"The Shadow Out of Time" / Lovecraft's Cthulhu Mythos

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  @robwalsh9843 · 2 years ago

  Lovecraft really had a knack for the recurring theme of ancient ruins made by non-human civilizations that are largely dead and abandoned, yet something still remains. Whether its the Nameless City in the Middle East, the Elder Things capital in Antarctica, or the underground Yith archives in Australia, you can practically feel like you're there just by reading. Cosmic horror-meets-haunted house atmosphere.

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  @matthewweng8483 · 5 years ago

  Can you imagine someone reading his ah*t back in 1930... They must’ve thought he was batshit crazy 😝 <br><br>It’d be like reading ‘Naked Lunch’ to Queen Victoria... good times.

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  @dewayneweaver2744 · 8 years ago

  Leperous, gibenous, fungeloid Moon light. &nbsp;Got ta love the way ole Lovecraft unpacks his adjectives.

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  @ronmercer9052 · 3 years ago (edited)

  I find the idea that there canonically will still be a human empire of some sort in 5000AD to be a shocking ray of hope in Lovecraft’s universe, given the number of world-ending cosmic horrors around.

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  @MatthewCharmanadventures · 6 years ago

  I always felt that Professor Dyer must have been some sort of glutton for punishment. He got chased around a ruined Old One city by an annoyed Shoggoth and then, knowing everything about Peasley&apos;s story, he&apos;s like &quot;ruined alien city in the middle of nowhere? Yeah cool, what could go wrong?&quot;<br><br>Also excellent reading!

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  @12201185234 · 7 years ago

  The best thing about Lovecraft&apos;s aliens is that they are all so very... Well... Alien.

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  @whynottalklikeapirat · 6 years ago (edited)

  The shadow out of time ... well that&apos;s me at 5 in the morning missing the bus to work innit ...

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  @Duchess_Van_Hoof · 5 years ago

  Just a small thing, those typewriter sounds in the beginning. Never change it, its perfect for this channel. So soothing, and so immersion building.

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  @brandonpostow6029 · 5 years ago

  I always come back to this one. One of my favorites. I just think it’s so haunting and horrifying. A creeping horror. And am I the only one who thinks this would make an amazing movie?!

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  @thewal1ofsleep · 7 years ago

  Possibly the most horrifying final pages of any Lovecraft story. What a masterpiece.

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  @GoatBeach · 6 years ago

  Listened to this with my granddaughter; &quot;Granpa, is this true?&quot;

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  @FirCorred · 6 years ago

  40 min into the story, sunset through the window, my cat watching from the sill... &nbsp;perfect.

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