You can usually tell an AI narration within a few sentences. I refuse to listen to them, and I know a number of people who feel the same, so take heart. Nothing like an excellent, human performance. Thanks, as always.
This story freaked me out. Especially when you were the voice of the dead man. I listened to it in the dead of night by myself. But it also brought to mind the intelligence of Poe’s word crafting. I think I enjoyed it. I’ll see how I sleep tonight!
Loved the rendition! Many thanks! The distortion of Valdemar's voice when he speaks from past the veil, made my hair stand on end! One comment, on the thoughts on the story, though. I don't think Poe was "saying" anything really. He was an artist; his goal was to give the reader an aesthetic experience. In this case the specific experience being one of horror (fear and loathing), plus a certain amount of wonder -- all of which he does rather better than anyone else, in this story at least. He wrote another story, more mystical, about the experience of death, which had beauty and wonder displace the horror somewhat. I think he was just interested in death in all its aspects, and wanted to explore the actual experience of in these stories, evoking it in his art by means of the creation of aesthetic arrest (the reader's ego is shattered; he/she becomes pure observer, the story becomes the "thing of the universe" -- to quote Joseph Campbell -- creating a vicarious thrill of shivering fear, horror, and concomitant/resulting pleasure). As Campbell says, true art has no message other than to say "yes" to the travails of life. There is, of course, a moral substrata, consisting of various assumed values, but nothing (I believe) that is actually didactic, nothing that tries to teach, to "say" anything. Love your audio readings; would love to see more Poe pieces; he wastes not one single word, almost unique in the genre: even the great ghost story writers sketch out backgrounds in more extensive/verbose styles (IMHO).
The AIs are horrible. Mispronounced words, bad phrasing, totally lacking in nuance. You can only get those from a live narrator. I've unsubscribed myself from many of those channels. Please just keep doing what you do = you are one of the best!
Right about the time M. Valdemar was asked again whether he were sleeping, about three seconds before his answer changed, my phone sent me a game notification. It was directly next to my ear... I narrowly avoided a coronary event myself. Jesus wept, Tony. That one was 'orrible
Thanks so much for this rendition of M. Valdemar! It was the very first E.A. Poe story I remember reading for myself in my youth. You and Edgar raised the hackles on my scalp and back again, just as they stood up all those years ago.
But, but, but : you (probably) wouldn't get the ramblings with AI, and nobody would be able to get into the locked drawer. It would be a great loss. Great narration, and a spooky story, perfect for Halloween ! Thanks Tony
The AI that can come close to a Tony Walker narration will never exist. I agree we can just go ahead and let things be magical. I also was lit up by quantum theory in exactly the same way as transcendental poetry, long before New Age was a thing. I've always felt instinctively that they are the same thing. Music too.
I hate, absolutely hate stories narrated by AI. they are flat emotionless, they drone on, and on, it's awful. It's nothing like a real speaking voice or a real narration at all. I love your work, and your narration is always amazing.
A Cheer goes up in the Dingbatt household, Tony Walker has been busy Storytelling!! Now we're going to shaddap and Listen, Thank you very much again Tony!! You're the Best!!😊❤
In terms of narration, as far as I am aware, you and Horrorbable stand alone. Add to that your commentaries and I cannot, for the life of me, understand how someone would prefer AI content over your work. Please keep at it! And thanks for all the amazing content!
I adore your work and I can’t wait for more of your readings! The AI will NEVER EVER prefect the nuance and emotion that you create. Your work resonates and builds community. AI it’s like fast food.
people still have an edge so far ! but the ai channels are going so well and the can just pump out bulk. The ai frankenstein does loads better than my frankenstein
Edgar Poe is one of my all-time favorites and has been for decades. I think this is one of his most frightening stories. And the voice you used for the dead M. Valdemar is marvelously frightening! As for AI, give me a real person with a real voice and real emotions every time! I've started to listen to a few stories that I soon realized were AI generated. I immediately dropped them because they don't sound or feel real, plus I like supporting the real storytellers on TH-cam, like you
Disturbing story. Wouldn't be at all surprised if I read it in my teenage years and suppressed it. I know that the human body cannot survive without nutrition, etc., I know that it isn't possible, yet I still shudder. As for AI, I never listen. There is something creepy about that, too. It isn't alive; yet, it speaks.
Epic rant Tony. I have listened to AI before and the character voice narration is always lacking. Differering voices for characters are a good touch. Plus, they cannot capture the drama of a piece and convey that in their performance. Like music, it is all about the performance. Your performance in this story was outstanding. Poe-kip-see but say it however the hell you want to.
Tony could you please give the spelling of the french author you mention at around the 39 minute mark that you say was influenced by Poe? I did try to google how I thought his name might be spelled but no luck. Thank you! And also thank you for another fantastic reading of this truly grotesque Poe story. I think its one of his works that deserves much more praise and exposure than it has. Particularly in mainstream. Think what an amazing movie they could make with this instead of reboots and the same tired old horror formulas. Thanks! Oh and PS I look forward to listening to you discuss the book, author and everything above, below and in-between immensely. You're an absolute wealth of knowledge and definitely a brother from a different mother 😄 Cheers
New to this delightful channel. Thank you so much for your work. 26:05 - I do share a birthday with Poe! I remember once in middle school, sitting in our living room doing homework on a lovely afternoon with my mother close by in the kitchen, and being absolutely spooked by the assigned reading of The Telltale Heart…
Alright!! A tad bored awaiting my afternoon College Football Sports show to begin at 3pm (edt), here Mr. Tony surprised us members with a new upload!! Gotta watch it!!
@ClassicGhost Great job, Mr. Tony. Your discussion around 37:38 made me chuckle. There were a few Paramedics that I worked with over the years that could talk about death and a humans condition after death while sitting at the supper table at the firehouse, eating spaghetti!! 😂😂 We just shook our heads!! But, they were damn good medics!! Btw, I'm the furtherest thing away from a Yankee New Yorker, but it's pronounced 'Puh kip see'.
Really enjoyed the discussion part afterwards - and that is something A.I. would not be able to do. The thing that struck me hearing the story was I was expecting that after seven months in stasis Valdemar's rasping voice would say 'Kill me' or 'let me go' or something similar - sort of 'Johnny got his gun'. That he would be somehow trapped in a gap between life and death and that that would be hellish for him, no matter what came afterwards, something else or oblivion. So the fact that he begged to be put 'back to sleep' - to remain in that statis - was a surprise? As you stay the moral of the story seems to be not to meddle in death - because you end up with a slimy corpse in the end - but that is portrayed as being a horror for the narrator and other observers to witness. I was expecting the message to also be that it was even more of a horror for Valdemar...
Oh my sir! This one really chilled me! That voice! My hair stood on end! Story and fabulous performance apart, (yes you are a great artist, and skilled producer), the talk struck chords on so many levels. Very personal levels. Probably not many people help someone through that door, and it's just a scary story. But when you're there seeing the degeneration, at the end of life it brings the whole ethics question sharply into focus. Also I have been terribly worried that I may have inadvertantly offended you with a silly Halloween quip; I have a daft sense of humour and certainly never meant any disrespect. Kind reguards.
@@ClassicGhostthank you. I do over-think things sometimes. Sometimes my comments just disappear and I think that I wrote something that ticked people off.
Hypnotism definitely still draws a lot of interest. I can't believe you didn't mention Derren Brown and his TV series where he hypnotized people en masse. Talk about creepy!
A.I. will never replace you Tony. It doesn't know when to pause, emphasize certain words or phrases, show surprise, fear, happiness - all these things and more are automatic in a real narrator such as yourself. As soon as I realise I'm listening to A.I., I swiftly move on!
Over my many decades of reading weird fiction, somehow I kept skipping past this story. What a great yarn (of course). Wonderfully performed. There seems to be quite a few stories from this Era featuring mesmerism. The kinds of tales that, at one time or another, used the foil of electrical power, or chemical concoction, or radioactivity, perhaps genetic mutation.
You are absolutely correct..if I inadvertently open an audio that is ‘robot’ I close the whole of the site down as rubbish. They might get the hint eventually. In the meantime…this guy is great and must be winning the votes hands down. ❤
Many thanks Tony, a great reading and very thoughtful epilogue. Fascinating to think that so much of American popular culture in the mid C19 is shaped by spiritualism and a fascination with the afterlife, it's like disenchantment set in before the cataclysm of the world wars.
@ClassicGhost you laid it all out for us Tony:-). I wonder (and possibly it's a dead end) if the ghost story as a tradition of story telling can be seen as working in the same way that a sci-fi is seen: as a mirror for contemporary anxiety (HG Wells is the archetype)? Or does it exist as a form of nostalgia (this seems very in MR James) , or a yearning to put limits on a highly instrumental sort of Reason - as with the Poe story here?
Oh, honestly, is nothing sacred?! People don't be taken in by Fakery - support your local Real Person, Author, Reader, Actor, C@%h, Check-out Op, Assistant - otherwise it mightn't end well... Rather like this tale. Cheers!
My daughter wrote an essay in an environmental philosophy class that basically stated that rationalism was a crucial component of environmental exploitation because it removed the sacred from the natural world. This created the needed mindset to place humans above everything in existence instead of a part of existence.
When I read this story in the Raven Collection as a kid, it scared the poop out of me. As an adult, it’s one of my least favorite Poe stories, lurid and lacking his characteristic introspection. All this to say: give it to son or daughter, niece or nephew and terrify them. Then read Pym. That’s to say nothing of Tony’s narration, which IS characteristically excellent!
Poe got kicked out of USMA West Point for showing up to formation in the nude.😂 That’s where I went to school, and he had to be pretty brave/crazy to show up naked on The Plain. They’d physically beat you back then.
You have now reached a level of excellence whereby buying coffee is necessary. Not that you were crap before or anything. But, y'know, quality should be fiscally appreciated. Btw listening on TH-cam Music (subscription required) removes ads. Not sure if you know that.
Tony dear friend, I would never trade you for the a. I. It is just not good quality and I listen just as much for your commentary as I do for the story.
For 'sensationalist' literature, you should check out the early C17 'revenge tragedies'! The best-known is The Duchess of Malfi, but although that one is absolutely heart-rending and brilliant, it's probably the least sensational of the genre. They're usually packed with high drama, lust, incest, murder, mutilation (and revenge, of course)...! I went to see a production of "'Tis Pity She's a Whore' at a small local theatre, and on the programme, a credit was given to the local butcher's shop for providing the offal for the production...nuff said! Seriously, though, it's shocking how explicit, transgressive and gory they were, especially for the early 1600s, when England was on the verge of becoming a Puritan country. Needless to say, these plays were extremely popular.
Biographers insist Poe was not a drunk, although a few times in his life for short periods of time he drank heavily after tragedy struck him. One of his enemies got hold of his papers when Poe died in order line biography which claimed that he used alcohol and opium regularly which was not true. .
Oh yuck! That was amazing! I never read that one. Wonderfully horrible. I need to revisit his writing as well as digging into his life. The voice was good but I definitely need to listen to this again at night with no distractions and the sound up. Another fantastic narration. AI narration is awful. I find myself correcting the pronunciation aloud. Makes me crazy.
the very idea of "explanation" verges on arrogance. science is absolutely amazing, but doesn't approach explanation, even as a limit.. what words could possibly explain consciousness? when i studied math, i had a book that 'explained' linear algebra. but if anything, i was more mystified after reading it than before.
it is clearly AI. There are other AI channels but at least they admit it. I know I have an axe to grind but it does make me laugh when the comments go on about how these narrators on that channel are so much better than AI narrators. They’ve even got a woman there who’s got a lovely voice, but she’s a robot and they are sending a little ❤️ saying Olivia. I love your voice. That makes me fall over laughing.
@@ClassicGhostis it really how fkn ceeepy should've realized it as they upload so freakin fast and also they have the limey vo guy ANd the yank, which I always wondered how itf THAT ever occurred, lol cheers T
Poe wrote a newspaper fake article taken seriously. A Google search should answer ... might be interesting, but not really a detective story and definitely not a ghost story, just quirky (brilliant?) Poe.
@@peterbianchi6219what was the hoax - oh that's not fair i'll look it up later - shmmmmmmmaaaaaaybe, if i ain feelin laaaaaazhy. very interesting cheers
AI is an insult, I want nothing to do with it, my 14 yr d grand son thinks it is cool, anyone I know about my age calls it trash, I praise Tony walker every chance I get
No worries (yet?) about AI. At least not until your voice is cloned. Your narrations excel. Those other (AI) offerings? Annoying, not entertaining or enjoyable. BTW, that "voice from beyond" woke me right up from a pleasant doze ...
Can’t replace you. Thanks once again for all the work you put in to it. Something I saw written somewhere resonated with me. Paraphrasing: I want AI to be doing things like the dishes and my house work so I can have time to be creative, not so IT can get better at being creative. Thanks again!
You can usually tell an AI narration within a few sentences. I refuse to listen to them, and I know a number of people who feel the same, so take heart. Nothing like an excellent, human performance. Thanks, as always.
Absolute agree!
I wont listen to AI.
Agree I do same
AI reading literature disgusting somehow.
The AI may replace the narrator, but it can never replace the rambling.
The best part of your podcast is the rambling bits after the story.
This guy makes a poor text sound interesting… can’t beat ‘real’ emotional narration.
My grandfather introduced me to Edgar Alan Poe when I was five years old. Been hooked ever since. Probably explains a lot about me. 😂
It was my mother for me, but same 😂
It was a rather small, paperback book of his short stories, as I recall. Been a fan of his since.
Wow you met Edgar Allen Poe, what was he like ? 🧐..... Lol
Hah! I first thought you actually met him! 😅 For me it was my dad in the early 70s at about 9 or 10
It was my mom.
@@Biggusdickuss111😅
This story freaked me out. Especially when you were the voice of the dead man. I listened to it in the dead of night by myself. But it also brought to mind the intelligence of Poe’s word crafting. I think I enjoyed it. I’ll see how I sleep tonight!
Loved the rendition! Many thanks! The distortion of Valdemar's voice when he speaks from past the veil, made my hair stand on end!
One comment, on the thoughts on the story, though. I don't think Poe was "saying" anything really. He was an artist; his goal was to give the reader an aesthetic experience. In this case the specific experience being one of horror (fear and loathing), plus a certain amount of wonder -- all of which he does rather better than anyone else, in this story at least.
He wrote another story, more mystical, about the experience of death, which had beauty and wonder displace the horror somewhat. I think he was just interested in death in all its aspects, and wanted to explore the actual experience of in these stories, evoking it in his art by means of the creation of aesthetic arrest (the reader's ego is shattered; he/she becomes pure observer, the story becomes the "thing of the universe" -- to quote Joseph Campbell -- creating a vicarious thrill of shivering fear, horror, and concomitant/resulting pleasure).
As Campbell says, true art has no message other than to say "yes" to the travails of life. There is, of course, a moral substrata, consisting of various assumed values, but nothing (I believe) that is actually didactic, nothing that tries to teach, to "say" anything.
Love your audio readings; would love to see more Poe pieces; he wastes not one single word, almost unique in the genre: even the great ghost story writers sketch out backgrounds in more extensive/verbose styles (IMHO).
The AIs are horrible. Mispronounced words, bad phrasing, totally lacking in nuance. You can only get those from a live narrator. I've unsubscribed myself from many of those channels. Please just keep doing what you do = you are one of the best!
I agree!
No, THE BEST!
@@kathyorourke9273 Horror babble is one of the best too.
Just can't listen to it.
🎯
Appreciate hearing your real voice, Tony!
thank you ! it is really me :)
This is my FAVORITE EAPoe story. You did it justice, and I thank you ❤
glad you liked it. It was great fun to do.
Your commentary following your stories are greatly appreciated
I appreciate that :)
Right about the time M. Valdemar was asked again whether he were sleeping, about three seconds before his answer changed, my phone sent me a game notification. It was directly next to my ear... I narrowly avoided a coronary event myself.
Jesus wept, Tony. That one was 'orrible
Made me laugh though. That's the evil in me.
Always love a narrated EAP story. Especially one that hasn't been done to ad nauseum. Thank you for this Halloween treat 👍👍👍
Thanks so much for this rendition of M. Valdemar! It was the very first E.A. Poe story I remember reading for myself in my youth. You and Edgar raised the hackles on my scalp and back again, just as they stood up all those years ago.
But, but, but : you (probably) wouldn't get the ramblings with AI, and nobody would be able to get into the locked drawer. It would be a great loss. Great narration, and a spooky story, perfect for Halloween ! Thanks Tony
I enjoy listening to you talk after the story
The AI that can come close to a Tony Walker narration will never exist. I agree we can just go ahead and let things be magical. I also was lit up by quantum theory in exactly the same way as transcendental poetry, long before New Age was a thing. I've always felt instinctively that they are the same thing. Music too.
I hate, absolutely hate stories narrated by AI. they are flat emotionless, they drone on, and on, it's awful. It's nothing like a real speaking voice or a real narration at all.
I love your work, and your narration is always amazing.
Good that you know the M in the name is the French abbreviation of monsieur and not Valdemar's first initial as too many other readers say it.
A Cheer goes up in the Dingbatt household, Tony Walker has been busy Storytelling!!
Now we're going to shaddap and Listen, Thank you very much again Tony!!
You're the Best!!😊❤
😂
You're in very good company...
Your work is art !
Very much loving the story discussion even more than yhe story itself. The takeaway warning had me in fits 😅👌.
In terms of narration, as far as I am aware, you and Horrorbable stand alone.
Add to that your commentaries and I cannot, for the life of me, understand how someone would prefer AI content over your work.
Please keep at it!
And thanks for all the amazing content!
I adore your work and I can’t wait for more of your readings! The AI will NEVER EVER prefect the nuance and emotion that you create. Your work resonates and builds community. AI it’s like fast food.
people still have an edge so far ! but the ai channels are going so well and the can just pump out bulk. The ai frankenstein does loads better than my frankenstein
@@ClassicGhost(Most) People will tire of the drones. Sheeple will love it forever.
Edgar Poe is one of my all-time favorites and has been for decades. I think this is one of his most frightening stories. And the voice you used for the dead M. Valdemar is marvelously frightening!
As for AI, give me a real person with a real voice and real emotions every time! I've started to listen to a few stories that I soon realized were AI generated. I immediately dropped them because they don't sound or feel real, plus I like supporting the real storytellers on TH-cam, like you
Disturbing story. Wouldn't be at all surprised if I read it in my teenage years and suppressed it. I know that the human body cannot survive without nutrition, etc., I know that it isn't possible, yet I still shudder. As for AI, I never listen. There is something creepy about that, too. It isn't alive; yet, it speaks.
It isn't alive, yet, it speaks! I must steal that line
Such a dark delicious tale for the Halloween season! Thanks Tony.❤
Bloody hell I wasn't prepared for that voice, chilled me through. Thanks tony.
Ha ha! i am evil 👿
Right!!!! :=)
Yes, it gave me a bit of a turn! 🤣
I read this in German as a youth, and now enjoy your reading the original text. Mesmerizing indeed...
Epic rant Tony. I have listened to AI before and the character voice narration is always lacking. Differering voices for characters are a good touch. Plus, they cannot capture the drama of a piece and convey that in their performance. Like music, it is all about the performance. Your performance in this story was outstanding.
Poe-kip-see but say it however the hell you want to.
Thank you sir ❤really appreciate your work luv your channel 😊😊❤
Tony could you please give the spelling of the french author you mention at around the 39 minute mark that you say was influenced by Poe? I did try to google how I thought his name might be spelled but no luck. Thank you! And also thank you for another fantastic reading of this truly grotesque Poe story. I think its one of his works that deserves much more praise and exposure than it has. Particularly in mainstream. Think what an amazing movie they could make with this instead of reboots and the same tired old horror formulas.
Thanks!
Oh and
PS
I look forward to listening to you discuss the book, author and everything above, below and in-between immensely. You're an absolute wealth of knowledge and definitely a brother from a different mother 😄
Cheers
Charles Baudelaire!
Detestable Putrescence has to be a band name at this point.
Ha ha. I bet it is.
New to this delightful channel. Thank you so much for your work. 26:05 - I do share a birthday with Poe! I remember once in middle school, sitting in our living room doing homework on a lovely afternoon with my mother close by in the kitchen, and being absolutely spooked by the assigned reading of The Telltale Heart…
Thumbs up 👍 from me sir! Thank you.
Alright!! A tad bored awaiting my afternoon College Football Sports show to begin at 3pm (edt), here Mr. Tony surprised us members with a new upload!! Gotta watch it!!
Remember to give it a few minutes to process.
@@ClassicGhost alrighty, sir!!
@ClassicGhost Great job, Mr. Tony. Your discussion around 37:38 made me chuckle. There were a few Paramedics that I worked with over the years that could talk about death and a humans condition after death while sitting at the supper table at the firehouse, eating spaghetti!! 😂😂 We just shook our heads!!
But, they were damn good medics!!
Btw, I'm the furtherest thing away from a Yankee New Yorker, but it's pronounced 'Puh kip see'.
Disturbing tale which really creeps me out with your fantastic, vivid narration and thought-provoking commentary.
Ooh, this is going to be fantastic, I just know it!!!
Of course you're an actor! Just because we can't see you doesn't mean you aren't creating images with words.
Excellent performances. No video required. Like SpongeBob says ... "Imagination!".
It’s 5.30 am Monday morning sat with morning cup of tea listening to the beautiful voice of Tony, who I could listen to all day thanks mr walker
A fascinating story of its time. And your commentary was so informative and interesting. Thanks, Tony.
This story scared me so much as a kid, and hasn’t lost its effect with time! Nicely done Tony.
Really enjoyed the discussion part afterwards - and that is something A.I. would not be able to do. The thing that struck me hearing the story was I was expecting that after seven months in stasis Valdemar's rasping voice would say 'Kill me' or 'let me go' or something similar - sort of 'Johnny got his gun'. That he would be somehow trapped in a gap between life and death and that that would be hellish for him, no matter what came afterwards, something else or oblivion. So the fact that he begged to be put 'back to sleep' - to remain in that statis - was a surprise? As you stay the moral of the story seems to be not to meddle in death - because you end up with a slimy corpse in the end - but that is portrayed as being a horror for the narrator and other observers to witness. I was expecting the message to also be that it was even more of a horror for Valdemar...
Was drifting off when the dead man spoke! Bloody hellfire I totally scared myself 😀😀👻
Oh my sir!
This one really chilled me!
That voice! My hair stood on end!
Story and fabulous performance apart, (yes you are a great artist, and skilled producer), the talk struck chords on so many levels.
Very personal levels.
Probably not many people help someone through that door, and it's just a scary story. But when you're there seeing the degeneration, at the end of life it brings the whole ethics question sharply into focus.
Also I have been terribly worried that I may have inadvertantly offended you with a silly Halloween quip; I have a daft sense of humour and certainly never meant any disrespect.
Kind reguards.
I don’t think you did offend me. I don’t feel offended. :)
@@ClassicGhostthank you. I do over-think things sometimes.
Sometimes my comments just disappear and I think that I wrote something that ticked people off.
i never delete your comments
❤@@ClassicGhost
Hypnotism definitely still draws a lot of interest. I can't believe you didn't mention Derren Brown and his TV series where he hypnotized people en masse. Talk about creepy!
A.I. will never replace you Tony. It doesn't know when to pause, emphasize certain words or phrases, show surprise, fear, happiness - all these things and more are automatic in a real narrator such as yourself. As soon as I realise I'm listening to A.I., I swiftly move on!
Truly enjoyed the post-reading part besides the story. Thank you! 🙏
You are so welcome
You......not a talented artist????!!!!! nonsense! you're amazing! Thank you for sharing your talents with us.
*_In articulo mortis_* is a Latin phrase that means "at the point of death" or "in the instant of death"
thank you
right whilst articulating death- very poetic, that
Love the breakdown analysis at the end. Well done!❤
Thank you
Your reading is superb, as usual. The dead voice effect was super successful! Made me about jump out of my skin, I was so startled by it!
Over my many decades of reading weird fiction, somehow I kept skipping past this story. What a great yarn (of course). Wonderfully performed.
There seems to be quite a few stories from this Era featuring mesmerism. The kinds of tales that, at one time or another, used the foil of electrical power, or chemical concoction, or radioactivity, perhaps genetic mutation.
I'm with you on the Fall of the House of Usher being WAY better than Tell Tale Heart, Tony!
You are absolutely correct..if I inadvertently open an audio that is ‘robot’ I close the whole of the site down as rubbish. They might get the hint eventually. In the meantime…this guy is great and must be winning the votes hands down. ❤
Deliciously evocative, good sir!!
Thank you kindly!
Many thanks Tony, a great reading and very thoughtful epilogue. Fascinating to think that so much of American popular culture in the mid C19 is shaped by spiritualism and a fascination with the afterlife, it's like disenchantment set in before the cataclysm of the world wars.
Very good analysis 🧐
@ClassicGhost you laid it all out for us Tony:-). I wonder (and possibly it's a dead end) if the ghost story as a tradition of story telling can be seen as working in the same way that a sci-fi is seen: as a mirror for contemporary anxiety (HG Wells is the archetype)? Or does it exist as a form of nostalgia (this seems very in MR James) , or a yearning to put limits on a highly instrumental sort of Reason - as with the Poe story here?
Just phenomenal! 👍🏻👌🏻👏🏻
Oh, honestly, is nothing sacred?! People don't be taken in by Fakery - support your local Real Person, Author, Reader, Actor, C@%h, Check-out Op, Assistant - otherwise it mightn't end well... Rather like this tale. Cheers!
Just horrifying. thank you.
My daughter wrote an essay in an environmental philosophy class that basically stated that rationalism was a crucial component of environmental exploitation because it removed the sacred from the natural world. This created the needed mindset to place humans above everything in existence instead of a part of existence.
I am right with her
I love a Bit of Purity Of Essence
and all that nasty stuff at the end too
But, he married his VERY younger cousin. Strange dude.
That sounds a bit puritanical of me! Sorry.
When I read this story in the Raven Collection as a kid, it scared the poop out of me. As an adult, it’s one of my least favorite Poe stories, lurid and lacking his characteristic introspection. All this to say: give it to son or daughter, niece or nephew and terrify them. Then read Pym.
That’s to say nothing of Tony’s narration, which IS characteristically excellent!
I’m curious to know if there are any ghost stories where the ghosts are animals or have ghost animals in them.
Might be my favorite Poe story
I thoughtI knew the voice, Mr Tony Walker.
You did one about Croglin Grange yes?
Poe got kicked out of USMA West Point for showing up to formation in the nude.😂 That’s where I went to school, and he had to be pretty brave/crazy to show up naked on The Plain. They’d physically beat you back then.
I didn’t know that. That is a great story.
Well, he was a little (?) nutz.
@@peterbianchi6219HA! Great riposte (i guess it’s not technically one, just had the martial air, so ... double E)
great story, thanks a ton
You have now reached a level of excellence whereby buying coffee is necessary. Not that you were crap before or anything. But, y'know, quality should be fiscally appreciated.
Btw listening on TH-cam Music (subscription required) removes ads. Not sure if you know that.
Tony dear friend, I would never trade you for the a. I. It is just not good quality and I listen just as much for your commentary as I do for the story.
Poor Valdemar.
Ah yes, the Decadent connection!
Ok, i must know: do you think the Fox Sisters got a bad rap?
I'll see myself out
😂. Boom boom!🦊
For 'sensationalist' literature, you should check out the early C17 'revenge tragedies'! The best-known is The Duchess of Malfi, but although that one is absolutely heart-rending and brilliant, it's probably the least sensational of the genre. They're usually packed with high drama, lust, incest, murder, mutilation (and revenge, of course)...! I went to see a production of "'Tis Pity She's a Whore' at a small local theatre, and on the programme, a credit was given to the local butcher's shop for providing the offal for the production...nuff said! Seriously, though, it's shocking how explicit, transgressive and gory they were, especially for the early 1600s, when England was on the verge of becoming a Puritan country. Needless to say, these plays were extremely popular.
Amen
To nie walker is fantastic ❤
Biographers insist Poe was not a drunk, although a few times in his life for short periods of time he drank heavily after tragedy struck him. One of his enemies got hold of his papers when Poe died in order line biography which claimed that he used alcohol and opium regularly which was not true.
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AI is not good. Heard one by accident and it was unnaturally apparent! Keep up the good work, Human!
Oh yuck! That was amazing! I never read that one. Wonderfully horrible. I need to revisit his writing as well as digging into his life. The voice was good but I definitely need to listen to this again at night with no distractions and the sound up. Another fantastic narration. AI narration is awful. I find myself correcting the pronunciation aloud. Makes me crazy.
Ironic that your comments about ads/patreon were interrupted by 2 unskippable ads
yes, that’s ironic, but it makes my point
Your PSA about how to avoid ads was interrupted with an ad. 😂
i do that on purpose
Love how you casually said, "thanks for the correction, Americans, but maybe you should go back to elementary school" 😂
Same birthday as me
Omigosh: poughkeepsie is my home stomping ground! Pronounced " po kipsee". Accent on the "kip" syllable
the very idea of "explanation" verges on arrogance. science is absolutely amazing, but doesn't approach explanation, even as a limit.. what words could possibly explain consciousness? when i studied math, i had a book that 'explained' linear algebra. but if anything, i was more mystified after reading it than before.
I hate AI! Give me human! One can often tell AI when one hears that mechanical/digital vocal inflection. I’ll take humanity any day over AI.
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26:33 lol you clearly are an artist. Look at you producing content and shit! ❤
Who else thinks the channel "Gates of Imagination" is an A. I. masquerading as real people?
Don't know it, but if it even sounds like AI, I'll avoid it.
it is clearly AI. There are other AI channels but at least they admit it. I know I have an axe to grind but it does make me laugh when the comments go on about how these narrators on that channel are so much better than AI narrators. They’ve even got a woman there who’s got a lovely voice, but she’s a robot and they are sending a little ❤️ saying Olivia. I love your voice. That makes me fall over laughing.
@@ClassicGhostis it really how fkn ceeepy should've realized it as they upload so freakin fast and also they have the limey vo guy ANd the yank, which I always wondered how itf THAT ever occurred, lol
cheers T
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May I offer the Balloon Hoax?
i don’t know what that is
Poe wrote a newspaper fake article taken seriously. A Google search should answer ... might be interesting, but not really a detective story and definitely not a ghost story, just quirky (brilliant?) Poe.
ah thank you :)
@@peterbianchi6219 It's a gigantic hoax, which you mentioned in here somewhere, à la war of the worlds.
@@peterbianchi6219what was the hoax - oh that's not fair i'll look it up later - shmmmmmmmaaaaaaybe, if i ain feelin laaaaaazhy.
very interesting
cheers
AI is an insult, I want nothing to do with it, my 14 yr d grand son thinks it is cool, anyone I know about my age calls it trash, I praise Tony walker every chance I get
No worries (yet?) about AI. At least not until your voice is cloned. Your narrations excel. Those other (AI) offerings? Annoying, not entertaining or enjoyable. BTW, that "voice from beyond" woke me right up from a pleasant doze ...
oh yes it’s
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oh... you ruined it with silly sound effects. Shame, you have an excellent reading voice.
I'm glad you like my voice.
Can’t replace you. Thanks once again for all the work you put in to it.
Something I saw written somewhere resonated with me. Paraphrasing: I want AI to be doing things like the dishes and my house work so I can have time to be creative, not so IT can get better at being creative.
Thanks again!