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The Shadow over Innsmouth
- Narrated by: Richard Coyle
- Length: 2 hrs and 32 mins
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Summary
The perfect H. P. Lovecraft title to follow on from 2010's At the Mountains of Madness, and the only HPL title not to appear in a periodical! Perfect also because it is split in to 5 distinct chapters...ripe for abridgement into five half-hour episodes!
The Shadow Over Innsmouth tells the first-person story of a young historian, Robert Olmstead, who, while investigating his family genealogy in New England, is intrigued to learn about a hated and mysterious fishing town called Innsmouth. When he visits he finds the place to be run-down and near-deserted, with a cult-like religion and a strange, degenerate population. His investigation soon turns into a race to escape the town and the the evil creatures he sees emerging from the sea.
The Shadow Over Innsmouth was written by H. P. Lovecraft in 1931 and is the only one of his works of fiction not to have initially been published as part of a periodical. It continues HPL's Cthulhu Mythos, featuring townspeople worshipping the elder sea god Dagon and mentioning the mysterious Shoggoth creature of his other works.
Howard Phillips "H. P." Lovecraft (August 20, 1890 - March 15, 1937) was an American author of horror, fantasy and science fiction, especially the subgenre known as weird fiction. As early as the 1940s, Lovecraft had developed a cult following for his Cthulhu Mythos, a series of loosely interconnected fiction featuring a pantheon of humanity-nullifying entities, as well as the Necronomicon, a fictional grimoire of magical rites and forbidden lore. His works were deeply pessimistic and cynical.
Although Lovecraft's audience was limited during his life, his reputation has grown and he is now regarded as one of the most influential horror writers of the 20th Century. Stephen King called him "the 20th century's greatest practitioner of the classic horror tale." This 2011 adaptation comprises five episodes, originally aired on BBC Radio 4 Extra, once again read by the superb Richard Coyle and featuring music by acclaimed composer Jon Nicholls. The series is offered here in exclusive extended edition.
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- Anonymous User
- 04-04-24
It’s not inns-MOUTH
Do the research.. Like in Bournemouth it’s not pronounced as «Mouth». Really got annoying time.
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- Corin
- 25-04-18
great tale
enough said try it
a fine introduction to the Cthulhu mythos.
a very good listen.
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- nogginthenog
- 15-10-16
Classic horror
If you could sum up The Shadow over Innsmouth in three words, what would they be?
Classic Lovecraft horror
Have you listened to any of Richard Coyle’s other performances? How does this one compare?
Excellent narration - nailed it
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Listening to a book often gives you a new perspective on it - as with this - a classic and familiar Lovecraft tale, which is nicely freshened up. The narration is spot-on and the sound effects and music are nicely atmospheric.
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- MR N WILSON
- 25-01-19
such good narration
Pitch perfect narration and wonderfully atmospheric background music and ambience, only this and At the mountains of madness available right now but I'd love more of these!
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- Amazon Customer
- 24-03-21
great for starting into lovecraft
I wanted to start lovecraft and found this was a brilliant gateway book as this essentially builds the world and you meet everything new.
really good to start with if your unsure about how to get into it
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- Tom
- 22-06-22
Classic
Great narration, dramatisation of this abridged version with great music too. Really gets your imagination running wild! holiday to Innsmouth anyone? #WelcomeToInnswich #Instagram
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- Linda
- 09-07-22
Atmospheric HPLovecraft adaptation
I loved this story by HP Lovecraft and the performance by Richard Coyle was just brilliant. The whole adaptation was atmospheric and spooky. I wish it had been longer! I will definitely listen to more like this and certainly more performances by Richard Coyle. Amazing!
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- Anonymous User
- 23-12-21
so sooooo good
this is what audible was made for, the story is spooky as heck, the dude reading it is so into it, the sound effects and music are atmospheric af. All the stars. great stuff.
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- KtG
- 09-01-18
Excellent retelling
After only hearing snatches on BBC R4Extra great to catch the complete story. Very Atmospheric.
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- Zayn
- 21-02-20
A Great Story
Richard Coyle is excellent with the narration on this. The story is great, and the atmospheric music that accompanies this adds to the creepiness.
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