Celaphais, H.P. Lovecraft
Celaphais, H.P. Lovecraft
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Celaphais

Author: H.P. Lovecraft

Narrator: Chris Sorensen

Unabridged: 20 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Ascent Audio

Published: 11/01/2013

Categories: Fiction


Synopsis

Celaphais' tells the story of a man who is the sole survivor of his family and just a nameless face among the other inhabitants of London. Depressed and fed up with life, he begins to favor the alternate reality he discovers while dreaming and even creates a new identity for himself, Kuranes. While "living" as Kuranes, he discovers his dream utopia of Celaphais in the Valley of Ooth-Nargai. Much to his disappointment, Kuranes is continually pulled away from Celaphais and begins to try harder and harder to re-find it and live there forever. He turns to drugs to help him sleep more and winds up losing his home on his quest for Celaphais.
H.P. Lovecraft (1890-1937) was an American author best known for his work in horror, fantasy, and science fiction. Although he did not warrant much attention while he was alive, he is now considered one of the most influential horror writers of the 20th century. He is famed for creating the shared fictional universe of the Cthulhu Mythos and the fictional magical textbook "Necronomican."

Reviews

Goodreads review by Dr. Appu on December 03, 2023

Celephaïs was something that was created in a dream by a person called Kuranes. It is a fictional city that appears in the author's other novellas. This is a simple story with a deeper meaning linked to civilizations. My favorite three lines from this book. "He dared not disobey the......more

Goodreads review by Peter on June 14, 2019

Another one of those hypnotic dreamlike tales only Lovecraft could write. Kuranes is the last of his family. He lives more and more in his dreams hoping forever to settle down in the promised land of eternal youth and glory Celephais. Well, in the end (of his money and probably life) he escapes real......more

Goodreads review by Bill on February 16, 2019

Written in 1920 when Lovecraft was thirty, “Celephais” resembles Lord Dunsany’s “The Coronation of Mr. Thomas Shap” (although their heroes’ fates differ considerably), and the tale is a fine example of Lovecraft’s Dunsanian style. It tells of a man named Kuranes—later visited by Randolph Carter on hi......more

Goodreads review by Markus on January 02, 2021

Lovecraft's less-known Dream Cycle keeps amazing me. Markedly different from the typical Cthulhu horror (although still heavily connected to it), they provide a new angle on Lovecraft's work that's refreshing, thought-provoking, and hauntingly beautiful. Celephaïs centres on a man lost in the dreary......more

Goodreads review by Michael on February 17, 2019

The dream-world is something I am fascinated by and want to learn and read more about. It's a common theme in Lovecraft's writing, with my introduction being "Beyond the Wall of Sleep." It's one of my favorite short-stories ever, and "Celephais" is also amazing. "Beyond the Wall of Sleep" entertains......more