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The Essential Lovecraft

By: H.P. Lovecraft, Leslie S. Klinger - editor
Narrated by: Edoardo Ballerini, Marc Vietor, Scott Brick, Simon Vance, Jonathan Davis, Jay Snyder, Mirron Willis, Kevin Kenerly, Dan Bittner, Chris Ciulla, Vikas Adam, Gregory Connors, Jason Culp, Timothy Andrés Pabon, full cast
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Summary

Forty-eight of H.P. Lovecraft’s most important stories are brought together in this collection–available only from Audible–selected and with introductions by the award-winning, best-selling Lovecraft editor Leslie S. Klinger. Howard Philips Lovecraft was the early 20th-century genius who, almost singlehandedly, pioneered horror and scientific fiction, only to die in near-obscurity. Rediscovered by critics and scholars in the 1970s, Lovecraft’s work has influenced—by their own admission—every major horror or science-fiction writer of today.

Full cast of narrators include:

  • Fred Burman
  • Kevin Pariseau
  • Matt Godfrey
  • Peter Berkrot
  • Robert Fass
  • Timothy Andrés Pabon
  • Paul Woodson
  • Avi Roque
  • Raphael Corkhill

Foreword narrated by Leslie S. Klinger

Chapter 1: The Tomb narrated by Fred Berman

Chapter 2: Dagon narrated by Gregory Connors

Chapter 3: Polaris narrated by Simon Vance

Chapter 4: Beyond the Wall of Sleep narrated by Dan Bittner

Chapter 5: The Transition of Juan Romero narrated by Raphael Corkhill

Chapter 6: The Statement of Randolph Carter narrated by William DeMerritt

Chapter 7: The Doom That Came to Sarnath narrated by Peter Berkrot

Chapter 8: The Terrible Old Man narrated by Chris Andrew Ciulla

Chapter 9: The Cats of Ulthar narrated by Vikas Adam

Chapter 10: Facts concerning the Late Arthur Jermyn and His Family narrated by Simon Vance

Chapter 11: The Temple narrated by Sascha Rotermund

Chapter 12: Celephaïs narrated by Simon Vance

Chapter 13: From Beyond narrated by Mirron Willis

Chapter 14: Nyarlathotep narrated by Kevin Kenerly

Chapter 15: The Picture in the House narrated by Neil Hellegers

Chapter 16: Ex Oblivione narrated by Jason Culp

Chapter 17: The Nameless City narrated by Jonathan Davis

Chapter 18: The Quest of Iranon narrated by Avi Roque

Chapter 19: The Outsider narrated by Raphael Corkhill

Chapter 20: The Other Gods narrated by Vikas Adam

Chapter 21: The Music of Erich Zann narrated by Edoardo Ballerini

Chapter 22: Herbert West: Reanimator narrated by Jay Snyder

Chapter 23: The Unnamable narrated by William DeMerritt

Chapter 24: The Hound narrated by Raphael Corkhill

Chapter 25: The Lurking Fear narrated by Jay Snyder

Chapter 26: The Rats in the Walls narrated by Paul Woodson

Chapter 27: The Festival narrated by Fred Berman

Chapter 28: Under the Pyramids narrated by Jonathan Davis

Chapter 29: The Shunned House narrated by Robert Fass

Chapter 30: The Horror at Red Hook narrated by Chris Andrew Ciulla

Chapter 31: He narrated by Marc Vietor

Chapter 32: Cool Air narrated by Timothy Andrés Pabon

Chapter 33: The Call of Cthulhu narrated by Matt Godfrey

Chapter 34: The Silver Key narrated by William DeMerritt

Chapter 35: Pickman’s Model narrated by Chris Andrew Ciulla

Chapter 36: The Strange High House in the Mist narrated by Kevin Kenerly

Chapter 37: The Dream-Quest of Unknown Kadath narrated by William DeMerritt

Chapter 38: The Case of Charles Dexter Ward narrated by Edoardo Ballerini

Chapter 39: The Colour Out of Space narrated by Gregory Connors

Chapter 40: History of the Necronomicon narrated by Simon Vance

Chapter 41: The Dunwich Horror narrated by Marc Vietor

Chapter 42: The Whisperer in Darkness narrated by Kevin Pariseau

Chapter 43: At the Mountains of Madness narrated by Scott Brick

Chapter 44: The Shadow over Innsmouth narrated by Edoardo Ballerini

Chapter 45: The Dreams in the Witch House narrated by Dan Bittner

Chapter 46: The Thing on the Doorstep narrated by Jason Culp

Chapter 47: The Shadow Out of Time narrated by Kevin Kenerly

Chapter 48: The Haunter of the Dark narrated by Neil Hellegers

©2024 Leslie S. Klinger (intro) (P)2024 Audible, Inc.
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The essential Lovecraft bible!

An excellent resource for Lovecraft fans. I particularly like the introductions to each story with a little bit of background information. A brilliant choice of narrators too. Including my favourite Simon Vance.

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