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Narrator
Edward Herrmann
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Length
4 hours 48 minutes
Language
English
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“One of the classic stories by H.P. Lovecraft detailing an ill-fated expedition to the Antarctic by geologists, as told from the perspective of one of the researchers involved with the expedition. The narrator of this rendition is ideal for the story, maintaining the calm and level tone one would expect from a researcher, while still conveying the undertones of urgency and horror when it comes to relaying what he saw. ”
— Jack • Woodbine Books
The only audio edition of At the Mountains of Madness authorized by the H. P. Lovecraft Estate!
A master of terror and nightmarish visions, H. P. Lovecraft solidified his place at the top of the horror genre with this macabre supernatural tale.
When a geologist leads an expedition to the Antarctic plateau, his aim is to find rock and plant specimens from deep within the continent. The barren landscape offers no evidence of any life-form—until they stumble upon the ruins of a lost civilization. Strange fossils of creatures unknown to man lead the team deeper, where they find carved stones dating back millions of years. But it is their discovery of the terrifying city of the Old Ones that leads them to an encounter with an untold menace.
Deliberately told and increasingly chilling, At the Mountains of Madness is a must-have for every fan of classic terror.
H. P. Lovecraft (1890–1937) was an American author who achieved posthumous fame through his influential works of horror fiction. Virtually unknown and only published in pulp magazines before he died in poverty, he is now regarded as one of the most significant twentieth-century authors in his genre. He was born in Providence, Rhode Island, where he lived most of his life. His relatively small corpus of work consists of three short novels and about sixty short stories.
Edward Herrmann's films include Nixon, The Purple Rose of Cairo, Annie, and The Aviator. On television's Gilmore Girls he starred as the patriarch, Richard Gilmore. He has also appeared on The Good Wife, Law & Order, 30 Rock, Grey's Anatomy, and Oz. He earned an Emmy Award for The Practice, and remains well-known for his Emmy-nominated portrayals of FDR in Eleanor and Franklin and Eleanor and Franklin: The White House Years. On Broadway, he won a Tony Award for his performance in Mrs. Warren's Profession.
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Audiobook details
Author:
H. P. Lovecraft
Narrator:
Edward Herrmann
ISBN:
9781483083025
Length:
4 hours 48 minutes
Language:
English
Publisher:
Blackstone Publishing
Publication date:
June 1, 2013
Edition:
Unabridged
Libro.fm rank:
#8,625 Overall
Genre rank:
#232 in Classics
Reviews
“One of the greatest short novels in Americanliterature and a key text in my own understanding of what that literature cando.”
“Lovecraft’s fiction is one of the cornerstonesof modern horror.”
“At the Mountains of Madness ranks high among the horror stories of the English language.”
“With its atypically epic scope and clues to unraveling the Cthulhu mythos, it’s no wonder this story inspires the utmost devotion of Lovecraft fans.”
“There is a melancholy, operatic grandeur in Lovecraft’s most passionate work, like At the Mountains of Madness; a curious elegiac poetry of unspeakable loss, of adolescent despair and an existential loneliness so pervasive that it lingers in the reader’s memory, like a dream, long after the rudiments of Lovecraftian plot have faded.”
“Lovecraft’s At the Mountain of Madness opens with a newspaper announcement of a voyage to Antarctica…From there, the book launches into the story of Dyer’s own, earlier expedition to the Antarctic wasteland, one that culminated in murder and horror in the aforementioned mountains. Lovecraft was a master of writing about indescribable horrors whose visages violate the laws of nature in unsettling ways.”
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