1848 e345319b-3188-4c79-80a4-377a9aa49762 At the Mountains of Madness H. P. Lovecraft calibre (6.27.0) [https://calibre-ebook.com] 2017-01-30T11:00:00+00:00 <p>Multi-eyed protoplasmic entities, flesh-eating ghouls, animate corpses, time-traveling body snatchers, and, yes, huge albino penguins. These are some of the bizarre creatures that populate the universe created by American horror author H. P. Lovecraft. Lovecraft has influenced many of today's most famous writers and artists, including master of contemporary horror fiction Stephen King, Academy Award-nominated director Guillermo Del Toro, and artist and <I>Alien</I> set-designer H. R. Giger.<p>This collection includes three selections from the Cthulhu Mythos: the novella <I>At the Mountains of Madness</I>, which is often considered Lovecraft's masterpiece; &#147;The Thing on the Doorstep"; and &#147;The Shadow Out of Time." While including all the chilling &#147;cyclopean vistas," monstrous abominations and appalling transformations that readers have come to expect from Lovecraft, this also showcases his fantasy writing in stories such as &#147;The Cats of Ulthar," &#147;The... Barnes & Noble 9781411434035 eng