The Door to Saturn

Collected Fantasies of Clark Ashton Smith, Book 2

By: Clark Ashton Smith

Narrated by: William Neenan, Joe Knezevich, Bernard Setaro Clark, Allan Robertson, Chris Kayser

Published in chronological order, with extensive story and bibliographic notes, this series not only provides access to stories that have been out of print for years, but gives them a historical and social context. Series editors Scott Conners and Ronald S. Hilger excavated the still-existing manuscripts, letters and various published versions of the stories, creating a definitive "preferred text" for Smith's entire body of work. This second volume of the series brings together 20 of his fantasy stories.

©2007 The Estate of Clark Ashton Smith (P)2013 Audible, Inc.

Another excellent collection of weird fiction!

Clark Ashton Smith was one of the true masters of weird fiction, a genre encompassing much of what today would be called fantasy, science fiction, horror, and such. Like his friend and correspondent H.P. Lovecraft, his imagination brought forth wonders and horrors previously undreamt of. He probably should have been included in the Gygax Appendix N. I loved this collection and can't wait for the next volume.

Fundamental Sci Fi

This author is new to me but I can tell right away that this work is foundational, influential, required reading for any fan of the Sci fi, weird fiction, and horror genres. I noticed innumerable ideas that have passed on through the generations down to the present day. A great find in a relatively saturated genre. Narration was great.

excellent tales

so vivid, imaginative, cool! highly recommend. bonus points for the description of time travel landing the hero in empty space as the Earth moved on.

a great listen

I have long enjoyed the vivid stories of Clark Ashton Smith, and having them read aloud is a real treat. I find that his huge (and entertaining) vocabulary and the way he uses it, adds to the strangeness and otherworldliness of his stories. The narration was all very good and well suited to this early 20th century fantasy/ horror collection.

Great cosmic horror and sci-fi

I really love the mental visionary allusion the stories generate. I feel many times as if I am omnivisually experiencing the dialogs myself.

Good stuff

Fun, original, stories with wonderful adjectives. You’ll find fantasy, sci-fi, and horror (and perhaps others that I failed to name). The narration is grand as well, and the multiple narrators keep it interesting.

Poe/Lovecraft/Wells wannabe but ain't

ovcaisional good sections, but his endless silly descriptions of alien beings don't have the power of HPL's Elder Gods to prop them up, the way they did to HPL's more ludicrous descriptions. Good for falling asleep