The Whisperer In Darkness
Written by H. P. Lovecraft
Narrated by Phil Reynolds
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H. P. Lovecraft
Renowned as one of the great horror-writers of all time, H.P. Lovecraft was born in 1890 and lived most of his life in Providence, Rhode Island. Among his many classic horror stories, many of which were published in book form only after his death in 1937, are ‘At the Mountains of Madness and Other Novels of Terror’ (1964), ‘Dagon and Other Macabre Tales’ (1965), and ‘The Horror in the Museum and Other Revisions’ (1970).
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Reviews for The Whisperer In Darkness
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- Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5A great story and freaky as Frak. I have been listen to and reading other stories set in the Cuthuluvese and it is nice to hear an H.P. 0 original. It makes me appreciate the richness of the stories.
- Rating: 3 out of 5 stars3/5Very well written. Horror isn't one of my favorite genres, but I could imagine that who likes this genre would find it really interesting.
- Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Great atmosphere building and the implications towards the end are very sinister and spooky. 100% recommend.
- Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Excellently read. One of Lovecraft's best!
- Rating: 2 out of 5 stars2/5This, to me, is the stereotypical Lovecraft near his worst. The absolute worst is when he has a character detailing dreams. But this? This comes very close.
When you get right down to it, nothing really happens throughout this story. The narrator details a few letters, eventually makes his way to the letter writer's home, we're told of some of the secrets he learns from Akeley—never ever shown, because that's simply not how Lovecraft rolls—then the narrator gets creeped out, makes a weird discovery, and bolts from the house. The end.
The only thing that saves this is, between all the tell and the foot dragging, there's some wonderfully creepy ideas in there, but they're never brought out. Lovecraft himself sums it up quite well on page 84 with the line: "...their frightful effect on me was one of suggestion rather than of revelation."
Not one of his better ones. - Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5An excellent collection of some of Lovecraft's early "Cthulhu Mythos" stories, including some short ones, and some of his longest and best works as well. A nice, informative intro, too.