Herbert West : Reanimator

(by H. P. Lovecraft) Audiobook

[@Brumsey99989]

"Of Herbert west, who was my friend in college and in after life..." Right out of the gate, foreshadow much? What a talent.

[@brucewayne2184]

Sarcasm?

[@iananderson3799]

Text says "other life".

[@MrJedimedic]

Either “other” or “after” life could just mean after college.

[@thecapone45]

I bought a collection of all of HPs works and this story absolutely astounded me. Aside from the repetition (understandable since it was a serial) i was completely enthralled! I loved the cliffhangers because they kept me reading. And then I find out that it’s considered HPs worst works? That he himself hated it? That he hated the cliffhangers? Man. What a shock. I loved all of it!

[@TheRecluseeee]

Lovecraft's own standard was extremely high. ;)

[@Piledriver86]

Lovecraft hated pretty much all his own stories, he was his own worst critic. His personal favorites were The Color Out of Space and The Music of Eric Zann because he thought they had the right level of subtility. He hated Reanimator not just because of the serial format, but also because of the gore level, which he felt was vulgar.

[@theimperium4790]

@@Piledriver86 To be fair many authors are incredibly self critical, Lovecraft was no exception.

[@TheGirlInFandomWorld]

@@Piledriver86 Reanimater was a parody of Frankenstein, right? I guess it makes sense that it's not his favorite, it's not really his comfort zone. Colour Out Of Space is also my favorite, it's one of the first Lovecraft stories I ever read.

[@donkrouskop1743]

@@Piledriver86 The problem (if one considers it such, which I do) is that far too many "Lovecraft experts" have adopted this same overly critical, unfairly harsh view of "Herbert West - Reanimator." In part because it's not a "traditional" Lovecraft sort of tale (re: part of, or akin to, the Cthulhu mythos), and partly because they seem to feel some misguided sense of duty to the man to diligently share his opinions of his work. That, and because it's the one Lovecraft property that has been successfully adapted to the medium of exploitation cinema, and as such gives the literary snobs cause to dismiss it as a lesser work. It's become almost obligatory for Lovecraft's disdain for the story to come up every time it's mentioned, as though that automatically nullifies its worth and is the only aspect of it worth discussing. Truth be told, it's marvelous both as a parody of FRANKENSTEIN and as its own unique tale of pulp horror.

[@nothanksnopenoname6403]

I absolutely love this man reading these stories. His voice is soothing and perfect to me. It’s clear and easy to understand as well.

[@TheRecluseeee]

Thanks for listening! Cheers!

[@LCTesla]

I love the parts where the narrating character pauses for a moment to prepare the reader for the psychological impact of what he is about to relate. The contrast between these parts and the dry factuality of the rest of the narrative is to me the central genius of Lovecraft's writing.

[@kateking3953]

When you hear the words Arkham and Miskatonic, you know you're in for a good'un!

[@TheRecluseeee]

Thanks for listening!

[@brucewayne2184]

Is this where they got Arkham from Batman? Lol

[@stinkfinga4918]

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[@jackieduh9837]

00:00 Part I: From The Dark 13:47 Part II: The Plague-Demon 27:09 Part III: Six Shots By Moonlight 40:07 Part IV: The Scream of the Dead 52:39 Part V: The Horror From the Shadows 1:06:14 Part VI: The Tomb-Legions

[@TheRecluseeee]

Thanks for your input! Cheers!

[@aplacefaraway]

amazing, this was almost 100 years ago, still interesting questions raised here

[@TheRecluseeee]

Thanks for listening!

[@jimisi7424]

bloody ell. where has this channel been all my life. is it normal to fall asleep to this stuff???????

[@TheRecluseeee]

Thanks for visiting and listening!

[@jaymevosburgh3660]

I use the Lovecraft playlist to fall asleep too. Horrorbabble is good to fall to sleep too as well.

[@Liboo52]

I’ve been listening every night! I had a dream I was trapped in a labyrinth, and when I woke up I realized I was listening to In the Walls of Eryx

[@scottthompson-ez1hz]

I find it incredible that critics of the day considered Lovecraft as cheap pulp, who unique vision was only recognised posthumously.

[@TheRecluseeee]

He was way ahead of his time. :)

[@cha5]

Intellectual Exercise For universe building his impact is is up there with Tolkien.

[@quacksackerthegreatstarfir6996]

A genius is rarely appreciated in his lifetime

[@cha5]

cak01vej Well Lovecraft was influenced by Poe and Machen among others, but he found his own voice and for universe building he created a pantheon of alien god like beings Cthulhu, Nyarlathotep and species such as the Deep Ones, The Shoggoths and really defined Cosmic Horror and Dark Fantasy for the 20th Century, Granted Lovecraft didn’t invent Cosmic Horror; R.W Chambers and Arthur Machen among others did that but it’s hard to imagine it how it would be without Lovecraft.

[@cha5]

cak01vej Well I will say that Lovecraft certainly never created something on the scale of the Silmarillion in defining Yogsothery, but then Lovecraft really wasn’t making all that much from his works from Weird Tales and other companies back then being that he wrote for the pulps and never had the chance to do a full scale novel unlike Tolkien. so it’s not like he could have done something like a full scale deconstruction of the Necronomicon and he probably wouldn’t have been interested in something like that anyways. However in constructing a cosmos which started with just hints of something unsettling going on in Dagon to giving us a cosmos that was created from his own nightmares and gave us a cosmos that was interconnected throughout his stories from prehistory (At the Mountains of Madness) From his invention of the Necronomicon to the farthest reaches of Yuggoth and beyond and he even encouraged others to build on what he created ranging from his writer friends such as Robert Bloch and Robert Howard and others. And unlike Tolkien who had a Middle Earth bound by good and evil, in Lovecraft’s cosmos such concepts were pretty much irrelevant and it was pretty much indifferent towards humanity, which was about as significant as a microbe. And granted we aren’t told everything about Azatoth Cthulhu and Nyarlathotep unlike the volumes Tolkien devoted to Morgoth the Valar and Sauron etc but for me less is more there I guess.

[@Shanethefilmmaker]

The audiobook sounds like a documentary or a radio expose and I mean that in the most positive.

[@ThePowerlungs]

To know our own desire. Is there Such a thing? Or so much more? A lack of archeus. To revive a soul so close to us. Glassy eyed,and grey A myriad of colours The sentinels Never blinking. The piety, blessings and God given grace. Something more? Yet we will return! Forgiveness Never asked Nor graced Nameless now For all that I hear My very own Lurking fear.. Thanks H.P For the nightmares For the tentacles. For the outsider and for all the cats in Ulthar! I sleep less easily because of you.. KJ

[@castlef129]

I've been following this channel for about 3 years now. I'm so grateful for it. The gentle words of the reader help convey the tone of the tales perfectly (and remind me of the audio recording from Sam Raimi's original The Evil Dead) and yet are somehow soothing enough to help with my insomnia. Thank you. X

[@AlecMader]

Forget the Miskatonic River Valley. Say hello to the Uncanny Valley.

[@TheRecluseeee]

Thanks for visiting!

[@madahad9]

My favourite Lovecraft story. I only recently had the opportunity to finally read the story. The film of the 80's is a classic and among the better, if not the best, film representation of Lovecraft on film. This is one of his more accessible stories with characters that feel more drawn from real life than those that populate his other stories, quickly eclipsed by the "cosmic horror" they are confronted by . Here we have Herbert West, medical student, searching for a breach between life and death with some genuinely gruesome results. Having read the full story, and seeing where the film left off, it is surprisingly effective. It does not meander around like many of his other stories, staying focused on the experiments of the titular character. It's unfortunate that Lovecraft did not live long enough to grow as an author. He obviously had talent but seemed too enamoured by his own style that he would often abandon characters and a structured plot whilst in pursuit of the watery Elder Gods, the Old Ones, the Chthulu mythos that haunted his nightmares. Whether he would have ever become a great writer is debatable but he seemed to have enjoyed writing within the genre known as the "weird tale" and would become a great influence to others over the decades since his death.

[@scottbreon9448]

I loved re-animator, but my personal favorite Lovecraft film was From Beyond

[@IndustrialBonecraft]

Take a shot every time Lovecraft describes something as 'demoniac'.

[@robinvik1]

>Teaches other doctor to reanimate the dead >Other doctor dies >Reanimates doctor who knew how to reanimate others Really, Herbert? This seems like a fucking good idea to you?

[@jerryjohnson8485]

Only Lovecraft could ever out Frankenstein Frankenstein! Sorry mrs. Shelly.

[@mr.matchbox2710]

Fun fact, re animator was written as a parody of Frankenstein.

[@TheGirlInFandomWorld]

Fun fact, this story was one of his least favorites. He didn't like the lack of subtlety or the (at the time) over the top gore. If we introduced this guy to the crappypasta wiki, he'd set a world record with the size of his aneurism.

[@turtleanton6539]

Naaah

[@markuscriticus8278]

Of all Lovecraft stories, the one who became a successful movie franchise, was his Frakenstein crack fic.

[@Sixstringman]

Wow I didn't even know the Jeffery Combs version was abridged until I listened to this. VERY COOL. Thanks to the uploader.

[@TheRecluseeee]

jwagner7000 My pleasure!

[@mythywmyth]

I've been writing supernatural short stories for my podcast. Recently I started a short series. This is perfect inspiration for configuration of writing formats. Also enjoyable altogether.

[@wiiagent]

Wow i think this is his first twist ending that really makes you think man!

[@Zanator1]

The cool part is how he could actually be crazy and the killer. He had been worried West might kill him, and the plaster on the wall was unbroken.

[@mikeknight9885]

Thank YOG for this compilation! Narrator is perfect! The atmosphere weighs a ton lol! I have the 3 volume Arkham House compilation of just about everything he wrote but I can put this on at bedtime and roam the cosmos with ancient things ....and things older still! Lol

[@TheRecluseeee]

Thanks for visiting and listening!

[@cuteboy9469]

I thought I had read or listened to all of Lovecraft besides "The Curious Case of Charles Dexter Ward" in its entirety. Then I come across this, can't believe I have not heard of this story before, packing a bowl, getting some food, this will be great!!

[@iananderson3799]

Enjoyed this rendition. I rather liked the reminders throughout the tale, as I am of an age where my attention span is not all it used to be. 😆😆😆

[@yellowjackboots2624]

This may be the single greatest tale of horror

[@AAron-gr3jk]

This is a lovecraft story??? How awesome

[@eleftheriaeleftheria3302]

Another one horror masterpiece by the H.P.LOVECRAFT!

[@shmoushymouse4487]

Thanks for uploading so much!!!!

[@TheRecluseeee]

You're welcome! Enjoy the books. :-)

[@shmoushymouse4487]

Oh I will! I have the books but I listen to these after reading so I can understand them better.

[@shmoushymouse4487]

Just the way I absorb information I guess.

[@TheRecluseeee]

Shmoushy Mouse I also do the same thing on my favorite books. Not just it's good for absorbing the content but also one can enjoy the different flavor of the medium. Audiobooks have definitely different flavor than printed books.

[@TheExpertGuy]

You guys rock, thanks for the uploads

[@michaeldcruz5663]

I found this quote a bit fascinating and perplexing. “Age has more charity for these incomplete yet high-souled characters, whose worst real vice is timidity, and who are ultimately punished by general ridicule for their intellectual sins- sins like Ptolemaism, Calvinism, anti-Darwinism,anti-Nietzstheism, and every sort of Sabbatarianism, and sumptuary legislation”. Was wondering if anyone knew what HP Lovecraft meant by this quote?

[@Kuroperrock]

I listened to this Audiobook before, but now I'm listening to it again after watching House of Cards. The narrator way of speaking is very similar to that of Frank Underwood.

[@Kuroperrock]

Is this some kind of accent from USA?

[@TheRecluseeee]

Thanks for listening! Cheers!

[@FoxItAll]

TY!

[@TheRecluseeee]

C Mitchell My pleasure!

[@yogi2.057]

The "repulsive tasks" are usually performed under the cover of night in Arkham alright. Better break out the quick-lime for graves in the cellar. No one relishes 'a stinker'.

[@trailerparkninja6834]

I fall asleep 2 this all the time

[@ak318]

who is the narrator of this one?

[@majorprofit]

ak318 After some searching i found that Gordon Gould is his name!

[@andydensmore5293]

To free audiobooks and records do you have the boxing stories of robert e howard and the jane from Hell's Kitchen by perry paul aka h beam piper

[@TheRecluseeee]

Sorry but I don't have them either.

[@meursault7030]

Loving aaaaaaaaaall the discussions in the comments about whether or not Lovecraft was racist. Yes he was at the time, no it doesn't matter because he's dead and we can all laugh at how clearly scared he was of black people. Doesn't stop the story being fun. Thanks very much for the upload.

[@TheRecluseeee]

Many of great writers before 20th century were like that so it's better to ignore their personal opinions and just enjoy their great writings. :)

[@meursault7030]

Agreed, verily. :) Thanks again for the upload.

[@macdhomhnaill7721]

Meursault He was a product of his time. Nothing more. Any small-minded individual who refuses to enjoy his writings because of crap like that... well, their loss. Just enjoy the literature. (Also, let’s not get too crazy on the over-victimization of black people. Lovecraft was that way towards plenty other ethnicities. Black people aren’t the only people on this planet who have ever been slandered.)

[@One-ct3xe]

So, I barely saw the movie first, it's way too gross and creepy to watch alone, and it's kind of embarrassing to watch it with your parents, so I've seen just about up to the part with the dean getting crushed under the big metal door and that's about all I can stomach of the movie. I did sit and listen to all of this though on several car rides and breaks, and this is creepy and dark without all the screen gore and nudity! I really like the scary bit in the army hospital with the headless guy telling his friend to jump! I know there's a headless guy in the movie at the end too but I'm trusting what I hear about that part so I'm just going to stick to these audio recordings instead! What do you think is Hp Lovecrafts best story, and is it on KZbin too?

[@TiffanyRay]

and you wrote this hoping someone would care ok go off

[@TheGirlInFandomWorld]

The originals are usually preferable to the adaptations. An adaptation might drop the problematic bits (good) but it might also completely fail to live up to the source material (slightly less good). Also, Lovecraft's horror relies on leaving just enough things to the imagination, which is harder to do in a visual format than a written format.

[@TheGirlInFandomWorld]

@@TiffanyRay He we see statement that demonstrates itself.

[@demkepasaa2371]

I have read H.W. the reanimator today, the story is amazing, yet creepy.

[@TheRecluseeee]

Yes, it is amazing and creepy at the same time. Thanks for visiting!

[@melbourneleogibbsgibson...1653]

Reanimator H. P. Lovecraft "Herbert West" Dr Mad Man I love Lovecraft: inspire formation to my independent "get through" to novelist career " REANIMATOR" Why? From Dusk Till Dawn By me Harold Harry Peter Lovecraft Joshua Lee, Spring 2023: A Master of Fortune at the bold truth, the truly horrifying truth not science a brilliant influence to what immortal truth is it is all in your mind there is no divide all linked things are either disturbance or royal divine peace choice a product of a "race" against time and formation truth: this inspired by HP Lovecraft; I love HIM.

[@assimonem1189]

This is one of my favourites,lovecraft sometimes makes me laugh,but with him;i think he had a dark sense of humour.the tank always reminds me of stem cells. and the shapes the witch and brown jenkin take and the angles like quantum theory[the dreams in the witch house] still others like the shadow out of time were brilliantly thought out. i like to read but also enjoy these audios.this one was well narrated.thanks. and 1 ceslobas should not use the term bullshit. I would be interested to read his collected works in the penguin classics.i am not sure they accept those stupid little smiley faces.it is well known that when lovecraft generally used the terms like animal and subhuman he was refering to foreign races subliminaly like 1ceslovas.to him they were the real creeping monstrositys.

[@TheRecluseeee]

assimonem I'm glad that you like the upload!

[@jenellecherri6683]

love this one,thanks

[@TheRecluseeee]

Thanks for listening!

[@brentslaugh5831]

I should try to mate with Cthulu.. The spawn destined to enslave humanity.

[@Renan93X]

Amei isso Amei amei amei To lendo enquanto ouço ele ler Da uma sensação louca kkkkk

[@trailerparkninja6834]

Love this on obsession and mad science

[@robertgagen7880]

This story is much a better story of its type than 'Frankenstein'.

[@baloloons]

i am 5cared, to hear this

[@TheRecluseeee]

It's still fun though and you know it! :D

[@Fakan]

A great story elevated by a great narrator. (Also, yes, we get it, Lovecraft was racist, and no it's not cool, but seriously, this is tame compared to a lot of old fiction or even fiction that came after.)

[@TheRecluseeee]

Agreed. Thanks for listening!

[@leebritnell2405]

English writer Dennis Wheatley was terribly racist as well.

[@TheGirlInFandomWorld]

Yeah, it's just one of those things with older writing. It's not good, but unless the problematic bit is particularly bad (e.g. the cat's name in "The Rats In The Walls") it's usually considered poor form to censor the work.

[@ripperbygaslight951]

can somebody please give me some clarity on the ending I was following the story up till then.

[@ripperbygaslight951]

oh... thanks a bunch

[@darcyb2141]

So good

[@TheRecluseeee]

Thanks for listening! Cheers!

[@davidibarra9970]

Hp Lovecraft,for President

[@GinkgoBalboa142]

I think I know the answer, and it is "no", but we wouldn't be true scientists if we didn't at least TRY to get something to think without a brain.

[@CaptainNerd_]

Jellyfish don't have brains

[@jerryjohnson8485]

Politicians don't have brains either

[@TheGirlInFandomWorld]

Not anything more complex than "go there, eat that"

[@apex2000]

Forgot wall plaster was fine after. Hmmm

[@unsungscandal9576]

Thank God my white privilege makes it possible to enjoy books, movies, art of all kinds, without constantly asking myself how I feel it is negatively portraying my demographic. Great story, great writer, great experience for me personally, thanks Free Audio Books for Intellectual Exercise!

[@raziel1132]

Alex Stevenson stop whitesplaining

[@stephenhoman639]

i think he was joking

[@EvilBakaCat]

goddamn I love my white privlage

[@iliyaaleksov6397]

white powa! :D

[@user-gj7lp5iz6k]

It's okay to be white

[@gugusito05]

13:47 part 2

[@TheRecluseeee]

Thanks for listening! Cheers!

[@benhuether5474]

My own personal theory is that Herbert West learned the secret of reanimation from reading the forbidden Necronomicon as a student in Miskatonic University.

[@RamekGreen]

Oh lord, the way he describes the dead black guy is just hilariously bad

[@013wolfwarrior]

Dear god.. .

[@skullyskaric7779]

did he just said arkham? figures..i didn't think it was here but why? if is Gotham guessing it's a lucky guess if not then that's bad luck

[@Shanethefilmmaker]

Arkham as in Arkham Asylum which you're thinking was taken from Lovecraft's works.

[@turtleanton6539]

Arkham is from lovecraft

[@Melvinshermen]

Put Herbert west in scp

[@Piledriver86]

I still like the story but damn, Lovecrafts racism was in full force when he wrote this. Like that scene with the black boxer, yikes.

[@AceOfClubsHUN]

IKR... "Mr Lovecraft, there have been some silly accusations of you being racist, how do you comment these claims?" Lovecraft: "Something something disgusting ape-like, Congolese tam tam drum beating foreleg walker... " No more questions, Sir.

[@TheGirlInFandomWorld]

See also: the narrator's cat in "The Rats In The Walls." I don't see racism censored that much in old literature, but jfc that cat's name had to go.

[@turtleanton6539]

@@TheGirlInFandomWorld it is the same as his owns cats name.

[@TheGirlInFandomWorld]

@@turtleanton6539 That doesn't make it better

[@lordAgustin]

shut the f**k up

[@andrewdensmore4019]

To the free audiobokks website will you have the tales of thubway tham by Johnston mc culley read by daus butler and the adventures of the moon man by Frederick c Davis

[@DrakeH154]

18:36 a coincidence

[@turtleanton6539]

Not h.ps best but still good

[@deanasaurs]

#getthevaxx

[@CovenantOfLove]

#hplovecraft #magik #sacredscience #alligoricalesotericism

[@TheRecluseeee]

ARCHAIC SYMBOLISM Thank you so much for sharing the upload!

[@CovenantOfLove]

As always, my pleasure.

[@TheRecluseeee]

ARCHAIC SYMBOLISM :)

[@roasty80]

I didn't know steven king did audiobooks

[@mulattoraver]

Racism just ruined this story for me. Man of his times...

[@kana22693]

Grow up, pussy.

[@n.b.2164]

This should be the only narrator allowed to read Lovecraft's work. He's perfect for Lovecraft.

[@TheRecluseeee]

Neiru B Indeed! Thanks for listening!

[@sandman0545]

Neiru B Yes, Gordon Gould is quite good - also, try Conrad Feininger, who narrates The Dunwich Horror.

[@stevenluke1316]

I agree

[@TheRecluseeee]

Sonny Crockett He was brilliant in Reanimator. If he read Lovecraft's books, it would be epic!

[@jonbaird8835]

+Sonny Crockett He was also co-starred in a shitty 80's "action" film called "Cyclone."

[@Djrossi13]

This narrator is incredible. The ideal voice to read the anxious mood and dark motifs of this and almost all other Lovecraft works. Thanks for posting!

[@TheRecluseeee]

+DRossi13 Thanks for listening!

[@privatenumber7243]

I concur - excellent narration. One knows, that is, one whom has read Lovecraft over years and not without considerable delight and shuddering uneasiness as the story unfolds, the type of voice capable of delivering the prose of Mr. Howard Phillips Lovecraft. Your upload is much appreciated by this writer.

[@timmygun795]

Such beautiful, compelling writing. I love the man!

[@TheRecluseeee]

Thanks for listening! Cheers!

[@mrmeowsermoney]

He was a bit racist though

[@johnnygreenface4195]

He attacks black people, Italians, and women in the same chapter. Impressive.

[@trk4973]

It ain't a H.P. Lovecraft story without xenophobia, racism, and sexism.

[@TheGirlInFandomWorld]

This is Lovecraft, it'd be weirder if he didn't.

[@seanyb5289]

The voice and the way this was recorded makes me think of the tape played in the Evil Dead that summons the deadites

[@InfoEntropy]

Conrad Feininger is the best of all without a doubt but I enjoy this narrator as well

[@leeh.7786]

Try Ian Gordon on HorrorBabble.

[@hindleygj]

Thank you for uploading, very much.

[@TheRecluseeee]

My pleasure!

[@andydensmore5293]

To free audiobooks and records will you please have any gangster stories from gangster stories magazine and gun molls magazine I will say gangster stories magazine April 1926and gun molls magazine march 1929

[@TheRecluseeee]

Unfortunately I don't have those books. Thanks for your interest!

[@lauratanner8475]

We've all got that one friend 🙄

[@melbourneleogibbsgibson...1653]

Really-Relative, a masterful theorist of the smashing truth Mr. H. P. Lovecraft Good, Great a powerhouse with town, graveyard, intricate detail Hero Best to my Comic Book Death To The Sales Man, : Major Mean-Field Strict 9 and Reanimation Comics, Tale and audio starting it's birth on EVANESCENCE Royal Works PUB by me on December 13th 2021 entrepreneur and by-through me Putin Lee Middleton, I Hone Wellness for-inspiration from HIM.

[@cha5]

I wonder, Is Herbert West Reanimator technically the first zombie story?

[@TheSaderV]

Jesus was the first big zombie story.

[@cha5]

LOL X-D

[@jerimiahshekelstein583]

Theres also ragnrok which is a huge war between the undead(Hels kingdom) and the bravest of norse warriors.

[@fritzmcgillacuddy2240]

Howard Lovecraft took alot of influence from real world religion, zombies are an element of Haitian Voodoo and stories of the living dead and immortality with a catch predate "Re-Animator" by quite a while.

[@meursault7030]

Lazarus from the bible. Probably stolen from some earlier religion that they killed off.

[@Zmanwarrior]

CAT DEAD. DETAILS LATER.

[@xzeroevil]

what would the note say Dan?

[@RATPT0I]

I always took this story as comedy or maybe "weird fiction" as most of his stories were known back then.

[@TheRecluseeee]

Well, he wrote for "Weird Tales" magazine so yes, he was called weird fiction writers back then. :)

[@stalk8r]

I can totally see Netflix or HBO adapting this into a horror/dark comedy miniseries.

[@TheGirlInFandomWorld]

It's a parody of Frankenstein, with a bit of Lovecraft flair. I don't think this story would be the same otherwise, because Lovecraft was not a fan of (for the time) over the top gore and a lack of subtlety. Wonder how he'd feel about all the shitty creepypastas floating around the net.

[@yuggoth777]

For some reason I cannot stop picturing Halsey as Giancarlo Esposito. It makes no sense but it's the only person that comes to mind whenever he is mentioned.

[@melbourneleogibbsgibson...1653]

A saturation to my endless tying of Literal is The Harmony of All Things Action Orientated which by choice are intrigue and shown in bizarre to the enemy ill fate an inspire toward my own Creative Artist Grammy Victor With My Wife My V I r g I n Mother My WIFE Founder Of Evanescence With me Both Biologically Related To HP LOVECRAFT a soulful inspire to me and My only WIFE'S Rock Music Grammy Winners U s Band Benjamin Brad Lovecraft Mel Gibson Al Pacino Jack Jesus Jerry Christ Leonardo D a v I n c I Edgar Allan Poe Seether Middleton John Nazareth Joshua Hartzler Terry Ricky Rocky Stallone Newton Ben Moody Elvis Eden Presley Priscilla Halo Presley Virginia Sonya Lovecraft Grinfild Poe Amy Lee Evanescence That Is Who I am I love my Only Wife Soulmate my Immortal Beloved.

[@SpiderandMosquito]

For the uneducated Arkham Asylum of DC comics was named after the fictional city of Arkham, Massachusetts which is a reoccurring location in the collective works of H. P. Lovecraft. Wow... they named a hospital off of something from Lovecraft's ever so lovely imagination. .... That explains a lot :)

[@TheRecluseeee]

Christian Schmude Lovecraft's influence runs very deep. :)

[@SpiderandMosquito]

You got that right

[@TheGirlInFandomWorld]

The man's a household name, it's hardly surprising.

[@turtleanton6539]

Yes

[@avalonjustin]

How eloquent the learned can be about the desecration of sacred life.

[@theilliad4298]

what an incredible story.

[@lilsnugglymane8910]

11:38 Fucken lit

[@Cat-47]

4:09

[@TheRecluseeee]

Thanks for visiting and listening!

[@peterkenvin7818]

I kind of like Jeffrey Combs's reading of this too - its very different, very melodramatic. This has a more neutral tone - I like both of them. Wayne June is a good reader of Lovecraft too, but I havent heart Shadow Over Innsmouth - I shall listen to it later. :)

[@TheRecluseeee]

+Peter Kenvin Thanks for listening!

[@Welther47]

+Peter Kenvin I love Jeffrey Combs' version. Its a much more smoother voice and I think a higher quality recording

[@Welther47]

+Peter Kenvin I love Jeffrey Combs' version. Its a much more smoother voice and I think a higher quality recording

[@peterkenvin7818]

Combs' version was more of a performance, I think - Lovecraft deserves a performance! :-) This version is a little...not bland, but perfunctory and emotionless perhaps - more...historic, in a sense.

[@Welther47]

Peter Kenvin I think this is the way to read it. Because many of his stories are from the viewpoint of a man writing down this thoughts - often before his own death. (EX This and haunter of the dark, shadow over Innsmouth, Dagon, At the mountain of madness)

[@Volosous]

god damn I love Lovecraft's subtle racism.

[@Kuroperrock]

A Highly Sophisticated Gentleman Subtle? Haha! Not so much... (I love Lovecraft's writing btw)

[@Volosous]

sorry, I've been reading Lovecraft so much recently, anything short of him straight up saying "I'm writing things that strongly indicate racism" seems subtle to me...

[@TheGirlInFandomWorld]

@@Volosous Older works of literature tend to be that way. Tolkien did it too.

[@turtleanton6539]

@@TheGirlInFandomWorld he did not

[@grkpektis]

Did this story inspire George Romero? Because the zombies in this are so similar

[@TheRecluseeee]

Many horror film directors have been influenced by Lovecraft for sure. :)

[@ghostemane3209]

This is one of my favorite stories of all time.. so underrated

[@markw.loughton6786]

Awesome narration. one of my favourite Lovecraft tales.

[@foamersimpson6690]

52:42

[@TheRecluseeee]

Thanks for listening! Cheers!

[@trailerparkninja6834]

Read them all

[@danhagerdanhager]

I wish somebody would make a serious film (movie) adaptation of "Reanimator". That 1980s comedy-horror version was fun in its way, but nothing to do with the real story. In the hands of a talented director, it could be an exceptionally frightening piece of work. Stephen King has had plenty of cinematic adaptations, some of them very good, so why not HPL?

[@1Ceslovas]

This is one of the most hilarious story i have ever heard :D For some reason i allways laugh when listen to H P lovecraft bullshit stories :D they're supposed to be "horror" stories, but for me its such a hilarious shit, that i cant stop fucking laughing :D He calls the corpse of the man "a sound animal" :D

[@TheRecluseeee]

1Ceslovas Yes, this is indeed a fun book!

[@Sixstringman]

Lovecraft always hated this story. I love it though. Always remember: "a corpse fully equipped with organs may with suitable measures be set going again in the peculiar fashion known as life"

[@chrisbell5546]

If I am correct this one was actually written for a humour magazine. He made the story particularily grotesque and over the top pretty much just for shits and giggles, basically trolling a load of people who just wanted light-hearted comedy.

[@JoeBossRedSeven]

FUN 💜💀 ❗

[@lordfunkbottom9541]

It always bothered me how a man of Lovecraft's obvious brilliance could be such a xenophobic bigot.I suppose it's because I equate racial prejudice with ignorance. Just because a person is quite intelligent sadly doesn't preclude him/her from being total stooge.

[@deeliriyum]

lord funkbottom If you haven't, you should watch a documentary about Lovecraft. He changed his views in later life, but not entirely. I think he was more xenophobe than racist because in some of his works he showed disgust with anything foreign ironically forgetting that he himself was a foreigner in a land European settlers took from native Americans. It is undeniable that even for his time his views were extreme.

[@donnk]

lord funkbottom who the fuck cares? _everyone_ is racist to a certain extent. If you're offended by such things you should just stay in your house and turn off the internet

[@lordfunkbottom9541]

Maria Ferguson Obviously you give a fuck Maria otherwise you wouldn't have posted anything.

[@donnk]

lord funkbottom yeah yeah stop crying

[@lordfunkbottom9541]

Maria Ferguson Jesus ,Maria pull the corn cob out of your ass