At the Mountains of Madness (Illustrated) (Pulp Fiction Master...

At the Mountains of Madness by H.P. Lovecraft At the Mountains of Madness tells of the Miskatonic University Expedition into the Antarctic in search of deep-level specimens of rock and sod, and relates for the first time the strange and terrible experiences and discoveries of the expedition, in the hope that the Starkweather-Moore Expedition which is about to take off on the same venture, will give up the idea as too terrifying and horrible to undertake. A gripping word picture in three parts—of science—and a lost world! At the Mountains of Madness was written in 1931. It was published in three parts in Astounding Stories in 1936. However, the story was “harshly” edited, particularly the third part. Lovecraft was outraged and called F. Orlin Tremaine, the editor of Astounding Stories, “that god-damn’d dung of a hyaena”. In this edition we have retained the paragraph structure of the Astounding Stories version of the novella. We have attempted to restore the missing passages to the text and have indicated those passages in a different colored text. This edition also contains all of the original illustrations.

About the Author

Howard Phillips Lovecraft was an American author of fantasy, horror and science fiction. He is notable for blending elements of science fiction and horror; and for popularizing "cosmic horror": the notion that some concepts, entities or experiences are barely comprehensible to human minds, and those who delve into such risk their sanity. Lovecraft has become a cult figure in the horror genre and is noted as creator of the "Cthulhu Mythos," a series of loosely interconnected fictions featuring a "pantheon" of nonhuman creatures, as well as the famed Necronomicon, a grimoire of magical rites and forbidden lore. His works typically had a tone of "cosmic pessimism," regarding mankind as insignificant and powerless in the universe. Lovecraft's readership was limited during his life, and his works, particularly early in his career, have been criticized as occasionally ponderous, and for their uneven quality. Nevertheless, Lovecraft's reputation has grown tremendously over the decades, and he is now commonly regarded as one of the most important horror writers of the 20th Century, exerting an influence that is widespread, though often indirect.

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