You did wonderful on this video! But I'm so confused like halfway through the book it stops being horror and just becomes short romance stories? Are they connected to the King in Yellow Universe? It just seems like the books pulls the rug out from under you and switches genres in the middle! Idk if I'm missing the theme or twist or something but it doesn't seem like ANYTHING ties the stories together at all. Unless maybe it's a commentary on hedonism? I'm really confused
I just can't imagine a better audio-reading of The King In Yellow: Complete than this one by HorrorBabble. It is truly, fully a triumph. Thanks to you all.
Agreed I've listened to a few k.i.y. stories by other people and while some were good this recording is the best I've ever encountered truly top notch 🎉😅
@HorrorBabble It’s really true this is genuinely one of my favorite audiobooks of all time. I make time to listen every few months and I always notice new details of your narration. Amazing work and thank you so much. Also out of curiosity do you happen to have a link to the music that you put in between chapters?
The eldritch madness and eyeless, rancid horrors screaming from beyond the veil of sanity into the starless, timeless, sanity-corroding Void brought me here.
I was listening to this last night before drifting off to sleep. Sometime in the early morning I was briefly woken up (likely by my cat lol) and instead of taking my headphones off, like usual, I kept them on and tried to get back to sleep. In that transient half-dreaming state I could still hear the narration (Thankfully of The Demoiselle d'Ys and not some more unsettling chapter) and I could see and felt as if I was there. The hawks, the environment, the lady. It was all very surreal. Waking up hours later, I thought surely the whole thing imagined, because romance didn't seem the usual genre. But, upon revisiting, I found out it was indeed just like my dream, down to even lines and words. My dream must have broke off before the tragic ending though because that was the one part that I didn't remember. I apologize for writing paragraphs, but I've never had such a thing happen, and unfortunately may never again. Very fun. 10/10 rendition. Both voice actor and actress perfect.
My family thinks I'm crazy for this, but I do it a lot. I'm primarily interested in horror so most everything else besides martial arts is just boring to me. I'm also an avid lucid dreamer, so I fall asleep to these audiobooks with the intention of giving myself nightmares. But it's more like a video game for me because I become a player in the story. Loads of fun
I've become addicted to the way audiobooks effect my dreams, I still think about how a few particular effected me. By the way, please don't ever apologize for writing a couple paragraphs. I find that sentiment is an interesting telling indictment against modern social online culture
This isn't simply a narrated telling; these voices acted their roles to palpability. I've never been so gripped by an audiobook before in my life, and I've read each of these stories at least seven times a piece. Phenomenally done.
The end to the lady of our fields had me saying to myself in an empty car with a tear forming in my eye “this is too sweet where’s my existential dread!?”, fantastic voicing and absolutely enjoyed every second!
Long time fan of the HorrorBabble channel! I am almost done listening to your reading of “The King in Yellow” for the second time now, the first being a couple years ago. This channel has been a godsend to me and I just wanted to say thank you, with all sincerity. Thank you for all the time and energy you pour into this channel. You provide a constant stream of top notch content and I honestly can’t imagine a better voice to read these types of stories. Truly magnificent. Time and time again I am blown away by your renditions.
Its actually eerie how it happens 3 times in the story. The writing really does make you feel like you are in the mind of someone slipping into insanity.
Among many reasons this is a uniquely brilliant audio capture of this dark masterpiece: the narration of Jennifer Gill. Hers may be the first voice I’ve fallen in love with by sound alone. Truly compelling.
It chills me that I don't know where I first heard of the "King in Yellow". It's one of those thimgs I already knew the name of years before I found out what it was. I wish I was joking now.
i feel like there was mention of 'the king in yellow' or similar name, in the first season of true detective, not sure if the same thing, but the story was based around ritual murders in some rural and gulf coast regions. aspects of that story, seem to echo some lovecraftian myths pagan worship scenery.
if you're older than a decade, then odds are you've been getting pelted with references/homages for years and just didn't really notice until you came across the story itself.
@@alchemicalvapour8950 that rationality is a part of the horror. You can think of an explanation or an excuse, but you can do the same for many mundane horrors. That chest pain is probably indigestion, but it could be a heart attack.
@@paladro True, the first season of TD was based on The King in Yellow. The stories by Robert W. Chambers were also a key inspiration to H.P. Lovecraft's lore, as was the novel The Great God Pan.
“The King in Yellow” was a huge influence on Lovecraft, whose “Necronomicon” was based on the book depicted in this horror series, also, of course, called “The King in Yellow.” The whole concept of reading about people who were cursed by reading a book with the same title of the one you, yourself, are reading, is freaky and brilliant,
Interestingly, the Necronomicon actually had no relation to the King in Yellow. Lovecraft was writing about it for years before he ever read Chambers. Lovecraft was a huge fan of these stories when he finally did read them, though. He and Chambers were clearly on a similar wavelength -- at least for horror.
All of these stories together! Excellent! I just finished listening to all 10 of the individual stories you recorded. You two did an excellent job. Thanks!!
and you will probably have Ian Gordon & Jennifer Gill excellent voices in your mind as you read. I certainly would if I read any Lovecraft. His voice is not dissimilar to my own mind voice.
Thank you so much. I’ve never gotten around to this and with the lock down I didn’t figure I would but you guys just keep delivering... I will certainly be helping you out when possible. And I just have to add, holy SHIT that excerpt at the beginning is just incredible. You both really nail this one especially.
After listening to this, i had a dream where i saw two people i knew while walking down the street. Both people gave me very uneasy disgusted looks. Literally gives me goosebumps every time i think of the organ player at the church. Love this upload
Being a fan of Dark Souls, I am 99.9% certain that this book inspired the Xanthous King from the first game. The book's creeping terror is evident in the whole series, and is even more obvious in Bloodborne (next to Lovecraft). It's incredible!
great for listening to while playing videogames. when playing videogames, I always listen to audiobooks simultaneously. this way I'm at least only half-pissing away my time
arachnonixon same with me. I game while listening to creepypasta, but I need suggestions of a good game to have the audio off of so I can hear my stories. Any ideas?
@Armoured Rat I know many entities. Bigger beyond my comprehension and also small entities hiding in every nook and cranny of reality. When one looks, one can see.
By CROM, that's the last time I choose a highly entertaining yet Seven hour long Horrorbabble production for a sleep aid! It had quite the opposite effect.
Crazy? I was crazy once. I read a book. A book about a King. A King in Yellow. And the King in Yellow made me crazy. Crazy? I was crazy once. Bookmark: 1:42:33
I just adore you. I wish I could explain how much your wonderful narration and your writing means to me! Thank you so much for these wonderful stories!
"The King in Yellow" is "wonderfully beautiful" indeed. Thank you, HorrorBabble! And now, added bonus, I see where Carpenter got his inspiration for Cigarette Burns.
Wow some parts of this series are like listening to lovecraft but H.P. Was just a little kid when these were written. I happened to be playing Red Dead Redemption 2 while listening to this today. and I just realized this and a few other stories here are of the same time period that the story in this game takes place. (1890's)
You put so much work into this channel. Thank you for all your hard work. My sanity and wellbeing depend on this work of love. I wish I could support you more than the pittance I can currently afford. Hopefully in the near future.
I must have missed something major as this whole video feels like a romance novel, which I don’t usually seek for entertainment. I sought this before continuing Signalis, now I’m more confused than ever. 5/5, splendid narration
i have been listening to you guys for some time now and this one is really special! Right up there with Frankenstein as one of your bests, in my humble opinion. I get extra excited when you guys do American accents
My favorite of all stories has to be The Street of the First shell so much danger lurking in every corner for our would be protagonist, his humanized and many faceted character. From wanting to kill the very man who stole his world from him, his perfect idea of a life in a moment of earth shattering truth, to giving into his ultimate pitfalls...The amazing conclusion and the impending dread of thinking you know how the end plays out, dreading how the detailed epitaph will go and then...hope. The story gave hope. That ending will forever and always be engraved in my mind.
Somehow I feel like already familiar with this King In Yellow dude for years. Plus I had this strange man with expressionless face in almost my nightmares since I was in junior highschool, last I met him was in my nightmare 2 days ago.
145.05 Thanks for the super stories & excellent narration!! I’m stuck at home except when working (still have a job thankfully) and these stories help me so much!! Be safe as well!
I've gone through three different audio book renditions of The King in Yellow this morning and the narrators have been terrible. I'm so pleased to find this one now with wonderful narrators.
I'm starting my first oiginal CoC7e scenario. Thank you for the recording as I do my source material research. The Yellow King is my favorite of the Cthulian baddies. I am getting very excited, thanks again.
Cassildas song at the beginning is wat got my into this story i really love how there are different voice actors in each story just so good xo cheers and thankyou so much Ian Gordon your the best xo
Thank you. Truly. Thank you for the effort placed into making this video and reading the book. I wished to read it on my own but... it's banned in my country.
I'm reminded that John Carpenter's movie "In the Mouth of Madness" takes elements from The King in Yellow. The phrase "Have you read Sutter Cane?" is like "Have you seen the Yellow Sign?" as Cane's books are very popular but may induce insanity & psychotic behaviour.
I am loving this reading , well done indeed. But some hours later i feel weve lost the build up and anticipation of "The King in Yellow" left from the repairer and yellow sign.
Thanks Joe. The latter half of the book (from The Demoiselle d'Ys) has little to do with the first four tales (though some subtle references are there if you dig deep enough).
It is strange, and most likely the author pulled a bait and switch to convince horror fans to read romance instead. Ironically, he is only know for this book, and only due to the horror stories.
As a yank, I find horror babble's american accents to be quite lacking. This is especially true with the Lovecraft stories they narrate, where they totally screw up the new england accents.
Well i'm not very good in english, and the accent makes it more difficult to understand for me. I'm not trying to reproach anything but i just want to say that subtitles could help.
Bloody hell, no matter how often you hear Cassilda's Song in this version, it gets you every time and draws you back... If I had a wish, I'd love to hear the poem "The Second Coming" read by Jennifer, with the effects of Cassilda's song. Would that be legal? Is a poem public dominion, if it's been published for decades? There's a lesser known story about Nyarlatotep that goes marvelously with that poem, I'll go look for it and ask again ✴
Ive been baving trouble reading for a while, i cant pay attention to the pages, and i love video because i can focus on the amazing voices and absorb the story, while i play video games :) im trying to find all the cosmic horror i can.
Listening to this once again, I think this recording is perfect. The superficially orderly world as might be conjured by a Wells or Double, wormed through with self serving lies an avarice. Horrible.
Many years ago, I brought a puppy home I found abandoned on an El platform in Chicago. My mother told me that we couldn't keep him and that I shouldn't name him. You can imagine what I, a fan of the Mythos even then, called him during the remainder of our brief acquaintance.
This book is weird, I read it, found it merely adequate. Then I put it away and visions of Carcosa filled my waking dreams. So I reread the book and compiled every reference that seemed relevant in order to try figure out the puzzle and extrapolate things that could be developed further in my own writing one day.
Hastur is not the name of the King, rather more likely to be the name of the Star by which Carcosa lies. And it is odd and wrong to depict him with tentacles, The King is not a cephalopod, he rather represent the decadence and corruption of the aristocracy. He causes rot, decay and madness. As for the Yellow Sign, I think it is a star map that leads to the hidden world on which Carcosa lies. It is after all surrounded by black holes. The Madonna in The Mask is most likely Cassilda herself, and she might have protected the petrified young woman.
I listened to it drifting to sleep and dreamed of stories inspired by the book. It is a bizarre book in that manner and given that Im trying to write a book in an older style I like it very much. I like that characters cameo in different parts of the story as well. I dont think Ill ever forget Carcosa.
The Repairer of Reputations reminds me of E.T.A. Hoffman's The Sandman. Mr Wilde's description is something like the mysterious creature in Richard Marsh's The Beetle. It is truly an imaganitive and bizarre story as are the others in the collection.
Gotta complain about false advertising. Listened to this over and over and throughout enjoyed myself no mind numbing descent int insanity occurred. Will try again
You can now listen to our streamlined and remastered compilation of just the Yellow Mythos stories, here: ruclips.net/video/nKwJMfEkOdk/видео.html
You did wonderful on this video! But I'm so confused like halfway through the book it stops being horror and just becomes short romance stories? Are they connected to the King in Yellow Universe? It just seems like the books pulls the rug out from under you and switches genres in the middle! Idk if I'm missing the theme or twist or something but it doesn't seem like ANYTHING ties the stories together at all. Unless maybe it's a commentary on hedonism? I'm really confused
@@WhitneyDahlin I think all stories are about different kinds of fears, with a unifying romantic motif.
My name is Vladimir, my first language is Russian, I learn English by any possible way and try to understand everything. Thank you for this channel.
Thank you for listening, Vladimir!
I just can't imagine a better audio-reading of The King In Yellow: Complete than this one by HorrorBabble. It is truly, fully a triumph. Thanks to you all.
Thanks Joshua!
I think Gordon has read some Lovecraft too.
Agreed I've listened to a few k.i.y. stories by other people and while some were good this recording is the best I've ever encountered truly top notch 🎉😅
@HorrorBabble It’s really true this is genuinely one of my favorite audiobooks of all time. I make time to listen every few months and I always notice new details of your narration. Amazing work and thank you so much.
Also out of curiosity do you happen to have a link to the music that you put in between chapters?
For real, all of the others are quite terrible
Signalis brought me here. Great narration and editing in this reading, thank you
The eldritch madness and eyeless, rancid horrors screaming from beyond the veil of sanity into the starless, timeless, sanity-corroding Void brought me here.
I was listening to this last night before drifting off to sleep. Sometime in the early morning I was briefly woken up (likely by my cat lol) and instead of taking my headphones off, like usual, I kept them on and tried to get back to sleep.
In that transient half-dreaming state I could still hear the narration (Thankfully of The Demoiselle d'Ys and not some more unsettling chapter) and I could see and felt as if I was there. The hawks, the environment, the lady. It was all very surreal.
Waking up hours later, I thought surely the whole thing imagined, because romance didn't seem the usual genre. But, upon revisiting, I found out it was indeed just like my dream, down to even lines and words. My dream must have broke off before the tragic ending though because that was the one part that I didn't remember.
I apologize for writing paragraphs, but I've never had such a thing happen, and unfortunately may never again. Very fun. 10/10 rendition. Both voice actor and actress perfect.
Fantastic - thanks for sharing, Xero!
Falling asleep listening to weird fiction audiobooks has given me some bizarre dreams.
@@narev6569 my dreams are always bizarre anyway. Falling asleep listening to a story does sound cool though.
My family thinks I'm crazy for this, but I do it a lot. I'm primarily interested in horror so most everything else besides martial arts is just boring to me. I'm also an avid lucid dreamer, so I fall asleep to these audiobooks with the intention of giving myself nightmares. But it's more like a video game for me because I become a player in the story. Loads of fun
I've become addicted to the way audiobooks effect my dreams, I still think about how a few particular effected me.
By the way, please don't ever apologize for writing a couple paragraphs. I find that sentiment is an interesting telling indictment against modern social online culture
This isn't simply a narrated telling; these voices acted their roles to palpability. I've never been so gripped by an audiobook before in my life, and I've read each of these stories at least seven times a piece. Phenomenally done.
I cannot think of another Audio presentation that has kept me more enthralled.
So sad to see it's end, but I will enjoy it again, over and over!
It's always sad to come to the end of such a project. We enjoyed producing it very much. And thank you Reekie for continuing to listen to it! Ian
Like a flat circle
FOREVER
The amount of hateful spin Ian puts onto descriptions of cats and babies is pure character-voice gold
The end to the lady of our fields had me saying to myself in an empty car with a tear forming in my eye “this is too sweet where’s my existential dread!?”, fantastic voicing and absolutely enjoyed every second!
I love the way it goes from one voice to another. so fluently. the readers should get Emmy awards for. best voice actors
Thank you, Ian and Jennifer, for your amazing narration of this collection of stories bound together by the reading of a book, “The King in Yellow.”
Long time fan of the HorrorBabble channel! I am almost done listening to your reading of “The King in Yellow” for the second time now, the first being a couple years ago. This channel has been a godsend to me and I just wanted to say thank you, with all sincerity. Thank you for all the time and energy you pour into this channel. You provide a constant stream of top notch content and I honestly can’t imagine a better voice to read these types of stories. Truly magnificent. Time and time again I am blown away by your renditions.
"But I knew him to be as sane as I am." You don't say?
Woof
Its actually eerie how it happens 3 times in the story. The writing really does make you feel like you are in the mind of someone slipping into insanity.
Among many reasons this is a uniquely brilliant audio capture of this dark masterpiece: the narration of Jennifer Gill. Hers may be the first voice I’ve fallen in love with by sound alone. Truly compelling.
It chills me that I don't know where I first heard of the "King in Yellow". It's one of those thimgs I already knew the name of years before I found out what it was. I wish I was joking now.
i feel like there was mention of 'the king in yellow' or similar name, in the first season of true detective, not sure if the same thing, but the story was based around ritual murders in some rural and gulf coast regions. aspects of that story, seem to echo some lovecraftian myths pagan worship scenery.
if you're older than a decade, then odds are you've been getting pelted with references/homages for years and just didn't really notice until you came across the story itself.
@@alchemicalvapour8950 that rationality is a part of the horror. You can think of an explanation or an excuse, but you can do the same for many mundane horrors. That chest pain is probably indigestion, but it could be a heart attack.
If you’ve listened to or read any SCP or maybe even some HP Lovecraft you’d have probably come across it.
@@paladro True, the first season of TD was based on The King in Yellow. The stories by Robert W. Chambers were also a key inspiration to H.P. Lovecraft's lore, as was the novel The Great God Pan.
I have never been able to find time to read the King in Yellow but thank Heaven for HorrorBabble. Thank you for making this.
“The King in Yellow” was a huge influence on Lovecraft, whose “Necronomicon” was based on the book depicted in this horror series, also, of course, called “The King in Yellow.” The whole concept of reading about people who were cursed by reading a book with the same title of the one you, yourself, are reading, is freaky and brilliant,
Interestingly, the Necronomicon actually had no relation to the King in Yellow. Lovecraft was writing about it for years before he ever read Chambers.
Lovecraft was a huge fan of these stories when he finally did read them, though. He and Chambers were clearly on a similar wavelength -- at least for horror.
Thank you so much for making this! I decided to play it in the background while I tried to get to sleep and I think it helped me out!
Bookmark 5:27:07
the reading of Cassilda's song of Carcosa is gorgeous, my compliments, sweet Lady Jennifer!
All of these stories together! Excellent!
I just finished listening to all 10 of the individual stories you recorded.
You two did an excellent job.
Thanks!!
thanks for time stamps, i listen this at night and keep falling asleep with it on e_e
I would like to read the actual "The King in Yellow" book. I wish to know about the black stars that hang in the sky and of Carcosa.
Actual book is not as scary as depicted. Especially when you consider today's horror standards. :P
There are no standards, you just can't get cheap jump scares from a book.
The author has to actually try.
and you will probably have Ian Gordon & Jennifer Gill excellent voices in your mind as you read. I certainly would if I read any Lovecraft. His voice is not dissimilar to my own mind voice.
Sharpsterman Like the unfortunate hero of the first chapter, I love to get hammered and steal peoples mail
Never, ever mention the name of The Yellow King or read The Yellow Sign!
Thank you so much. I’ve never gotten around to this and with the lock down I didn’t figure I would but you guys just keep delivering... I will certainly be helping you out when possible.
And I just have to add, holy SHIT that excerpt at the beginning is just incredible. You both really nail this one especially.
Thanks, Alex!
Just found this (2024) while searching for this book. Oh. My. Word. You have a new HUGE fan. About to listen to EVERY video you have on your channel.
Thank you for stopping by!
I wear no mask!
No mask? No mask!
But is she fair?
We wearing masks now! 🤭
@Petes F he said before he died. Is it ever going to end
The prophet spoke!
you have to wear a mask in 2020, it's for the best
Repairer of Reputations may be one pf my all time favorite short stories.
After listening to this, i had a dream where i saw two people i knew while walking down the street.
Both people gave me very uneasy disgusted looks. Literally gives me goosebumps every time i think of the organ player at the church.
Love this upload
Disturbing!
For those who don’t know, most of the stories after the yellow sign are fantasy romance. Still great stories, but much different.
Thank you, I will make sure to skip them. I'm here for the horror.
So brilliantly performed. This is one of my favourites that I come back to, time and again. Makes me much less angry, this channel. Cheers!!
Being a fan of Dark Souls, I am 99.9% certain that this book inspired the Xanthous King from the first game. The book's creeping terror is evident in the whole series, and is even more obvious in Bloodborne (next to Lovecraft). It's incredible!
You mean the boss from demon souls? The one with that yellow head wear?
And now in Elden Ring, the color yellow is strongly associated with the frenzied flame.
xanthos means yellow in greek, so yeah
I have lost count how many times Inhave listend to this compilation. As with all of your audiobooks, a great reading of a great story.
great for listening to while playing videogames. when playing videogames, I always listen to audiobooks simultaneously. this way I'm at least only half-pissing away my time
And no bad thing! Thanks for listening. Ian
hey, thanks for uploading these, I'm really digging your channel. keep 'em comin'.
Now that's smarts!
thats what im doing as well extra credits got me wanting to hear it
arachnonixon same with me. I game while listening to creepypasta, but I need suggestions of a good game to have the audio off of so I can hear my stories. Any ideas?
Jesus, the staring poem is haunting beyond believe. That's some real eldritch horror
It definitely sets the desired tone
Hehe, eldritch horror for you, domestic horror for me
@Armoured Rat I know many entities. Bigger beyond my comprehension and also small entities hiding in every nook and cranny of reality. When one looks, one can see.
@@kykyn2715Assjuice
I can't get enough of this site. Each time I come back. You got new books an each time. I wake up in terror 😳
Thanks for putting this anthology together! I think i need to listen to some (most) of them again. Several times...
By CROM, that's the last time I choose a highly entertaining yet Seven hour long Horrorbabble production for a sleep aid! It had quite the opposite effect.
Your mileage may vary. I put it on the first time before going to sleep and almost reached 5 and a half hours before I woke up.
Crazy? I was crazy once. I read a book. A book about a King. A King in Yellow. And the King in Yellow made me crazy. Crazy? I was crazy once.
Bookmark: 1:42:33
Ian Gordon!! wonderful, thank you.
Thanks Tony! Ian
Seven-plus hours. . . . :-O un-holy Hastur.
Well, in to a Play-list you go.
I just adore you. I wish I could explain how much your wonderful narration and your writing means to me! Thank you so much for these wonderful stories!
Excellent work! This is great to keep me focused while I follow along in my copy. Much better than some of the free audiobooks out there. Well done!
"The King in Yellow" is "wonderfully beautiful" indeed. Thank you, HorrorBabble! And now, added bonus, I see where Carpenter got his inspiration for Cigarette Burns.
I am so glad to have found this channel, it's opened me to a whole new style of writing
Thank You *HorrorBabble* for ALL this ...these audiobooks are a gift👍👍👍👍👍👍especially ones as good as this one
Wow some parts of this series are like listening to lovecraft but H.P. Was just a little kid when these were written.
I happened to be playing Red Dead Redemption 2 while listening to this today. and I just realized this and a few other stories here are of the same time period that the story in this game takes place. (1890's)
Good choice of game! :D
You put so much work into this channel. Thank you for all your hard work. My sanity and wellbeing depend on this work of love. I wish I could support you more than the pittance I can currently afford. Hopefully in the near future.
We really appreciate the support you already offer us, Mr. Eff!
This will help me with my art today. I was waiting for the compilation. Thanks mate. Love you guys and your reading choices.
Thanks Adam! Be sure to share some links to your work! Ian
I wonder what kind of art you was doing.
@@sunzenmind677 Probably related to the Yellow Sign.
The battle scene in "The Street Of The First Shell" was intense. Brilliant writing by Chambers and excellent narration by Ian!
i listened to this at work, this was awesome! thank you for this. What an awesome collection of stories!
I love listening to these readings before bed. Your voice is fantastic!
Wow this is truly incredible. I’m only an hour in and I’m already obsessed. Thank you for this.
Guys , thank you soo much , I love audiobooks of Lovecraft and Chambers but they are quite difficult to come by, except for Call of Cthulhu
So glad I found this channel. Well done! 💜
I must have missed something major as this whole video feels like a romance novel, which I don’t usually seek for entertainment. I sought this before continuing Signalis, now I’m more confused than ever. 5/5, splendid narration
The 5th story broke my heart😢 so sad...
I was recommended this I was told 10 short stories but didn't realize it was 7 hours long .
There's a shorter version of the collection, focusing on the 'main' King in Yellow stories: ruclips.net/video/nKwJMfEkOdk/видео.html
i have been listening to you guys for some time now and this one is really special! Right up there with Frankenstein as one of your bests, in my humble opinion. I get extra excited when you guys do American accents
Thanks Logan! I always panic a little bit when I have to share my American accent with you guys...! It's a work-in-progress.
@@HorrorBabble I think it's great! Keep up the great work you two!
Well that helps the working day go by.
Such gravitas you have Gordon! Pleasant listen this was!
You got a like right off the bat from me just for having good audio and volume...
Thanks! Although I have to admit the audio here is a little lower than we set it these days.
My favorite of all stories has to be The Street of the First shell so much danger lurking in every corner for our would be protagonist, his humanized and many faceted character. From wanting to kill the very man who stole his world from him, his perfect idea of a life in a moment of earth shattering truth, to giving into his ultimate pitfalls...The amazing conclusion and the impending dread of thinking you know how the end plays out, dreading how the detailed epitaph will go and then...hope. The story gave hope. That ending will forever and always be engraved in my mind.
Great job of making this story come to life!!!!!!!!!!
In lockdown but well entertained. Thank you very much
Somehow I feel like already familiar with this King In Yellow dude for years. Plus I had this strange man with expressionless face in almost my nightmares since I was in junior highschool, last I met him was in my nightmare 2 days ago.
*HAVE YOU SEEN THE YELLOW SIGN?*
HABEN SIE DAS GELBE ZEICHEN GESEHEN?
DO YOU READ SUTTER CANE????
"The scolloped tatters of the King in Yellow must hide Yhtill forever."
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Thanks for the super stories & excellent narration!! I’m stuck at home except when working (still have a job thankfully) and these stories help me so much!!
Be safe as well!
Wow...this recording is fantastic. As a lovecraft fan (and Arkham Horror ) this is a must. Thank you...
I've gone through three different audio book renditions of The King in Yellow this morning and the narrators have been terrible. I'm so pleased to find this one now with wonderful narrators.
Thanks for the kind words.
I'm starting my first oiginal CoC7e scenario. Thank you for the recording as I do my source material research. The Yellow King is my favorite of the Cthulian baddies. I am getting very excited, thanks again.
Owed you a comment ;)
Finally dedicating a day to listen to this.
What fantastic work!
Ian’s American accent is delightful.
A superb story, and a superb reading.
1:18:24
Glass Rabbit facing right?
Evil Duck facing up left?
You decide.
both
How has such an awesome channel gone unnoticed by me for so long? 🤔
Great to meet you, Shawnee! Ian
Cassildas song at the beginning is wat got my into this story i really love how there are different voice actors in each story just so good xo cheers and thankyou so much Ian Gordon your the best xo
Thank you. Truly. Thank you for the effort placed into making this video and reading the book. I wished to read it on my own but... it's banned in my country.
Lmao imagine banning books
I'm reminded that John Carpenter's movie "In the Mouth of Madness" takes elements from The King in Yellow. The phrase "Have you read Sutter Cane?" is like "Have you seen the Yellow Sign?" as Cane's books are very popular but may induce insanity & psychotic behaviour.
Oh wow, I just rewatched that, Lovecraft written all over it.
This is just a tribuuuuuuuute, OH, to the greatest horror story in the world, aw right.
Haaah.... .....like in the song but different..... Haa
Ah, fuck! Good God, God lovin',
So surprised to find you can't stop it!
😂
A the peculiar thing dear listener is this that tale we told that fateful night didn't actually sound anything like this story.
I find many of the stories to be sad, continuously losing your love, or to have it rejected or just a hallucination.
I am loving this reading , well done indeed. But some hours later i feel weve lost the build up and anticipation of "The King in Yellow" left from the repairer and yellow sign.
Thanks Joe. The latter half of the book (from The Demoiselle d'Ys) has little to do with the first four tales (though some subtle references are there if you dig deep enough).
It is strange, and most likely the author pulled a bait and switch to convince horror fans to read romance instead.
Ironically, he is only know for this book, and only due to the horror stories.
Thank you.
The American accent is excellent! And your cockney dialect...it's almost like you actually live there! Lol this is top shelf this reading is!
As a yank, I find horror babble's american accents to be quite lacking. This is especially true with the Lovecraft stories they narrate, where they totally screw up the new england accents.
Seems only fair as so many American-narrated audio books totally mangle English/Irish/Scottish/Welsh accents. : )
@@bearhustler accents are just hard :/
Well i'm not very good in english, and the accent makes it more difficult to understand for me. I'm not trying to reproach anything but i just want to say that subtitles could help.
@@sweintz Their American accents add an element to the reading that no American could ever dream of living up to. Had me laughing like crazy.
This is perfect.
I love you.
Bloody hell, no matter how often you hear Cassilda's Song in this version, it gets you every time and draws you back... If I had a wish, I'd love to hear the poem "The Second Coming" read by Jennifer, with the effects of Cassilda's song. Would that be legal? Is a poem public dominion, if it's been published for decades? There's a lesser known story about Nyarlatotep that goes marvelously with that poem, I'll go look for it and ask again ✴
Ive been baving trouble reading for a while, i cant pay attention to the pages, and i love video because i can focus on the amazing voices and absorb the story, while i play video games :) im trying to find all the cosmic horror i can.
playing video games? Fuck the games listen to the story ass.
Excellent narration of an excellent book
Listening to this once again, I think this recording is perfect. The superficially orderly world as might be conjured by a Wells or Double, wormed through with self serving lies an avarice. Horrible.
52:15 There is another book. Do you read Sutter Cane?
Many years ago, I brought a puppy home I found abandoned on an El platform in Chicago. My mother told me that we couldn't keep him and that I shouldn't name him.
You can imagine what I, a fan of the Mythos even then, called him during the remainder of our brief acquaintance.
Santa's lil helper?
Niggerman? (Cause that was Lovecraft’s cat) Also cause you found him on the CTA lol
Brilliantly read. I love HorrorBabble. The stories were good at first, but I didnt care for the back half.
This is too good. We don't deserve this
Oh my god, wanted to read king in yellow for a while, found this video and started slowly remembering that I, in fact, already did a while back
This book is weird, I read it, found it merely adequate. Then I put it away and visions of Carcosa filled my waking dreams.
So I reread the book and compiled every reference that seemed relevant in order to try figure out the puzzle and extrapolate things that could be developed further in my own writing one day.
What'd you come up with? Just curious
Hastur is not the name of the King, rather more likely to be the name of the Star by which Carcosa lies.
And it is odd and wrong to depict him with tentacles, The King is not a cephalopod, he rather represent the decadence and corruption of the aristocracy. He causes rot, decay and madness.
As for the Yellow Sign, I think it is a star map that leads to the hidden world on which Carcosa lies. It is after all surrounded by black holes.
The Madonna in The Mask is most likely Cassilda herself, and she might have protected the petrified young woman.
I listened to it drifting to sleep and dreamed of stories inspired by the book. It is a bizarre book in that manner and given that Im trying to write a book in an older style I like it very much. I like that characters cameo in different parts of the story as well. I dont think Ill ever forget Carcosa.
My favorite story from this book is "The Damoiselle Dy's". A chillingly romantic gothic horror story.
Our favourite, too, Veronica! Ian & Jen
@@HorrorBabble Glad I'm not alone in this!
41:31 "Impudent little tugs, puffing and whistling officiously!"
The Repairer of Reputations reminds me of E.T.A. Hoffman's The Sandman. Mr Wilde's description is something like the mysterious creature in Richard Marsh's The Beetle. It is truly an imaganitive and bizarre story as are the others in the collection.
Jennifer has a pleasant voice to listen to.
Gotta complain about false advertising. Listened to this over and over and throughout enjoyed myself no mind numbing descent int insanity occurred.
Will try again
Best of luck. 👍