Fiction & Poetry, Modern & Contemporary Fiction, Science Fiction, Fantasy & Horror , Science Fiction & Fantasy
At the Mountains of Madness
Paperback Published on: 07/06/2018
Price: £8.99
Synopsis
To that flash of semi-vision can be traced a full half of the horror which has ever since haunted us.
An expedition to Antarctica goes horribly wrong as a group of explorers stumbles upon some mysterious ancient ruins, with devastating consequences. At the Mountains of Madness ranks among Lovecraft's most terrifying novellas, and is a firm favourite among fans of classic horror.
The Penguin English Library - collectable general readers' editions of the best fiction in English, from the eighteenth century to the end of the Second World War.
Publisher information
- Publisher: Penguin Books Ltd
- ISBN: 9780241341315
- Number of pages: 128
- Dimensions: 198 x 129 x 9 mm
- Weight: 414g
- Languages: English
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This work does not seem like a comic. It attempts a much grander claim to fame. If there was a category called graphic literature then this might be its fi... READ MORE
For fans of the Alien and Prometheus franchise.
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Good, quick read.
Well written and thought provoking, although hard to follow at times.
A seminal work in the genre, full of imagined, lingering dread.
• John Carpenter's *The Thing*, Ridley Scott's *Alien* - the spooky origins are all here... • Lovecraft's visually dense, foreboding, lingering horror nove... READ MORE