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At The Mountains of Madness (HP Lovecraft)


  • VincentAsaro
    VincentAsaro
    Joined: 2012-06-15
    Posts: 8
    11 months ago

    I'm re-reading this for the first time in many years. It is definitely brilliant stuff. You can see how it influenced John Campbell's "Who Goes There?" which spawned all three films versions of "The Thing". "Alien" & "Prometheus" are veritable cribs of ATMOM.

    Any fans around here? Apart from HPL's love of dimestore "big words" the prose is incredibly clean & modern, very past paced, with great descriptions, especially of the various creatures.

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  • TheOrangutan
    TheOrangutan
    Joined: 2010-07-20
    Posts: 16430
    11 months ago

    @VincentAsaro - one of the other users on here recommended me that one about 6 months ago and it was absolutely superb. The tension oozes from the page and the slow creeping horror of the past just grabs you. Absolutely superb.

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  • _JohnS_2
    _JohnS_2
    Joined: 2011-01-21
    Posts: 11594
    11 months ago

    @VincentAsaro Consider me a fan. But it's been some time since I got to read any of his stuff...

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  • VincentAsaro
    VincentAsaro
    Joined: 2012-06-15
    Posts: 8
    11 months ago

    Yeah, I went through a HPL-barren period myself. But a close friend is re-reading it all & he got me sufficiently excited to go back to it. He really stands up!

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g8PIeFN05rI

    (A great documentary on Lovecraft.)

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  • _JohnS_2
    _JohnS_2
    Joined: 2011-01-21
    Posts: 11594
    11 months ago

    @VincentAsaro Cool, thanks - I saved the link.

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TheOrangutan  11 months ago
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VincentAsaro  11 months ago