"The Shadow Out of Time" / Lovecraft's Cthulhu Mythos
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Published 2018-01-22
"The Shadow Out of Time" is a novella by American horror fiction writer H. P. Lovecraft. Written between November 1934 and February 1935, it was first published in the June 1936 issue of Astounding Stories.
Chapters:
0:00:00 - Introduction
0:00:44 - Part I
0:19:26 - Part II
0:37:36 - Part III
0:57:52 - Part IV
1:27:02 - Part V
1:44:48 - Part VI
2:08:16 - Part VII
2:24:40 - Part VIII
2:47:58 - Credits
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All Comments (21)
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I find the idea that there canonically will still be a human empire of some sort in 5000AD to be a shocking ray of hope in Lovecraft’s universe, given the number of world-ending cosmic horrors around.
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Lovecraft really had a knack for the recurring theme of ancient ruins made by non-human civilizations that are largely dead and abandoned, yet something still remains. Whether its the Nameless City in the Middle East, the Elder Things capital in Antarctica, or the underground Yith archives in Australia, you can practically feel like you're there just by reading. Cosmic horror-meets-haunted house atmosphere.
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Leperous, gibenous, fungeloid Moon light. Got ta love the way ole Lovecraft unpacks his adjectives.
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Just a small thing, those typewriter sounds in the beginning. Never change it, its perfect for this channel. So soothing, and so immersion building.
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I always felt that Professor Dyer must have been some sort of glutton for punishment. He got chased around a ruined Old One city by an annoyed Shoggoth and then, knowing everything about Peasley's story, he's like "ruined alien city in the middle of nowhere? Yeah cool, what could go wrong?" Also excellent reading!
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I always come back to this one. One of my favorites. I just think it’s so haunting and horrifying. A creeping horror. And am I the only one who thinks this would make an amazing movie?!
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Great story and awesome reading. I love how this story can be horrifying without any overt hostility, gore or violence.
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Possibly the most horrifying final pages of any Lovecraft story. What a masterpiece.
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The best thing about Lovecraft's aliens is that they are all so very... Well... Alien.
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Such great listening while lying in bed at the dim hours of night. A month of listening to Ian's expert readings and only one slight nightmare. I shall keep listening, at least untill I access the abyssal depths of R'lyeh.
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40 min into the story, sunset through the window, my cat watching from the sill... perfect.
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The shadow out of time ... well that's me at 5 in the morning missing the bus to work innit ...
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The only man with the voice to soothe out all those mental aches pains n sorrows..have fallen to sleep many anight listening to him ... enjoyed all read so far and thats most on this channel .....
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Ian, i really love how your voice sounds so ancient it suits the stories perfectly.
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This has to be my favorite Lovecraft story... The mystery, the totally original premise, the sense of the vastness of time, the ultra detailed weird lore, the vivid imagery, the full-circle ending, this is one I get lost in. Yith/10
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Thank you so much for introducing me to this story Ian, it instantly became my favorite of Lovecraft's work. His concept of mind-switching throughout time and space is absolutely brilliant, I can't imagine what people thought of it in his time lol.
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Everyone in the comments is here so pleased with the video & i just woke up with this playing from YouTube's autoplay 🤷🏻
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If only Ian could narrate my day-to-day life...
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I was wondering why my dreams have been weird lately, then I remember I’ve been listening to the Cthulu mythos as I fall asleep every night. Guess that explains it
