An excellent collection

Right up my street. The cream of the crop here is Bronson Pinchot, who reads the Randolph Carter stories superbly. I am listening to The Dreamquest of Unknown Kadath for the 4th time!

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Compared with Eldritch Tales.

Any additional comments?

Only Dreams of Terror and Death:

The Doom That Came to Sarnath
The Statement of Randolph Carter
The Cats of Ulthar
From Beyond
The Nameless City
The Hound
Pickman's Model
The Dream Quest of Unknown Kaddath
The Silver Key
The Strange High House in the Mist
The Case of Charles Dexter Ward
The Dreams in the Witch House
Through the Gates of the Silver Key

Both:

Azathoth
The Descendant
The Thing in the Moonlight
Polaris
Beyond the Wall of Sleep
Celephais
Nyarlathotep
The Other Gods
Ex Oblivione
The Quest of Iranon
Hypnos
What the Moon Brings

Only Eldritch Tales:

History of the Necronomicon
The Alchemist
A Reminiscence of Dr. Samuel Johnson
The Beast in the Cave
The Poe-et's Nightmare
Memory
Despair
The Picture in the House
Psychopompos; A Tale in Rhyme
The White Ship
The House
The Nightmare Lake
Poetry and the Gods
The Street
Facts Concerning the Late Arthur Jermyn and His Family
The Crawling Chaos
The Terrible Old Man
The Tree
The Tomb
The Horror at Martin's Beach
The Festival
The Temple
Hallowe'en in a Suburb
The Moon-Bog
He
Festival
The Green Meadow
Nathicana
Two Black Bottles
The Last Test
The Wood
The Ancient Track
The Electric Executioner
Fungi from Yuggoth
The Trap
The Challenge From Beyond
In a Sequester'd Providence Churchyard Where Once Poe Walk'd
Ibid
The Book
The Messenger
The Evil Clergyman
The Very Old Folk
The Transition of Juan Romero
Supernatural Horror in Literature

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A mixed bag

Is there anything you would change about this book?

This is a very mixed bag of Lovecraft stories and the collection itself is not well named. Not all of these stories are from Lovecraft's dream cycle and a couple don't seem Lovecraftian at all! Some of the early stories are incomplete but most are worth listening to.

Would you be willing to try another book from H. P. Lovecraft? Why or why not?

I have read and listened to most of Lovecraft's stories and consider myself a fan. It's hard to pin down the appeal, I think it is the feel and antiquity of the stories. I don't know anyone else that reads Lovecraft and it always surprises me when I read how popular he is.

Which scene did you most enjoy?

The Case of Charles Dexter Ward is my favourite Lovecraft story in this collection.

Any additional comments?

Only after buying this book did I realist that ALL of the stories contained are also in the Necronomicon or Eldritch tales. I would suggest you buy those 2 books and skip this one.

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There is no story.

Would you try another book written by H. P. Lovecraft or narrated by uncredited?

A set of unrelated bits of scribbling desperately cobbled together for purpose of making money. Magnificently written, as is all of Lovecraft's work but not a single complete story. Whatever Lovecraft had in mind for any of these he never finished. I threw it away after 15 hopeful minutes.

Would you ever listen to anything by H. P. Lovecraft again?

Yes but I would make sure I got a complete story.

Did the narration match the pace of the story?

Yes but pointless.

What character would you cut from Dreams of Terror and Death?

All of them.

Any additional comments?

A complete waste of your time and money!

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