@@TheEldritchArchives Thanks. Been looking for it for a while now, but apparently it’s kind of obscure. I know it’s usually printed in the same books that feature The Gods of Bal-Sagoth.
If you really love dark humor you should really check out Clark Ashton Smith’s Hyperborean cycle of stories. In one comedic focus is given to a depressed wizard because he didn’t get to torture anyone that day. In another (The 7 Geases) a man is told that he is too ugly to kill by an Eldritch entity known for eating its own young, not a real person by the first humans and too useless to be killed by Serpent Men.
Absolutely. "The Seven Geases" is a Smith classic: An amazing tale of comic rejection by a series of Lovecraft-ian entities comprised of a number of familiar archetypes (including the Archetypes), each passing our poor protagonist down the line. As with all his works, the detail is exquisite, all the tropes you'd expect are in-place and well-utilized and the story is, in short, an absolute must-read (or listen as it's available to hear on several sites, some featuring more desirable narration than others). But yeah: The Hyperborean Cycle is CA Smith at, in my humble opinion, his best. EDIT: BTW, "GrimDarkHalfOff" is a wickedly clever username effectively reflecting the genre and to a lesser extent Warhammer 40k. I suspected that w/a name like that you're a serious literature enthusiast whose gotta' have a channel and sure enough, you do, and it's full of great content so color me oh-so-subscribed.
Thanks to The Eldritch Archives for providing this fine narration of a standout Robert E Howard tale sans requiring channel membership as certain other sites insist upon. Making "The Gods of Bal-Sagoth" and related content available to the masses free of charge is a commendable and much-appreciated public service. Well done, and again, thank you. As another listener (GrimDarkHalfOff) astutely noted, if one enjoys this kind of humorous adventure through a glass darkly, Smith's "The Seven Geases" represents an apex moment for the genre & is well worth a read (or listen). The Seven Geases", part of Smith's Hyperborean Cycle of stories, is a an epic tale of comic rejection by a series of Lovecraft-ian entities comprised of a number of familiar archetypes (including the Archetypes), each passing the protagonist down the line. As per usual, Smiths's use of written English to convey detail approaches exquisite, all the tropes you'd expect are in-place and well-utilized and the story is, in short, an absolute must-read (or listen as it's available in audio format on several sites, including one or two featuring better-than-average narration). Although it's in poor taste for one to mention a competing channel, hopefully TEA can forgive me for recommending HorrorBabble's production of "The Seven Geases" as it's probably the finest free narration available at present (of course, preferences vary - taste in narration tone, pacing, and overall style is subjective but I think most will agree that it's a good version of "The Seven Geases"). Added bonus: Learning the correct (one assumes) pronunciation of "gease" in addition to its meaning if one was previously unfamiliar with this very old-school term representing a curse or a an arrangement trading service of some sort for a boon be it acquisition of a desired attribute or favorable outcome in some area. The Hyperborean Cycle is CA Smith at, in my humble opinion, his best, and any fans of his work specifically or comic adventure tales in general would be well-advised to explore these tales as they represent some of Smith's finest stories. Again, thank you The Eldritch Archives for providing this narration of "The Gods of Bal-Sagoth" free of charge. By providing this material you're doing a great public service by making high culture available to the masses and helping to fulfill the promise of the Internet as the Great Library of our times and your efforts are well-appreciated. In short: Good job!
superior narration! I am just wandering - have they also traveled into the future? In many celtic legends when you find some lost land in the ocean time slows down for you, and centuries pass as you feel them like mere days.
Ich habe mich bei der Erwähnung von älteren Filmen etwas gefragt: Hollywood hat doch immer eine Botschaft in seinen Werken gehabt,z.B. in den 80ern Kommunisten, Sowjets und Drogendealer. Mich hat das nicht gestört, weil ich da nie wirklich "reale" Charaktere vor mir gesehen habe. Allerdings wurde diese Werbung für den American Dream in meiner Erinnerung schon damals kritisch gesehen. Jetzt frage ich mich was sich genau verändert hat? Bin ich jetzt einfach auf die Seite gewechselt die Hollyood als neue böse Mächte auserkoren hat (weis, männlich, Heterogenität, Familienvater....) oder hat sich die Art von Hollywood geändert?
A fabulous story! and terrific narration! The works of REH were always a favorite of mine. While I like the heroes Conan and Kull, I also liked his other heroes, pirates and adventurers, both in ancient times or modern day.
@@andythegoatman694 An excellent suggestion especially as I am largely unfamiliar with Howard's Bran Mak Mon work and would enjoy a narration of the same. Couldn't help but notice the abundance of protagonist's in Howard's and related authors works featuring the archetypal hero represented by Bran Mok Man, in this case, a king of the Picts struggling to defend his people against the Romans et al. Sounds promising and again, an Eldritch Archives narration would be welcome.
Cortez, Alfred the great, Gaels, Vikings, pigmies, Native American’s and Neolithic monsters….😂 A great ridiculous yarn! Histrionic History ❤Dreams and Ghosts and Smoke ….
I always enjoy Conan tales for many reasons, one of which I THOUGHT was their comedic element. But perhaps his descriptions of The Cimmerian slapping that butt of all his leading ladies (who are invariably and inexplicably nude for lengthy periods of the stories), his homicidal response to the civilized innovations which seek to tame his wild heart (the criminal justice system foolishly attempting to compel him into betraying his countryman) and other Conanic traits...perhaps they are not meant to be funny. I would pay you for the fine Reading, but you see, I PAY MY WAY WITH STEEL!
Hey Ben, thanks for the recommendation! I've just downloaded a copy of The Undying Monster and will give it a read. It looks like a good candidate for an audiobook 😄 Cheers, Connor
I'm not stopping forever. There will be a gap of 6 months with no audiobook uploads though. After that I plan to continue making both REH and other audiobooks :)
The humor is more like grim irony. For example the priestess is crushed by the idol she worships. It's not a laugh out loud joke, but it's black humour.
@@TheEldritchArchives yeah, I forgot that part. I mean the whole story is a little funny: two enemies get shipwrecked and--in the space of one day--they kill a god, reinstate a goddess-queen, foil an assassin plot, see the "goddess" crushed by an idol, some ancient immortal wizard dies, the country is invaded by enemies and breaks out into war, these two not-really-Christian guys get picked up by a fanatical Spanish crusader (one guy hopes he doesn't get recognized), and then the Gael ends up king of the oldest civilization on earth... which they watch burn to the ground as they sail away. When you just list it as "what happened today" it's funny. P.S.: they happen to know who the random white girl is, to boot.
@@towelgirl21 I always got a "buddy cop" vibe from this story hahaha oh yeah I forgot about the ending with the Spanish ship! Like you say the fact that they end up on the Spanish shop is also pretty funny.
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You guys think you can do Howard’s story titled “The Isle Of The Eons” at some point?
@@NyarlathotepCrawlingChaos I'll look into it 🙂
@@TheEldritchArchives Thanks. Been looking for it for a while now, but apparently it’s kind of obscure. I know it’s usually printed in the same books that feature The Gods of Bal-Sagoth.
@@NyarlathotepCrawlingChaos Sweet suggestion, NCC.
If you really love dark humor you should really check out Clark Ashton Smith’s Hyperborean cycle of stories. In one comedic focus is given to a depressed wizard because he didn’t get to torture anyone that day. In another (The 7 Geases) a man is told that he is too ugly to kill by an Eldritch entity known for eating its own young, not a real person by the first humans and too useless to be killed by Serpent Men.
Absolutely. "The Seven Geases" is a Smith classic: An amazing tale of comic rejection by a series of Lovecraft-ian entities comprised of a number of familiar archetypes (including the Archetypes), each passing our poor protagonist down the line. As with all his works, the detail is exquisite, all the tropes you'd expect are in-place and well-utilized and the story is, in short, an absolute must-read (or listen as it's available to hear on several sites, some featuring more desirable narration than others). But yeah: The Hyperborean Cycle is CA Smith at, in my humble opinion, his best.
EDIT: BTW, "GrimDarkHalfOff" is a wickedly clever username effectively reflecting the genre and to a lesser extent Warhammer 40k. I suspected that w/a name like that you're a serious literature enthusiast whose gotta' have a channel and sure enough, you do, and it's full of great content so color me oh-so-subscribed.
What is the name of the Clark Ashton Smith story about a depressed wizard? Is it 'The Coming of The White Worm'?
Cool to see you here I watch your channel everyday👍
Zothique Clark Ashton smith empire of the necromancers great story!
Really enjoyed that. Classic story and well narrated. Thanks👍
Thanks to The Eldritch Archives for providing this fine narration of a standout Robert E Howard tale sans requiring channel membership as certain other sites insist upon. Making "The Gods of Bal-Sagoth" and related content available to the masses free of charge is a commendable and much-appreciated public service. Well done, and again, thank you.
As another listener (GrimDarkHalfOff) astutely noted, if one enjoys this kind of humorous adventure through a glass darkly, Smith's "The Seven Geases" represents an apex moment for the genre & is well worth a read (or listen).
The Seven Geases", part of Smith's Hyperborean Cycle of stories, is a an epic tale of comic rejection by a series of Lovecraft-ian entities comprised of a number of familiar archetypes (including the Archetypes), each passing the protagonist down the line.
As per usual, Smiths's use of written English to convey detail approaches exquisite, all the tropes you'd expect are in-place and well-utilized and the story is, in short, an absolute must-read (or listen as it's available in audio format on several sites, including one or two featuring better-than-average narration).
Although it's in poor taste for one to mention a competing channel, hopefully TEA can forgive me for recommending HorrorBabble's production of "The Seven Geases" as it's probably the finest free narration available at present (of course, preferences vary - taste in narration tone, pacing, and overall style is subjective but I think most will agree that it's a good version of "The Seven Geases").
Added bonus: Learning the correct (one assumes) pronunciation of "gease" in addition to its meaning if one was previously unfamiliar with this very old-school term representing a curse or a an arrangement trading service of some sort for a boon be it acquisition of a desired attribute or favorable outcome in some area.
The Hyperborean Cycle is CA Smith at, in my humble opinion, his best, and any fans of his work specifically or comic adventure tales in general would be well-advised to explore these tales as they represent some of Smith's finest stories.
Again, thank you The Eldritch Archives for providing this narration of "The Gods of Bal-Sagoth" free of charge. By providing this material you're doing a great public service by making high culture available to the masses and helping to fulfill the promise of the Internet as the Great Library of our times and your efforts are well-appreciated. In short: Good job!
I absolutely love your readings thank you so much for the type of content you share ❤😊
Another Robert E Howard story I haven’t heard yet! Thank you!
Magnificent!
Excellent reading of a fun and action packed story.
Here I am rubbing my grubby mitts and chuckling manically at the mention that this story has some good dark humor. Hehehehe.
Excellent. Thank you.
superior narration!
I am just wandering - have they also traveled into the future? In many celtic legends when you find some lost land in the ocean time slows down for you, and centuries pass as you feel them like mere days.
Awesome!
Agreed!
Aloha from Hawaii!
Ditto, from Honolulu!
Greetings from the northern California bay area.
@@michaelkottler Aloha! I lived in Bolinas when it was free and cool. Check out Big Island for beauty and natural kicks.
super good.
Ich habe mich bei der Erwähnung von älteren Filmen etwas gefragt: Hollywood hat doch immer eine Botschaft in seinen Werken gehabt,z.B. in den 80ern Kommunisten, Sowjets und Drogendealer. Mich hat das nicht gestört, weil ich da nie wirklich "reale" Charaktere vor mir gesehen habe. Allerdings wurde diese Werbung für den American Dream in meiner Erinnerung schon damals kritisch gesehen. Jetzt frage ich mich was sich genau verändert hat? Bin ich jetzt einfach auf die Seite gewechselt die Hollyood als neue böse Mächte auserkoren hat (weis, männlich, Heterogenität, Familienvater....) oder hat sich die Art von Hollywood geändert?
A fabulous story! and terrific narration! The works of REH were always a favorite of mine. While I like the heroes Conan and Kull, I also liked his other heroes, pirates and adventurers, both in ancient times or modern day.
What about bran mak morn
@@andythegoatman694 An excellent suggestion especially as I am largely unfamiliar with Howard's Bran Mak Mon work and would enjoy a narration of the same. Couldn't help but notice the abundance of protagonist's in Howard's and related authors works featuring the archetypal hero represented by Bran Mok Man, in this case, a king of the Picts struggling to defend his people against the Romans et al. Sounds promising and again, an Eldritch Archives narration would be welcome.
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Howard wrote westerns with a lot of humor.
He sure did, jt1688. He sure did.
Would love to see a Conan tale set in Cimmeria, where he engages in a brutal pun fight with a Cimmerian warrior.
Cortez, Alfred the great, Gaels, Vikings, pigmies, Native American’s and Neolithic monsters….😂
A great ridiculous yarn! Histrionic History ❤Dreams and Ghosts and Smoke ….
Indeed. What is not to love?
I always enjoy Conan tales for many reasons, one of which I THOUGHT was their comedic element. But perhaps his descriptions of The Cimmerian slapping that butt of all his leading ladies (who are invariably and inexplicably nude for lengthy periods of the stories), his homicidal response to the civilized innovations which seek to tame his wild heart (the criminal justice system foolishly attempting to compel him into betraying his countryman) and other Conanic traits...perhaps they are not meant to be funny.
I would pay you for the fine Reading, but you see, I PAY MY WAY WITH STEEL!
"Inexplicably"? Hardly, although your general point is well-taken.
enjoyed much, wish you guys would read The Undying Monster, the 1922 novel by Jessie Douglas Kerruish, would make a great audiobook
Hey Ben, thanks for the recommendation! I've just downloaded a copy of The Undying Monster and will give it a read. It looks like a good candidate for an audiobook 😄
Cheers,
Connor
thank you much, is a interesting novel, they made a movie in 1942 but it was much less than it could have been@@TheEldritchArchives
Breckinridge Elkins is all humor.
You 'n yer 'ol cap 'n ball!!
Gotta love a cowboy that can carry his animal when it gets tired. The Bear Creek series is indeed very light hearted and sure to be enjoyed.
Howard wrote a great many westerns with plenty of humor.
The good old days when Vikings had horns...
12:45
gibber / gibbering / gibberish are pronounced with a soft 'g' (like saying it with a 'j'), rather than a hard 'g' as in glen or gangrene.
Pitty you will stop. Not much people giving Howard the right worth these days :/
I'm not stopping forever. There will be a gap of 6 months with no audiobook uploads though. After that I plan to continue making both REH and other audiobooks :)
@@TheEldritchArchives "Excellent"! - Montgomery Burns
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Zothique ???
it's Tur-low not tur-log
Normally I would agree, but since the name is gaelic, I tried to used the gaelic pronunciation. As far as I could tell gh is pronounced as a hard g.
Gates of Empire.... conan....You READ PROPAGANDANDA AND BULLDHAt
Clarification?
Really liked your reading. Didn't get much of a humorous vibe from it, except maybe the last few lines.
The humor is more like grim irony. For example the priestess is crushed by the idol she worships. It's not a laugh out loud joke, but it's black humour.
@@TheEldritchArchives yeah, I forgot that part. I mean the whole story is a little funny: two enemies get shipwrecked and--in the space of one day--they kill a god, reinstate a goddess-queen, foil an assassin plot, see the "goddess" crushed by an idol, some ancient immortal wizard dies, the country is invaded by enemies and breaks out into war, these two not-really-Christian guys get picked up by a fanatical Spanish crusader (one guy hopes he doesn't get recognized), and then the Gael ends up king of the oldest civilization on earth... which they watch burn to the ground as they sail away. When you just list it as "what happened today" it's funny.
P.S.: they happen to know who the random white girl is, to boot.
@@towelgirl21 I always got a "buddy cop" vibe from this story hahaha
oh yeah I forgot about the ending with the Spanish ship! Like you say the fact that they end up on the Spanish shop is also pretty funny.