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Summary: An unforgettable blend of adventure, mystery, and horror
Review: H.P. Lovecraft possessed a truly unique voice and vision. There is perhaps no better example of his art than "At the Mountains of Madness," the superb short novel which is accompanied by three shorter tales in this volume.The story of an antarctic expedition whose members uncover a shocking ancient mystery, "At the Mountains of Madness" incorporates many of Lovecraft's trademark themes and techniques. The short novel blends elements of mystery, science fiction, and horror with a subtle satire of academia. Lovers of literature will appreciate Lovecraft's references to Edgar Allan Poe. "At the Mountains of Madness" is also a gripping adventure story, as we follow the narrator into a forgotten world of monstrous landscapes and equally monstrous creatures. Lovecraft's unique prose style--at once elegantly learned and primally disturbing--contributes greatly to the narrative. There has never been a writer quite like Lovecraft, and this brilliant short novel remains one of his best works.
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Summary: An unforgettable blend of adventure, mystery, and horror
Review: H.P. Lovecraft possessed a truly unique voice and vision. There is perhaps no better example of his art than "At the Mountains of Madness," the superb short novel which is accompanied by three shorter tales in this volume. The story of an antarctic expedition whose members uncover a shocking ancient mystery, "At the Mountains of Madness" incorporates many of Lovecraft's trademark themes and techniques. The short novel blends elements of mystery, science fiction, and horror with a subtle satire of academia. Lovers of literature will appreciate Lovecraft's references to Edgar Allan Poe. "At the Mountains of Madness" is also a gripping adventure story, as we follow the narrator into a forgotten world of monstrous landscapes and equally monstrous creatures. Lovecraft's unique prose style--at once elegantly learned and primally disturbing--contributes greatly to the narrative. There has never been a writer quite like Lovecraft, and this brilliant short novel remains one of his best works.
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Summary: Lovecraft's schizophrenic ramblings and the Necronomicon
Review: Howard Phillips Lovecraft is kinda sorta a bad writer, and he kinda sorta throws obscure pre-revolutionary era words at the reader which amount to an elaborate nothingness, and his bizarrenesses are kinda sorta the things a sexually repressed thirteen year old would think up, but I kinda sorta like him anyway! I'd recommend L. Sprague de Camp's biography of him, if it wasn't out of print. (Oh yeah, I should mention that despite what the title of this review says, Lovecraft was (probably) not insane . . . just a little eccentric.)
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Summary: The scariest stuff ever written
Review: I first read these stories years ago while spending the summer with a friend in rural Arkansas. The house had no electricity so we read late at night by kerosene lamp. I can still remember the feelings that these pieces evoked and how hard it was to go to sleep in the dark afteward. Now, even as an adult, reading in a comfortabley lighted room, these stories still scare the hell out of me. There has never been another writer like Lovecraft. His stories are oblique and suggestive and the reader's own mind provides much of the horror. He understood what lurked just beneath the civilized veneer of our consiousness and he manages to tease it out so well. This is fiction for those who like to feel their skin crawl. Simply the best of its kind ever.
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Summary: At the Mountains of Madness
Review: I found this book at a used paperback shop for 10 cents about 15 yrs. ago, it is simply the most horrifying stuff I have have ever seen or read, that includes Poe, Kellerman, King, Koontz,"Silence of the Lambs", slasher flix or whatever. It is not an easy read, Poe had a big vocabulary but Lovecraft's was a lot bigger. It's worth it though,there are elements of science fiction, prehistorical speculation, a sense of where science/technology was leading, and how the terrors within the human mind cannot be conquered by it's materialistic accomplishments. This is the most disturbing book I have ever read, I'm an admirer of Poe but this is on a whole other level. This is literary terror in a pure intellectual form, Lovecraft makes Stephen King, Jonathan Kellerman, and Dean Koontz look like babes in a sandbox, fighting over who can dissect a corpse into the most parts with the latest , greatest B&D tools. Sorry, dudes, Lovecraft beat you to the punch about a hundred years ago.
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Summary: the right stuff, in a wrong setting
Review: I happen to own the set of paperbacks of which this is part. They are poorly edited, and ill printed on crummy paper. It also happens that the set prints several stories twice, and forgets some of HPL's not so minor works. A publisher who gives this kind of treatment to a writer and to prospective customers doesn't deserve your money. this volume's best redeeming feature is the inclusion of two of my favorite HPL tales : "At the Mountains of Madness" and "The Statement of Randolph Carter" but in the light of the existence of better edited, printed and organized collections, this falls short of being enough for me to recommend it If you like HPL, or just want to discover his works, do yourself and the publishing industry a favor, get your book somewhere else, there are some better collections and omnibuses around, just waiting for you.
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Summary: From a young person
Review: I have rated this book a 10 even though I did not finish it. The works in this book are wonderfully imaginative. I have only seen 15 years in my lifetime, but I know that HP Lovecraft will always be my favorite writer. The book is one of the best of the three Lovecraft books I have read. This is because of the explination of how this Chthulhu started. This book will be in my library of Lovecraft books soon
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Summary: H. P. Lovecraft Is a god of his own worlds
Review: I must say that H.P. Lovecraft is my favorite writer and has given me many experiences of insomnia. I suggest any readers prepare their minds for the trip of a life time.
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Summary: Concepts a Bit Prophetic.
Review: I read "Mountains of Madness" a few years ago and very much enjoyed it. I believe it may have been my first Lovecraft book. The whole concept of evil aliens on Earth during our pre-history was a new concept for me as a reader. Lovecraft certainly presented it in a spooky way. It certainly reminds you of the fact that we weren't always the dominant species on the planet.
There are two things that have occurred in recent years that make "Mountains of Madness" seem eeriely prophetic:
- First, Lovecraft portrays Antarctica as the site of first landing by alien life. And where did NASA find the meteorite that proved the existence of life on Mars? You guessed it...Antarctica.
- Second, Lovecraft talks about the aliens retreating from their Antarctic city on the surface to one within a lake that is deep underground. Within the last few years, scientists have discovered Lake Vostok, which exists several miles beneath the Antarctic ice. The ice above it is several million years old.
I think the highest rating I give books on Amazon is four stars. The only reason I am giving this book three is that I do agree with some of the other reviewers that Lovecraft's language does slow you down a bit. Luckily, the concept of the story more than compensates for this.
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Summary: The best introduction to Lovecraft and the Mythos
Review: I recommend this as the best one-volume introduction to the works of H.P. Lovecraft. If you finish this single volume you will be familiar with the atmosphere and the terminology of a large part of the Cthulhu Mythos. That's probably why this particular edition has remained in print so long. After _The Dunwich Horror_, it was my introduction to Lovecraft. In the first story, "At the Mountains of Madness", you find yourself immediately immersed in the world of the Necronomicon, Miskantonic University, and the cosmic pantheon of the Cthulhu Cult and the Elder Things. The second tale, "The Shunned House", shows what the master could do with a more conventional horror story. It is one of the best stories of a cursed house and family ever written. The third story, "Dreams in the Witch House", serves as an excellent introduction to the cursed city of Arkham, though there are also strong elements of Miskantonic, the Necronomicon, and the speculations of fourth dimensional connections between our own world and "the farthest stars of the transgalactic gulfs." Finally, there is "The Statement of Randolph Carter", which may be the most perfect short horror story ever written. Of course if you are really hooked and want all the details about Lovecraft's world, then get the _Encyclopedia Cthulhiana_, that is if you are lucky enough to find a copy....
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