Author(s): Machen, Arthur
Reader(s): Wickham, Peter
Label: Naxos AudioBooks
Genre: Classic Fiction
Catalogue No: NA0301
Barcode: 9781781981160
Release Date: 02/2018

MACHEN, A.: Great God Pan and Other Weird Tales (The) (Unabridged)

Dubbed the greatest horror story in English by Stephen King, The Great God Pan is an eerie and otherworldly mystery about a diabolical operation and its terrifying repercussions. After rescuing a young woman from the streets of London, Dr Raymond uses her as a test subject for brain surgery aimed at ‘lifting the veil’ of reality, to see the supernatural and the ‘great god Pan’. The operation is a disaster and leaves the subject lobotomised. Years later, London becomes afflicted with a strange series of male suicides connected to a beautiful but sinister woman named Helen. Just who is she, and what is her connection to Dr Raymond’s failed experiment? First published in 1890, The Great God Pan influenced many writers of the genre, including the unrivalled master H.P. Lovecraft.

The collection also includes: The White People, The Green Book, The Inmost Light, The Novel of the Black Seal, The Novel of the White Powder, The Red Hand, The Shining Pyramid and A Fragment of Life.

Tracklist

Disc 1
Machen, Arthur - Author
Wickham, Peter (Reader)
1The Great God Pan10:25
Wickham, Peter (Reader)
2There was not much furniture in the laboratory.09:15
Wickham, Peter (Reader)
3II. Mr Clarke's Memoirs07:21
Wickham, Peter (Reader)
4It was on one of these expeditions to the forest…09:36
Wickham, Peter (Reader)
5III. The City of Resurrections08:47
Wickham, Peter (Reader)
6The man went out into the bitter night…09:50
Wickham, Peter (Reader)
7IV. The Discovery in Paul Street14:01
Wickham, Peter (Reader)
Disc 2
1V. The Letter of Advice12:52
Wickham, Peter (Reader)
2VI. The Suicides09:25
Wickham, Peter (Reader)
3Austin relapsed into gloomy silence.10:33
Wickham, Peter (Reader)
4VII. The Encounter in Soho08:16
Wickham, Peter (Reader)
5Mr Villiers leaned back in his chair…08:48
Wickham, Peter (Reader)
6VIII. The Fragments15:11
Wickham, Peter (Reader)
7The White People07:35
Wickham, Peter (Reader)
Disc 3
1'You astonish me,' said Cotgrave.13:31
Wickham, Peter (Reader)
2The Green Book10:44
Wickham, Peter (Reader)
3I sat on the stone and looked all round…11:28
Wickham, Peter (Reader)
4I remembered this tale of nurse's…08:41
Wickham, Peter (Reader)
5At last the sun rose and the young man…11:54
Wickham, Peter (Reader)
6Nurse said there was once a young lady…10:34
Wickham, Peter (Reader)
7The next morning I was very tired and sleepy…07:00
Wickham, Peter (Reader)
Disc 4
1But I shall always remember those days…08:53
Wickham, Peter (Reader)
2Epilogue06:39
Wickham, Peter (Reader)
3The Inmost Light09:29
Wickham, Peter (Reader)
4Well, a year or two ago there was a doctor…10:49
Wickham, Peter (Reader)
5II. Mr Salisbury, as may have been gathered…06:54
Wickham, Peter (Reader)
6III. Salisbury was a man of habit.08:44
Wickham, Peter (Reader)
7'Let me see,' he said at last…08:54
Wickham, Peter (Reader)
8'"I live up there," said Black, pointing to the tiles…'09:36
Wickham, Peter (Reader)
Disc 5
1IV. A good many hours after Salisbury…10:26
Wickham, Peter (Reader)
2V. 'Ever since I was a young man'…08:11
Wickham, Peter (Reader)
3The Novel of the Black Seal10:45
Wickham, Peter (Reader)
4There was something very soothing…10:36
Wickham, Peter (Reader)
5He left me, and alone I endeavoured to fathom…10:48
Wickham, Peter (Reader)
6One morning, some eight or nine days after…09:21
Wickham, Peter (Reader)
7Two hours later Professor Gregg returned.11:02
Wickham, Peter (Reader)
Disc 6
1I was touched by the eloquence of his tone…12:36
Wickham, Peter (Reader)
2The well-meant gabble of the servant…11:41
Wickham, Peter (Reader)
3So the Greeks called the hideous furies…11:25
Wickham, Peter (Reader)
4To be brief, I heard that a woman named…12:39
Wickham, Peter (Reader)
5The Novel of the White Powder12:24
Wickham, Peter (Reader)
6I went away but little comforted, all confusion…12:46
Wickham, Peter (Reader)
Disc 7
1My mind was aghast at the thought of this…09:40
Wickham, Peter (Reader)
2I need not trouble you now with a detailed…09:04
Wickham, Peter (Reader)
3The Red Hand15:02
Wickham, Peter (Reader)
4Incident of the Letter11:25
Wickham, Peter (Reader)
5Search for the Vanished Heaven13:27
Wickham, Peter (Reader)
6The Artist on the Pavement08:33
Wickham, Peter (Reader)
7Story of the Treasure-House06:45
Wickham, Peter (Reader)
Disc 8
1I had at first great difficulty in persuading him…08:56
Wickham, Peter (Reader)
2I had occasion to be a little precise…09:12
Wickham, Peter (Reader)
3The Shining Pyramid07:09
Wickham, Peter (Reader)
4You recollect that curious case you spoke to me…08:17
Wickham, Peter (Reader)
5II. The Eyes on the Wall12:35
Wickham, Peter (Reader)
6III. The Search for the Bowl05:39
Wickham, Peter (Reader)
7IV. The Secret of the Pyramid08:17
Wickham, Peter (Reader)
8V. The Little People13:25
Wickham, Peter (Reader)
Disc 9
1A Fragment of Life09:13
Wickham, Peter (Reader)
2They were walking round and round the garden…09:13
Wickham, Peter (Reader)
3'It would be nearer twelve pounds than ten,'…08:45
Wickham, Peter (Reader)
4In the first few years of his life in the City…08:45
Wickham, Peter (Reader)
5'You never tell me about the men in your office,'…09:14
Wickham, Peter (Reader)
6'You remember what I said the other night…?'12:36
Wickham, Peter (Reader)
7II. All day long a fierce and heavy heat…08:02
Wickham, Peter (Reader)
8'Let me see,' said Darnell dreamily.08:12
Wickham, Peter (Reader)
Disc 10
1The song to which Darnell had listened…12:12
Wickham, Peter (Reader)
2'And all the strange tales I had ever heard…'11:02
Wickham, Peter (Reader)
3III. It might have been different in the evening…10:08
Wickham, Peter (Reader)
4'Well,' said Darnell, 'what happened next?'12:26
Wickham, Peter (Reader)
5It was at this stage of Robert's fortunes…09:52
Wickham, Peter (Reader)
6'I knew you wouldn't much like the idea,'…11:51
Wickham, Peter (Reader)
Disc 11
1IV. In a haze as of a dream Darnell's thoughts…11:43
Wickham, Peter (Reader)
2They were sitting thus together on the Friday…11:41
Wickham, Peter (Reader)
3Again and again it seemed as if that which…12:11
Wickham, Peter (Reader)
4And at the same time he began to guess that…08:08
Wickham, Peter (Reader)
5And so at last, after many turnings and windings…08:07
Wickham, Peter (Reader)

Total Playing Time: 12:51:12