Howard Vachel Brown (1878-1945) cover, “Astounding Stories”, Vol 16, #6, Feb. 1936“At Th
Howard Vachel Brown (1878-1945) cover, “Astounding Stories”, Vol 16, #6, Feb. 1936“At The Mountains of Madness” by H.P. Lovecraft“Written in March 1931 and published as pulp-sized issues of Astounding Stories in February - April 1936, this milestone work was the first to tie together different aspects of what would later be called “The Mythos” into a cohesive work.“Told by William Dyer, of Lovecraft’s ubiquitous Miskatonic University, ’‘At the Mountains of Madness” is about an expedition to Antarctica, which, in 1936, might as well have been the dark side of the moon. While there, Dyer and the other members of the expedition encounter various dreads and haunting mysteries (this is Lovecraft after all: specifics isn’t what he’s all about) until they discover an ancient city and with it, the horrifying secret of the Elder Things, the once-great-but-now-extinct terrifying rulers of time and space.“Source: http://www.scifi.darkroastedblend.com/2009/02/h-p-lovecraft-at-mountains-of-madness.html -- source link
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