I like her prose. Ahead of her time, i think, with her slightly postmodern dark humor about writers and writing. Always cool to hear a Weird tale by a lady from back in the day. Fairly rare. I wonder if the Call of Cthulhu scenario “Mr Corbitt” is a reference.
This guy should meet the Repairer of Reputations. He could be the next ruler of The Imperial Dynasty of America. Thanks for the excellent narration Ian.
A truly riveting story! Always a pleasure to read stories that depict someone's madness progressing without the knowledge of the sufferer and portrayed through the actions and behaviours of others.
(Spoilers Ahead Dear Listeners) It's nice to see the corruption of a character via evil artefact play out, when most stories either have this be resisted for a protagonist or be a past event for an antagonist
@@johnbutler370 hey man if you go comment diving on a story almost 100 years old before youve read/listened thats on you. And honestly I barely said more than whats in the premise, I swear some people consider something like a blurb to be major spoilers
My Better Half woke me to complain that I fell asleep to this while she says she can't sleep after hearing it. This comment is my penance, along with which I shall have to listen through to the end on another night.
This was an amazing story today. I enjoyed the reference to the Ole Curiosity Shop. I also enjoy stories about old books. Excellent narration. Thank you very much ❤️🤗🌟
I have translated, as a lawyer, hundreds of documents without any kind of sideffects. I fail to see what happened to our noble and learned friend. Thanks Ian. Excellent, as usual.
Wow, I'm just reading your comment - very impressive. Translated into another language, I'm assuming, right? What kind of lawyer does translating, if you don't mind me asking?
@@sugarfalls1 Translation of documents from one language to another is a part of lawyer's job, if one knows the language according to Greek law. It serves because it is also validates the content of the document and certifies the copy of the translated document.
@@andreasfilis9001 I've never heard of a lawyer that translates as part of their job. What kind of lawyer are you? You mean say from English to French?
@@sugarfalls1 apart from litigation, negotiation and all the stuff you know there is a statutory provision for the translation of documents in Greek law. Many documents need to be translated if they are to be used in courts or submitted to authorities, i. e. a contract, a lease document, employer's references. That is why it is a part of the job. The languages depend on which you know. For me, English to Greek and the opposite.
I inquired about the affairs of Warren, a rather bookish sort. The reply took me aback. You fool! Warren has been read! Kudos to the narrator and author 🎉🎉
"Heard it well up from the innermost depths of that damnable open sepulchre as I watched amorphous, necrophagous shadows dance beneath an accursed waning moon. And this is what it said:" No wait, I've quite forgotten what it said. Anyway it can't have been that important ?
For a moment I thought the story was gonna be like "Death Note". It was an anime from many years ago whose plot involved a book that kills whoevers name is written in it. The deaths are caused by an entity that only the book holder can see. When the family could see the mark but he couldn't, I thought it was going to be like that. Some invisible entity that has agency through the book. I was wrong but not too far off. Lol
"Filthy stuff!" "It turned out to be the 'Boys' Gulliver's Travels' that Granny had given him..." Honestly, on first reading Gulliver's Travels at a similar age to Dickie, I had much the same reaction. It's not a children's book and I think as a child the cynicism stood out to me even more because I didn't understand the political commentary.
Bruh - it's a flippin' bookcase. If you're gonna kvetch about AI, at least kvetch about something that's recognizable as AI. Most of us here are more interested in the audio anyways.
