At the Mountains of Madness and Other Novels (Magill’s Guide to Science Fiction and Fantasy Literature)
At a glance:
- Author: H. P. Lovecraft
- First Published: 1936
- Type of Work: Collected works
- Type of Plot: Science fiction—occult
- Time of Work: The 1920’s and 1930’s
- Setting: New England and Antarctica
- Genres: Long fiction, Science fiction, Magical and occult fantasy
- Subjects: Magic or magicians, 1920’s, 1930’s, New England, Antarctica, Expeditions
- Locales: New England, Antarctica
The Plot
At the Mountains of Madness and Other Novels, which contains the title novella and several of H. P. Lovecraft’s longer tales, was first published in 1964 by Arkham House, the Sauk City, Wisconsin, publishing house created in 1939 by Donald Wandrei and August Derleth for the primary purpose of making Lovecraft’s work generally available to the American public. Until then, Lovecraft’s tales had appeared only in the pages of such “pulp fiction” magazines as Weird Tales and were known to relatively few readers. By the 1950’s, however, thanks to...
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