Essential Gothic, SF & Dark Fantasy: At the Mountains of Madness (Paperback)

from revslick

Imagine a museum walk-through of the Old Ones within the Cthulhu mythos. It is not Lovecraft's best story, but it is still a macabre, literary masterpiece.

from Lady_Lazarus

Not a specialist or a fan of horror, but as a phycisists, this was most of all a hilarious experience. I just have to admire Lovecraft's imagination and most of all his interest and knowledge (not necessarily understanding) of all scientific theories of the era - starting with Einstein and forth ...

from Kassilem

During the first half of the this book I was tempted to give it a four star, but the second half of the book lowered that rating. The suspense in the beginning was great but then the book seemed to drag by. If you're not a biologist or familiar with the terms of biology this book might go over yo...

from Cail_Judy

Lovecraft weaves a unique tale, with the trip to the Antarctic reminiscent to me of John Carpenter's "The Thing." I found it challenging to read this book to anything but jazz, oddly. Usually just silence. The horror he imbues throughout the tale is palatable. He gets in your head. There is an ep...

from TinaV95

This is my first experience reading Lovecraft - who is touted on the back cover as a forerunner of Stephen King, Clive Barker, and Anne Rice. I enjoy the horror genre in spurts and needed a spooky fix for October. This book is a compilation of short stories. I have to say that the title story "At...