"I have no time to describe the ruins..." *Proceeds to describe the ruins in detail I have so much love for these readings
@pharaohanakaris
3 жыл бұрын
it's crazy how few people i see saying this, which just goes to show how criminally underrated and underappreciated CAS is - this is so obviously a huge inspiration for Alien and i've never seen 1 person make that connection, across ANY youtube audiobook version of this story. i don't understand how i haven't seen anyone else mention it even in passing. Thanks horrobabble your version of this is awesome
@Arley42
3 жыл бұрын
I was about to write the same comment. I'm sure I've seen dozens of "making of" featurettes about Alien and the design of it all. But don't recall anyone mentioning tales like this as an influence. But it's uncanny. The team descending through chambers. The urns (eggs). The bigger corpse (space jockey). Then obviously the shadow creature (face hugger). I'm not saying it's a water-tight case, and I concede that many of the events are also what we come to expect in any "explorers finding a cursed Mummy tomb" scenario. But I simply wasn't expecting so many similarities from something made 45 years before the Alien film.
@pharaohanakaris
3 жыл бұрын
@@Arley42 yeah for sure, i agree that it is undeniably clear influence. and you're right to point out the (at this point) trope setup of the "cursed mummy tomb". it's crazy to me that CAS is so washed out of everything. he's (in my opinion) equally transformative in his vision/scope/technique to Lovecraft
@markrpatterson9717
3 жыл бұрын
I'm glad you all see this. I haven't seen it mentioned previously either.
@HorrorBabble
3 жыл бұрын
Always thought the same, Evan!
@Fenizrael
3 жыл бұрын
This story perpetually gnaws and scrapes at the edges of my mind at the thought of that great carrion-dark mass of foul abominations within the Stygian abyss. I lie wide awake in my bed while they forever lay patiently in wait, ready to spill and tumble out from that lightless void and consume all. A fate worse than death lurks within every shadow, every piece of debris carried by the wind - watching and waiting for a moment to strike when my back is turned or my guard is down. My mind will not be my own and my life is perpetual terror.
@nitayrafowicz5934
3 жыл бұрын
The Vaults of Yoh-Vombis is by far one of the scariest Mars stories I've ever read. Its incredible that it was made nearly a century ago... CAS is one of the most unappreciated writers of his time
@Bassist-Beneath
3 жыл бұрын
Facts
@donaldmccleary9015
Жыл бұрын
Agree on all accounts. CAS knew how to write, indeed! He was a true master at his craft. Ruins, mummies, and terror. Awesome!!
@nitayrafowicz5934
Жыл бұрын
@@donaldmccleary9015 Alwyas happy to find another CAS enjoyed 😉
@Saltybuher
7 ай бұрын
I’m shocked always that he only wrote for about 9 years.
@joz6683
3 жыл бұрын
My favourite story by Ashton Clark Smith. Narrated by my favourite story teller. What can I say, an excellent way to spend an evening. Thanks to all involved, another 1st class production . This helped me relax and sleep after a hard day.
@annvictor9627
3 жыл бұрын
"The Seed From the Sepulcher" in my copy of Tales of the Undead, Vampires and Visitants, compiled and illustrated by Elinore Blaisdell, was the only CAS story I had for a long time. It gave me considerable chills about 40 years ago.
@unitedplankton2866
3 жыл бұрын
Sci-Fi /Horror...The chocolate and peanut butter of literature.
@joz6683
3 жыл бұрын
Or if you're a Brit, a cup of and some chocolate hobnobs!!!
@unitedplankton2866
3 жыл бұрын
@@joz6683 mmm, nobs...
@gregbors8364
3 жыл бұрын
You got horror in my sci-fi!
@unitedplankton2866
3 жыл бұрын
@@gregbors8364 no, your sci fi got into my horror
@gregbors8364
3 жыл бұрын
@@unitedplankton2866 Two great tastes that go great together! (No one under 50 will get that reference) 😁
@rosiemcnaughton9933
3 жыл бұрын
As always, thank you for another great narration.
@nancyM1313
3 жыл бұрын
Thank you. Definitely will be saved for this evening. When I have a a couple of hours left in a quiet home.🌺
@nancyM1313
3 жыл бұрын
#like07💙😱💙
@thisisdavid2
3 жыл бұрын
oh there can never be enough Clark Ashton Smith :) this is one of my favourites :) well done
@flashpoint5200
3 жыл бұрын
Just wanted to leave a general comment as KZitem doesn't offer a direct way to communicate with creators outside of individual upload discourse. Absolutely love your channel, I can tell you put a lot of effort into your readings and I appreciate it. I'm new to the weird tales and horror genre and recently purchased a copy of Lovecraft's complete fiction. Your channel has introduced me to a wealth of new content and authors that I was previously unaware of and enjoy listening to your audiobooks. I feel like I'm listening to an old radio program from the 30's or 40's. I even started experimenting with my own weird fiction as my father is a collector of strange knick knacks and I wanted to try writing some short stories involving those. Anyways, I look forward to future uploads and thanks for sharing these recordings. Cheers!
@HorrorBabble
3 жыл бұрын
Thanks for stopping by! Keep up those weird fiction experiments.
@andreasfilis9001
3 жыл бұрын
First-class story, first-class performance!
@thevintageenglishman
3 жыл бұрын
Excellent story.....this is what Monday are made for....
@beverlyamarantes9775
2 жыл бұрын
The scarier the better. Thank you so!
@HorrorBabble
2 жыл бұрын
Thanks again, Beverly!
@beverlyamarantes9775
2 жыл бұрын
@@HorrorBabble I'm back to listen one more time.
@HorrorBabble
2 жыл бұрын
Always great to hear from you. Ian
@donaldmccleary9015
Жыл бұрын
Incredibly fine story and great narration. Boy, Clark Ashton Smith knew how to write! This is a story filled with ruins, mummies, exploration, and terror. The description of the ruins and life on Mars is amazing. These stories may be lost, were it not for the likes of you. Your page introduced Clark Ashton Smith to me, and I am glad. He is one of my favorite authors! I love the graphic for this recording. It is awesome!! Thanks, Ian!
@Jynxxxycat
3 жыл бұрын
That was truly horrifying! It's not often, that something gets to me. I may not sleep well, or at all, tonight!
@StarboyXL9
3 жыл бұрын
Time to listen to some horrific babblings of elder things and unimaginable gulfs of time! Just let me make some popcorn and hot cocoa!
@Paxtonparsnip
3 жыл бұрын
That’s rather good! Although mixing popcorn with hot cocoa might inadvertently open a seething vermillion hell-spawned rift of festering madness abominable yet dark as spilled cocoa on your white carpet. With spilled popcorn on it. Probably not. Just a thought.
@troymclure8330
3 жыл бұрын
Wow!!! That was such a fantastic story, exceptionally well read of course, cleary à précurseur to the vast majority of sci-fi horror know today! Thanks Ian for that nightmare inducing tale of monstrously xenophobic proportion!!!
@briangreen1781
3 жыл бұрын
Great story, but I have to ask: how fun was it to say "Yoh Yombis"?
@HorrorBabble
3 жыл бұрын
I've been mispronouncing it now for approximately 30 years...!
@briangreen1781
3 жыл бұрын
@@HorrorBabble Nah, you don't give yourself enough credit. Really, it's just a coin toss or I just pretend half the letters are silent.
@unitedplankton2866
3 жыл бұрын
The closed captioning said it was 'your vomits'...
@annvictor9627
3 жыл бұрын
@@unitedplankton2866 LOL
@micahfoley9572
3 жыл бұрын
I say it like i've seen my homie across the street. "Yo, Vombis!" Which turns out to be more or less spot on. Alternately, one could say it with offense, like, "My Vombis? Yoh Vombis!" :)
@TheEldritchGod
3 жыл бұрын
Ahhhh.... I so love listening to these tales of my "childhood".
@bernardorojas91
3 жыл бұрын
West coast fantasy tripping at its best by the master CAS no less. Fantasize to thy hearts content until the setting down of the molten orb.
@mauricedavis8261
3 жыл бұрын
As always excellent presentations Sir, thank you!!!👍👌😷
@howardhavardramberg333
3 жыл бұрын
We out here!
@magnustoth8506
9 ай бұрын
Thanks!
@HorrorBabble
9 ай бұрын
Thank you!
@bitters879
3 жыл бұрын
Well then, I'll be a bit nervous everytime I towel up after a shower now. Excellent story!
@pbr-streetgang
3 жыл бұрын
Thanks for the reading, love me some C.A.S.
@learnedtechsolutions
2 жыл бұрын
Loved this one!
@danjoaquin1571
3 жыл бұрын
I can actually picture it. If this was movie or show, the X files introduction song or the more recent Outer Limits intro would fit perfectly
@sinjinmonsoon9055
3 жыл бұрын
Great story.
@rayvonpereira8776
3 жыл бұрын
Awesome story! It seems that the face huggers from the alien series have taken their inspiration from the leeches of Yho Vombis
@tomcurran1538
3 жыл бұрын
Great fiction writing. A good treatment of the "King's English." I'm an English professor and haven't heard some of the words used for years.
@steveweidenbaum943
3 жыл бұрын
Cool story very intense
@AcornElectron
3 жыл бұрын
“And this is what it said ......’YOU FOOL! WARREN IS DEAD!’”. But we all know Carter can’t be trusted 🙄 Keep up the good work fella and stay safe.
@kenjitakahashi8993
3 жыл бұрын
We we it p by be in as
@nicholasmaddalina3500
3 жыл бұрын
Gotta love the Lovecraft circle! I’d love to hear you do Horror from the Hills by Frank Belknap Long, I can’t seem to find an audiobook of it anywhere. Is it under copyright?
@HorrorBabble
3 жыл бұрын
We plan to record that one in the near future, Nicholas.
@futtynucker5278
3 жыл бұрын
More like The Vaults of Yo Momma! HA! GOT EM!!!!
@grayven123
3 жыл бұрын
Since when did Yo Yo Ma have vaults?
@salty-walt
3 жыл бұрын
Is this a re-recording? I can't find the audio recording of this I listened to here on YT, and I *usually* listen to you Ian, but that's not the pic I stared at all night
@HorrorBabble
3 жыл бұрын
It isn't! First time.
@salty-walt
3 жыл бұрын
@@HorrorBabble A Response! How Exciting!! I wish I had money to patronize you! Then we could converse about pronunciations. It'd be a hoot.
@miskatonicalumni5612
3 жыл бұрын
Love to hear some August Derleth.
@troymclure8330
3 жыл бұрын
Here here.. I second that!!!
@Xbalanque84
3 жыл бұрын
Only a couple of Derleth's stories were any good. His posthumous "collaborations" with Lovecraft's unfinished manuscripts were utterly wretched.
@Wombats555
3 жыл бұрын
@@Xbalanque84 yeah really. Almost any other mythos author from any time including today has better work than Derleth's best. I am really glad HorrorBabble is just picking random Weird Tales before airing out Derleth's derivative garbage. Wandrei takes a similar tack but obviously loves it enough to make it good. Derleth was filling in crossword with words he saw Lovecraft use.
@HorrorBabble
3 жыл бұрын
His works are still under copyright. And as others have said here, there are better authors out there whose works are still largely unknown.
@j74s98
3 жыл бұрын
So C.A. Smith wrote Alien?
@drewdahlen9660
3 жыл бұрын
hopefully we are getting "Colossus of Ylourgne" by Clark Ashton Smith next?!!! please! hehe..
@HorrorBabble
3 жыл бұрын
In time, Drew!
@juliebarks3195
2 жыл бұрын
Who's Warren.?
@annvictor9627
3 жыл бұрын
Incubi, not succubi? Also, why the British "electric torch" and not "flashlight"? Interesting choices.
@mammon_is_god
3 жыл бұрын
Those things really suck
@paulbennett772
3 жыл бұрын
It's 'The Blötsch'!
@prabhdeepsingh5642
3 жыл бұрын
Prometheus movie might have got its inspiration from this story.
@paulbennett772
3 жыл бұрын
He said "heavy metal bands"!
@unclesam1756
3 жыл бұрын
Face huggers?
@TeethToothman
11 ай бұрын
💊🦕💊
@chrisu7022
3 жыл бұрын
I think i fell asleep im unsure i look ll)l
@johnsedlock1340
9 ай бұрын
Much as I like Ashton-Smith, this one's got a couple of gaping holes in the plot. To wit: Hey you guides who refuse to come with; ever hear of a life-form that looks & behaves like this? Naw, leave the automatic weapons behind -at least for this first trip(?!?) To heck with the helmets we wore going in. They must have evaporated. Breathing apparatus anyone? Skip it... I guess. We're only on another planet. Etc, etc.
@AngemonOfLight
2 ай бұрын
Yet still more competent than the crews of Prometheus and Alien Covenant. As for the helmets, they were fur. Probably not going to help against a headcrab.
@taterpussy3825
3 жыл бұрын
GLORZO IS PEACE. GLORY TO GLORZO!
@justicepie314
3 жыл бұрын
Love the Mars stories that were published well before modern space exploration. It all starts with a little imagination and away we go!
@medicalmisinformation
3 жыл бұрын
Me too. How sure are we REALLY that they are telling the truth about modern exploration.
@rwaggs81
2 жыл бұрын
Between Planets, by Heinlein, paints super cool alternate pictures of Mars and Venus.
@thefisherking78
2 жыл бұрын
Honestly, they are my favorites, and I think it's because there was so much that we didn't know back then, that these writers had less factual inhibition and could really let their imaginations run wild. It made for some truly fantastical stories.
@Nyctophora
3 жыл бұрын
I love Clark Ashton Smith's writing. Such an elegant style. Thank you!
@markrpatterson9717
3 жыл бұрын
When I first heard this story I initially thought of the Alien face hugger. Then, when it's described as a sofa cushion, and controlled it's host, I switched to the Half Life head crab.
@robertcopp2411
3 жыл бұрын
I always thought of it as a Metroid because of the teeth. I wonder how many of those things were directly inspired by this story.
@charliefortney3445
3 жыл бұрын
@@robertcopp2411 :bvviovioo
@micahfoley9572
3 жыл бұрын
Hmmm...now i'm wondering if mimics are just a victim of the very rare treasure chest shaped head crab variant.
@nvfury13
3 жыл бұрын
I was thinking Cloaker.
@arianchandler9285
2 жыл бұрын
Another Half Life similarity is the 3rd arm protruding from some of the aliens chests.
@badas45
3 жыл бұрын
When he said we left our weapons because we didn't think we needed them I immediately thought your going to need them
@donaldmccleary9015
Жыл бұрын
And that is where the trouble began..... Always bring your weapons.....always.....
@Zarnagel
3 жыл бұрын
On Clark Ashton Smith stories, I click first on like and then on play.
@patrickowens4294
3 жыл бұрын
Same. You know it's going to be good.
@benjuhmuhn
3 жыл бұрын
I'll raise a drink to that!
@VelvetYeti
3 жыл бұрын
I thought I was the only one who did that!
@Wombats555
3 жыл бұрын
Glad you got around to this - when Clark Ashton Smith takes it seriously he knocks it out of the park. Shame there isn't more like this - anyone who hasn't heard Ian's reading of The Abominations of Yondo should hurry over there now. Like Yoh Vombis but even more poetic like Lovecraft at his best.
@Paxtonparsnip
3 жыл бұрын
Yes! The Abominations of Yondo was just it! I loved every outrageously overly enthusiastic word of it! As soon as it kicked off I thought two things. Can Horrorbabble read this without screwing it up, and can the author maintain the pace. And hit us with an ending that seriously works. My verdict? Five stars (with lots of weird adjectives). Hot damn!
@Wombats555
3 жыл бұрын
@@Paxtonparsnip five out of five vernal days!
@thefisherking78
2 жыл бұрын
Oh wow. Here I am a year into following HorrorBabble and I'm convinced I will never manage to hear all of his work. He's just so goddamn prolific!... I'm adding that to my queue though.
@Wombats555
2 жыл бұрын
@@thefisherking78 I think I've actually listened to all of them and I've been listening nightly since before 2019...Once you've done The Case of Charles Dexter Ward, Whisperer in Darkness and The Shadow Over Innsmouth you should look up The Lovecraft Investigations on BBC Sounds. Its about the only thing I'd stop HorrorBabsing for. It Happened On the Isle of Seacliffe and The Temple of Memory remind me of TLI. There are about 300 on HorrorBabble now so you could conceivably hear the start of all of them falling asleep over a year :)
@JamesMC04
3 жыл бұрын
Clark Ashton Smith had quite a talent for "enjoyable" (i.e. haunting & deeply unsettling) stories. How did he do it, time and again ? His vocabulary is part of the effect, but only part.
@geoff7936
3 жыл бұрын
This was some stunningly vile horror. Loved every minute!
@chungusdisciple9917
3 жыл бұрын
My favorite Lovecraft adjacent author. cheers
@machine3589
3 жыл бұрын
One of my favorites of CAS. Great version!
@gregbors8364
3 жыл бұрын
Mentions have been made of the face-hugger in Alien, but I'm also thinking of that episode of OG Star Trek that seems very much inspired by this story.
@HorrorBabble
3 жыл бұрын
Which episode is that, Greg?
@gregbors8364
3 жыл бұрын
@@HorrorBabble I couldn’t remember the title so I had to do some research. It’s “Operation - Annihilate!” from the first season. Instead of going through the skull, the mind-control parasites attached to the back and tapped into the spinal column.
@HorrorBabble
3 жыл бұрын
Fabulous... I'll have to check that one out! Ian
@robertcopp2411
3 жыл бұрын
One of my very favorites. There was a channel that had a bunch of Clark Ashton Smith readings that went down a while ago and it made me very sad.
@Paxtonparsnip
3 жыл бұрын
When I was but a lad I lent my entire collection to my Gramp. I underlined the ones I thought he’d like. He underlined sentences and paragraphs in pencil and then lost every dam book in my collection.. my beloved Gan did a sweep to sort and tidy and Gramp didn’t tell me. Helpless! WTF? Brutal! Understandable. But such are grandparents!
@cpthurme
3 жыл бұрын
Was it ‘Tales of Weird’? I loved that channel.
@robertcopp2411
3 жыл бұрын
@@cpthurme I think it might have been
@Eris123451
3 жыл бұрын
Thank you I love this one; among his absolute best and scariest.
@zaijal1572
3 жыл бұрын
Clark Ashton Smith! Excellent!
@ViktoriousDead
3 жыл бұрын
Fantastic work as always
@wolfieworby5653
3 жыл бұрын
I have no words to describe the utter titillation I feel when I get that notification and I have a new book to listen to for bed time 🤤 😂 😅
@blakmajk3512
2 жыл бұрын
🐐
@markmark6408
2 жыл бұрын
If you like this, a good companion piece would be "The Brain-Bats of Venus" by Basil Wolverton, a comic book story that was clearly influenced by this story.
@gabriellecoffey2313
3 жыл бұрын
All I'm saying is that if we get "Warren is dead" merch, I will definitely not be the only one buying it...
@AcornElectron
2 жыл бұрын
Back for a Clark AS visit. Educating a beautiful girl in the sun. Thanks Jen and Ian, I owe you a drink.
@sabrinatscha2554
3 жыл бұрын
More like.. the vaults of Yoh Mombis.. BWAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA I'm leaving
@Temporal_Assassin
5 ай бұрын
That is one of the best from Smith. From you as well, you brought it into reality in a chilling way.
@ORLY911
3 жыл бұрын
"That place is deader than an Egyptian morgue" Giggled at that
@micahfoley9572
3 жыл бұрын
It's a bit of a non-sequitur, if you think too hard about it... :)
@bold810
Жыл бұрын
C.A.S. was a masterful storyteller.
@danbernstein4694
3 жыл бұрын
So thats where Warren is hiding!
@nathanharper5670
3 жыл бұрын
BRAIIIIINNNNSSS....
@paulsmart4672
10 ай бұрын
So one of D&D's more absurd monsters (The cloaker) clearly started as an an attempt to stat up the yoh vombis leeches.
@HorrorBabble
10 ай бұрын
Interesting!
@jordanrodriguez4126
3 жыл бұрын
I love this as well as the other works by CAS, I happened to drawn a illustration of the creatures in the story.
@jimjohhnston9992
3 жыл бұрын
Interesting to note that no one in the doomed party thought to wear a hat
@kidkurmudgeon-0_o
3 жыл бұрын
I love this story! Thx always
@MrsCaranAmy
3 жыл бұрын
That was an excellent story with a lot of description. Also it was very suspenseful. I do enjoy science fiction horror stories. Thank you. Have a wonderful weekend 💖
Well...seems I’ve discovered the origin/inspiration of the D&D Cloaker.
@CruisingA1A
3 жыл бұрын
Wow! What a great story! A new favorite for me.
@Kojoanna
3 жыл бұрын
Good story, loved the illustrations
@CountingHouse
3 жыл бұрын
I've read the comments before listening to this. It seems like it's going to be awesome.
@MrZooBreak
2 жыл бұрын
Ian! Spectacular reading! As always, that's what keeps me coming back to your remarkable channel! Thank you, thank you, thank you! And what a terrific story! Clark Ashton Smith is unparalleled! What an inspiration! And I love your stories as well!
@stephendowling2453
3 жыл бұрын
12 seconds
@Wombats555
3 жыл бұрын
*cough* Cloakers from the D&D monster manual.
@blowitoutyourcunt7675
Жыл бұрын
Quite the opposite, D&D stole it from Clark Ashton Smith! The horror/sci-fi genre goes much further back historically than D&D (1970s), all the back to Shelley and Frankenstein in 1818. So it stands to reason a great portion of the ideas are indeed borrowed from previous sci-fi/horror writers and their respective literature. We all stand on the shoulders of giants and we should recognize that : ) Cheers
@DickGallo-dk7wi
9 ай бұрын
Very enjoyable, and creepy! P.s. please give Warren's familly my condolences. 😁
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