COMPLETE [ENG] The Call of Cthulhu by H.P. Lovecraft- hok

[Piotrek]

Selected Short Stories by H. P. Lovecraft vol. 4 by Howard Phillips Lovecraft 1890- †1937

This project is now complete! All audio files can be found on our catalog page: http://legamus.eu/blog/?p=876

summary...
(Summary by Piotr Nater)

Text source: for source texts please go to http://gutenberg.net.au/plusfifty-a-m.html#letterL and search Lovecraft. The file with collected stories is no longer available.

Prooflistener: rapunzelina

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[Chapter title]

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[Piotrek]

Here comes part 4 of the project

The stories that were read for part 1: "The Festival", The Nameless City", "He", "Cool Air", ":The Very Old Folk", "Pickman's Model", "In the Vault", "The Alchemist".

The stories that were read for part 2: "Rats in the Walls", "From Beyond", "The Hound", "The Strange High House in the Mist", " The Unnamable", "Hypnos", " The Quest of Iranon"

The stories that were read for part 3: "The Temple", "The Moon Bog", "The Evil Clergyman", "The Horror at Martin's Beach", "The Silver Key", "The Transition of Juan Romero", "The Other Gods", "The Outsider"

The rules for this collection:
1. The reader selects the story they want to read.
2. Don't worry if your chosen story has already been read. Multiple versions are welcome
3. Please take a look at the list below (compiled by Rapunzelina) to select a post-1922 story. Stories marked in bold and italicised have already been read for this collection or claimed. Don't let that discourage you from claiming them, though (see pt.2 above)
4. There's no limitation as to the number of stories one person can read

A list of conveniently-sized post-1922 stories (including those already read) together with word counts:
Memory ~350 words
Azathoth ~460 words (unfinished)
What the Moon Brings ~700 words
The Book ~1200 words (unfinished)
The Descendant ~1500 words (unfinished)
The Evil Clergyman ~1700 words
Poetry of the Gods ~1900 words
The Other Gods ~1900 words
The Horror at Martin's Beach ~2400 words
The Outsider ~2600 words
The Quest of Iranon ~2700 words
The Transition of Juan Romero ~2700 words
The Unnamable ~2700 words
From Beyond ~2750 words
The Festival
The Nameless City
He
Cool Air
The Very Old Folk
Pickman's Model
In the Vault
The Alchemist
Hypnos ~2800 words
The Hound ~3000 words
The Moon Bog ~3420 words
The Strange High House in the Mist ~3650 words
The Silver Key ~4850 words
The Temple ~5400 words
The Rats in the Walls ~7900 words
The Lurking Fear ~7350 words in 4 chapters
The Horror at Red Hook ~8200 words in 7 chapters
The Haunter of the Dark - 9100 words (previously soloed)
The Shunned House ~10750 words in 5 chapters
The Thing on the Doorstep ~10750 words in 7 chapters
Imprisoned with the Pharaohs ~10800 words in 2 chapters
The Colour Out of Space - 11200 words (previously soloed)
The Call of Cthulhu ~11800 words in 3 chapters
Through the Gates of the Silver Key ~14400 words in 8 chapters
Dreams in the Witch-house ~14800 words
Medusa's Coil ~16700 words
The Dunwich Horror ~17300 words in 10 chapters

[Piotrek]

The 2 section length limit has been scrapped. You can now pick longer stories to record- just don't overdo it: these are supposed to be short stories after all I requested 10 sections for the MW this time, but I'll be happy to add additional ones if necessary.
The first 3 sections have been claimed by Martin for his reading of "The Call of Cthulhu".
I also added "The Colour out of Space" and "The Haunter of the Dark", which I soloed previously, to the list of available works in case someone wants to record them.

[Hokuspokus]

Hi Piotr,

I can MC this for you. Will prepare the MW tonight, some Saturday duties scream loudly ...

[Piotrek]

I marked the stories already read in the list visible in the 1st post. Since we already have the MW, I also put Martin's claims in. I'll read "The Shunned House", but I have to figure out how to divide it.

[J_N]

May I read 'Memory'? It's nice and short

[Piotrek]

You're in the MW, Julia

EDIT: Seeing as the length limit has been scrapped I added some of the longer stories to the list of possible options.

[J_N]

I am not a huge fan of Lovecraft's stories (not my genre), but he has a way with words... I like his way of setting a scene... it really paints a picture in my mind...

http://upload.legamus.eu/simple/files/9 ... ecraft.mp3 3:25

I've put it into the MW already

[rapunzelina]

Hmmm, I think the filename would be better as shortstories4_##_lovecraft.mp3
We had shortstories2_##_lovecraft.mp3 and shortstories3_##_lovecraft.mp3 before that.
What do you think?


Regardless, section 4 is PL OK

[rapunzelina]

Also I got this suggestion from Erik (kadath9969 at Librivox) for the Lovecraft collection:

The Challenge from Beyond (1935) by C.L. Moore, A. Merritt, H.P. Lovecraft, Robert E. Howard, Frank Belknap Long
http://gutenberg.net.au/ebooks13/1304101h.html

It appears to be around 6000 words.

[Piotrek]

Also I got this suggestion from Erik (kadath9969 at Librivox) for the Lovecraft collection:

The Challenge from Beyond (1935) by C.L. Moore, A. Merritt, H.P. Lovecraft, Robert E. Howard, Frank Belknap Long
http://gutenberg.net.au/ebooks13/1304101h.html

It appears to be around 6000 words.

I've read about this experiment, although I've never read the work itself. What makes me suspicious is that it's a group work and I have no idea what the rules are for such cases. What was the response of the Librivox folks?

[rapunzelina]

It's not PD for Librivox, and I was about to say it's PD here, but, checking the rest of the authors' death dates now, I'm afraid it's not PD for us here either

[Hokuspokus]

Hmmm, I think the filename would be better as shortstories4_##_lovecraft.mp3
We had shortstories2_##_lovecraft.mp3 and shortstories3_##_lovecraft.mp3 before that.
What do you think?

You are right, Rapunzelina.
That's the downside of auto generated code for the first post. I changed it there, too.

We move to Readers Wanted.

[mreyto]

Hi,

Here's the first chapter of "Cthulhu" for section 1:

Link to file: http://upload.legamus.eu/simple/files/v ... ecraft.mp3
Length: 21229318 bytes (20.246 MB) — Duration: 1326 seconds (0:22:06) — Bitrate: 128 kbps
uploaded on Thu Jun 26 2014 11:49:10 GMT-0400 (EDT)

[rapunzelina]

And Chapter 1 of the Call of Cthulu is PL OK!

Is it possible to rename already uploaded files? Section 4 needs renaming (or the MW updated), otherwise PL OK

[mreyto]

And Chapter 1 of the Call of Cthulhu is PL OK!

Thank you Could you please mark it as PL OK in the MW?

Also, the three parts of this story are actually designated as Chapters 1, 2, and 3 by HPL, so I think it would be better to change the section titles in the MW to "The Call of Cthulhu Chap. 1" or some such. I think this is one for Piotr to decide.

[Piotrek]

I don't think it matters much as long as you remember to read "chapter 1", "chapter 2" etc. at the beginning of each chapter.

I just thought about my long solo with tons of chapters and subchapters in it and tried to remember how I tackled things there. I'll change the names in the MW.

EDIT: MW updated.

[rapunzelina]

Oh hi Piotr! I realized I started proof-listening without officially asking to be DPL
So, will you accept me as the DPL?

[Piotrek]

Sure. You're in.

[mreyto]

Here's Chapter 2 of "Cthulhu":

Link to file: http://upload.legamus.eu/simple/files/K ... ecraft.mp3
Length: 36254952 bytes (34.575 MB) — Duration: 2265 seconds (0:37:45) — Bitrate: 128 kbps
uploaded on Tue Jul 01 2014 03:44:38 GMT-0400 (EDT)