"The Weird of Avoosl Wuthoqquan" by Clark Ashton Smith / Hyperborean Cycle

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  • Опубликовано: 25 авг 2024

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  • @HorrorBabble
    @HorrorBabble  6 дней назад +1

    The Complete Hyperborean Cycle: fantasybabble.bandcamp.com/album/the-hyperborean-cycle

  • @Porkshack
    @Porkshack 6 месяцев назад +202

    I really thought Warren was going to make it this time.

    • @Adrian-vd6ji
      @Adrian-vd6ji 6 месяцев назад +18

      you fool!! warren is just fine...

    • @Xexelli
      @Xexelli 6 месяцев назад +12

      You fool, he’s on sabbatical…

    • @jonathancampbell7798
      @jonathancampbell7798 6 месяцев назад +15

      You fool

    • @Adrian-vd6ji
      @Adrian-vd6ji 6 месяцев назад +9

      or in the ghetto "he dead, foo"

    • @iesika7387
      @iesika7387 6 месяцев назад +15

      imagine listening to this channel if your name is Warren.
      Hi Warrens, if you’re reading this!

  • @joz6683
    @joz6683 6 месяцев назад +49

    More Clark Ashton Smith, you are spoiling us. 5hanks once again.

    • @josephodonnell7038
      @josephodonnell7038 6 месяцев назад +5

      Wait until you hear CAS's "The Colossus Of Ylourgne". I hope Ian reads that one soon.

  • @andreasfilis9001
    @andreasfilis9001 6 месяцев назад +27

    Clark Ashton Smith! a very nice tale from 1932. "Weird Tales" was a tresury vault for this kind of stories! Thank you Ian. Your voice made the story even better than a simple reading.

  • @VictorReynolds
    @VictorReynolds 6 месяцев назад +22

    Love the story! There’s nothing more delectable than a fat moneylender!

    • @ruth_southernstar
      @ruth_southernstar 6 месяцев назад +7

      I feel the same way

    • @nyarparablepsis872
      @nyarparablepsis872 6 месяцев назад +3

      A fattened landlord is also fine, if no moneylender is available.

  • @jayare2620
    @jayare2620 6 месяцев назад +11

    CAS is unmatched for the fantasric.

  • @jach99
    @jach99 6 месяцев назад +13

    Loving these hyperborean stories! More please :D

    • @sub-jec-tiv
      @sub-jec-tiv 6 месяцев назад +1

      Not-hyper-boring

  • @miarencrowsdaughter6434
    @miarencrowsdaughter6434 6 месяцев назад +10

    There's something to be said about a writer who can fit the word 'squidgy' in alongside such crossword-puzzle words like 'oleaginous'.

  • @slikeiscecks
    @slikeiscecks 6 месяцев назад +17

    Yet another one of my favorites! I'm so glad you're on a C.A.S. kick. The combination of the man's deliciously sardonic sense of humor paired with your exquisite narrative aptitude is just... *chef's kiss*.

  • @kgreen242424
    @kgreen242424 6 месяцев назад +5

    Thank you, Ian. I asked for this a while ago and was so excited when you said soon. Well soon is now today! Awesome. I like to think of the 2 emeralds like the lure of an angler fish. Perfect trap for plump usurers!!

  • @paulcateiii
    @paulcateiii 6 месяцев назад +8

    good evening Ian - love taking another trip to Hyperborea

  • @AcornElectron
    @AcornElectron 6 месяцев назад +5

    “And now for the first time my memory records verbal discourse, Warren addressing me at length in his mellow tenor voice;
    ‘Keep up the good work and, as always, stay safe!’ “

    • @Eris123451
      @Eris123451 6 месяцев назад

      "Honestly officer I don't remember anything about it."
      "Nothing at all."
      A likely story.

  • @usapatriot4163
    @usapatriot4163 6 месяцев назад +8

    Fantastic story! Really like Clark Ashton Smith's work! Your narrative is brilliant!

  • @user-ev9bo2pw4w
    @user-ev9bo2pw4w 6 месяцев назад +2

    Love c,a, Smith and your great voices are very important to the on point reading of these classic out of this world(in this world) stories,I suffer from ADHD and addiction problems, and your station has been such a great tonic,to my often dark and painful restlessness and lack of sleep, loved the seeling of Mars, thanks for your time,now off to dream of Wizards,, desolate planet's with strange odour,and rituals that man is unable to contemplate, thank you for my new dreamscape, and healing of my addiction,keep up the weird tales.

  • @GrimDarkHalfOff
    @GrimDarkHalfOff 6 месяцев назад

    Great timing! I just finished talking about the creatures from this story on my channel and a fan linked me to this upload! Thanks for spreading the word on CAS work!

  • @deeconstruction8163
    @deeconstruction8163 6 месяцев назад +4

    I really liked this one. Straight forward with a fun ending. Good stuff!

  • @Oraphel
    @Oraphel 6 месяцев назад +7

    This week on Clark Ashton Smith’s ‘Seven Deadly Sins’, we explore greed in ‘The Weird of Avoosl Wuthoqquan’.
    Next week, join us as Ralibar Vooz delves deeper into his pride, as well as the ancient, god-ridden innards of Mount Voormithadreth in ‘The Seven Geases’.

  • @nesmuelmnostromo5295
    @nesmuelmnostromo5295 6 месяцев назад +1

    Just listening to this on my new Klipsch speaker setup. Your voice is sounding better than ever Ian! The way you annunciate CAS' words is simply splendid.

  • @williamfawkes8379
    @williamfawkes8379 6 месяцев назад +3

    I can't help but think that there must be quite a lot of preparation before one attempts to tackle a story by CAS. As it has been said, one does not simply stumble into such a thing blindly. But rather, with deliberate and careful effort, does the sage coax the eldritch wisdom out from its burrow of bound pages. You do such a phenomenal job with Smith's vocabularic gymnastics. It's amazing.

  • @Nanosuit37
    @Nanosuit37 6 месяцев назад

    Excellent story and narration as always. Thank you Mr.Gordon and Horror Babble. Until next time.

  • @StellarDivide
    @StellarDivide 6 месяцев назад

    My goodness I love these so much. The brilliantly crafted way of how the most impactful words remain the very last, like great grim punchline!

  • @donaldmccleary9015
    @donaldmccleary9015 6 месяцев назад +1

    Oooooh, what a fine tale. It is a good tale of the repercussions of extreme "avarice" and "usury".
    This is a lovely tale! CAS is amazing. I love how these old writers sling awesome words around we do not see used these days!
    Fantastic narration. Thanks!!

    • @randallbesch2424
      @randallbesch2424 6 месяцев назад +1

      CAS was a special class of writer his word choices are unique here.

    • @donaldmccleary9015
      @donaldmccleary9015 6 месяцев назад

      @randallbesch2424 I like the way those older words sound. The looks we get when using them now crack me up....
      CAS was truly an author at another level. I thoroughly enjoy every work of his I have read

  • @7F0X7
    @7F0X7 6 месяцев назад

    The beginning part with all the sudden introductions of people and places was a bit too fast to digest in one go, but after that initial set-up of the story your narration had the perfect cadence and speed. I loved the story and your telling of it even more! Please keep them coming!

  • @lloydmckay3241
    @lloydmckay3241 6 месяцев назад

    I am surprised that no films have been made of these tales. They would be fabulous.

  • @4skynRotter
    @4skynRotter 6 месяцев назад +1

    YEAH, WOOOOOOOOOOO, HYPERBOREA, WORTH WAITING 10 HOURS AFTER WORK. My night and vibe are perfectly set, thank you gratefully lad

  • @ericericson9031
    @ericericson9031 6 месяцев назад

    I'm loving the hyperborrian stories. Keep them up!

  • @thorild69
    @thorild69 6 месяцев назад

    Thanks, always great to hear from you.

  • @robbabcock_
    @robbabcock_ 6 месяцев назад +1

    What a terrific tale!😎🔥👏

  • @SlideRulePirate
    @SlideRulePirate 6 месяцев назад +3

    "Avoosl"? That sounds like something one might hunt in Forty Acre Wood.

  • @ruth_southernstar
    @ruth_southernstar 6 месяцев назад +1

    Always beautiful language, and an enticing story. Great narration. Thank you very much from Ruth x

  • @Heka41
    @Heka41 6 месяцев назад

    I love it, love the stories, love the channel, keep doing what you do Horrorbabble

  • @freezoneproject567
    @freezoneproject567 5 месяцев назад +1

    Ah, this is the traditional, wholesome family entertainment I've been craving.

  • @davidwoods1622
    @davidwoods1622 6 месяцев назад +4

    I wish there was more hyperborean stories. They've dried up in the modern era. But maybe that's for best.

  • @MsMtheory
    @MsMtheory 6 месяцев назад +1

    Another great one, thanks!

  • @YouTubeIsRunByMarxists
    @YouTubeIsRunByMarxists 6 месяцев назад +3

    Warren was spotted delivering packages for FedEx in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma. He had a thick moustache.

  • @benjaminirwin1988
    @benjaminirwin1988 6 месяцев назад

    Gives new meaning to "Eat the Rich" 😂. An excellent story and reading as usual.

  • @jonathanwpressman
    @jonathanwpressman 6 месяцев назад +2

    Oh man this is a great one

  • @Jason-ng2vf
    @Jason-ng2vf 6 месяцев назад +2

    My night 🌙 is complete now...

  • @WMFranksworth
    @WMFranksworth 6 месяцев назад +1

    Loving the "Wazzup, bruh?" vibe from that thing in the thumbnail.

  • @TheHoneyBadger-yh5vj
    @TheHoneyBadger-yh5vj 6 месяцев назад +1

    God bless you and your work sir ❤❤❤ respect from Croatia 💙💙💙

  • @HillbillyHijinks
    @HillbillyHijinks 6 месяцев назад

    Dang, that was a really good one! Thank you, HorrorBabble, most sincerely.

  • @CJ-uf6xl
    @CJ-uf6xl 6 месяцев назад +1

    Oh, I do enjoy a good yarn from Clark Ashton Smith!

  • @thegridlessheathen4627
    @thegridlessheathen4627 6 месяцев назад +2

    I love this story. =)

  • @blurryface9597
    @blurryface9597 6 месяцев назад

    Thank you! That was really great!

  • @soulreaver1983
    @soulreaver1983 6 месяцев назад +1

    Many thanks for another excellent video Ian 😎👍🏻

  • @andersschmich8600
    @andersschmich8600 6 месяцев назад +1

    More CAS! the 'Tomb Spawn' or 'Island of Torturers' would make for great readings too.

  • @peculiar
    @peculiar 6 месяцев назад

    I think my brain stopped working with the phrase, "with slightful suddenness."

  • @Ivanhoe52
    @Ivanhoe52 6 месяцев назад

    Haven't heard that one before... I really like it.

  • @johnmitchelljr
    @johnmitchelljr 6 месяцев назад +2

    Thank you from a Mr. Smith fan.

  • @user-ln3kh3ku4u
    @user-ln3kh3ku4u 6 месяцев назад

    Excellent thank u gorden .

  • @lindaloe
    @lindaloe 6 месяцев назад +1

    Magnificent, As Always!! 😊

  • @miriampraus2740
    @miriampraus2740 4 месяца назад

    oh this voice is a treat to my ears ! 🤩

  • @GodOfPlague
    @GodOfPlague 6 месяцев назад

    My favorite C.A.S. story I've read so far had to do with a recurring group of spacefarers on board a rocket ship which got brought down to a planet which seemed to be populated by machines.

  • @nsob8897
    @nsob8897 6 месяцев назад +3

    I can listen to Smiths stories over and over again. Quite the clever writer..
    Not that I'm the cleverest of readers....listener..whatever.
    Man that guy had a talent for writing. It's such a shame that he seems to have lost the spark for it after Lovecraft died. I know it never left him but I suppose the loss of a great supporter/compatriot mustve queered the whole business for him. I imagine that's how I would feel about some of the hobbies my younger brother and I share.
    It's just never the same when your band gets broken up.

    • @williamfawkes8379
      @williamfawkes8379 6 месяцев назад

      I think his parents age and health put a toll on him. And we he lost them, it seems he was adrift. Like so many gifted people, he had a price to pay.

  • @PapasGems
    @PapasGems 6 месяцев назад

    Great work, as usual.
    Thank you for sharing 💜

  • @lizzieisbaked
    @lizzieisbaked 6 месяцев назад

    I love this channel.

  • @RogertheGS
    @RogertheGS 6 месяцев назад +2

    Clark Ashton Smith was one hell of a sadistic Dungeon Master, but I can't say that his players don't deserve it. Listening to this just to learn how to pronounce "Avoosi Wuthoqquan" - I presume you have consulted with scholars of the ancient Hyperborean on this?

  • @lastofthe4horsemen279
    @lastofthe4horsemen279 6 месяцев назад

    H P really Liked CAS also name dropping him in a couple stories at least inculding Pickmans Model one of my favs.My All time CAS is The Vaults of Yoh Vombis.Though this one "rocks" as well!

  • @Menkhu
    @Menkhu 6 месяцев назад +2

    Could you do City of the Singing flame & Beyond the Singing flame by CAS sometime? That would be awesome!

  • @jessisage4708
    @jessisage4708 6 месяцев назад +1

    Haha! Great story!

  • @MrDozerdee
    @MrDozerdee 6 месяцев назад

    That was intense

  • @EricDaMAJ
    @EricDaMAJ 6 месяцев назад +1

    Warren is alive and a guest at an Indian restaurant in the southern slopes of the Himalayas. Currently he’s pretending to be vegan, as he suspects a Rakshasa is the chef.

    • @sarge4455
      @sarge4455 Месяц назад

      Four years ago I believe Warren was a character in a story and he died at the end

  • @BloingDidoing
    @BloingDidoing 6 месяцев назад

    Avoosl Wuthoqquan - putting the weird into the weird tale genre. 😀

  • @DickGallo-dk7wi
    @DickGallo-dk7wi 6 месяцев назад

    YUMMY!

  • @dirkbruere
    @dirkbruere 6 месяцев назад +1

    The man has swallowed a dictionary and then a eaten some dodgy prawns

  • @seanmcardle
    @seanmcardle 6 месяцев назад

    I didn't even know Warren was ill.

  • @rosiemcnaughton9933
    @rosiemcnaughton9933 6 месяцев назад +1

    A cross between Jabba the Hutt, Cthulhu and an octopus.

  • @sandcat66
    @sandcat66 3 дня назад

  • @bigsarge2085
    @bigsarge2085 6 месяцев назад +2

    ❤‍🔥

  • @benwrigley6176
    @benwrigley6176 6 месяцев назад +2

    CAS❤😊

  • @Jor...
    @Jor... 6 месяцев назад +1

    Me too poor Warren.

    • @randallbesch2424
      @randallbesch2424 6 месяцев назад

      Not every Indiana Jones escapes death.

  • @anthonybarnwell767
    @anthonybarnwell767 6 месяцев назад +3

    Is that Cthulhu s cousin??

    • @randallbesch2424
      @randallbesch2424 6 месяцев назад

      No a creature of CAS's own design closer to a starfish. it isn't made of green jelly as Chula Varuna is, Cthulhu.

  • @rneustel388
    @rneustel388 6 месяцев назад

    Well, that was pretty creepy.

  • @kristinacable
    @kristinacable 5 месяцев назад

    😊❤

  • @kgreen242424
    @kgreen242424 6 месяцев назад +2

    I think this boss fight is bugged. Harley Warren is in my party but when i step through the fog gate I hear "You fool. Warren is dead!" and the fight won't trigger. No, I can see him on the screen and who is saying that? Did i soft lock my game somehow? I have all the pages, both keys, the ebony finger, onyx pyramid and the moonlight great sword. What did I do wrong? Is there no way to save him?

    • @randallbesch2424
      @randallbesch2424 6 месяцев назад

      Who or what is saying that a ghoul or worse.

    • @kgreen242424
      @kgreen242424 6 месяцев назад +1

      @@randallbesch2424 IDK what is up. I walk into the fog gate, "you..............dead", some narrator launches into like 25:30 of exposition and the fight never triggers. I mean, cool lore dump and all but this was the eldenflame demonsoul ring that I needed to fight Gascoigne and beat the game. What world state is the Moon Presence supposed to be in?

  • @jamiestewart5713
    @jamiestewart5713 6 месяцев назад

    Could I ask, where is the background art for the video from?

  • @awarningtothecuriouswerewolves
    @awarningtothecuriouswerewolves 6 месяцев назад +1

    Where did you get my baby pic for the thumbnail? Warren!

    • @Eris123451
      @Eris123451 6 месяцев назад +1

      The resemblance nonetheless, is still quite uncanny even at that tender age.
      Your mothers must have been so proud.

    • @awarningtothecuriouswerewolves
      @awarningtothecuriouswerewolves 6 месяцев назад +1

      @@Eris123451 -- They told me that, like Wilbur, I took after my father! Warren!

  • @edwardnimerowski7577
    @edwardnimerowski7577 6 месяцев назад +1

    Warren can’t make it! He has no warranty 😅

    • @Eris123451
      @Eris123451 6 месяцев назад

      It's definitely expired by now.

  • @visentfalcon2192
    @visentfalcon2192 6 месяцев назад

    Avoosl met warren? Is that it?

  • @camojoe83
    @camojoe83 6 месяцев назад

    Krang!

  • @colinhess5742
    @colinhess5742 6 месяцев назад

    CAS hype

  • @Martial-Mat
    @Martial-Mat 6 месяцев назад

    Sounds to me like Clark didn't like the interest rate he agreed to pay on a loan... ;-)

  • @mortuarycookiezshane4192
    @mortuarycookiezshane4192 6 месяцев назад

    It always astounds me how anyone manages to pronounce things with CAS. Well done! Ps when I try to read his stuff out loud it’s awful and I end up changing the words to real words or start to try to say it but always end it in “whatever”.

  • @arecane2000
    @arecane2000 6 месяцев назад

    Here, then, is your Zion.

  • @Lucifermits1092
    @Lucifermits1092 6 месяцев назад

    Great narration, enjoyed the story, think the author could have used less flowery and unnessesary descriptions.

  • @beneelohim6322
    @beneelohim6322 6 месяцев назад +2

    The photo looks an awfully lot like Jabba the Hutt 🤣

    • @leebennett1821
      @leebennett1821 6 месяцев назад +2

      It's one of his relatives Horace the semi Detached

    • @hemidas
      @hemidas 6 месяцев назад +1

      Looks more like a Slann.

    • @ruth_southernstar
      @ruth_southernstar 6 месяцев назад +1

      Thank feck, I thought it was a mirror

    • @TheSpiritOf97
      @TheSpiritOf97 6 месяцев назад

      Also, getting some TMNT KRANG vibes!

  • @steelznation3738
    @steelznation3738 6 месяцев назад +2

    You know what? Forget my original comment I just want everyone to know, I hate autocorrect.

  • @Blayze1017
    @Blayze1017 6 месяцев назад

    I think Ian should reincarnate Warren.

  • @Bobo411
    @Bobo411 6 месяцев назад

    please consider not using ai art, it's so destructive to other artists and will just get worse. thumbnails for audio narrative channels have little impact on whether i click, just needs a good title and story blurb.

  • @TheVojvoda
    @TheVojvoda 6 месяцев назад

    1/10 warren didnt make it to the end

  • @SixTough
    @SixTough 6 месяцев назад

    I always thought that Clark Ashton Smith must be one of the worst writers in history. After hearing this story I remain convinced of this.

    • @randallbesch2424
      @randallbesch2424 6 месяцев назад

      I dare say your choice of writing styles must be spare and sterile compared to Clark's sumptuous verbiage. Yet you are here,

    • @SixTough
      @SixTough 6 месяцев назад

      @@randallbesch2424 yet I am here yes

  • @giddy6196
    @giddy6196 6 месяцев назад

    Dumb

  • @lonnytucker1345
    @lonnytucker1345 6 месяцев назад

    First

    • @abysscallstoabyss55
      @abysscallstoabyss55 6 месяцев назад +4

      You must really need this. Congratulations. 😑 🏆

    • @JohnPaul-zj6fq
      @JohnPaul-zj6fq 6 месяцев назад +2

      Congratulations!

    • @lonnytucker1345
      @lonnytucker1345 6 месяцев назад +1

      Thank you all for the heartfelt words of support! It is truly touching and means alot! All i can say is work hard and remain diligent and dedicated. Perhaps one day, with a little luck,you also could the first….To say, First…..

    • @abysscallstoabyss55
      @abysscallstoabyss55 6 месяцев назад

      Cue “Wrap it up” box. 🎥

  • @fredg.sanford634
    @fredg.sanford634 6 месяцев назад

    Great story!