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Title: From Beyond
Author: H. P. Lovecraft
Narrator: Cathy Dobson
Format: Unabridged
Length: 22 mins
Language: English
Release date: 06-18-15
Publisher: Red Door Audiobooks
Genres: Classics, American Literature
Publisher's Summary:
Howard Phillips Lovecraft (1890 - 1937), who wrote as H. P. Lovecraft, was an American author who achieved fame after his death for his groundbreaking works of horror fiction.
In "From Beyond", a maniacal scientist develops an extraordinary machine which enables humans to tap in to a range of additional senses which allow him to perceive whole new dimensions of the cosmos.
But that ability brings with it a vulnerability to unknown and malignant forces which exist 'beyond' but which now equally have access to our world. As the monsters 'from beyond' close in, there is only one way to escape....
Members Reviews:
Great selection of Lovecraft stories
An excellent gathering of three Lovecraft short stories--three of his most accessible and enjoyable tales.
Chilling...
Though short, I highly enjoyed it. This was my introduction to Lovecraft and I know I'll be back for more. Read for a paranoid and claustrophobic horror
Four Stars
Yes
One Star
BORING.
After following this wasted specter of a man up the stairs by candlelight ...
Hail to those visionaries of the 19th century and early 20th century who invented highly sophisticated machines propelling them to a time or space beyond the boundaries of everyday experience. For such explorers, science and technology were a kind of primordial fire lighting the way to unlock the mysteries of the universe.
And where do we find these bold, eccentric adventurers? Why, of course â in books! For example, we have the English scientist in H.G. Wellsâs The Time Machine who ventures into the future, the French madman in Jean Richepinâs The Metaphysical Machine exploring cosmic truth via excruciating pain, and, not to be outdone, in H.P. Lovecraftâs 1920 tale From Beyond, we have American philosophic mad-scientist, Crawford Tillinghast.
Lovecraftâs gothic tale of horror is told by an unnamed first-person narrator, a friend of Crawford Tillinghast. And the narrator begins by telling us while paying a visit to his friendâs laboratory, Tillinghast bemoaned the constricting limitations of our meager five senses and went on to say how he was on the verge of a breakthrough. What kind of breakthrough, we might ask? Tillinghast explains how he has constructed a wave-generating machine that will awaken dormant human capacities to gaze at the full range of the cosmos. Sound crazy? It is crazy! And the narrator tells his friend what he thinks of such a project. Tillinghast responds by kicking him out.
Ten weeks later, when a desire to share his discoveries overcame his bitterness, Tillinghast invites the narrator to return. Upon entering the house, the narrator discovers his much-transformed friend: Tillinghast has a shaky, ghoul-like frame, a squeaky, high-pitched voice and is forever muttering to himself. After following this wasted specter of a man up the stairs by candlelight (Tillinghast tells him having the electricity on would create too much of a disturbance) and entering the laboratory, he is directed by his bony friend to take a seat next to the glowing machine. Meanwhile, Tillinghast sits directly opposite, face-to-face and uncomfortably close.
