Nathaniel coming to and seemingly continuing on with his lecture he was giving when he lost control of his mind was such a cool touch for me when I first listened to this book years ago.
I always thought The Shadow Out Of Time was a great companion piece to The Mountains of Madness. Thanks for uploading! Perhaps the next one could be the dream-quest of unknown kadath!!!
Thanks for doing this one, it's my favorite Lovecraft story. The Great Race of Yith seem like the most benevolent race in the Mythos. They are archivists, they just want to learn as much as they can. Yes, they switch minds with other entities but are kind to the swapped mind. The ensure that the swapped mind isn't a threat to them or the original owners body. They put in mental blocks to make sure that when the body's owner returns that any information that could be used negatively to affect the future can't be accessed by the swapped mind.
A sentence does not get more Lovecraftian than this: "My feet slipped utterly and I found myself involved in a mangling avalanche of sliding masonry whose canon loud uproar split the black cavern air in a deafening series of earth-shaking reverberations"
This is a very special story to me. When i was in the Army, on holiday leave I would drive back to my hometown to see friends and family. The drive was just under 4 hours and I would always put on a audio book. This one was hands down the most captivating and I listened to it several times on those drives and it never got old. I know a lot of people nowadays criticize H.P. Lovecraft for his overly specific and repetitive descriptions, I feel this story in particular he is at his absolute best and to hear it now in TES voice and measured story reading cadence is incredible. Thank you!
These audiobooks are always a treat. I’ve gone back and listens to At the Mountains of Madness and Shadow over Insmouth 3 times each at least. I’ll add this to the playlist.
I think this is my favorite of his stories, and I’ve stopped around 40 minutes in to make this claim. Completely enthralling stuff, one of the creepiest premises I’ve ever heard explored. Fella was so far ahead of his time it never ceases to amaze me
My favorite Lovecraft story alongside Mountains of Madness, and also a sad reminder of how his work was evolving from short stories full of xenophoby to more long from adventure horror stories, it make me angry that he died so young, as if these last stories are anything to go bye, he was truly hitting his stride.
Love this stuff! Theres something weirdly comforting about the old timey way Lovecraft writes, despite his subject matter obviously being anything but comforting lol.
Ah yes, my first Lovecraft book, what a marvelous way to enter to this great world full of eldritch horror. I still conserving my physical copy of this story, such a good memory.
I fully intend to listen to this. The wonderful thing about this channel is how relaxing it is, even while discussing terrifying things. I imagine I'm not alone in that I avoid listening to your stuff for a while so that when I finally get a night to relax, I can just binge your work. We owe many quiet and relaxed nights to your channel, thanks for the great work.
Ahhh yes. Love me some exploring series to fall asleep at night... can't wait to listen to this for a week trying to remember where I left off when I pass out
This is offiially my favorite lovecraft tale. Its just inspired me with a story idea thatll let me combine a few things i want to write, and might actually get me to write again after.... 16 years i think
I've been binging your Lovecraft readings for the past few months (been sick) and I regret not checking them out sooner. you have the perfect reading/narrator voice and you put such emphasis on the motions. Also, I'm noticing a trend with some of Lovecraft's works. The protagonist ALMOST brings back artifacts of proof of these fantastical discoveries, only to drop or otherwise lose it, so the outside world dismisses them as a madman and they're none the wiser.
These late night uploads when I can’t sleep, then see a notification for this channel, fuck I get so hyped because I know I’ll sleep so good for the next 4-5 nights it’ll take me to actually get through the whole video. Thank you Explorer.
Would love to hear you read The Thing On The Doorstep some time! Kind of a tangential story in the mythos, but a great one. It's also pretty related to this story since they both revolve around body-snatching.
Your content creation has evolved so much in quality over the past few years, thank you for doing what you do. Your narration skills are second to none.
I just want to say that I utterly love all of your content. You’ve become this sort of mental safe haven for me. When I want to forgot the world and drift off to some far away land.. I come to you. Please keep up the amazing work.. I wouldn’t mind hearing you get into Alien and Predator lore also.
Ah, i missed one detail on previous readings of this tale; when Nate here tells the reader to look for his son, "Professor Wingate Peaslee", I always figured that Wingate was Nate's middle name and the son's first name. But hearing the name of Nate's parents, this is one of those aristocratic families where they use two last names, as with Asenath Waite Derby, who is both a Derby and a Waite. So the son is "Professor Wingate-Peaslee", despite not writing the hyphen, and he has some first name that we never learn (I will headcanon that it's George, and that he's embarassed by it, not wanting his friends to think of him as some dragon-slaying crusader).
And then, like ten seconds after I paused to write all that, the story does explicitly confirm that Wingate is indeed a first name. So maybe HP just made an error in his genealogy here, or the boy was named after his mother's maiden name, which is kind of a cruel thing to do to a boy.
The good thing about listening to Lovecraft is that if I fall asleep, he will still be going on about exactly the same thing when I wake up. I wont miss anything
I remember that picture. It was just Nier staring at you. I don't remember what it said though. It may have been Game Informer. There were so many magazines back then.
I'm recurringly bemused at how Lovecraft can describe settings and experiences that sound absolutely fascinating, breathtakingly beautiful, intellectually revolutionary, and in the same breath talk about how hideous and evil they are.
Just before the 1 hour mark, we learn of the potential for a tremendous number of sub-stories within the setting of this one Mythos-adjacent tale: heist-like capers of Great Race agents in the human world working to capture a fleeing renegade from their own era. Someone who wants to film a low-budget movie could do worse than to explore this concept, as HPL's stories are all in the public domain, but derivative works can be copyrighted. (I give legal permission to use this idea to anyone who wishes to pursue such an endeavor, as I likely will never have the opportunity.)
The coordinates of the stones are in the Gibson desert. South of the Nullagine river and with a Telfer WA 6762 postcode :) Amazing the accuracy of Howards research.
My favourite Lovecraft story. I found when getting into some of his earlier short stories that it was a little cringeworthy, sure I may have been scared by them 100 years ago. I mean no disrespect, its just coming from the perspective of someone who has long since desensitized to horror. But the twist in this story really felt like a 'holy shit' moment. I first listened to it on a long night drive and I guess that really helped set the mood, but I always find myself coming back to this one. Mountains of Madness is also great.
I have in hardback the complete works of Poe, Lovecraft, and H.G.Wells. I reread them fairly often. It always weirds me out when I read a tale about whooperwills coming to collect the souls of the dead, and then whopperwills call outside my home all night. Just a book, just a book. Lol.
“I’m the most normal a human can be and am not crazy - nor is anyone in my family.” Me: uh huh… “My wife left me after something happened beyond my control .” Me: what? that’s terrible! Maybe I was wrong. I’ll give him a chance. “After reading the Necronomicon-“ Me: ….I regret giving him a chance.
Idk why. I think the way you narrated this reminded me a lot of Kumar and mumbja... From a newer scp vid you had on here. I d k, it's like the way your voice is very commanding and stuff 😅😅😅 not complaining.. I luv it heh 😅❤❤❤
lets goooooo love ur audio books u got me into reading honeslly went down the rabbit hole after lovecraft, any interest in reading thomas ligotti? weird fiction and i havent seen many of his stories on youtube
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Nathaniel coming to and seemingly continuing on with his lecture he was giving when he lost control of his mind was such a cool touch for me when I first listened to this book years ago.
I always thought The Shadow Out Of Time was a great companion piece to The Mountains of Madness. Thanks for uploading! Perhaps the next one could be the dream-quest of unknown kadath!!!
Thanks for doing this one, it's my favorite Lovecraft story.
The Great Race of Yith seem like the most benevolent race in the Mythos. They are archivists, they just want to learn as much as they can. Yes, they switch minds with other entities but are kind to the swapped mind. The ensure that the swapped mind isn't a threat to them or the original owners body. They put in mental blocks to make sure that when the body's owner returns that any information that could be used negatively to affect the future can't be accessed by the swapped mind.
A sentence does not get more Lovecraftian than this: "My feet slipped utterly and I found myself involved in a mangling avalanche of sliding masonry whose canon loud uproar split the black cavern air in a deafening series of earth-shaking reverberations"
Silly pants...stop it...😮😊
Of course it can. That sentence doesn't say "cyclopian" even once!
in more common vernacular, "dumbass upsets the ancient ruins. it was very loud"
@@witchwaist you win the day!!
that's eldritch af
This is a very special story to me. When i was in the Army, on holiday leave I would drive back to my hometown to see friends and family. The drive was just under 4 hours and I would always put on a audio book. This one was hands down the most captivating and I listened to it several times on those drives and it never got old. I know a lot of people nowadays criticize H.P. Lovecraft for his overly specific and repetitive descriptions, I feel this story in particular he is at his absolute best and to hear it now in TES voice and measured story reading cadence is incredible.
Thank you!
I agree that this is likely Lovecraft's best work, as well as my personal favorite.
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Just re-listened to your shadow over Innsmouth reading, so I am excited for another reading!
That's one of the best ones he's done, yeah.
I love your HP Lovecraft Audiobooks! Great stuff!
We sleeping good tonight lads
On me man
Amen brotha
How’d you say this 5 days ago lol
FOR REAL, new video drops I snooze so good
Literally hoho going to sleep to this
These audiobooks are always a treat. I’ve gone back and listens to At the Mountains of Madness and Shadow over Insmouth 3 times each at least. I’ll add this to the playlist.
You and me both my friend. I own the necronomicon but have only ever read dagon because it took like 30 mins. These audiobooks are perfect for me.
The Exploring Series' At the Mountains of Madness is truly the best audiobook for me.
I think this is my favorite of his stories, and I’ve stopped around 40 minutes in to make this claim. Completely enthralling stuff, one of the creepiest premises I’ve ever heard explored. Fella was so far ahead of his time it never ceases to amaze me
Now i’m waiting if a third book is going to fight for favourite spot from dunwich or innsmouth
My favorite Lovecraft story alongside Mountains of Madness, and also a sad reminder of how his work was evolving from short stories full of xenophoby to more long from adventure horror stories, it make me angry that he died so young, as if these last stories are anything to go bye, he was truly hitting his stride.
Fantastic as always. Here’s hoping for a reading of The Dream Quest of Unknown Kadath next 🤞
agreed, that'll be like four awesome two-hour vids.
Let's hope the lower view count and revenue don't put the big man off
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I'd like to hear 'The Silver Key' and the sequel...
Love this stuff!
Theres something weirdly comforting about the old timey way Lovecraft writes, despite his subject matter obviously being anything but comforting lol.
Ah yes, my first Lovecraft book, what a marvelous way to enter to this great world full of eldritch horror. I still conserving my physical copy of this story, such a good memory.
Oh man, asked if you would do this on Twitter some time back and you said it was possible.
Finding this today made my day! Thank you!
Thank deez nuts
Thank you so much for all the content you put out! One of the best channels on UA-cam, especially if you have long commutes or solitary work to do!
Gotta watch all the ads to support my favorite reading channel out there. Great vid as always
Doing all the hits! I love this one; looking forward to listening several times. If you’re considering requests I’d love to hear The Mound from you
I fully intend to listen to this.
The wonderful thing about this channel is how relaxing it is, even while discussing terrifying things.
I imagine I'm not alone in that I avoid listening to your stuff for a while so that when I finally get a night to relax, I can just binge your work. We owe many quiet and relaxed nights to your channel, thanks for the great work.
Thank you for making my mondays more bearable. Love all your videos!
One of my favorite Lovecraft stories read by one of my favorite UA-camrs.
Ahhh yes. Love me some exploring series to fall asleep at night... can't wait to listen to this for a week trying to remember where I left off when I pass out
Love deez.njte and sicj etc etc
Nice reading, narrator keeps a solid tempo throughout and doesn't rush thru the story.
This is offiially my favorite lovecraft tale. Its just inspired me with a story idea thatll let me combine a few things i want to write, and might actually get me to write again after.... 16 years i think
It always makes my week when I see a new The Exploring Series video. Keep up the great work!
whenever H.P. Lovecraft is a topic I will suggest this story. I only read it 3 or 5 times but it is my favorite.
I've been binging your Lovecraft readings for the past few months (been sick) and I regret not checking them out sooner. you have the perfect reading/narrator voice and you put such emphasis on the motions.
Also, I'm noticing a trend with some of Lovecraft's works. The protagonist ALMOST brings back artifacts of proof of these fantastical discoveries, only to drop or otherwise lose it, so the outside world dismisses them as a madman and they're none the wiser.
Im so glad youre still dropping these. I play them every night now. Been waiting for this one too.
These late night uploads when I can’t sleep, then see a notification for this channel, fuck I get so hyped because I know I’ll sleep so good for the next 4-5 nights it’ll take me to actually get through the whole video. Thank you Explorer.
Would love to hear you read The Thing On The Doorstep some time! Kind of a tangential story in the mythos, but a great one. It's also pretty related to this story since they both revolve around body-snatching.
“Although they tweet I killed my friend, while I emptied my blicky into his body, I am not his killer.”
Love these Lovecraft storys!!! your channel is so awsome thx for all you do!!🔥🔥🔥
I was relistening to your version of Dunwich yesterday, and thinking how much I wanted you to do this. YAY!
YES
This is by far my favorite HP Lovecraft story!
That's what shecsaid
Your content creation has evolved so much in quality over the past few years, thank you for doing what you do. Your narration skills are second to none.
My favorite behind AtMoM. Thanks so much for your work, as always!
We are making it to dreamland with this one 💪💪💪💪
Dream of deez nuts
Another spectacular reading by our boy @TheExploringSeries
I was waiting for this one, Mangg! This is one of my top 5 Lovecraft stories . . . .
Yes! Thank you for this Audiobook and All your hard work and effort. Great narration!
I just want to say that I utterly love all of your content. You’ve become this sort of mental safe haven for me. When I want to forgot the world and drift off to some far away land.. I come to you. Please keep up the amazing work.. I wouldn’t mind hearing you get into Alien and Predator lore also.
My most anticipated reading other than his cats name, good job!
Of all your content this is by far the greatest in my humblest opinion I appreciate you sharing your skills much love
Such has it been that the morning drive hath been quite the bop thus far. Thank you very much for the content.
That ending… so good
Ah, i missed one detail on previous readings of this tale; when Nate here tells the reader to look for his son, "Professor Wingate Peaslee", I always figured that Wingate was Nate's middle name and the son's first name. But hearing the name of Nate's parents, this is one of those aristocratic families where they use two last names, as with Asenath Waite Derby, who is both a Derby and a Waite. So the son is "Professor Wingate-Peaslee", despite not writing the hyphen, and he has some first name that we never learn (I will headcanon that it's George, and that he's embarassed by it, not wanting his friends to think of him as some dragon-slaying crusader).
And then, like ten seconds after I paused to write all that, the story does explicitly confirm that Wingate is indeed a first name. So maybe HP just made an error in his genealogy here, or the boy was named after his mother's maiden name, which is kind of a cruel thing to do to a boy.
Thank god for something other then my usual content to pass out by.
Thank God? Thank deez nuts!
I’ve listened to this one to sleep so many times youtube starts recommending it to me around the same time every day
I was literally *just* looking for a new audiobook!
Might be my favorite Lovecraft story I have heard a reading of so far.
Wtf, you posted early?!?! Keeping us on out toes now, are you? I like it
I love it when you do Lovecraft!!!
Holy shit did i ever need this one. Been a long week my friends. Ya boi is going to dream land.
The good thing about listening to Lovecraft is that if I fall asleep, he will still be going on about exactly the same thing when I wake up. I wont miss anything
Love these Lovecraft readings, Ty 💯
Still a great story. Fell asleep listening to this which may explain some of the dream sequences. A wonderful narration. Thanks.
I remember that picture. It was just Nier staring at you. I don't remember what it said though. It may have been Game Informer. There were so many magazines back then.
Just when I desperately needed something to distract me and get me to sleep... Bless you.
Your audiobooks are the best
Ah good, something to enjoy during work tomorrow.
Enjoy deez nuts
Another 3 hour plus lovecraft video, we eating good tonight!
Finally! My favorite Lovecraft story.. thank you for this one 👍🙏✌️
Man, do you have SUCH a great voice for this!
My week has been made
Enjoying my weed gummies and h.p. Lovecraft! Happy Saturday
Amazing. Always enjoy your Lovecraft readings.
love these audio books so much
an hour early???? by jove what a treat!
Love your bedtimes stories dude
I'm recurringly bemused at how Lovecraft can describe settings and experiences that sound absolutely fascinating, breathtakingly beautiful, intellectually revolutionary, and in the same breath talk about how hideous and evil they are.
love your audiobooks man.
Just before the 1 hour mark, we learn of the potential for a tremendous number of sub-stories within the setting of this one Mythos-adjacent tale: heist-like capers of Great Race agents in the human world working to capture a fleeing renegade from their own era. Someone who wants to film a low-budget movie could do worse than to explore this concept, as HPL's stories are all in the public domain, but derivative works can be copyrighted. (I give legal permission to use this idea to anyone who wishes to pursue such an endeavor, as I likely will never have the opportunity.)
Oh, you treat us so good!
The coordinates of the stones are in the Gibson desert. South of the Nullagine river and with a Telfer WA 6762 postcode :)
Amazing the accuracy of Howards research.
Good narration! Enjoyed it immensely.
A phenomenal story!
I love your narration - I'd listen to you read anything
A three hour video? While I have four hours of work left? Let’s GO.
Oh yes thank you for this I can't get enough Lovecraft
I love the early 20th century writing
This is amazing work, really appreciate it.
My favourite Lovecraft story. I found when getting into some of his earlier short stories that it was a little cringeworthy, sure I may have been scared by them 100 years ago. I mean no disrespect, its just coming from the perspective of someone who has long since desensitized to horror. But the twist in this story really felt like a 'holy shit' moment. I first listened to it on a long night drive and I guess that really helped set the mood, but I always find myself coming back to this one. Mountains of Madness is also great.
I get to work, fire up UA-cam, and truly my cup runneth over. Thank you.
Very interesting story. Vast, incomparably ancient in origin and hauntingly beautiful in mystery and strangness.
Well, I was hoping for another Chaos god, but this will work.
Great work as always 👍
One of my favorites! Thanks for doing this one 😊
I have in hardback the complete works of Poe, Lovecraft, and H.G.Wells. I reread them fairly often.
It always weirds me out when I read a tale about whooperwills coming to collect the souls of the dead, and then whopperwills call outside my home all night. Just a book, just a book. Lol.
“I’m the most normal a human can be and am not crazy - nor is anyone in my family.”
Me: uh huh…
“My wife left me after something happened beyond my control .”
Me: what? that’s terrible! Maybe I was wrong. I’ll give him a chance.
“After reading the Necronomicon-“
Me: ….I regret giving him a chance.
Omg yessss dude thanks so much for your amazing content you’re the best!
Uploaded right when I needed to sleep
Idk why. I think the way you narrated this reminded me a lot of Kumar and mumbja... From a newer scp vid you had on here. I d k, it's like the way your voice is very commanding and stuff 😅😅😅 not complaining.. I luv it heh 😅❤❤❤
Oh yes! This one is my favorite Lovecraft's story
40:35 "Fungi of inconeivable size, outlines and colors...." Sounds like some kind of.... mushroom kingdom?
Thanks for another great video!
The BEST Lovecraft reader!!
lets goooooo love ur audio books u got me into reading honeslly went down the rabbit hole after lovecraft, any interest in reading thomas ligotti? weird fiction and i havent seen many of his stories on youtube
Ah well, fair enough. Can’t hate them for being curious.
This should get me through most of my road trip this morning 😁
DAMN.... I'VE MISSED THESE. UR SUCH A TALENTED NARRATOR (& LOVECRAFT ONE OF MY FAVS)(KYAH) (NOT SIMPING AT ALL)
Goodnight.