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by: H.P. Lovecraft
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Binding: Paperback
Dewey Decimal Number: 813.52
EAN: 9780812974416
ISBN: 0812974417
Label: Modern Library
Manufacturer: Modern Library
Number Of Items: 1
Number Of Pages: 224
Publication Date: June 14, 2005
Publisher: Modern Library
Release Date: June 14, 2005
Sales Rank: 276214
Studio: Modern Library
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Introduction by China Miéville
Long acknowledged as a master of nightmarish visions, H. P. Lovecraft established the genuineness and dignity of his own pioneering fiction in 1931 with his quintessential work of supernatural horror, At the Mountains of Madness. The deliberately told and increasingly chilling recollection of an Antarctic expedition’s uncanny discoveries–and their encounter with untold menace in the ruins of a lost civilization–is a milestone of macabre literature.
This exclusive new edition, presents Lovecraft’s masterpiece in fully restored form, and includes his acclaimed scholarly essay “Supernatural Horror in Literature.” This is essential reading for every devotee of classic terror.
Customer Reviews
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Rating:  - Great Concept, OK Execution
In At the Mountains of Madness there is both a lot to admire and to find fault with. Conceptually, the story is great; Lovecraft takes a group of scientists and archeologists to the Antarctic, that desolate and mysterious region of our planet, where they stumble upon the ancient relics of an abandoned city hitherto completely unknown to mankind. The problem is the execution of the story. The nature of the fear that permeates the book is the base human fear of the unknown and Lovecraft often effectively ... Read More
Rating: - creepy...
well, this book is wierd, unpredictable and creepy... a good reading.
just to make clear: i'm from isreal and not native to the inglish languge.
yet even so, after managing to read the over descriptional begining, i culdn't stop reading.
summing up: a good book, if you can hundle the difficult words and ignore the total lack of dialouge. also a great start for new lovecraft readers.
Rating:  - Further into the Canon
As some of the other reviews indicate, there's not much new here, beyond Melville's introduction, but the key words are "Modern Library" - along with the Penguin editions of Mr. Joshi's corrected texts and the startling admission of Lovecraft into the Library of America in 2005, this book puts HPL that much further into the canon of American literature and further from the generally cult status that's restricted interest in his work among other readers and critics. It seems a little odd that ML chose "Mountains" ... Read More
Rating: - splendid concept. dull execution.
funny how subjective art is. my copy of this book has this blurb by michael chabon on the front cover: "one of the greatest short novels in american literature, and a key text in my own understanding of what literature can do." wow. weird thing is; by the time i finished this book i was bored (and it's only 99 pages long!). great idea: acients from outer space living down under in antartica, but the novel suffers from that typical genre defect; no character development at all. the narrator is simply the generic voice ... Read More
Rating: - FANTASTIC
This was a very freaky and disturbing book. I think it is kind of cool how a lot of his stories tie in with the ancient book 'Necronomicon'. Many of the 'fictional' monsters in Lovecraft's works, such as the Cthulu, are monsters that the Necronomicon tells you how to 'supposedly!!' conjure up. It's also kinda cool how you can connect the covers of all his books to form a mural of disturbing sights. Greaaat book!
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