At the Mountains of Madness is a science fiction-horror novella by American author H. P. Lovecraft, written in February/March 1931
Long acknowledged as a master of nightmarish vision, 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 an untold menace in the ruins of a lost civilization–is a milestone of macabre literature.
Originally published: 1936
Preceded by: The Thing in the Moonlight
Followed by: The Dreams in the Witch House
Genres: Science Fiction, Horror fiction, Lost world