At the Mountains of Madness
Автор: Говард Филлипс Лавкрафт
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The Barren, windswept interior of the Antarctic plateau was lifeless – or so the expedition from Miskatonic University thought. Then they found the strange fossils of unheard-of creatures and the carved stones tens of millions of years old.
At the Mountains of Madness
Автор: Говард Филлипс Лавкрафт
Год издания:
On an expedition to Antarctica, Professor William Dyer and his colleagues discover the remains of ancient half-vegetable, half-animal life-forms. The extremely early date in the geological strata is surprising because of the highly-evolved features found in these previously unknown life-forms. Through a series of dark revelations, violent episodes, and misunderstandings, the group learns of Earth's secret history and legacy.<br>At the Mountains of Madness is a very good introduction to Lovecraft's mythology of the Old Ones and the glories and horrors that preceded humankind and that still linger in places. It is a good novella on it's own, and helpful to understanding events and creatures in his other works.<br><br>This new edition of Lovecraft's masterpiece includes two essays "Notes On Writing Weird Fiction" and "Supernatural Horror in Literature". <br><br>This book has been specially formatted for devices that support EPUB3.