A little late but worth the wait. Tonight we present The Valley of the Worms by Robert E. Howard. An aged man recounts his past life as a Norse warrior. See you there!
The Valley of the Worm is yet more proof that R.E.Howard is one of the best epic fantasy writers of our era. Had he lived a longer life, he could have become the greatest fiction writer of all times. Thank you for performing this without any devious censorship and respecting the source material!
@@TheCybrarian I checked. You got the original unaltered edition this time👍 By the way, since you can do American accent, how about bringing to life Walter B Gibson's The Shadow in the future? I think that would be great!
This is one of the early tales of Robert E. Howard, who created the genre that we today call barbarian/sword and sorcery. This tale was written when he was still forming his ideas of his more well known characters like Conan the Barbarian and Kull of Atlantis. The story is grim, as it begins with the teller of the tale on his deathbed in the hospital. In his final moments, he imagines, or has a vision, or a memory of a life he lived tens of thousands of years ago, when he was a yellow haired giant of a wandering barbarian tribe. He meet and destroys a deadly Lovecraftian horror that local people worshipped as a god. He dies of his injuries, but leaves behind an immortal legend, of a warrior single handedly slaying a dragon. As the memory fades, the teller of the story breathes his last. But perhaps not forever, as the suggestion is that his soul has lived before, and will live again. This tale was grim and dark, as was several more of Howard's works. But they served to give life to his more popular epic adventurer heroes. Although I prefer Howards' others heroes, this tale is an epic adventure, written with all the creativity and majesty of one of the greatest literary geniuses of all time. One can only mourn the fact that Howard died young. Such is the immortality of the works he left behind, that we can only imagine and wonder what more he could have created had he lived a longer life. The world is poorer for his premature departure. This video channel is wonderful in the way they bring these tales to life, not only in the marvelous voices of the narrators, but in the sound effects that are sometimes used in the background. I would seriously recommend all of the works on their channel. I commend them especially as they read the works as they were written, leaving out nothing, censoring nothing, and allowing us to enjoy the tale as it came from the writer's pen.
Nothing beats hearing my obscure name in literature, It means Helmeted Warrior, and the coolest character trope is the warrior who always wear a helmet.
Moorcock's Eternal Champion maybe took inspiration from The Valley Of The Worm or perhaps The Garden Of Fear. An epic hero reincarnated into a succession of dire conflicts. As always thanks for your wonderful dramatic efforts.
@@TheCybrarian Moorcocks concept of the Eternal Champion is prominent in much of his work...including Elric...many of his characters are intertwined through pass lives or alternate worlds...I highly recommend his older heroic novels...
Thanks for makin' this! I probably would have ne'er heard of this particular Robert E Howard story otherwise! It's also interesting to see set's origin, even if he isn't th' main character.
thank u very much. we have a release coming in the next week or so (with hopefully another before xmas) and we'll give u an update of all thats gone on along with that. Hope u n urs r good too.
Heard this elsewhere. As usual, your version is better. Read the Marvel comic adaptation by Roy Thomas and Gil Kane back in the 70s. Like the ending you tacked on (in the comic he died alone in bed)
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A little late but worth the wait. Tonight we present The Valley of the Worms by Robert E. Howard. An aged man recounts his past life as a Norse warrior. See you there!
The Valley of the Worm is yet more proof that R.E.Howard is one of the best epic fantasy writers of our era. Had he lived a longer life, he could have become the greatest fiction writer of all times. Thank you for performing this without any devious censorship and respecting the source material!
thanks (it's hard to check if the public domain stuff we use is unaltered)
@@TheCybrarian I checked. You got the original unaltered edition this time👍 By the way, since you can do American accent, how about bringing to life Walter B Gibson's The Shadow in the future? I think that would be great!
@@GioTummy3463 oh we are seriously considering that. (need to check which are pivlic domain etc)
I thought Lovecraft was a supremacist until I read Howard's "Skullface".
Geezus Christ...
This is one of the early tales of Robert E. Howard, who created the genre that we today call barbarian/sword and sorcery. This tale was written when he was still forming his ideas of his more well known characters like Conan the Barbarian and Kull of Atlantis. The story is grim, as it begins with the teller of the tale on his deathbed in the hospital. In his final moments, he imagines, or has a vision, or a memory of a life he lived tens of thousands of years ago, when he was a yellow haired giant of a wandering barbarian tribe. He meet and destroys a deadly Lovecraftian horror that local people worshipped as a god. He dies of his injuries, but leaves behind an immortal legend, of a warrior single handedly slaying a dragon. As the memory fades, the teller of the story breathes his last. But perhaps not forever, as the suggestion is that his soul has lived before, and will live again.
This tale was grim and dark, as was several more of Howard's works. But they served to give life to his more popular epic adventurer heroes.
Although I prefer Howards' others heroes, this tale is an epic adventure, written with all the creativity and majesty of one of the greatest literary geniuses of all time. One can only mourn the fact that Howard died young. Such is the immortality of the works he left behind, that we can only imagine and wonder what more he could have created had he lived a longer life. The world is poorer for his premature departure.
This video channel is wonderful in the way they bring these tales to life, not only in the marvelous voices of the narrators, but in the sound effects that are sometimes used in the background. I would seriously recommend all of the works on their channel. I commend them especially as they read the works as they were written, leaving out nothing, censoring nothing, and allowing us to enjoy the tale as it came from the writer's pen.
thank you for your wonderful words
As I revisit this story, I realize this was uploaded just days after my dear friend passed away.
I drink to his memory. 🍷
As Conan would say, 'We drink to his shade'
@@TheCybrarian 🍻🍻🍻
My absolute favorite standalone REH story! 🍻🍻🍻⚔
standalone maybe, but it is interconnect with lots of REH and HPL work
@@TheCybrarian Aye it does.
Nothing beats hearing my obscure name in literature, It means Helmeted Warrior, and the coolest character trope is the warrior who always wear a helmet.
Even in ancient times, safety first 😁
What a wonderful performance! I'd not heard this one before so it was a great joy.
we hadnt heard it til recently, it was a suggestion from a subscriber :)
Moorcock's Eternal Champion maybe took inspiration from The Valley Of The Worm or perhaps The Garden Of Fear. An epic hero reincarnated into a succession of dire conflicts. As always thanks for your wonderful dramatic efforts.
Not read much of Eternal Champion yet, but enjoyed Elric.
@@TheCybrarian Moorcocks concept of the Eternal Champion is prominent in much of his work...including Elric...many of his characters are intertwined through pass lives or alternate worlds...I highly recommend his older heroic novels...
This sounds like Robert Downy Jr in Tropic Thunder. I can't stop hearing it
I'm just a dude, played by a dude, disguised as another dude. lol
Perfect for a peaceful day on the beach!
enjoy, but keep an eye out for sabretooths, huge snake and giant worms
Cybrarian - this is one I’d never heard nor read before. It’s equal parts Conan and Lovecraftian horror. Excellent treatment.
Impressive reading
Fabulous yarn beautifully told, many thanks
This is a great one.
Awesome dramatic reading! Mr Howard would be proud!
Thanks for makin' this! I probably would have ne'er heard of this particular Robert E Howard story otherwise! It's also interesting to see set's origin, even if he isn't th' main character.
Great reading, Cybrarian. Your voice for James Allison reminds me a little of Orson Welles’ character in the Long Hot Summer
wow, orson wells is high praise
Very well done. As always.
Ah amazing as always, it's absolutely worth to wait for these gems
Thanks!
thank you so much
Love this story. Thank you for all your work.
The Valley of the worm is greatest Robert E Howard stories.
Excellent, a new story to me . Well worth the wait.
a lot of these tales are new to us
we've always been conan fans, but it's great to delve further into REHs other work
Found The Cybrarian from a recommendation posted by the excellent HorrorBabble. Excellent reading, sir! New sub! ✔️
we love horrorbabble too
A damned fine reading
The truth is stranger than fiction as the truth is hidden in plain sight in story and myth and all manner of things.
Did Howard chisel his books into solid steel as he wrote them, how can his stuff be so hardcore.
REH was a hardcore guy ✊
Such a tragedy that Mr Howard died so early in life
the line of conan is strong
Hey are you ok? No upload for 4 months strait?!? Hope all is well for you and yours!!!
thank u very much. we have a release coming in the next week or so (with hopefully another before xmas) and we'll give u an update of all thats gone on along with that.
Hope u n urs r good too.
Heard this elsewhere. As usual, your version is better.
Read the Marvel comic adaptation by Roy Thomas and Gil Kane back in the 70s.
Like the ending you tacked on (in the comic he died alone in bed)
thank you
we wanted to kinda tie it in with the other mordern era stories involving hints of mythos
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So racist, but still good.