THE NAMELESS CITY by H. P. Lovecraft (2017 Recording) 

This is the 2017 HorrorBabble recording of TNC. 2023 recording: ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-yaDS3TcvFbQ.html

It often kind of amuses me that the big scary moment in many Lovecraft stories is: "And they weren't human!!!" It makes a lot of his work more interesting than scary. I'd love to visit an ancient city of pre-human creatures. How cool would that be!

I'm going to listen to all the Lovecraft starting here.

I love all the Lovecraft I fall asleep listening all the time!

Extraordinary imagination. Lovecraft was far ahead of his time.

I started off listening to this story read by another writer, who shall remain nameless. When I saw that a version by Ian Gordon was available, I switched to it, and immediately realized why: he reads Lovecraft with (apparently) genuine fear in his voice! The other guy sounded awful. As they say it LA, "You've got to have sincerity. Once you can fake that, the rest comes easy!"

Thank you Ian. This is the second work of Lovecraft's I read after Dagon, It has driven me to appreciate Howard's careful and steady approach to unveiling the existential uncertainty that the vastness of time presents.

I love the ambiance in this one, the fire-alarm in my apartment block just went off around the 20 minute mark and I though it was part of the ambiance... then I went to check on things to find the fire department and police sorting things out, such interesting things happen when you are listing to a good audio book.

These are the types of stories that made me fall in love with the Lovcraftian style, in my youth. Thank uou HorrorBabble. 🖤💀🦇🕷

In Lovecraft universe which is eerily very close to our, the fear resides in the past and is hunting humanity for ever and ever. What an original and deep writer of human psyche and cosmos

Holy sh*t, only just discovered this channel - cannot wait to get stuck in. Thank you for doing this.

Fantastic Ian, I have read this one, you did a great job bringing it to life.

It's wonderful to have this treasure back, thank you very much!!

A favourite.Have you thought of reading “ Prophet of the Black Hadj” by Aaron Vlek. How Al Hazred came into being.

Great reading of an underrated Lovecraft tale.

Ian gordon your good a good voice,horror babble thank you this is my 1st H.P lovecraft.

Just noticed the sound of wind in the background. Nice touch!

Such a classic. Every time YT recommends it, I queue it again. Every time, I enjoy it just as much.

Yo cool it's a miniature Mountains of Madness

Love the new thumbnail

I dig this one. Sure it's a re-post but I'm more than happy to listen to it again.

Now I’m scared and wanna hug someone Edit: I’m still scared but thank you for the heart

This guy is a Treasure

I always imagine this city being buried in the Rub Al Khali, because listened to "music from the empty quarter" when i first read this story long ago...in a different timeline

Terrific reading as always! One of Lovecraft's favorites, and I can see why!

HP had his problems but man he can write a story!

19:14 My bookmark for this video, don't mind me.

Thank you ❤

Love this one 🙏🏻

This is so much nicer than me and my boyfriend reading to each other 😆💕

Oh nice I think I listened to a reading of this one recently, I'll probably enjoy your version more though

if this were a movie without a narrator, you'd basically see this guy stand at the same spot for maybe about 5 minutes, then walks a few steps, then stand at the same spot once again for maybe 3 minutes, only for that cycle to continue, until he enters the labyrinth and then his torch goes dark... after that he's just walking in the dark until he sees a glow and walks towards it and sees reptillic monsters... you're about 30 minutes into the movie and finally some action is about to happen... nevermind he just stands there and talks to himself... then he starts staring at the paintings on the wall... okay sure, 4 to 6 minutes of wall paintings, nice! maybe with a good director, that could be replaced with a 10 - 15 minute flashback... after that, he slowly walks trough a hall and enters another room where he once again just stands there... then he becomes schizophrenic and freaks out over lizard people, until he enters yet another room where he once again just stands there... 1 hour into the movie, and finally, you're near the end of the movie, it has to happen... a sound in the distance, okay here we go, don't just stand there and do something interesting... okay something is lurking from the shadows and getting closer, it's gonna happen... he looks at his watch for whatever reason, and then he's getting tense... alright, you know it's gonna happen, the climax scene... he screams madly at the lizard creature that's getting closer... but he just stands there... he literally just stands there to try and make sense out of what he's looking at... and then when the creature is finally shown on screen, the movie ends... either that, or the writers just write something that's only based on the story but not an exact retell of the story! but still, this is literally just a man standing and observing! nothing much happens really..

I believe these tales to actually be real! Secret tales released as fiction. Also, notice: everything ALWAYS leads to the underground

So happy for you !! Almost 20k !! You'll be at your 1st million before you know it....😸. 😘💜💚💛💙😳 Y'all deserve so much more , Best channel on u - tube IMHO...! TY for tonights vid , can never hear too much Lovecraft...👍 YOU AND JENNIFER ROCK !!💜

it was inspired by iram of the pillars the ancient city in the arabian peninsula

- Such a classic! Great job as always

Well done!

So my guess is Lovecraft got the willies when he looked at Sobek imagery and idols from Ancient Egypt... lol

This Nameless City sounds like a tourist trap. Nevertheless I'd love to visit sometime. All that gold, gems and mystery metal sound enticing.

Love this story and all his writings and your Readings are good to.

Had to visit this story a second time

This is her majesty the queens favourite narrative,outlining the original breeding grounds of her ancestors.

I once met a guy that had been to this place. Did some work for him and his family. Had a strange crown he had found there. Family name was Cabot. I wonder what happened to him??

So very well done. One of my favorites

I think this is my favorite HP story

Reminds me of the Ubaidian (5500 BC) lizardmen figurines from (pre) Sumaria. They were found at the very first real city named Ur, very weird creatures/dolls. I think they may have inspired him to write this.

Unusually exceptional narration on this one, had you drunk a glass of whiskey just beforehand?

After *The Mound* that is number 1 *The Nameless City* is number 2 and *The Shadow over Innsmouth* at 3rd but i love them all

Jesus this is creepy, holy frick!

"Academaniacal" Wow!

This was the first h.p lovecraft story I read. Not the best but definitely a good introduction.

Great

A nightmare written down

nice

I love the read on this one. i feel like i can hear your day-to-day voice just a tiny more than usual. it gives the piece a slightly intimate feeling. GJ homie. keep it up. The Nerd Lobby appreciates your hard work. :) ps: i was listening here early on and found one, a lovecraft, i think, that featured something like a mysterious city hiding in fog (or something), in a village full of skeptical, closemouthed people (Europeans, i think...maybe italian or some such). i didn't get to finish it, and i can't find it again. anyone got any clues for me? it was cool... i think it was a slightly longer one.

this city deserves a name, what should we call it?

Subscriber count 66.6? Hmmmm

7:40

i miss the second piano intro

Sounds like Dallas.

13:19 Lovecraft: hehehe Me: hehehe

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It’s almost as if Lovecraft was peering into the ether, What demoniac monstrosities he saw there!

Does inhabitants of nameless city still exists in the story ???

Huh, I intended to press The Black Stone Statue. Nevermind, I'll listen to this instead then.

so this is the first part of cathulu ?

21:27

It sounds like they were the serpent people

I need to get with you HorrorBabble im a writer and have several books in progress that i could cut a scene here or there. Add a beginning and end to it and would make great shorts for your channel ill email you or contact you on your web page. Can send you a sample.Just a heads up most are still in first draft but mostly puncuation not dialog or setttng that needs to be finished.There what i would consider extreme horror or violent horror in the murders point of view in most cases. One in the victim and most are stories of serial killers, post apocalyptic, Tales of lizard people from under the earth that were just waitng for us to die off again. I use alot of conspiracy theories to add in to some stories to connect with readers. Alot of alien shape shifters in the government. comment if your interested at all i will be contacting you soon interested in getting some of my stories out as shorts befor i publish the full novels .I draw most of my inspiration from HP Lovecraft, George rrMartin,King,Wells,and Niel Geiman thanks for your time.

Ok this is an original Lovecraft…because I don’t understand the collaborations you all do on here ,if someone can explain those to me,my confusion takes me out of the narrative a lot because…

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I've been spending some time reading and listening to Lovecraft and this one...just didn't tickle my interest at all? I wonder why.

The protagonist takes way too long to recognize the obvious, but I suppose we should give him a pass: after all, he hasn't had the benefit of a century of SF and horror trope-building. 😋

When you love the story but the author is... problematic.

16:16 This is a prime example why Lovecraft is a bad writer