• H. P. Lovecraft, Volume 2: 'The Call of Cthulhu' and 'Reanimator'

  • By: H. P. Lovecraft
  • Narrated by: Garrick Hogan
  • Length: 3 hrs and 7 mins
  • 4.3 out of 5 stars (79 ratings)

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H. P. Lovecraft, Volume 2: 'The Call of Cthulhu' and 'Reanimator'

By: H. P. Lovecraft
Narrated by: Garrick Hogan
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Howard Phillips Lovecraft is among the greatest American writers of fantasy and the supernatural. Born in 1890, a native of Providence, Rhode Island, his health was uncertain from childhood and he led a sheltered early life. His semi-invalidism enabled him to read omnivorously, and as a shy imaginative child he began to invent what would in his adult life become a whole macabre fantastic world of his own, peopled by creatures out of his own weird imagination. As an adult he was retiring, almost a recluse. Tall, thin and pale, but with bright alert eyes, he was much given to wandering his native city in the dark hours of the night, and he became a devoted student of its antiquities. He began to write early, but had nothing published nationally until he was in his twenties. He set many of his stories around the imaginary town of Arkham, and invented an entire mythology of his own, its core being the demoniac cult of Cthulhu, based on the lore or legend that the world was at one time inhabited by another race who, in practising black magic, lost their foothold or were expelled, yet live outside, ever ready to take possession of this earth again. Since his early death in 1937 his stories have increasingly grown in popularity. He encouraged younger writers, and a number of authors have continued to develop in their own stories the cult of Cthulhu.

In this volume our tales are "The Call of Cthulhu" and "Reanimator". They are read for you by Garrick Hagon who began his acting career as a boy, playing the part of the Prince of Wales to Alec Guiness’s Richard III at the Stratford Shakespeare Festival in Ontario. He Has done much radio drama, and his long list of television appearances include Colditz and Dr Who. Among his many films are Star Wars, Cry Freedom, A Bridge Too Far, and Batman.

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Discovery of an old want

I had wanted to read Lovecrafts books as a kid, but never took the time. I love Horror and Science fiction and have a friend that off and on has suggested I take the time and "just do it". I am glad I did, the intricacy's of his stories is captivating and well worth the time. The use of vocabulary is thought provoking.

The books, having been written at a time that Society was not as developed as it is today, give an insight into the past that most of us never knew. I highly recommend these stories.

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Ramblings of A Madman

These stories are beautiful, and maddening. The narrator was good, but you can hear him audibly swallowing repeatedly, and it is nerve-racking. Also, his pronunciation of some things, not the Mythos or names but certain common words is irritating.

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