At the Mountains of Madness

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At the Mountains of Madness is a 1936 horror novella by H. P. Lovecraft that follows a doomed Antarctic expedition uncovering ancient, cosmic terrors.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf horror fiction work
novella
weird fiction work
author H. P. Lovecraft
containsElement ancient extraterrestrial civilization
lost city
non-human architecture
prehistoric Earth history
countryOfOrigin United States of America
surface form: United States
featuresCharacter Danforth
William Dyer
featuresLocation Mountains of Madness
ancient alien city
featuresOrganization Miskatonic University
featuresSpecies Elder Things
Shoggoths
firstPublicationFormat serial
firstPublishedIn Astounding Stories of Super-Science
surface form: Astounding Stories
genre horror
science fiction horror
weird fiction
hasAdaptation comic book adaptations
radio drama adaptations
hasInfluenced Alien franchise
surface form: Alien (film franchise)

The Thing (1982 film)
various Antarctic horror works
hasPlannedAdaptation Guillermo del Toro film project
influencedBy Edgar Allan Poe
The Narrative of Arthur Gordon Pym of Nantucket
polar exploration literature
length novella-length
literaryForm prose
literaryMovement Cthulhu Mythos
mainTheme cosmic horror
forbidden knowledge
insanity
insignificance of humanity
narrativePointOfView first-person
narrator William Dyer
originalLanguage English
partOf Cthulhu Mythos
partOfCollection Lovecraft omnibus editions
placeOfFirstPublication United States of America
surface form: United States
plotSummary An Antarctic expedition from Miskatonic University discovers the remains of an ancient alien civilization and the monstrous shoggoths, leading to madness and horror.
protagonist William Dyer
publicationYear 1936
publisher Astounding Stories of Super-Science
surface form: Astounding Stories
setting Antarctica
Miskatonic University
writtenYear 1931

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H. P. Lovecraft notableWork At the Mountains of Madness
The Narrative of Arthur Gordon Pym of Nantucket influenced At the Mountains of Madness
Cthulhu Mythos inspiredBy At the Mountains of Madness
Necronomicon (fictional grimoire) alsoAppearsInWork At the Mountains of Madness
subject surface form: Necronomicon
The Dreams in the Witch House relatedWorkByAuthor At the Mountains of Madness
The Whisperer in Darkness relatedWork At the Mountains of Madness