"Vulthoom" / A Weird Tale of Mars by Clark Ashton Smith

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"Vulthoom" is a short story by the American author, Clark Ashton Smith. In the story, which first appeared in Weird Tales in September 1935, two Earthmen on Mars find themselves trapped in the heart of a vast, underground city...
0:00:00 - Introduction
0:01:02 - Vulthoom
1:08:01 - Further Listening
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@unclesam1756 3 года назад

Until Warren tells me so himself I refuse to believe that he's dead.

@jeremyw.norwood1453 2 года назад

Well, if you stick around the entrance long enough, that indescribably horrific monstrosity which so hungrily slew Warren shall inevitably be up here rather soon to make you a true believer my man... LoL. And to feast upon your corpse as well... Ha!

@jprp999 2 года назад

You fool..............:)

@gohboy56 2 года назад

Some people are such unbelievers! Wait til Warren sends an alien hit-and-run after you🤣🤣

@tamlandipper29 3 года назад

Sir, Warren has already paid for the pizza. Do you want it or not?

@Wombats555 3 года назад

I AM a fool! I've missed a free pizza hundreds of times now :)

@Arwcwb 11 месяцев назад

哈哈哈哈😂

@thoughtfuldevil6069 3 года назад

"Leave in Silence, long unsaid/all the words that wake the dead." - Clark Ashton Smith. I've always adored his work. He was a true genius who deserves his own time to shine, outside of Lovecraft's shadow.

@maledikt 3 года назад

Wasn't Lovecraft also a fan of Ashton's work? I distinctly remember one Lovecraft tale where he even mentions him as a "Grand Priest", and praises him in others.

@thoughtfuldevil6069 3 года назад

@@maledikt They were associates and friends. I just wish Smith's unique aesthetic permeated as much into the popular culture, and that he wasn't primarily known through his association with Lovecraft.

@jeremyw.norwood1453 3 года назад

HorrorBabble is one of the most valuable channels to be found on all of RU-vid... they always have such enjoyable, high-quality, & truly invaluable literary content to entertain us with... I sincerely do appreciate all of their hard work and quality narrations... For, in truth, the privilege of having all of their masterfully told stories at hand is something that has consistently been of benefit to me, most especially so whenever I happen to be going to bed; much more so than many another of the myriad forms of entertaining distraction which I have ever utilized in my time... LoL.

@sindarpeacheyeisacommie8688 3 года назад

Easy there, buddy. You’re exceeding your ellipses allowance.

@jeremyw.norwood1453 3 года назад

@@sindarpeacheyeisacommie8688 I know man, it must look like I was trying for a new world record or something... LoL. Sometimes I just seem to enjoy pushing the limits of how the rules of writing in proper english can allow for some absolutely ridiculous, unnecessarily complex wording combinations... Ahh... and those little beauty's... are the perfect loophole for allowing one to craft some obscenely excessive amounts(hell it could basically be infinite in all honesty) of single subject sentences that are literally several pages in length... Oh, and the amount of unnecessary adjectives that can be inserted "legitimately" in a given sentence structure is just too much damned fun to resist my man... I mean, it IS all little more than me childishly messing with the random people unfortunate enough to actually read it all... Ha. Plus, it's kinda stupidly pointless & undeniably trollish I do suppose... But hey, at least I am having fun when I am doing it... and after all, isn't having fun in life all that really matters in the end? Heh.

@Eris123451 3 года назад

@@jeremyw.norwood1453 Heh.

@riphopfer5816 3 года назад

@@jeremyw.norwood1453 I, too, am fond of very long, complex sentences; however, I write professionally and have found it far more exciting to alter the tempo of the text by varying punctuation-(I am especially partial to m-dashes, semicolons, and parenthesis)-than to permit my paragraphs to grow slippery through overuse of ellipses, which almost inevitably imbues the text with the quality of hypnagogic hallucination. No doubt this had its place in the arsenal of the creative writer (e.g., creating just the sort of delirious atmosphere I mentioned above), but that place is not clarification and explication. Indeed, repeat ellipses are obfuscatory tools: they round off the precise cutting edges of the words which precede them, making explication into suggestion and description into distortion.

@GreenTeaViewer 2 года назад

Are you sure?

@micheleclass2248 3 года назад

It seems almost hard to believe that my oldest niece, a young teen is considering taking classes towards a career on Mars.

@chrimony 3 года назад

Vulthoom will be pleased.

@alswann2702 3 года назад

John Carter of Virginia may be her jedak.

@Eris123451 3 года назад

Tripod Pilot ?

@generalkrang7138 2 года назад

I heard the night life isn't great

@Red13teen 3 года назад

CAS!!....a true master of the written word, so vastly underrated and unknown he deserves huge recognition! Wish someone wud make a feature film of one of his works..the weaver in the vault wud be awesome....thanks for this Ian and Jen 😈+🐛+🐙+🐸=a C.A.S mythos God!

@kidkurmudgeon-0_o 3 года назад

The mother of Toads in Theater Bizarre. 2010-ish anthology film with Udo Kier starring in the frame story.

@donaldmccleary9015 9 месяцев назад

@@kidkurmudgeon-0_oI like that story. I have to check it out. Thanks!

@awarningtothecuriouswerewolves 3 года назад

Can't go wrong with my man, Klarkash-Ton! Hung out with him on Venus, Mars & in Auburn, California! Cheers Warren, whose been everywhere...& now lives in the Comments!

@CrenJay 3 года назад

Bought a copy of The King in Yellow because I enjoyed the podcast episodes so much! Looking forward to reading the book in a few months :)

@HorrorBabble 3 года назад

Fantastic!

@katem3553 3 года назад

Me too! I just picked it up a week ago!

@seadog915 3 года назад

My first thoughts when I started this were like " This is childish, like something I used to listen to when I was 11,But I didn't turn it off. The next thing I noticed was that I had been sitting there in my recliner for almost 45 minutes! I'm 67 now but for 45 minutes I was 11 again! THANKS

@jonathonfrazier6622 3 года назад

Clark Ashton Smith deserves a lot more attention.

@TheRedRacoonDog 3 года назад

There is a DC Comics Green Lantern villain named Vulthoom who is an all powerful alien. I thought the name was an original creation until I listened to this story. Crazy to think a Weird Tales story from 80 years ago still lives on in a new form today.

@owensthilaire8189 Год назад

How many comic books and characters do you suppose came from reading these old magazines? The Green Lantern is hardly a modern creation.

@TheRedRacoonDog Год назад

@@owensthilaire8189 Yea Alan Scott is old but Vulthoom wasn't introduced as the first lantern until 2014 though.

@Ayahuasca98 Год назад

It’s also used in the game “Fate/Grand Order”

@donaldmccleary9015 9 месяцев назад

Three minutes in and this story is amazing. So many descriptions in a few minutes that i had to listen three times! More to follow........ I do love Clark Ashton Smith! Great story and narration. Fantastic as always! Thanks!

@chrisu7022 3 года назад

This story was amazing! Thank you for this one, i love Clark Ashton Smith.

@MrZooBreak Год назад

Clark Ashton Smith's use of the English language is nothing short of phenomenal, as is Ian Gordon's flawless narration. Thank you for this horrorbabble delight!

@donaldmccleary9015 9 месяцев назад

Agree on both accounts!

@josephclark211 3 года назад

Just read this one the other day! Love the genius of Clark Ashton Smith!

@nitayrafowicz5934 3 года назад

I half feel like this was made for Me, and I LOVE IT! Vulthoom is one of my favorite stories out of all of CAS works. Truly terrific.

@rev.dr.dayspring7805 2 года назад

If it we 're not for Ian's voice and reading cadence i wouldn't have gotten into Lovecraft and would likely never have been exposed to Clark Ashton Smith (ubbol-salboth. Such great time

@alphadraconis9898 3 года назад

Loving these Dying Mars tales.

@thisisdavid2 3 года назад

More Mars from Klarash Ton! Hurrah one of my faves thank you thank you :)

@RedcoatsReturn 3 года назад

A classic from a master of pre-war era Sci-Fi, so descriptive 😲 ...and....masterfully read too! 👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏😊 Excellent!👍👍

@AcornElectron 3 года назад

I heard it.... and knew no more .... Keep up the good work fella and stay safe. Absolutely LOVE these Martian stories.

@danielmeredith4222 Месяц назад

That was absolutely fantastic Ian. This story is kinda like the demon flower story. Its like all the stories are connecting. Cheers and thankyou so much xo

@sandrargriffith3493 3 года назад

Horrorbabble gives me so much pleasure...can't thank you enough!

@jeffashley5512 3 года назад

Warren I certainly miss you no matter where you may be.

@rainking4242 3 года назад

He's still alive in our hearts.

@kimberlythompson7946 3 года назад

I've been listening for a few years now, mostly while working so I don't always hear everything sometimes I only get part of a story or completely miss all the intro, so i know there's something going on with "Warren" but I must have totally missed out on whatever happened that made that saying notoriously famous. Can someone please clue me in. Thanks

@rainking4242 3 года назад

@@kimberlythompson7946 Check out the story "The Statement of Randolph Carter." It's pretty short and HorrorBabble just put out a new version last week. 😁

@jeffashley5512 3 года назад

@@kimberlythompson7946 Along with RainKing's suggestion to listen to the story know it's part of the Lovecraft mythos and it will appear often within the comments.

@feralbluee 2 года назад

beautifully read. . . you made it into a noble sacrifice ( not a scary grotesqueness) at least every time someone listens to this story, we get a thousand years respite. thank you much ~ 🐶🌷🌼

@letsleepingdogslie4692 3 года назад

Does anybody else keep getting the Petco ad with the weird teen girl in a box, talking about how much she likes eating cat food from Petco? Not sure what they were thinking when they made that ad, but it's as creepy as anything on HorrorBabble..

@popevimtoripkeefhappysackXXX 3 года назад

We havent got it in’th’ UK - I want to see !

@chrimony 3 года назад

Haven't seen an ad on ThemTube in many, many years.

@unclesam1756 3 года назад

Yeah, it's a weird one

@CountingHouse 3 года назад

Mate, you have to write a short horror story based on that now.

@letsleepingdogslie4692 3 года назад

@@CountingHouse LOL; A girl in a box, eating cat food... I dunno, it feels very "Silence of the Lambs" to me. The first thought that crossed my mind when I saw the ad was "It puts the lotion on it's skin or else it gets the hose again"...

@self-aware5825 3 года назад

Your mastery of language and different accents used to fill out your characters, 😮 never fails to leave my mouth agape in wonder and appreciation! Thanks for continually bringing imagination alive

@HorrorBabble 3 года назад

Thank you! 😃

@riassslave558 3 года назад

now there's one i haven't come across in years ...thanx for this one!!!!

@SenorDisuade 3 года назад

Ty for continuing to record and upload these. I'm coming across a lot of stuff I had never heard of thanks to your uploads and they're all very enjoyable. I've honestly yet to listen to a single one that I havent enjoyed.

@mikefischbein3230 2 года назад

Exceptional!!!

@goreworks3562 3 года назад

Great voice work!

@richardportman8912 3 года назад

I don't know man. I'm part Mexican and it seems as if we have heard this story before. Great story, and excellent use of English language. A+.

@awarningtothecuriouswerewolves 3 года назад

Happy Walpurgis Nacht to one & all! Cheers Warren, who rises every 30th of April!

@chaimbrownbasketball4730 3 года назад

damn good alien servant voice!!!!!

@TheDeadmanTT 3 года назад

Thank you

@Eris123451 3 года назад

Smith was quite a respectable and original graphic artist as well by the way.

@MrZooBreak Год назад

Clark Ashton Smith brings an amazing tension to every sentence-a palpable tension and panoramic view to each scene. … And Ian, you fulfill the promise of such fabulous writing perfectly! Here we have the fusion of these two great talents-merged across the years into a flawless listening experience! Thank you, Ian! Thank you, HorrorBabble!

@scoutrifle6827 3 года назад

"Rhomboidal"...ah, Clark Ashton Smith, I see. :)

@thuzzwhistle1028 3 года назад

It’s a perfectly cromulent word.

@robynmarler1951 Год назад

Wow🎆

@gotredeemed 3 года назад

That was really fine.

@NathanTarantlawriter 3 года назад

Great story. Great channel! Keep up the great work!

@gordonweir7953 3 года назад

Give me a sign That your still on the line I can't leave you behind Is there something malign I got chills on my spine Am I loosing my mind tonight ? ..... Darkest of the hillside thickets

@jasoncookman3158 3 года назад

Man that was something else 😁👍 awesome reading Ian. Your annunciation and tone is the best.

@generalkrang7138 2 года назад

cool, thank you

@ADITADDICTS 3 года назад

I finally got to heat this Ian! Absolutely amazing as usual

@paulcateiii 3 года назад

loved it Ian

@Eidridin 3 года назад

Now we need an original horror story from Ian about living in a near future colony on Mars given the recent hype of SpaceX and NASA.

@HorrorBabble 3 года назад

I'm working on a horror/sci-fi story at the mo, but it's probably not going to take place on Mars... We'll see!

@Eidridin 3 года назад

I'm excited! Your stories are terrific!

@YouTubeIsRunByMarxists Год назад

Warren has become a watercolor artist on RU-vid.

@vintageyamahasquid 3 года назад

I wonder if this story was part of the inspiration for Grace and the Bliss in FarCry 5? There are a lot of parallels here.

@MrsCaranAmy 3 года назад

This was an amazing story. I loved all the descriptions and am a fan of science fiction. Narration was excellent tonight. Thank you. Have a terrific Tuesday 💓

@AdamStJamesStJames 3 года назад

Wow... I just heard about Warren's untimely passing the other day.

@Duchess_Van_Hoof 2 года назад

I might have been ignorant but this was far from what I expected. I shall have to check out more of the author's stories.

@thefisherking78 2 года назад

Anither back catalog gem. Wow.

@popevimtoripkeefhappysackXXX 3 года назад

Nice one Flash.

@kidkurmudgeon-0_o 3 года назад

More Clark Astral Surrealisms !!!

@yarugatyger1603 3 года назад

Title sounds like the name of a nord ruin in Skyrim :D

@popevimtoripkeefhappysackXXX 3 года назад

Ahh, Ignarrr. Excellent seafood.

@sindarpeacheyeisacommie8688 3 года назад

The strip joints suck tho...

@popevimtoripkeefhappysackXXX 3 года назад

@@sindarpeacheyeisacommie8688 you just made me think Total Recall... “Baby, you make me wish I had THUREEE hands !!!”

@Wombats555 3 года назад

Fourth time trying to get through this without Ian's melifluous tones putting me to sleep :) It is one Clark Ashton-Smith story I haven't read yet, too! Where is Brian Blessed when you need someone to shout Damn You Gordon!

@CountingHouse 3 года назад

Vulthoom! Mars is barren and Dead.

@Wombats555 3 года назад

Yo! Vombis! There's a shadow beastie on your head!

@alswann2702 3 года назад

No according to ERB and John Carter of Virginia !

@DickGallo-dk7wi 7 месяцев назад

Warren never gets an even brake.

@DickGallo-dk7wi 7 месяцев назад

That was a good one.

@davidjamesmclean6325 2 года назад

Listening to this while playing doom eternal 😁😁😁

@DreadArkive 3 года назад

Pretty clear this one inspired the Daedric quest for Vaermina in Skyrim.

@lacyhart2043 3 года назад

Yes sir

@sindarpeacheyeisacommie8688 3 года назад

To think...one large bottle of WeedBGone and problem solved.

@Destineddeath 3 года назад

🍜

@sharkbite9274 3 года назад

If you have the time and want I think your rendering of The Dweller In Darkness would be genius

@HorrorBabble 3 года назад

Hello! If you're referring to the Derleth story, it isn't in the public domain.

@sharkbite9274 3 года назад

@@HorrorBabble Ah, that makes sense. Well in that case good luck with all your public domain renditions. Great work as always!

@doppiovinegar1292 Год назад

Will this amazing customer service and RMA policies apply worldwide or to America, EU, or any 1st world country with strict consumer protection laws? I live in the Philippines and warranty sucks in here unless you buy on physical stores

@riphopfer5816 3 года назад

‘...An alien drug that was no less potent than morphine, cocaine, or marijuana.’ Well, which? It makes a difference!

@lacyhart2043 3 года назад

I like em all