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“One of the greatest short novels in American literature, and a key text in my own understanding of what that literature can do.”
–MICHAEL CHABON
“Lovecraft’s fiction is one of the cornerstones of modern horror.”
–CLIVE BARKER
From the Trade Paperback edition.
–MICHAEL CHABON
“Lovecraft’s fiction is one of the cornerstones of modern horror.”
–CLIVE BARKER
From the Trade Paperback edition.
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A complete short novel, AT THE MOUNTAINS OF MADNESS is a tale of terror unilke any other. The Barren, windswept interior of the Antarctic plateau was lifeless--or so the expedition from Miskatonic University thought. Then they found the strange fossils of unheard-of creatures...and the carved stones tens of millions of years old...and, finally, the mind-blasting terror of the City of the Old Ones. Three additional strange tales, written as only H.P. Lovecraft can write, are also included in this macabre collection of the strange and the weird.
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5.0 out of 5 stars
Lovecraft's best full length story!,
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This review is from: At the Mountains of Madness: And Other Tales of Terror (Mass Market Paperback)
This is a great full length story -- not a short story. Most Lovecraft stories are too short for him to really develop his characters, but this one is quite different. It is in the class of H.Rider Haggard's "She" and A. Merritt's "The Face in the Abyss." A modern similar story is Emerson's "The Riddle of Cthulhu" that delves into the Lovecraft Mythos.
4.0 out of 5 stars
Cthulhu History, 101,
By Vagabond77 (Tennessee, USA) - See all my reviews
This review is from: At the Mountains of Madness: And Other Tales of Terror (Mass Market Paperback)
H.P. Lovecarft's "At the Mountains of Madness" is pivotal to the Cthuluh Mythos stories. It is a short novel about an expedition to Antartica. Inside a huge frozen city underneath the mountains they find the entire history of the Old Ones. You must read this one if you are going to understand anything about the ancient monsters (or about Robert E. Howard's "Kull" or "Conan" time period). There are a few problems with this story. Once again Lovecraft uses an obscure vocabulary, and it is a little hard to initially get into. Also I found it a little hard to except that the scientist was able to decipher the alian hieroglphic so quickly. But those are only minor complaints. The other stories are ok. "Dream in a Witch-House" is pretty good, the others are just ok. But "Mountains" is the reason to get this one.
5.0 out of 5 stars
The best introduction to Lovecraft and the Mythos,
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This review is from: At the Mountains of Madness: And Other Tales of Terror (Mass Market Paperback)
I recommend this as the best one-volume introduction to the works of H.P. Lovecraft. If you finish this single volume you will be familiar with the atmosphere and the terminology of a large part of the Cthulhu Mythos. That's probably why this particular edition has remained in print so long. After _The Dunwich Horror_, it was my introduction to Lovecraft. In the first story, "At the Mountains of Madness", you find yourself immediately immersed in the world of the Necronomicon, Miskantonic University, and the cosmic pantheon of the Cthulhu Cult and the Elder Things. The second tale, "The Shunned House", shows what the master could do with a more conventional horror story. It is one of the best stories of a cursed house and family ever written. The third story, "Dreams in the Witch House", serves as an excellent introduction to the cursed city of Arkham, though there are also strong elements of Miskantonic, the Necronomicon, and the speculations of fourth dimensional connections between our own world and "the farthest stars of the transgalactic gulfs." Finally, there is "The Statement of Randolph Carter", which may be the most perfect short horror story ever written. Of course if you are really hooked and want all the details about Lovecraft's world, then get the _Encyclopedia Cthulhiana_, that is if you are lucky enough to find a copy....
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