I know Conan isn't, strictly speaking, horror, but there are many Conan stories by Howard that are either centered around or have a prominent element of horror. Add to the fact that general consensus (as well as the authors) places it in the same world as Lovecraft's stories, much like Smith's Hyperborean Cycle, and I feel that there is a good argument for Ian Gordon narrating Conan stories with his **divine narrative voice**
I'd love to tackle some Conan, but it has been done to death, which usually causes us trouble here on YT. Perhaps there'll be other solutions down the line...
“ Amorphous shadows seemed to lurk in the darker recesses of the weed-choked hollow and to flit as in some blasphemous ceremonial procession past the portals of the mouldering tombs in the hillside…..” Keep up the good work and, as always, stay safe!
Oof! That's a bummer of a job. I did it for 9 1/2 years and wasn't happy the whole time. I will say that I wish I had this channel to help me through a lot of dull days. Thankfully I had the full set of the lord of the rings books on cd. I mustve listened to it at least 25 times from start to finish. Anyway, best of luck. If I can offer any advice, don't stay If you feel like your spark is fading out.
Yikes. I’ve been encouraged to take classes to do some sort of computer data entry stuff. It sounds like the last thing I would ever want do day to day.
I’m so depressed. My window just fell out of the frame while I was cleaning it and I can’t ask landlord to fix it because he’s an insufferable, lying jerk, who’s always trying to swindle me out of money. I’m going to be eaten alive by mosquitoes tonight. Maybe this will calm me down. Thank you 😔
Great story and narration! I love it! It is an excellent adventure story, filled with sci-fi and esoteric lore! Written in the same style as "The Fire of Asshurbanipal." Love me some Howard! He really liked to use the last name "Brill". I always wondered if he eventually would have weaved a family story together if he lived long enough. Keep it up! This was a real treat and made me chuckle. Thanks!
Ive got my dinner ready and a story on deck. Well i think this night is just about where i wanted it to be. Now, if i only had that billion dollars i wished for... Psshh...what a rip off. But i still got a good story anyway. Thank you again, Mr. Gordon. I think you give yourself too little credit in your older readings but i cant say you've gotten any less capable with time. Well done...even the ones that are gnarly around the edges still keep me coming back.
He wrote so much in a short period of time. I mean he must have been at his typewriter most days. That might explain any perceived dip in quality from time to time.
@@HorrorBabble I need to do some more reading on Howard. I wonder if he produced a constant stream of stories and then returned and really fleshed out the ones that he enjoyed or if he just stuck on a story until he was satisfied with it. Regardless, the man was a river of ideas. Thanks for your readings Ian! I used to read all of the time but with the way I work now I'm constantly waiting for the next H-Babble drop to listen to on my drives.
I thought "Ghengis" was pronounced something like "Dshengis". In German we spell him "Dschingis" and then there is that Kyrgyz author called Chinghiz Aitmatov, so I assume "Chinghiz" is the Kyrgyz version of the Mongolian name.
I'd love to record some Conan, but it has been done to death, which usually results in trouble for us here on YT. There may be other solutions down the line.
I love this damn channel
Me too.
I'm glad it exists.
Same!
Right there with ya, pal!
It's pretty great eh?
Concur
I know Conan isn't, strictly speaking, horror, but there are many Conan stories by Howard that are either centered around or have a prominent element of horror. Add to the fact that general consensus (as well as the authors) places it in the same world as Lovecraft's stories, much like Smith's Hyperborean Cycle, and I feel that there is a good argument for Ian Gordon narrating Conan stories with his **divine narrative voice**
I'd love to tackle some Conan, but it has been done to death, which usually causes us trouble here on YT. Perhaps there'll be other solutions down the line...
i LOVE CONAN, and I would pay to hear Mr. Gordon narrate some of his adventures...pay my way that is...WITH STEEL!
@@HorrorBabble -> If you do some Conan, please consider "Red Nails'".
I second this so much 😂
Red nails is great, beyond the black river is great too (TPD)
I listened to this while scrubbing toilets at my workplace and it really made the tedium of cleaning up after others much more bearable. 😂
“ Amorphous shadows seemed to lurk in the darker recesses of the weed-choked hollow and to flit as in some blasphemous ceremonial procession past the portals of the mouldering tombs in the hillside…..”
Keep up the good work and, as always, stay safe!
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That is a great descriptive paragraph
The greatest generation of sword & sorcery,thank you.
The first generation usually is.😉👍🏻
Your channel has helped me work through the monotony of data entry in a work from home arrangement. Thank you!
Oof! That's a bummer of a job. I did it for 9 1/2 years and wasn't happy the whole time. I will say that I wish I had this channel to help me through a lot of dull days. Thankfully I had the full set of the lord of the rings books on cd. I mustve listened to it at least 25 times from start to finish.
Anyway, best of luck. If I can offer any advice, don't stay If you feel like your spark is fading out.
Certainly is good for that sort of thing.
I've done my fair share of DE over the years... Thanks for listening!
Yikes. I’ve been encouraged to take classes to do some sort of computer data entry stuff. It sounds like the last thing I would ever want do day to day.
A Robert E Howard story I had not heard before. Wahoo! Great reading as always!
Same!
Your voice reminds me of the lazy sunday radio programs here in the phillipines it take me back when life was not complicated
I started listening to this story last night and immediately fell asleep lol. Now for attempt #2. Love you, Ian!
I found this channel through cthulu readings a year ago. Have been listening since to so much more and awesome tales. Thank you for your channel
Love REH. I also instantly pictured Brendan Fraser from the Mummy as the protagonist. This was pure Pulp (I mean that as a compliment).
Warren was spotted in Vienna, selling hand-made facsimiles of medieval manuscripts to the tourists for incredible sums of money.
No wonder he ended up dead.
who's Warren?
It can't be !! You Fool , Warren is dead !
I’m so depressed. My window just fell out of the frame while I was cleaning it and I can’t ask landlord to fix it because he’s an insufferable, lying jerk, who’s always trying to swindle me out of money. I’m going to be eaten alive by mosquitoes tonight.
Maybe this will calm me down. Thank you 😔
Damn... I've been there. Good luck with getting it sorted.
This sounds like a job for cardboard and duct tape! I hope you found a way to ward out the mosquitoes!
HorrorBabble and an R.E Howard story I've not heard before?!
Perfection 💜
Only noon where i live, but it's a holiday, so i couldn't wait til dusk lol
Magnificent as always thanks Ian!🙂👍
Looking forward to this later .thank u horrerbabble. ❤
There is something captivating about the narrators voice that is awesome
Writer's like Lovecraft and Howard Died way too Young,,So very Sad 🥺🥺
Another excellent posting of a REH I had never heard of much less read. Enjoyable, thanks for posting!
Excellent narration as always Mr. Gordon!
Also FIRST
I like the picture!
I might screenshot that!
@@0therun1t21 😁👍
Howard, is that the Same author who created Conan the Cimmerian?
Yep, same author! 😀 [Insert meaningful factoid here]
Yes.
And the movie Solomon Caine.
Almost single-handedly created the entire 'Sword & Sorcery' genre as we know it today, in fact!
Kull.
Great story and narration!
I love it! It is an excellent adventure story, filled with sci-fi and esoteric lore!
Written in the same style as "The Fire of Asshurbanipal." Love me some Howard! He really liked to use the last name "Brill". I always wondered if he eventually would have weaved a family story together if he lived long enough.
Keep it up! This was a real treat and made me chuckle.
Thanks!
I'm always excited to see a new HorrorBabble video drop, and double so when it's REH!😎🔥👏
Man, Here's hoping things get better for Warren in 2025
You did a great American accent! Beautifully narrated!
This story felt a lot like heart of darkness with some Sci fi elements. Once again, the narration was great
Heart of Darkness... meets Fu Manchu.
I thought I'd heard 'em All!? Yaaayy!! Thank you and your support staff for All your Hardworking...! #2 Warren ISN'T Dead, just Extremely Buffeted!
If only I had support staff! Ha. Thanks for listening!
@HorrorBabble Thanks for response 👍 Well , those that love ❤️ and Nurture YOU!💙✨️
Thanks!
Thank you -- much appreciated!
YES I AM /NEVER/ THIS EARLY
Warren, alas, is late. 😢
Fantastic choice
Your American accent is getting very good, Ian! 👍
Spiders. Why'd it have to be spiders?
Giving away the ending?
Why does he have to give away the ending?
Guess I don't need to listen to this one.
👍
Cause there fing creepy brother
Spoilers. Why'd it have to be spoilers?
Well done Mr Gordon and Horror Babble! Very good. Thank you. Excellent as always. Until next time.
Excellent! Thanks.
❤thank you for the post.
This feels like a movie they’d air on TCM
Damn that music intro gets me soooo hyped every time.
Lets gooooOOOOOOoooo!
Very good, thanks!😎
Great Story Ian! Though I wonder what happened after Brill left? Do you think Lalazoo became Kor's first Queen?
I auto like anything by R.E. Howard.
When do we get Conan readings?!
Nice! Great ending for the good guys 🥳
"for what is a man?"
A miserable little pile of secrets? Oh wait...
Ive got my dinner ready and a story on deck. Well i think this night is just about where i wanted it to be.
Now, if i only had that billion dollars i wished for...
Psshh...what a rip off.
But i still got a good story anyway.
Thank you again, Mr. Gordon. I think you give yourself too little credit in your older readings but i cant say you've gotten any less capable with time. Well done...even the ones that are gnarly around the edges still keep me coming back.
I tend to agree.
Now we are getting a Robert E. Howard flamethrower from the Bard of Horror!
Thanks again, DotD.
They don't make Mad Scientists the way they used to....
How true.
Thanks for doing another howard story. Makes me wanna adventure in the Gobi desert.
Another great one from the master. Rest In Power Two Gun Bob.
OMG
the mix list is on loop all
Wonder if the 30 year passing of Howard until this was published is meaningful. I don't know copywrite law, however.
Nonetheless, Bravo Ian!!! 💀
always the best 🪶
That was fun! Thanks Ian
Awesome Ian! This one was a little different than Howard's usual style IMO. Still good, but just off somehow as if maybe he were being hasty.
He wrote so much in a short period of time. I mean he must have been at his typewriter most days. That might explain any perceived dip in quality from time to time.
@@HorrorBabble I need to do some more reading on Howard. I wonder if he produced a constant stream of stories and then returned and really fleshed out the ones that he enjoyed or if he just stuck on a story until he was satisfied with it. Regardless, the man was a river of ideas.
Thanks for your readings Ian! I used to read all of the time but with the way I work now I'm constantly waiting for the next H-Babble drop to listen to on my drives.
I hear the name Brill and I think Steve Brill & Juan Lopez 😂😂
The Mound😂😂
Distant cousins I’d wager.
Thanks, what an insane story!
I just saw Warren the other day. He seemed fine to me.
Great story!
Someday Warren will make it. I'm rooting for you Warren.
So Good! ❤
Back in like 1973-4(?) the magazine 'Savage Sword of Conan' reworked this story to a Conan the Cimmerian
Love the channel.
Just subbed ❤
Not really seeing Bryll as the hero here. Barely even the protagonist. I suppose it’s my modern sensibilities. Maybe LaLa Zu? lol
I thought "Ghengis" was pronounced something like "Dshengis".
In German we spell him "Dschingis" and then there is that Kyrgyz author called Chinghiz Aitmatov, so I assume "Chinghiz" is the Kyrgyz version of the Mongolian name.
i am putting these stories right bedore i go to bed
Damn, that story was wild
yes
What’s the source of this beautiful illustration? It’s hypnotic
I thought this channel was a weird figment of my imagination. But here it is.
Hail to the king, baby!
Certainly horrifying.
Anyone else unable to set HorrorBabble notifications anymore? It says it's "for kids" wth?
That's odd...! Nothing on the channel is marked 'for kids'. I'm not sure what's happening there.
@@HorrorBabble Me either, but it means notifications won't go out properly, so I thought you'd like to know :)
Listening from the ukwales ❤
♥️
I wonder if Jim Brill is any relation to Steve Brill from “The Horror from the Mound”
🤘🏻🤘🏻
I wish you could read Red Nails
❤️🔥
So, Rhos?
It's ok if you don't get it.
Warren is just fine and he thanks you for your concern.
No he's not you fool!! warren is dead.deal with it...
@@adamchadwick9257 Dead or transformed?
Dont think I've heard of this one.
Who is Warren?
You _FOOL_ !!!
"The statement of Randolph Carter" will explain. Go check it out.
@@cosmoloveswanda69 ok thanks
I'm early.
I dont feel the need to justify my art to you, Warren.
I'd have stayed.
Seems like I heard this story a few years ago.
I'd love to record some Conan, but it has been done to death, which usually results in trouble for us here on YT. There may be other solutions down the line.
We've been trying to contact you about your channels extended Warren.
There is no extended Warren, you fool! Warren is dead.
"All Asians will be my people!"
I don't understand why you have less than a million subs. Makes no sense.
Don’t pay the poll tax!!
As an Asian, this story is so racist I find it hilariously funny lol
It's not funny; but you have to get past it and if you can do that then the stories and the writing are memorably good.
Yeah. I'm not Asian and I rolled my eyes at all the racist elements.
Whites were turds back then.
It is funny. Guy has a good nature and can laugh at the ridiculous racism but be grown up enough to look past it and enjoy the story.
Racism is funny, its wbs
Lala Zu For Khan!
Two Fisted Horror ?
Who the hell is warren!!!???
Warren was Potsie's real name on Happy Days.
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Lala Zu ftw