Customer Reviews

At the Mountains of Madness (Voyager Classics)

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Lovecraft's work deserves this sort of presentation, though of course the price could be a little less ominous. Nevertheless, bound in beautiful leather and adorned with simple and absolutely appropriate art work one can find onesself taken away on the cosmic journey that's part Pym, part Alice In Inferno, and certainly reminicent of the cold arctic caverns that made their most recent appearance in the X-Files movie.If you know a fan, this would make an outstanding gift.

The first thing you'll notice when picking up this issue of H.P. Lovecraft's cult classic is that there's some kind of yeti and a weird portal on the cover. Clearly the illustrator read something different than the rest of us.

Although I enjoyed the story itself, this deluxe edition really didn't do anything for me. The book is 9.5 x 13 which makes it awkward to handle, hard to read and difficult to store. Fernando Duval did the illustrations and are alright at best. Supposed to be limited to 1000 copies. The book is autographed by Duval but not numbered. Not that it would make any difference. Overpriced, stick to the regular hardbound edition unless you are into odd-sized books.

After finishing "At the mountain of madness" is not difficult to understand H.P Lovecraft's own vision of the world. A vision which by no means can be considered demented or uncanny. The idea of an old civilization thousands of million of years before mankind is something that may seem fantastic to some but no one can deny completely. This is the whole theme of Lovecraft's stories and this is what keeps them so interesting and at the same time so appealing. I would recomend this book to anyone who is not completely convinced of the story of the world that books like to tell. The oldest fear of mankind is fear of the unknown, fear of the OLD ONES...

Miskatonic Antarctic geology expedition uncovers alien architecture, Old One warfare evidence, and some definitely not dead Shoggoths.

4.5 out of 5

The only reason I actually purchased this particular book was that I found it in an old comic book store for half price. I have always loved this story. However, the size of this book makes it akward to store on your average bookshelf. The artwork is ok, but nothing to get overly excited about.