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The Collected Public Domain Works of H. P. Lovecraft

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(4,52 Sterne; 479 Bewertungen)

H. P. Lovecraft’s name is synonymous with horror fiction. His major inspiration and invention was cosmic horror: the idea that life is incomprehensible to human minds and that the universe is fundamentally alien. This collection contains 24 Lovecraft works that are in the public domain. You'll find more versions of these stories throughout LibriVox's short story collections and short horror story collections. (adapted from Wikipedia) (7 hr 39 min)

Chapters

The Alchemist

19:23

Read by Keith Worrell

The Beast In Cave

14:17

Read by Scott Carpenter

Beyond Wall of Sleep

32:54

Read by D.E. Wittkower

The Cats of Ulthar

8:44

Read by jpontoli

Celephais

19:31

Read by Garrett Fitzgerald

The Crawling Chaos

16:54

Read by Joseph Canna

Dagon

14:56

Read by Michael Sample

Doom That Came to Sarnath, The

18:18

Read by Matt Bohnhoff

Ex Oblivione

4:44

Read by jpontoli

Facts Concerning Late Arthur Jermyn and His Family

34:13

Read by Victoria Horsman

Herbert West: Reanimator, Part A

39:54

Read by Matt Bohnhoff

Herbert West: Reanimator, Part B

40:57

Read by Matt Bohnhoff

Memory

2:48

Read by Varra Unreal

The Music of Erich Zann

18:50

Read by Cameron Halket

The Nameless City

28:02

Read by Scott Carpenter

Nyarlathotep

8:21

Read by Durant Haire

The Picture in House

23:43

Read by Sandra Zera

Polaris

9:48

Read by jpontoli

A Reminiscence Of Dr. Samuel Johnson

11:37

Read by Cameron Halket

The Statement of Randolph Carter

13:23

Read by Joseph Canna

The Street

14:31

Read by Sarah Jennings

The Terrible Old Man

6:45

Read by Keith Worrell

The Tomb

25:58

Read by jpontoli

The Tree

11:14

Read by Michael Sample

The White Ship

19:54

Read by D.E. Wittkower

Bewertungen

Hit and miss

(4 Sterne)

Wish I could rate individual chapters. Most readers were exceptional, but a few were unintelligible. For example, Librivox shouldn't be a place for novices to practice their English, pronouncing every word phonetically, often with the wrong vowel sounds. The stories were of similarly varied quality. Good imagery throughout, but a few were predictable or anticlimactic.

Master of the macabre

(4,5 Sterne)

HP Lovecraft truly is a master of the supernatural and macabre and this is a pretty good collection of his eerie and strange tales. Some of the readers aren't so great but I didn't volunteer and so I thank them all. I recommend reading all Lovecraft's works yourself and only then pass judgment. My review is that this collection is badass.

The collected works of HP Lovecraft

(5 Sterne)

literary genius and yet to be surpassed in the field of horror to this day. good collection of his works,not as easy to follow as more modern authors but his style is unique and as detailed as any author that has put pen to paper.

Great bedtime stories need great readers.

(4 Sterne)

I have enjoyed this collection thoroughly save for an example or two of poor audio editing and readership (*cough* Fitzgerald reading "Celephais" *cough*). It is difficult to enjoy the stories and styles of the writer when one can hardly focus past their constant annoyance at the cumbersome quality of the narrarating voice.

The Master

(5 Sterne)

Such great stories, well-done you guys.

Good job

(4 Sterne)

Well worth listening to

sheer brilliance

(5 Sterne)

I have yet to behold a more well versed author than Howard Phillips Lovecraft. Such spooky tales uttered from his work of fiction can chill the bones and inspire an appreciation for horror literature like none other. Exemplary use of vocabulary can be found throughout all tales educating the reader to new words while providing the most whimsical stories. My only concern is that not all of his works are uploaded to librivox. If you enjoy this author's works a fraction of how much I did, you will have a superb experience of these stellar stories.

Highly Recommend

(5 Sterne)

These are some great stories of dream voyages, sci-fi horror and twisted science that have been the inspiration for many modern movies and stories by other writers. H. P. Lovecraft inspired a literary genre, and was the greatist horror writer of the 20th century, yet only four people attended his funeral. I think his stories are to be read and do not carry over well into movies. A respectable movie based on his works has yet to be made, though many have tried.