Shadow Over Innsmouth - HP Lovecraft

[Elen Sentier]

Any Lovecraft fans out there ???

Radio 4 Extra is serialising Lovecraft's "Shadow Over Innsmouth" Mon-Fri this week. You can catch up with it on iPlayer

 

[snozz]

Thanks for the heads up! One to record to listen to in the hammock... at night ... in the dark ...

 

[crosslandkelly]

I remember the book well, there was also a terrible, cheap Italian film based on the novel. It was so bad , it was comical. I look forward to listening to this.

 

[British Red]

I remember the book ..... It was so bad , it was comical.

A little editing offered my view! Sorry - always found Lovecraft derivative and funny...as was CoC

 

[Leiflet]

Yay, I used to be into his stuff - even did some rip-off short stories that got published. That was a while ago and it's all thoroughly out of print. Well, maybe my parents have kept something - they do that sort of thing. No substitute for a good spoon, though.

Cheers,
Leif

 

[demographic]

Not heard that one but I had At The Mountains Of Madness books. I'll read all sorts and have a fair bit of patience when it comes to reading*, can usually get through a lot of pages to get to the nugget of decent plot but the one I read got launched across the room cos it was just crap. Gave both books away to the girl who lived downstairs if I remember right.
It was all a bit Unseen, unheard, unimaginable shapeless cosmic horrors slithering about in blackness.
Years later I got a download of the audio book and it was just as bad.

Quite possible that Shadow Over Innsmouth is better, I've never read it.












*Got through 1340 pages of pure anticlimax that was called Shogun, I'd call that pretty determined anyway.

 

[crosslandkelly]

Lovecraft always found my view derivative and Sorry.

Funny how a few changes make a difference.

 

[almac]

the world rally needs a "at the mountains of madness" film. period.
years ago when I first saw images of the underground pyramid in the AVP film, I thought of lovecraft... until I saw the aliens...

 

[crosslandkelly]

If only they had remained an "Unseen horror." Know what you mean though.

 

[Harvestman]

Lovecraft fan here. I haveThe Shadow Over Innsmouth on audio cassette, with David McAllum narrating.

 

[crosslandkelly]

Lovecraft fan here. I haveThe Shadow Over Innsmouth on audio cassette, with David McAllum narrating.

He has a wonderful tale telling voice, I imagine David Tennant would be very similar.

 

[Robbi]

*Got through 1340 pages of pure anticlimax that was called Shogun, I'd call that pretty determined anyway.

did that myself as well, gave up the will to live after that one !

 

[MartiniDave]

I'll check that out, thanks Ellen.

 

[snozz]

Just listening to it now - great stuff. There are more recordings (eg Into the Mountains of Madness) available here http://thebox.bz/browse.php?incldead=0&search=lovecraft&nonboolean=1 (you may have to join to download from the box.bz)

Another resource here http://radioarchive.cc/index.php

And here http://www.digital-eel.com/rtsf/

Snozz

 

[Elen Sentier]

Lovecraft fan here. I haveThe Shadow Over Innsmouth on audio cassette, with David McAllum narrating.

Oooooo ... Illya Kuriakin !!! More eye candy becomes ear-candy ... that last makes even my mind boggle !!! I wonder if I've still got anything to play an audio cassette on ??? Mind you, the bloke reading this ver was pretty good.