

Throughout the story, Dyer details a series of previously untold events in the hope of deterring another group of explorers who wish to return to the continent. 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.

It has been reproduced in numerous collections. It was originally serialized in the February, March, and April 1936 issues of Astounding Stories. Lovecraft, written in February/March 1931 and rejected that year by Weird Tales editor Farnsworth Wright on the grounds of its length. Cover of Astounding Stories, February 1936įebruary–April 1936 ( Astounding Stories)Īt the Mountains of Madness is a science fiction-horror novella by American author H.
