October Classic: At the Mountains of Madness - H.P. Lovecraft

New members are always welcome. :) Description: At the Mountains of Madness is a science-fiction and cosmic horror novella by the American author H. P. Lovecraft, written in February–March 1931 and published in three installments in 1936. Rejected that year by *Weird Tales* editor Farnsworth Wright on the grounds of its length,[[1]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/At_the_Mountains_of_Madness#cite_note-FOOTNOTEJoshi2001302-1) it was originally serialized in the February, March, and April 1936 issues of *Astounding Stories*. It has been reproduced in numerous collections. The story details the events of a disastrous expedition to Antarctica in September 1930, and what is found there by a group of explorers led by the narrator, Dr. William Dyer of Miskatonic University.