorrorBabble  8 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      Thanks, Amy!

  • @pb6703
    @pb6703 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +12

    You spoil us, Ian. Thanks for everything you do! This recording saved my evening during a dreadful trip to the ER.

  • @caesarspeak9030
    @caesarspeak9030 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +6

    I absolutely love this channel. I work third shift and listen to these stories every night.

  • @TheHappyhorus
    @TheHappyhorus 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +12

    The first story is new to me and fabulous 🎉❤
    Thank you Ian your voice is just marvellous for story telling as is your reading.
    HorrorBabble you’re amazing.

  • @donaldmccleary9015
    @donaldmccleary9015 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

    Excellent collection of tales. Fantastic stories!
    I'm listening to it now. Fifteen tales to keep us busy.
    The two lines below crack me up:
    1:17:44
    1:18:51
    Thanks!

    • @HorrorBabble
      @HorrorBabble  8 หลายเดือนก่อน

      The Glass Labyrinth is a good 'en!

  • @read_the_tds1768
    @read_the_tds1768 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    You are such a phenomenal narrator. I always get excited when you post something new. Especially compilations!!!

  • @Airborne-80
    @Airborne-80 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

    After a night of sleeping with these fantastic stories in my ear buds, I am now a happy new subscriber. Thank you for this awesome channel

    • @HorrorBabble
      @HorrorBabble  7 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Thank you for subscribing.

  • @edwardspencer3906
    @edwardspencer3906 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    Read many of these years ago.. Really Good selection of Authors and stories.. Once again, You have outdone yourself! Thank You for the Continued Effort!

  • @dennisthornton4434
    @dennisthornton4434 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +26

    Sounds good. They can't hear you scream in space and the blood flows everywhere when it comes out of your body.

    • @HorrorBabble
      @HorrorBabble  8 หลายเดือนก่อน +8

      A most pleasant thought for a Friday afternoon!

    • @nikkid9615
      @nikkid9615 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      And I have no mouth but I must scream, of course.

    • @RobertEWaters
      @RobertEWaters หลายเดือนก่อน

      It boils first, though.

  • @nanphx2038
    @nanphx2038 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +5

    Excellent! Thanks for all the great hours of enjoyment

  • @PhlashRockinmann
    @PhlashRockinmann 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +16

    In space, Warren can't hear you talk about him.

    • @edwardkeyser2905
      @edwardkeyser2905 8 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Ha, good supposition, mate ...
      However, I've heard it said
      that Warren is not yet dead ...
      Rumour is they've seen his face
      floating with his body forever in space.

    • @MarcusHCrawford
      @MarcusHCrawford 6 หลายเดือนก่อน

      I can tell you why….you must not have heard about Warren.

    • @sarge4455
      @sarge4455 6 หลายเดือนก่อน

      He dead

    • @RobertEWaters
      @RobertEWaters หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@sarge4455 But you can't hear about it.

  • @prettygoodactually
    @prettygoodactually 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

    Heck yes. Love these compilation ones

  • @davidaldridge9341
    @davidaldridge9341 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

    Oh, what a treat! Many thanks!

  • @DiscipleOfHeavyMeta1
    @DiscipleOfHeavyMeta1 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +12

    Best subgenre of sci-fi is horror. Best subgenre of horror is sci-fi.

    • @5tsumi13
      @5tsumi13 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      Aptly put 💯

    • @MarcusHCrawford
      @MarcusHCrawford 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      Agreed.

  • @ScullyPop
    @ScullyPop 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

    Awesome compilation!

  • @robbabcock_
    @robbabcock_ 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    What a phenomenal collection! They're all great but I'm especially struck by the genius of Kurt Vonnegut!

  • @anthonybarnwell767
    @anthonybarnwell767 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

    Outstanding Mr Gordon 😊

  • @soulreaver1983
    @soulreaver1983 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    Outstanding as always many thanks Ian!🙂👍

  • @DarkKnightCap
    @DarkKnightCap 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    long time, massive fan. May i suggest a 24/7 livestream of past work. I and many i'm sure would love it. Much thanks

    • @HorrorBabble
      @HorrorBabble  8 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Thanks for listening! An interesting idea, but I'm not sure how that would work -- wouldn't you start listening midway through a story?

    • @DarkKnightCap
      @DarkKnightCap 8 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@HorrorBabble seems like every "CreepyPasta" has a 24/7 livestream.I could only imagine what you're voice would do to that many, many viewers. No one cares of time. "Time is a flat circle"

    • @DarkKnightCap
      @DarkKnightCap 8 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Be on it H.B. at least a 2nd channel of a constant livestream. It will be worth while.

  • @prabhdeepsingh5642
    @prabhdeepsingh5642 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Yesss. Sci-fi horror! My favourite genre. Thanks Horrorbabble. 🤗

  • @myidvarchive889
    @myidvarchive889 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    Thank you so much Ian! Do you plan on covering longer stories? Dorian gray for example

    • @HorrorBabble
      @HorrorBabble  8 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      To be honest, I prefer to record short stories. I've recorded the odd novella and novel here and there though: th-cam.com/play/PLeNNKRLWxwoPpyIz12_Mfsc01c2PLqSvG.html

    • @donknox6066
      @donknox6066 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      ​@HorrorBabble thank you. Short stories are my favorite. I find it nearly impossible to clear more than an hour a day for myself.

  • @lovely1762
    @lovely1762 5 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Beautiful and interesting stories

  • @giu4295
    @giu4295 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

    1:16:21 goes hard

  • @lilmisstarabear
    @lilmisstarabear 8 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Loved every minute of it.

  • @Aroundthesquarebowl
    @Aroundthesquarebowl 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    Thank you ❤

  • @thegreyetch
    @thegreyetch 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

    MORE SCI FI!!! Don't get me wrong, the weird fiction is top notch. But sci fi horror seems like the logical successor to weird fiction.

    • @HorrorBabble
      @HorrorBabble  8 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      There'll be more down the line.

  • @michellebastiani6470
    @michellebastiani6470 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

    Oh goodness I love "Fessenden's Worlds"! I love that it's the first story in such a great lineup. 🆒🖤

  • @tonydabaloney
    @tonydabaloney 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    The first story caught my imagination. What if with our ever growing knowledge of the micro world ,down to the quantum realm, we find another universe inside a quark and find that us and our universe is just a connected series of Russian doll universes ,each inside another on to infinity. I remember reading a silly novel from the 50s where astronauts took a ship futher and further until they finally could look back and see that their universe was no more than a cosmic speck in a hair on the back of a dog like creature. We maybe just an experiment by another race that may tire of it at any moment!

  • @niverian7789
    @niverian7789 7 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Listening to the Crystal Egg, it makes me see it almost as a prototype leading into War of the Worlds. Which could be an excellent dramatic reading on your channel if and when you are willing to do so.

  • @TraitofSiNN727
    @TraitofSiNN727 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

    next time HorrorBabble can you do the sci-fi story
    Marionettes, Inc by Ray Bradbury?? that would be awesome.

    • @HorrorBabble
      @HorrorBabble  8 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      Would love to, but very few Bradbury works are in the public domain.

  • @wesleywilliams-qj1bl
    @wesleywilliams-qj1bl 8 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Awesome awesome reads and stories… and I am only on the first take 😂

  • @alantaylor353
    @alantaylor353 7 หลายเดือนก่อน

    AWESOMENESS.!! 👍 👍 👍

  • @GhostCrowBrother
    @GhostCrowBrother 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Fessendon's Worlds is perfectly horrifying 😮

  • @calliesoutherland9435
    @calliesoutherland9435 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +4

    The greatest channel ever!

  • @TheMetasponge
    @TheMetasponge 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Hi Ian/Everyone,
    I'm trying to locate a story which was recorded on this channel, probably a few years ago at this point, and can't for the life of me remember what it was called or who it was by.
    As far as I can remember, the premise is that of a news/radio transmission transcriber who is transcribing the news of a town/village slowly being engulfed by some sort of malign fog/mist. It's definitely not 'Fog Country' by Allison V. Harding - that I do know.
    Unfortunately I also can't remember whether it featured as a standalone recording, or as part of a compilation.
    If anyone can clue me in, it'd be very much appreciated!

    • @HorrorBabble
      @HorrorBabble  8 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      The Night Wire? th-cam.com/video/fDFhd_YXGbo/w-d-xo.html

    • @TheMetasponge
      @TheMetasponge 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      @@HorrorBabble That's the one! Thanks very much.

  • @tribbyyonda-bass9186
    @tribbyyonda-bass9186 หลายเดือนก่อน

    how many authors worked on thisss??in love with this!

    • @HorrorBabble
      @HorrorBabble  หลายเดือนก่อน

      Almost all of them are dead and gone, I'm afraid!

  • @Eris123451
    @Eris123451 8 หลายเดือนก่อน

    I won't be bothering with these since as with much of the stuff here, (there can't be much CAS left that you haven't done,) I've read and reread most of them already but it's good see to Iain's original work included in the compilation and it stands up well which is quite a high bar.
    Nice to see Vonnegut, (a bit of a hero of mine,) included as well.

    • @HorrorBabble
      @HorrorBabble  8 หลายเดือนก่อน

      There's a great deal of CAS we haven't touched yet... the man produced a LOT.

    • @Eris123451
      @Eris123451 8 หลายเดือนก่อน

      That would be good and also perhaps an unexpected bonus since I thought that I'd read pretty much everything he, (CAS,) wrote already, (he's probably among my favorite authors of the classics of the genre for his use of language alone; after Lovecraft and familiarity doesn't necessarily breed contempt,) but I still pretty much enjoy almost all of your readings including your own stuff.

  • @MsRexsmurphy
    @MsRexsmurphy 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +4

    Oh Warren. I sure miss you.

    • @danieldonnelly5778
      @danieldonnelly5778 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      Fool.... He disappeared he tricked us all he's not gone!

    • @danieldonnelly5778
      @danieldonnelly5778 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      Sorry I have to lie to myself friend... I can't... I can't take reality you see ole boy.. I created a fall reality a lie a ruse to myself to say he's still around... You see ole boy? Forgive me for calling you a fool!

    • @sarge4455
      @sarge4455 8 หลายเดือนก่อน

      He dead

  • @awarningtothecuriouswerewolves
    @awarningtothecuriouswerewolves 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    I'm Baaccck! Warren!

  • @tbknick6703
    @tbknick6703 7 หลายเดือนก่อน

    The first story reminded me so much of that one rick and morty episode😂

  • @MarcusHCrawford
    @MarcusHCrawford 6 หลายเดือนก่อน

    My two favorite genres. Of course I like having them mixed. Event Horizon, anyone?
    Edit:
    This Gordon guy has a good story in here. I wonder who this chap is? Wouldn’t mind hearing more of his work. 😉

  • @sir-meatsheild
    @sir-meatsheild 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Am sure this 1st story became a twilight zone episode.

    • @HorrorBabble
      @HorrorBabble  8 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      Quite possible, though I don't think there was a direct adaptation.

    • @sir-meatsheild
      @sir-meatsheild 8 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@HorrorBabble can't remember if it's the 1st or 2nd season of the original 50's shiw

  • @PyramidXSlender
    @PyramidXSlender 8 หลายเดือนก่อน

    First story: how was he able to watch the planet's development if it was moving with superspeed? He would not be able to keep it in his view for 1 second

  • @Shacthulhu
    @Shacthulhu 8 หลายเดือนก่อน

    A popular story by Laird Barron is a straight derivative of “The Fear Experiment”. It should be credited as an adaptation.

    • @HorrorBabble
      @HorrorBabble  8 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      What’s the story? I haven’t heard of the author.

    • @Shacthulhu
      @Shacthulhu 8 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@HorrorBabble The story is called “Vastation”. It may be found in the collection titled “The Beautiful Thing That Awaits Us All”. Barron is the author of many New Mythos tales such as “The Men From Porlock”, “The Broadsword”, and “Mysterium Tremendum”. I highly recommend his work!

    • @HorrorBabble
      @HorrorBabble  8 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      Thanks! I think it predates The Fear Experiment (I penned it in 2014). Either way, I’m intrigued! Thanks again for the introduction.

    • @Shacthulhu
      @Shacthulhu 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      @@HorrorBabble You are absolutely correct. Also, congratulations are in order for “The Fear Experiment”. It’s one of the best tales in this great compilation, one of your best IMO. Barron may also be found in the compilations “Book of Cthulhu 1&2” and “Lovecraft’s Monsters” alongside and edited by Gaiman. Thank you so much for your efforts! You lot bring so much joy to so many of us seekers of forbidden knowledge!

  • @andreasfilis9001
    @andreasfilis9001 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Good I planned nothing for the upcoming seven hours!

  • @wesbeuning1733
    @wesbeuning1733 6 วันที่ผ่านมา

    "Must protect Summer!"

  • @read_the_tds1768
    @read_the_tds1768 8 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Can someone explain the Warren quote to me?

    • @lisatate7783
      @lisatate7783 5 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Many of the HorrorBabble productions on TH-cam start with a voice saying “You fool! Warren is dead.” Perhaps from an HP Lovecraft story.

  • @Shacthulhu
    @Shacthulhu 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    And, away I go! Dance card is full.

    • @brograb898
      @brograb898 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      Tip of the hat.

  • @bigsarge2085
    @bigsarge2085 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    ❤️‍🔥

  • @tjdanehy5444
    @tjdanehy5444 16 วันที่ผ่านมา

    Brother, I had to dig way too deep to find this. The amount of "7 totally TRUE horror STORIES that will make YOUR skin CRAP ITSELF" videos I had to scroll past is insane. This deserves so much more recognition.

  • @1701EarlGrey
    @1701EarlGrey 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    SF and horror is match made in haven!

  • @jash6244
    @jash6244 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    The crystal egg he stared into thee abyss and thee abyss stared back.🐦‍🔥

  • @dustincampbell4835
    @dustincampbell4835 8 หลายเดือนก่อน

    15:00

  • @BobbyMarcum-nh9lt
    @BobbyMarcum-nh9lt 8 หลายเดือนก่อน

    In the first story Mr smarty wizard does not adequately explain where the gas comes from which is the start of the universe. The gas is exactly the universe and no less where did it come from, I ask ye?

  • @leebennett1821
    @leebennett1821 8 หลายเดือนก่อน

    In space nobody can smell your farts 😂😂😂

    • @HorrorBabble
      @HorrorBabble  8 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      Just terrible, Lee!

  • @BryinWillis-e8g
    @BryinWillis-e8g 28 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

    1hrs 57min

  • @vobp-kk6kz
    @vobp-kk6kz 8 หลายเดือนก่อน

    i didn't get the second story
    was the guy crazy ?

    • @ptfsndsw7028
      @ptfsndsw7028 3 หลายเดือนก่อน

      I'm pretty sure he was of sound mind, after he realized they weren't cops, escaped, made it home and was almost killed by one of his sons, and everything else, i think what they were eluding to is the guy at the end was also an alien, the knowledge he had of the situation was too great, but I also fell asleep listening to it last night so take what I said with a grain of salt.

  • @GlennWebster-ut2xx
    @GlennWebster-ut2xx 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

    👍

  • @jbfrank7519
    @jbfrank7519 8 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Fta.

  • @sub-jec-tiv
    @sub-jec-tiv 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Thank you so much for this compilation. Weird science is a great look for Horrorbabble! 🫶

  • @Jason-ng2vf
    @Jason-ng2vf 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    Great compilation!