At the Mountains of Madness

186 pages

English language

Published Nov. 6, 2005

ISBN:
978-0-8129-7441-6
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At the Mountains of Madness is a science fiction-horror novella by American author H. P. Lovecraft, written in February/March 1931 and rejected that year by Weird Tales editor Farnsworth Wright on the grounds of its length. It was originally serialized in the February, March, and April 1936 issues of Astounding Stories. It has been reproduced in numerous collections. The story details the events of a disastrous expedition to Antarctica in September 1930, and what is found there by a group of explorers led by the narrator, Dr. William Dyer of Miskatonic University. Throughout the story, Dyer details a series of previously untold events in the hope of deterring another group of explorers who wish to return to the continent. These events include the discovery of an ancient civilization older than the human race, and realization of Earth's past told through various sculptures and murals. The story was inspired by Lovecraft's …

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Lovecraft seems to put a big emphasis on the SCIENCE part of sci-fi. One could experience this as boring. I was a little bit annoyed at the narrator and his O THIS IS TOO HORRIBLE TO TELL YOU BUT NOW I'M TELLING YOU ANYWAY-Attitude.
I guess I'll have to live with the anticlimactic experience of not having a proper solution, because Lovecraft gives only bits and pieces.

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