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The Whisperer in Darkness
Albert Wilmarth, a professor of folklore at Miskatonic University, receives a curious piece of mail. It contains a recording of a man claiming that strange creatures live in the remote regions of the mountains of Vermont - just as described in old folklore. It's author presents compelling evidence and Professor Wilmarth eventually goes to Vermont to investigate for himself. What he discovers there is far, far worse than anything he could have imagined. Can the professor escape with his life and sanity, or will he become a part of a horror descended from interstellar space?
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First published August 1, 1931
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H.P. Lovecraft
5,803 books18.9k followersHoward Phillips Lovecraft, of Providence, Rhode Island, was an American author of horror, fantasy and science fiction.
Lovecraft's major inspiration and invention was cosmic horror: life is incomprehensible to human minds and the universe is fundamentally alien. Those who genuinely reason, like his protagonists, gamble with sanity. Lovecraft has developed a cult following for his Cthulhu Mythos, a series of loosely interconnected fictions featuring a pantheon of human-nullifying entities, as well as the Necronomicon, a fictional grimoire of magical rites and forbidden lore. His works were deeply pessimistic and cynical, challenging the values of the Enlightenment, Romanticism and Christianity. Lovecraft's protagonists usually achieve the mirror-opposite of traditional gnosis and mysticism by momentarily glimpsing the horror of ultimate reality.
Although Lovecraft's readership was limited during his life, his reputation has grown over the decades. He is now commonly regarded as one of the most influential horror writers of the 20th Century, exerting widespread and indirect influence, and frequently compared to Edgar Allan Poe.
See also Howard Phillips Lovecraft.
— Wikipedia
Lovecraft's major inspiration and invention was cosmic horror: life is incomprehensible to human minds and the universe is fundamentally alien. Those who genuinely reason, like his protagonists, gamble with sanity. Lovecraft has developed a cult following for his Cthulhu Mythos, a series of loosely interconnected fictions featuring a pantheon of human-nullifying entities, as well as the Necronomicon, a fictional grimoire of magical rites and forbidden lore. His works were deeply pessimistic and cynical, challenging the values of the Enlightenment, Romanticism and Christianity. Lovecraft's protagonists usually achieve the mirror-opposite of traditional gnosis and mysticism by momentarily glimpsing the horror of ultimate reality.
Although Lovecraft's readership was limited during his life, his reputation has grown over the decades. He is now commonly regarded as one of the most influential horror writers of the 20th Century, exerting widespread and indirect influence, and frequently compared to Edgar Allan Poe.
See also Howard Phillips Lovecraft.
— Wikipedia
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July 14, 2019
One of the great Lovecraft novellas. Inside you'll read about a lost race from outer space living hidden on the countryside of Vermont (the outer ones). With Henry Akeley you get an insight view on cosmic horror. Gosh, those brain boxes on the shelves reminded me a bit on Alexa (joke). There is a mysterious black stone with hieroglyphs, reference to the Cthulhu cyle, the Necronomicon, the old ones, planet Yoggoth, phone records and with the narrator, Albert Wilmarth, a courageous investigator who brings all those eerie ongoings to the light of day. An extremely compelling novella, mostly driven forward in letters, until the final chapters when Wilmarth visits Akeley on his farm. What an uncanny atmosphere in a story full of trans cosmic horror science fiction! I absolutely loved the tale and can only highly recommend it. What happened to Mr Akeley and where did he go to? Who is the whisperer in darkness. This tale will give you nightmares and run shivers down your spine!
October 29, 2022
"The dense, unvisited woods on those inaccessible slopes seemed to harbour alien and incredible things, and I felt that the very outline of the hills themselves held some strange and aeon-forgotten meaning, as if they were vast hieroglyphs left by a rumoured titan race whose glories live only in rare, deep dreams."
Initial Thoughts
Every man and his dog has head of Howard Philips Lovecraft. You'd have to be living under a rock if you have any interest in the horror genre and not come across him. The guy is embedded in our pop culture with his Cuthulu mythos. And with myself, liking to think of myself as somewhat of a consummate horror fan with a good background in the genre, I'm ashamed to say I've never read his work. Well time to put that glaring omission from my C.V. straight.
What I do know of Lovecraft is that he passed away at the age of 46 from cancer. A real tragedy for the literary world as he'll have just been getting into his writing prime. Also, his stories take place within the same universe. Similar to what Stephen King has going on with his books. Which always adds a bit of extra spice when exploring an author's work. How do I know this without reading one of his books? Yours truly used to play the Call of Cuthulu role playing game. Please don't tell anyone.
I did have somewhat of a negative preconception going in. Albeit a small one. Lovecraft's writing has a reputation for being slow and overly elaborate, even for the time it was written. But I'm willing to give it more than a fair chance. At least the opening paragraph. Wish me luck!
"My brain whirled; and where before I had attempted to explain things away, I now began to believe in the most abnormal and incredible wonders."
The Story
This story starts with Albert Wilmarth, a resident professor at Miskatonic University in Arkham, exploring the rumours of strange, alien-like bodies floating in a Vermont river. He's a specialist in folklore and mythology and being very skeptical of the whole situation looking to disprove the whole thing as a local legend with no basis in reality.
He then comes into correspondence with Henry Akely, a farmer from the area, who reports of whispering in the woods that he can't account for. He has made a recording that he is eager to share with Wilmarth and that's when events take a nose dive from strange to downright scary.
The Writing
Lovecraft's writing is definitely unique. It was for myself at least. At times it was dense and almost flowery with its elaboration. Its certainly old fashioned when compared to today's standard, but that's to be expected. But do you know what? It helped create atmosphere and set the mood for the story, giving it an almost scientific feel. And I liked it.
The way Lovecraft sets this up is also really good. Its pretty much in two half's, with the first detailing the correspondence going on between Wilmarth and Akley. It really put me in the role of investigator, along with the main character, trying to decide what was going on. The second part begins when Wilmarth journeys to the farmhouse in Vermont to meet with the farmer and it was very tense and exciting.
"To me, with my first-hand impression of the actual sounds, and with my knowledge of the background and surrounding circumstances, the voice was a monstrous thing. It swiftly followed the human voice in ritualistic response, but in my imagination it was a morbid echo winging its way across unimaginable abysses from unimaginable outer hells. "
The Characters
With this being a short story there's not a boat load of character development, which is to be expected. But what Lovecraft accomplished with Wilmarth is certainly impressive. You really feel his mindset and take on a level anxiety just before he starts to feel it himself. It creates an air of confusion and disbelief that adds to the atmosphere that saturates the narrative.
The dialogue between the two main characters is also masterfully done; and helps charge the air with tension and instill a really creepy vibe. It was certainly very engaging and immersive. Not what I was expecting and in a good way.
Final Thoughts
So my first experience with HP. I'm officially no longer a Lovecraft virgin. It really wasn't that painful. In fact, I quite enjoyed it. As I've already said, it's all about the atmosphere with this one. Very unsettling and it was certainly on my mind for some time after I read it.
There was definitely references made to his Cuthulu mythos and I'm just a newbie to it. So someone experienced in such things would probably pick up on more. But it was just as much sci-fi as horror. A really good blend.
Will I be reading more of his work? I'm already planning on it. Any recommendations would be greatly appreciated.
And thanks for reading...cheers!
January 4, 2020
This story, first published in Weird Tales (August 1931) shares many qualities with the earlier “The Colour Out of Space”: it is lengthy (in “Whisperer”’s case, extraordinarily lengthy, some 26000 words!), features detailed descriptions of the countryside which contribute to the eerie atmosphere, and claims a place in two genres, the literature of horror and the world of science fiction too. Somehow, though, “Whisperer” never rises to level of “The Color Out of Space.”
It is certainly not the fault of the description. Lovecraft’s use of a New Hampshire river valley is extraordinarily effective here, equal in power to “Colour”’s depiction of the blighted Massachusetts farm:
As we passed out of Brattleboro my sense of constraint and foreboding increased, for a vague quality in the hill-crowded countryside with its towering, threatening, close-pressing green and granite slopes hinted at obscure secrets and immemorial survivals....This is good stuff. Sure, you could cut out an adjective or two (okay, maybe five or six) but the total effect is haunting. And Akeley’s peril—crablike space creatures who wish to forcibly tranport him to the stars—is pretty scary.
Gradually the country around us grew wilder and more deserted. Archaic covered bridges lingered fearsomely out of the past in pockets of the hills, and the half-abandoned railway track paralleling the river seemed to exhale a nebulously visible air of desolation. There were awesome sweeps of vivid valley where great cliffs rose, New England’s virgin granite shewing grey and austere through the verdure that scaled the crests. There were gorges where untamed streams leaped, bearing down toward the river the unimagined secrets of a thousand pathless peaks. Branching away now and then were narrow, half-concealed roads that bored their way through solid, luxuriant masses of forest among whose primal trees whole armies of elemental spirits might well lurk. As I saw these I thought of how Akeley had been molested by unseen agencies on his drives along this very route, and did not wonder that such things could be.
I think the real problem with this story is the same as the reason why Alien 3—no matter how effective David Fincher’s direction may be—is never as scary as Ridley Scott’s Alien. Because we have been allowed to see too darn much of the monster. In the case of “The Whisperer in Darkness,” we hear far too much: how benign we crablike star travelers are, how beautiful your trip to the stars will be, how comfortable you will be be with your brain in a jar (this one made me think of Futurama!), how the operation won’t hurt one little bit, etc., etc. Yakety yak, yakety yak. Ad infinitum.
“The Whisperer in Darkness” definitely has its moments, but by the end of the tale the aliens seem more like a creepy old grandpa who won't shut up than like a major threat to civilization.
Still, it is mature Lovecraft, and—if you love horror—it is worth a try.
October 27, 2022
A bit different Lovecraft novella. Science fiction horror rather than supernatural or Cuthulhu mythos horror. The story works pretty well if you can ignore that near the end, the narrator, Albert Wilmarth, proves to be gullible and foolish.
The introduction is very much a spoiler so I suggest that it be read after the story. There is also a short biographical sketch of Lovecraft.
The introduction is very much a spoiler so I suggest that it be read after the story. There is also a short biographical sketch of Lovecraft.
July 4, 2018
Written in 1930, a few months after the discovery of Pluto, at the rim of the Solar System — a planet Lovecraft calls Yuggoth! — The Whisperer in Darkness, once more, is a meditation on ghosts, on the resurfacing of repressed origins. First, some strange creatures are found among river log drives after the thaw in New England, and crab-like footprints are spotted in the mud. Later on, this leads to the evocation of ancient myths, notably those of the Algonquian people. The tale ends up with the chilling discovery of an outer space fungi presence, akin to the Cthulhu creature, possibly hostile to human life.
This is, for the most part, an epistolary novel, written as a series of letters by Henry Akeley (the “whisperer” of the title). The eerie sfumato landscape description in chap. 6 is Lovecraft at his best — somewhat redolent of Washington Irving's Legend of Sleepy Hollow —, and the ending is, although somewhat predictable, genuinely creepy. The idea of the brain in a vat is quite original for its time (although reused countless times since). Certainly one of my favourites, and a probable inspiration to Michel Faber's Under the Skin.
This is, for the most part, an epistolary novel, written as a series of letters by Henry Akeley (the “whisperer” of the title). The eerie sfumato landscape description in chap. 6 is Lovecraft at his best — somewhat redolent of Washington Irving's Legend of Sleepy Hollow —, and the ending is, although somewhat predictable, genuinely creepy. The idea of the brain in a vat is quite original for its time (although reused countless times since). Certainly one of my favourites, and a probable inspiration to Michel Faber's Under the Skin.
August 22, 2017
While most casual readers of Lovecraft, and even many readers who only visit the horror shelves of our collective library in October, will recognize great Cthulhu and maybe even the Necronomicon of the mad Arab Abdul Alhazred, it takes a more dedicated and learned reader of HP to have a familiarity with his 1931 novella The Whisperer in the Dark.
This should change – because this quiet, pensive and brooding work not only demonstrates much of what is best in his writing, but also exhibits much of what is best in horror writing period.
First published in the August 1931 edition of Weird Tales, Lovecraft blends elements of science fiction with his inimitable and eldritch horrific prose. While technically a part of the Cthulhu mythos, The Whisperer in Darkness is more fully thought out and more creatively developed than many of his shorter works in this series.
A psychological and menacing tale as dark as any from his unspeakable pen, this is a gem of his later writing.
This should change – because this quiet, pensive and brooding work not only demonstrates much of what is best in his writing, but also exhibits much of what is best in horror writing period.
First published in the August 1931 edition of Weird Tales, Lovecraft blends elements of science fiction with his inimitable and eldritch horrific prose. While technically a part of the Cthulhu mythos, The Whisperer in Darkness is more fully thought out and more creatively developed than many of his shorter works in this series.
A psychological and menacing tale as dark as any from his unspeakable pen, this is a gem of his later writing.
February 11, 2025
ثاني تجاربي مع (لافكرافت) وبكل تأكيد هي أفضل من تجربتي الأولى في مدينة إنزماوث.
وعلى الرغم من النهاية الرمادية في كلا الروايتين.. ولكن هُنا الأحداث أكثر تشويقاً أكثر وضوحاً.. فالحكاية بدأت مع الأستاذ الجامعي (ويلمارث) بجامعة (ميسكاتونك) ببلدة (آركهام) -نعم نفس اسم مصحة عالم دي سي الخيالي وهي مدينة خيالية بالطبع- المُتخصص في الفلكور الشعبي والخُرافات والأساطير عندما سمع عن تلك الخُرافات المنوطة بمدينة (فيرمونت) هاجمها في أحد المجلات.. فوجد من يُراسله بتقارير عن الخُرافات وتلك التلال المُظلمة الملعونة التي يدعي الراسل واسمه (أكيلي) إنها مسكونة بمخلوقات فضائية!
تلك المخلوقات التي جاءت الأرض من أجل مادة ما يحتاجونها ليعيشوا في الفضاء.. هذه المخلوقات جندت بعض البشر ليعملوا معها أيضاً.. ويُسيطرون على المُراسلات وحركة القطارات!
بكل تأكيد يمتلك (لافكرافت) خيال خصب رسم بها عوالم وكواكب ومخلوقات وكيانات تحمل طابع مُميز.. مثل الكائن المُسمى (كثولو) و(الحظرد) وكتابه مثلاً.. فكما قرأت أن كُل رواياته تدور في نفس الزمان والمكان.. وكان ينوي أن يُجمع كُل تلك الكائنات في رواية واحدة ولكنه للآسف توفي قبل ذلك.. فقد توفي في الـ47 من عمره!
برغم صغر حجم الرواية أو فلنقل النوفيلا، ولكن ذلك لم يمنعني من الإشادة بدقة الوصف الذي كان على العكس تماماً من رواية "الظلام على مدينة إنزماوث" الذي كان وصفها مُملاً ويتطرق إلى أشياء غير مُهمة إطلاقاً.. ولكن الوصف هُنا مُعبر ودقيق.. ومُرعب.
بكل تأكيد الأجواء مُرعبة ووصف "لافكرافت" مليء بالظُلمة والسواد..
ويجب الإشادة طبعاً بالترجمة الأكثر من جيدة، لعلمي أن مُفردات (لافكرافت) ليست بالسهلة أبداً.. ولكن الترجمة جاءت رشيقة وجيدة.
ختاماً..
بكل تأكيد سأقرأ لـِ(لافكرافت) مرة أخرى.. فهو أيقونة في أدب الرُعب لا بُد من أن تقرأ له حتى يسحبك بهدوء شديد تجاه عوالمه الغريبة.
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February 16, 2018Lovecraft Illustrated Volume 9
CONTENTS:
ix - Introduction by S. T. Joshi (2015)
xiii - Foreword by Ramsey Campbell (2015)
003 - "The Whisperer in Darkness" by H. P. Lovecraft
091 - "The Whisperer of Images" by Pete Von Sholly (2015)
095 - "The Pseudo-Akeley: The Tale of Two Brothers" by Robert M. Price (2015)
101 - "Cloaked in Darkness" by Robert M. Price (2015)
107 - "Cosmic Trickery" by W. H. Pugmire (2015)
Cover and interior Illustrations by Pete Von Sholly 2015
CONTENTS:
ix - Introduction by S. T. Joshi (2015)
xiii - Foreword by Ramsey Campbell (2015)
003 - "The Whisperer in Darkness" by H. P. Lovecraft
091 - "The Whisperer of Images" by Pete Von Sholly (2015)
095 - "The Pseudo-Akeley: The Tale of Two Brothers" by Robert M. Price (2015)
101 - "Cloaked in Darkness" by Robert M. Price (2015)
107 - "Cosmic Trickery" by W. H. Pugmire (2015)
Cover and interior Illustrations by Pete Von Sholly 2015
April 23, 2023
Esta novela corta me recordó mucho a "El color que cayó del cielo". La narración no transcurre en la Antártida o en el desierto de Australia, sino en Vermont, Estados Unidos, y nos presenta a un protagonista habitual en las historias de Lovecraft: un profesor universitario, culto y refinado, que es atraído a una serie de fenómenos misteriosos en las montañas de la región, hogar de una raza extra-terrestre. Estos seres acechan y acosan a un granjero que vive aislado-otra similitud con "El color..."-y sus objetivos son insondables, pero sabemos que adoran a algunas de las deidades de la mitología Lovecraftiana. Un excelente híbrido de ciencia ficción y terror.
December 28, 2021
Creo que esta es una de mis nouvelles preferidas de Lovecraft. Muy conectada con su poemario "Los hongos de Yuggoth", una buena manera de conectar con el autor por primera vez.
November 3, 2024
It has been many years since I've visited Lovecraft, and although that long gap was unintentional, I'm glad I didn't leave it a couple of decades. I appreciate why people enjoy his works, especially fans of the horror genre, although on a personaI level, I didn't find this novella particularly chilling, and I found I appreciated the writing more than the story itself.
Being one of Lovecraft's lesser known stories, this one comprises of a series of letters about the possibility of another life form entering earth. I found this to be a slow build-up of a story which potentially could have been more thrilling towards the end, especially with the climax. Perhaps it's my age and I'm less easy to frighten, I don't know, but I wasn't on the edge of my seat.
Despite not loving the story I thought it was grand to revisit Lovecraft again, and I feel my next one will be sooner rather than later.
Being one of Lovecraft's lesser known stories, this one comprises of a series of letters about the possibility of another life form entering earth. I found this to be a slow build-up of a story which potentially could have been more thrilling towards the end, especially with the climax. Perhaps it's my age and I'm less easy to frighten, I don't know, but I wasn't on the edge of my seat.
Despite not loving the story I thought it was grand to revisit Lovecraft again, and I feel my next one will be sooner rather than later.
November 2, 2020
I'm so creeped out right now that I jumped at the sight of one of our hallway posters through the half open kitchen door. I can't even explain why I'm so scared. Maybe it's because of the last few sentences. Maybe it's because of the eerie, unsettling atmosphere that stretches from start to finish. Maybe it's because thinking of how crazy Lovecraft must have been to imagine all these freaky, indescribable things. Or maybe it's the combined package of it all.
The Cthulu Mythos is so deeply interesting while also being one of the most terrifying things I've ever read. There's something very simple about the horror Lovecraft creates - while the stories are far from simple themselves. I can't explain the feelings they evoke in you. And that what makes Lovecraft's work so good.
The Cthulu Mythos is so deeply interesting while also being one of the most terrifying things I've ever read. There's something very simple about the horror Lovecraft creates - while the stories are far from simple themselves. I can't explain the feelings they evoke in you. And that what makes Lovecraft's work so good.
February 11, 2019
...what he had learned since making his pact with the Outside Things was almost too much for sanity to bear. Even now I absolutely refused to believe what he implied about the constitution of ultimate reality, the juxtaposition of dimensions, and the frightful position of our known cosmos of space and time in the unending chain of linked cosmos-atoms which make up the immediate super-cosmos of curves, angles, and material and semi-material electronic organization.
Ontological horror at its most ontological.
Next time the Things that Whisper in the Darkness start hanging around your neighborhood maybe just move to San Diego?
Ontological horror at its most ontological.
Next time the Things that Whisper in the Darkness start hanging around your neighborhood maybe just move to San Diego?
November 16, 2012
Please note: This novella is included in
The Complete Works of H.P. Lovecraft
, which can be downloaded for free from the CthulhuChick website. (Links where formatting is allowed)
Synopsis: An Arkham university professor is contacted by a farmer living in a remote part of Vermont, who claims to have evidence of aliens living in the hills and mining a mysterious metal. After visiting, the professor becomes alarmed at the mysterious change in the behavior of the farmer, including his assertion that the aliens can extract a human brain and keep it alive in jar for eternity
My Thoughts: One of the best things about reading Lovecraft is the way he structures the story, slowly building the details, slowly building a creepy atmosphere, moving forward and back to great effect, and then dropping a bomb on the reader with a sudden revelation at the end. Sure it's a structure that eventually was taken up by many mystery and suspense writers and used to the point where it has become a cliche, but in Lovecraft's time it was still new and fresh, and reading it with that in the back of one's head lets one enjoy it anew. This would be a great choice for someone wanting to sample a classic Lovecraft to start with, as it brings together a number of his ongoing themes - the Elder gods, those Outside, even to a certain degree the dreamworlds.
Synopsis: An Arkham university professor is contacted by a farmer living in a remote part of Vermont, who claims to have evidence of aliens living in the hills and mining a mysterious metal. After visiting, the professor becomes alarmed at the mysterious change in the behavior of the farmer, including his assertion that the aliens can extract a human brain and keep it alive in jar for eternity
My Thoughts: One of the best things about reading Lovecraft is the way he structures the story, slowly building the details, slowly building a creepy atmosphere, moving forward and back to great effect, and then dropping a bomb on the reader with a sudden revelation at the end. Sure it's a structure that eventually was taken up by many mystery and suspense writers and used to the point where it has become a cliche, but in Lovecraft's time it was still new and fresh, and reading it with that in the back of one's head lets one enjoy it anew. This would be a great choice for someone wanting to sample a classic Lovecraft to start with, as it brings together a number of his ongoing themes - the Elder gods, those Outside, even to a certain degree the dreamworlds.
October 29, 2021
امممم
كنت أتوقع الكثير من الرعب والتشويق
-كما كنت أسمع عن لافكرافت-
لكن في الحقيقة هى أقرب للخيال العلمي
كائنات فضائية وأكوان أخرى وهكذا.
لا يوجد بها الكثير مما توقعته
لكنها مع ذلك جيدة والترجمة ممتازة.
تمت
٢٩ أكتوبر ٢٠٢١
كنت أتوقع الكثير من الرعب والتشويق
-كما كنت أسمع عن لافكرافت-
لكن في الحقيقة هى أقرب للخيال العلمي
كائنات فضائية وأكوان أخرى وهكذا.
لا يوجد بها الكثير مما توقعته
لكنها مع ذلك جيدة والترجمة ممتازة.
تمت
٢٩ أكتوبر ٢٠٢١
March 30, 2020
قرأتها من قبل بترجمة حسين السيد , ترجمة عمر إبراهيم جيدة جدا والصراحة شعرت ببعض التوتر علي غير العادة مع اعمال لافكرافت التي قرائتها لة من قيل
الرواية أغلب أحداثها خطابات متبادلة بين هنري أكيلي والبرت ويلمارث عن الاحداث الغريبة في فيرمونت ومحاولة أكيلي لمقاومة الكائنات الغريبة التي ظهرت في بلدتة
أسلوب السرد متشابهة مع رواية كاهن الجان واضح انة كانت هذه هي سمة الروايات في تلك الفترة
لافكرافت طالما ذكرة د.احمد خالد رحمة الله علية في اكثر من كتاب منها اسطورة العلامات الدامية وعلاقتة بعبد الله الحظرد وكتاب النيكرونوميكون
الرواية أغلب أحداثها خطابات متبادلة بين هنري أكيلي والبرت ويلمارث عن الاحداث الغريبة في فيرمونت ومحاولة أكيلي لمقاومة الكائنات الغريبة التي ظهرت في بلدتة
أسلوب السرد متشابهة مع رواية كاهن الجان واضح انة كانت هذه هي سمة الروايات في تلك الفترة
لافكرافت طالما ذكرة د.احمد خالد رحمة الله علية في اكثر من كتاب منها اسطورة العلامات الدامية وعلاقتة بعبد الله الحظرد وكتاب النيكرونوميكون
March 28, 2020
عمل مظلم ورمادي، لا استطيع ان اقول مرعب ولكن قبلة علي الدماغ اللي جابت الخيال دا
لافكرافت رائع في تفاصيله اسطوري في خياله
سرد ولغة قوية جدا بسبب ان الترجمة سلسة ومظبوطة ومحترمة
لافكرافت رائع في تفاصيله اسطوري في خياله
سرد ولغة قوية جدا بسبب ان الترجمة سلسة ومظبوطة ومحترمة
February 21, 2021
"I think they mean to get rid of me because of what I have discovered."
A blend of horror, science fiction and written in that usual Lovecraft style - cryptic, detailed, use your imagination to understand and be creeped out.
I liked the references to Cthulhu and thought it was a cool concept, thought the ending was predictable but it still gets a 3/5 moderate rating because I did like it.
If you are a fan of H.P. Lovecraft or of interesting horror/science fiction stories in general, I think you will find this worth the while.
A blend of horror, science fiction and written in that usual Lovecraft style - cryptic, detailed, use your imagination to understand and be creeped out.
I liked the references to Cthulhu and thought it was a cool concept, thought the ending was predictable but it still gets a 3/5 moderate rating because I did like it.
If you are a fan of H.P. Lovecraft or of interesting horror/science fiction stories in general, I think you will find this worth the while.
December 10, 2020
Kosmischer Horror vom Feinsten!
"Ich weiß, dass meine tiefsten emotionalen Erfahrungen jene sind, die sich auf die Lockungen des unauslotbaren Weltraums beziehen, auf den Schrecken der sich ausbreitenden äußeren Leere & auf den Kampf des Ichs, die bekannte & althergebrachte Ordnung von Zeit ... Raum, Materie... zu überschreiten."
HPL
"Ich weiß, dass meine tiefsten emotionalen Erfahrungen jene sind, die sich auf die Lockungen des unauslotbaren Weltraums beziehen, auf den Schrecken der sich ausbreitenden äußeren Leere & auf den Kampf des Ichs, die bekannte & althergebrachte Ordnung von Zeit ... Raum, Materie... zu überschreiten."
HPL
March 29, 2025
This was a creep tale involving aliens, and creepiness, and a Lovecraftian creature of fiendish cleverness. The Mi-Go (or at least I think it was the Mi-Go.) The story did a good job I think of building dread. It had one of the better endings I recall from one of his stories. I enjoyed it.
November 11, 2022
عندما يعيش المرء تجربة حقيقية بنفسه ، يكون الأمر أكثر رعباً مما قد يتخيله عقل من قبل
May 24, 2023
Erinnere mich irgendwie nicht daran, das Hörbuch Anfang Februar 2020 schon einmal gehört zu haben, aber Goodreads und Audible widersprechen mir gekonnt. War wieder schaurig-schön & führt weit in den Cosmic Horror hinein. Ein kleines Hörbuch-Duett von David Nathan und Torsten Michaelis, das ich vor allem nach meinen Nachtschichten hörte.
January 8, 2021
الرواية جميلة لكن بها مشكلة إنها قديمة فتم الاستعانة بأفكار كتيرة ظهرت فيها و تم الاستعانة بتيمات منها.
ده لاينقص من قيمتها لكن يقلل الاثارة
اشيد بشدة بالترجمة
فالعمل قديم لغته صعبة و الترجمة قدمت عمل متكامل بدون أي تحيز أو مجاملة ناعمة جدا
للمزيد من التفاصيل مراجعة مرئية للعمل
https://youtu.be/lJ1So1ZucKk
ده لاينقص من قيمتها لكن يقلل الاثارة
اشيد بشدة بالترجمة
فالعمل قديم لغته صعبة و الترجمة قدمت عمل متكامل بدون أي تحيز أو مجاملة ناعمة جدا
للمزيد من التفاصيل مراجعة مرئية للعمل
https://youtu.be/lJ1So1ZucKk
September 8, 2016
Not really scary, but sort of creepy and weirdly engaging. I got a kick out of what must be one of the earlier instances of the “still-functioning-brain-in-a-jar” trope, and also from the thrill that the discovery of Pluto obviously generated. More sci-fi than horror, which was fine with me. 3 1/2 stars, rounded up by coin flip.
November 22, 2021
4.5 Stars
rounded up to 5 Stars.
November 7, 2019
This is a horror/SF story with a twist at the end, which became a trope later but quite likely started here.
The story starts with an ominous Bear in mind closely that I did not see any actual visual horror at the end. To say that a mental shock was the cause of what I inferred—that last straw which sent me racing out of the lonely Akeley farmhouse and through the wild domed hills of Vermont in a commandeered motor at night—is to ignore the plainest facts of my final experience.
The story is set as an account written by an instructor of literature at Miskatonic University in Arkham, Massachusetts, and an enthusiastic amateur student of New England folklore Albert N. Wilmarth, who receives several messages from a probably mentally disturbed Henry W. Akeley. The latter describes strange sightings, sounds and footprints, which he links to monsters from the legends (“The things come from another planet, being able to live in interstellar space and fly through it on clumsy, powerful wings which have a way of resisting the æther but which are too poor at steering to be of much use in helping them about on earth”). It could be discounted as ravings by a madman, but he also sends a phonograph recording and photos.
I’m not a fan of H.P. Lovecraft, but this story is interesting in the fact that there are both style and ideas novel at the time of publication, with “telling by omitting”.
The story starts with an ominous Bear in mind closely that I did not see any actual visual horror at the end. To say that a mental shock was the cause of what I inferred—that last straw which sent me racing out of the lonely Akeley farmhouse and through the wild domed hills of Vermont in a commandeered motor at night—is to ignore the plainest facts of my final experience.
The story is set as an account written by an instructor of literature at Miskatonic University in Arkham, Massachusetts, and an enthusiastic amateur student of New England folklore Albert N. Wilmarth, who receives several messages from a probably mentally disturbed Henry W. Akeley. The latter describes strange sightings, sounds and footprints, which he links to monsters from the legends (“The things come from another planet, being able to live in interstellar space and fly through it on clumsy, powerful wings which have a way of resisting the æther but which are too poor at steering to be of much use in helping them about on earth”). It could be discounted as ravings by a madman, but he also sends a phonograph recording and photos.
I’m not a fan of H.P. Lovecraft, but this story is interesting in the fact that there are both style and ideas novel at the time of publication, with “telling by omitting”.
January 1, 2020
From BBC radio 4:
An unexpected phone call turns Matthew Heawood’s attention to a mystery in the gloom of Rendlesham Forest; folklore, paranormal, otherworldly? Up for debate, but fertile ground for a new investigative podcast, that’s for sure. One question still lingers, will our host be re-joined by his roaming researcher, Kennedy Fisher?
The duo’s last update patched together frantic updates from Baghdad, as they pursued suspected occultists in The Case of Charles Dexter Ward. Very little hope lingered of solving the mystery, and maybe even less that Kennedy would return home safe… But for now, a new investigation calls.
Following the success of The Case of Charles Dexter Ward, Radio 4 commissions a return to this HP Lovecraft-inspired universe. Once again, the podcast embraces Lovecraft’s crypt of horror, braving the Sci-Fi stylings of The Whisperer in Darkness.
Episode One
Henry Akeley, an ex-student from Dr Eleanor Peck’s folklore and witchcraft course, has gone missing, and Heawood and Kennedy decide whether or not to investigate. But first, there are threads to tie up from their last mystery podcast 'The Case Of Charles Dexter Ward.'
Episode 2:
Henry Akeley's disappearance leads Heawood & Kennedy to Rendlesham Forest.
Episode 3:
Who were the other members of Amelia Fenner’s group? And what is a numbers
Episode 4:
Heawood secretly starts a new investigation. Kennedy looks into the Rendlesham incident.
Episode 5:
A mysterious recording throws up more questions surrounding Kennedy
Episode 6:
Heawood realises that everything is connected, as his investigation takes him full circle
Episode 7:
Whatever plot Henry Akeley believed he was trying to stop, reaches its conclusion.
Episode 8:
Can Heawood stop a ritual from happening in Rendlesham Forest which involves Kennedy?
Episode 9:
Feed disrupted.
Episode 10:
Kennedy addresses an audio glitch and uncovers a secret code.
Cast:
Kennedy Fisher.........................Jana Carpenter
Matthew Heawood....................Barnaby Kay
Eleanor Peck.............................Nicola Walker
Henry Akeley.............................David Calder
Producer: Karen Rose
Director/Writer: Julian Simpson
Sound Recordist and Designer: David Thomas
Production Coordinators: Sarah Tombling & Holly Slater
Music by Tim Elsenburg
A Sweet Talk Production for BBC Radio 4
https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p07w...
An unexpected phone call turns Matthew Heawood’s attention to a mystery in the gloom of Rendlesham Forest; folklore, paranormal, otherworldly? Up for debate, but fertile ground for a new investigative podcast, that’s for sure. One question still lingers, will our host be re-joined by his roaming researcher, Kennedy Fisher?
The duo’s last update patched together frantic updates from Baghdad, as they pursued suspected occultists in The Case of Charles Dexter Ward. Very little hope lingered of solving the mystery, and maybe even less that Kennedy would return home safe… But for now, a new investigation calls.
Following the success of The Case of Charles Dexter Ward, Radio 4 commissions a return to this HP Lovecraft-inspired universe. Once again, the podcast embraces Lovecraft’s crypt of horror, braving the Sci-Fi stylings of The Whisperer in Darkness.
Episode One
Henry Akeley, an ex-student from Dr Eleanor Peck’s folklore and witchcraft course, has gone missing, and Heawood and Kennedy decide whether or not to investigate. But first, there are threads to tie up from their last mystery podcast 'The Case Of Charles Dexter Ward.'
Episode 2:
Henry Akeley's disappearance leads Heawood & Kennedy to Rendlesham Forest.
Episode 3:
Who were the other members of Amelia Fenner’s group? And what is a numbers
Episode 4:
Heawood secretly starts a new investigation. Kennedy looks into the Rendlesham incident.
Episode 5:
A mysterious recording throws up more questions surrounding Kennedy
Episode 6:
Heawood realises that everything is connected, as his investigation takes him full circle
Episode 7:
Whatever plot Henry Akeley believed he was trying to stop, reaches its conclusion.
Episode 8:
Can Heawood stop a ritual from happening in Rendlesham Forest which involves Kennedy?
Episode 9:
Feed disrupted.
Episode 10:
Kennedy addresses an audio glitch and uncovers a secret code.
Cast:
Kennedy Fisher.........................Jana Carpenter
Matthew Heawood....................Barnaby Kay
Eleanor Peck.............................Nicola Walker
Henry Akeley.............................David Calder
Producer: Karen Rose
Director/Writer: Julian Simpson
Sound Recordist and Designer: David Thomas
Production Coordinators: Sarah Tombling & Holly Slater
Music by Tim Elsenburg
A Sweet Talk Production for BBC Radio 4
https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p07w...
September 16, 2024
4.5 stars, READING PROGRESS notes, see below, will have to suffice for now......
November 30, 2020
A really nice short story that highlights much of what Lovecraft was known for. This definitely gave me the creeps while I was reading it.
November 12, 2021
Folklore professor Albert Wilmarth investigates legends of strange creatures in the most remote hills of Vermont. His enquiry reveals a terrifying glimpse of the truth that lurks behind the legends. The answer to what lies beyond the vast cosmos is a question that may better be left unanswered.
One of Lovecraft's best as it takes full advantage of his direction into science fiction rather than pure abstract horror. The elder gods, outer ones and other extraterrestrial beings feel more like real, living beings with their own unique identities, cultures and histories here than any other story in the mythos. The Color out of Space and Mountains of Madness are other fantastic examples of Lovecraft's turn to science fiction and the humanization of unknown lifeforms. It really adds to the realism. It's a shame he wasn't able to write more of the genre, I can only imagine what he could've accomplished if he lived for another 30-50 years.
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One of Lovecraft's best as it takes full advantage of his direction into science fiction rather than pure abstract horror. The elder gods, outer ones and other extraterrestrial beings feel more like real, living beings with their own unique identities, cultures and histories here than any other story in the mythos. The Color out of Space and Mountains of Madness are other fantastic examples of Lovecraft's turn to science fiction and the humanization of unknown lifeforms. It really adds to the realism. It's a shame he wasn't able to write more of the genre, I can only imagine what he could've accomplished if he lived for another 30-50 years.
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If you're looking for some dark ambient music for reading horror, dark fantasy and other books like this one, then be sure to check out my YouTube Channel called Nightmarish Compositions: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCPPs...
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