The Well Told Tale
Hi everyone. This is Robert. Welcome to The Well Told Tale. Every week I narrate a classic story; the greatest science fiction, fantasy and speculative fiction stories ever written, not just in a small chunk at a time, but enough for you to really relax into. No adverts in the middle, just the story itself. All stories are pubic domain and free from copyright.
Episodes
Last time the cylinder opened and out came the Martians, their heat rays destroying everything in their path. Our narrator was able to escape, but for how long? And will the British military be able to save the day?
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In our last episode, an alien cylinder crash-landed in Horsell Common and became a tourist attraction. What will happen when the cylinder opens?...
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We begin a new tale, possibly the most important and impactful science fiction novel ever written, The War of the Worlds by H.G. Wells. Since it's publication it has never been out of print and has been adapted into movies, television and radio series.
The story is set in rural England where, "Across the gulf of space, intellects vast and cool and unsympathetic, regarded this earth with envious eyes, and slowly and sure...
We have a Robert E Howard short story this week. Solomon Kane is on a mission to rid the world of evil wherever he finds it. What dark magic will our hero encounter in today's tale...
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In our last episode, our heroes found a mysterious tunnel marked by Arne Saknussemm, whose writings sent our heroes on their journey to the centre of the Earth. They now need to blast their way through, but where will this tunnel take them?
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What lies ahead for our heroes? In the last episode's finale, they found that the storm had taken them back to their starting point on the raft. Will they make another attempt across the subterranean sea or return to the surface?
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Our heroes have discovered a vast ocean beneath the Earth. They are now on a raft speeding across it. How large is this ocean (or is it a sea?) and will they reach the other side?
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In our last episode, Axel had fallen and slipped into unconsciousness. He had been separated from the group and was returning to them through sound. Will the professor and Hans find him in time?
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Our heroes have been travelling steadily toward the centre of the Earth. With their water replenished, they have decided to rest for a day and calculate exactly where they are and where they should head next...
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Our heroes are running out of water. The professor urges them to continue, but to survive, they must find a way to replenish their dwindling supplies...
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Our heroes have found the crater and are ready to begin their descent to the centre of the Earth...
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Jules Verne:
Axel and Professor Lidenbrock are travelling to Snæfellsjökull with their guide, Hans, where they believe they will discover the gateway to the centre of the Earth.
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We pick up our tale in Copenhagen, where Axel and Professor Lidenbrock are about to head to Iceland. They have followed the clues and are hoping to find the entrance to the centre of the Earth...
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Last week, our main characters Axel and his uncle, Professor Lidenbrock, discovered a coded message from a 16th-century alchemist, Arne Saknussemm. Axel has decoded the message but has decided not to share this information, with his uncle.
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Our next story has seen numerous adaptations, including films, plays, radio dramas, and even a theme park ride. 'Journey to the Centre of the Earth', a classic by Jules Verne first published in French in 1864, gained further popularity with the English translation by Frederick Amadeus Malleson in 1877. This is the edition we have selected to read.
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Our story this week is by Miles J Breuer, an American-Czech physician who wrote science fiction and short stories in his spare time. This story is typical of Breuer's writing: fast paced and full of interesting ideas. In this case, what would you do if, driving down the road, you suddenly encountered a Roman legion...?
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We rejoin Nathaniel in Australia, where he is excavating ancient ruins. He believes these ruins are the place where he was held captive during his period of amnesia. Despite his apprehensions, he finds himself increasingly drawn into the darkness of the excavation site. What horrors await him?
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Last week, we learned more about our protagonist, Nathaniel Wingate Peaslee, as he worked through what happened to him between 1908 and 1913. Piecing it all together from his dreams and accounts of others who seem to have gone through the same thing, it seems too incredible to be true - could some...thing really have taken over his body during that time?
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Last week, we were introduced to our protagonist, Nathaniel Wingate Peaslee, who cannot remember what happened to him between 1908 and 1913. During that time, it appears he was overtaken by another personality. He has dreams of being a prisoner in an alien land. Nathaniel also discovered that he is not the only person who has experienced these feelings and dreams. What could it all mean?
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We revisit one of our favorite authors, H.P. Lovecraft. In this story, Lovecraft delves into themes of psychological horror and the fragility of sanity. Influenced by the film Berkeley Square, Lovecraft believed that writing this novella helped him solve the conceptual problems of time travel portrayed in Berkeley Square.
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