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The Dark Worlds of H. P. Lovecraft, Vol. 4

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Unlike other audio recordings I've listened to of Lovecraft's work, Wayne June's eschews hamminess or camping it up even at the stories' most lurid moments: he takes it all uniformly seriously throughout, which is all to the good, and his voice has a pleasing timbre. This set contains three unabridged readings of some of Lovecraft's best stories, 'The Rats In The Walls', 'The Shunned House', and 'The Music of Eric Zann'. All make for good audio experiences, though perhaps the 'historical' segment of 'The Shunned House' feels a little slow. One minor note, and one minor criticism. The minor note: in the original 'Rats' the narrator's cat was named Niggerman (after Lovecraft's own childhood pet). Here, to avoid needless offence, he is re-christened 'Mister Blackman', which is fine but of course fails to achieve the same stress-pattern in terms of prose-rhythm. The minor criticism: Mr June isn't too hot on French pronunciation, rendering Gilles de Rais as (hard-g) Gillis der Rates, as opposed to Jeelz de Ray, and fumbles a few other French names. Otherwise entirely a pleasure.