At the Mountains of Madness
by H.P. Lovecraft, Enrique Breccia · first published 1968
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Atmospheric, slow-building horror told as a geologist's Antarctic expedition account. It offers suspense and a lingering eerie mood, with strong audiobook narration. Suited to horror and Lovecraft fans.
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Introduction by China MievilleLong 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 sch
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I see that H.P. Lovecraft is mentioned but not his work on the topic: "At the Mountains of Madness". I recently discovered a great adaptation of his book by the Japanese Artist Gou Tanabe. If you are into B&W ink drawings you should really check out Tanabe's books.
on “A brief history of people losing their minds in Antarctica” ↗The prose is almost certainly inspired by H. P. Lovecraft. "At the Mountains of Madness" may be a good start, if you like this sort of stuff: http://www.dustylibrary.com/horror/5-at-the-mountains-of-mad...
on “Stackoverflow, HTML by Regex, topmost answer” ↗Haven't read all of Lovecraft, but my favorite story of his is "At the Mountains of Madness". I really enjoyed this audiobook of it as well: https://www.audible.com/pd/At-the-Mountains-of-Madness-Black... I hope someday that Guillermo del Toro is able to make a movie adaptation. https://movieweb.com/at-the-mountains-of-madness-movie-guill...
on “A brief history of people losing their minds in Antarctica” ↗Ha! H. P. Lovecraft was right after all. He wrote his classic story "At the Mountains of Madness" about these mountains (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/At_the_Mountains_of_Madness): "The story is written in first-person perspective by the geologist William Dyer, a professor from Miskatonic University.…
on “Mysterious Mountains Hidden Beneath Antarctic Ice Revealed” ↗And "At the Mountains of Madness" by H. P. Lovecraft, more or less. Although at the other pole.
on “Long-dormant bacteria and viruses in ice are reviving as climate warms” ↗Necronomicon: The Best Weird Tales of H. P. Lovecraft Science fiction and thrilling horror. Unique style. I recommend At The Mountains Of Madness. This man knows how to keep up suspense.
on “Ask HN: What books are you currently reading?” ↗Its not industrial, but I recommend At the Mountains of Madness by lovecraft for an example of this sort of question being asked in fiction
on “If we weren’t the first industrial civilization on Earth, would we ever know?” ↗Antarctica has always fascinated me since my reading of HPL's At the Mountains of Madness.
on “Map of the Week: What Does the Land Under Antarctica’s Ice Sheet Look Like?” ↗Well, here goes an obligatory mention of "At the Mountains of Madness" by HP Lovecraft. (BTW: my favourite story by him.)
on “Antarctica sits above Earth's strongest 'gravity hole' – how it got that way” ↗The color out of Space[1] is pretty good! However the Dunwich Horror[2], The Shadow over Innsmouth[3], At the Mountains of Madness[4], and of course, the Call of Cthulhu[5] are all good. [1] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TXyda5iiGEo [2] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gKkya1pMhMQ [3] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gviofDcypzE…
on “Cthulhu Ventures” ↗Also reminds me of this classic tale: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/At_the_Mountains_of_Madness
on “The Red One” ↗I really enjoyed the Edward Herrman narration of the "At the Mountains of Madness" when I listened to it years ago. What struck me is how it still feels haunting even decades later; it aged quite well. I couldn't help shake the creepy feeling there was something unearthly at the edges…
on “Ask HN: Best audiobooks you've listened to recently? (Cosmic horror/non-fiction)” ↗…try to read fiction and non fiction in parallel, so my current pairing is How Asia Works by Joe Studwell and Piranesi by Susanna Clarke. Enjoying both so far! Other books I’ve enjoyed recently: The Mountains of Madness by H.P. Lovecraft - I read Endurance by Alfred Lansing last year so it was fun having a real Antarctic adventure in my mind while reading it. The Road by Cormac McCarthy - I actually started this a couple…
on “Ask HN: What are you reading?” ↗>There could be anything underneath all the permafrost, including new biodiversity which we haven't catalogued yet. Hey, that was the plot of H.P. Lovecraft's At the Mountains of Madness! http://www.hplovecraft.com/writings/texts/fiction/mm.aspx Spoilers: "...But we were not on a station platform. We were on the track ahead as the nightmare plastic column of foetid black iridescence…
on “Scientists In Alaska Find Mammoth Amounts Of Carbon In The Warming Permafrost” ↗Not precisely what you’re looking for with the global warming angle, but At The Mountains of Madness by Lovecraft and John Carpenter’s The Thing both feature aliens hidden under the ice.
on “Ancient artifacts dislodged by climate change” ↗