At the Mountains of Madness and Other Novels
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At the Mountains of Madness and Other Novels is a collection of stories by American author H. P. Lovecraft
. It was originally published in 1964 by Arkham House
in edition of 3,552 copies.
The collection was revised in 1986 by S.T. Joshi replacing the introduction by August Derleth
for one by Joshi and another by James Turner
. It was published in an edition of 3,990 copies.
H. P. Lovecraft
Howard Phillips Lovecraft --often credited as H.P. Lovecraft — was an American author of horror, fantasy and science fiction, especially the subgenre known as weird fiction....
. It was originally published in 1964 by Arkham House
Arkham House
Arkham House is a publishing house specializing in weird fiction founded in Sauk City, Wisconsin in 1939 by August Derleth and Donald Wandrei to preserve in hardcover the best fiction of H.P. Lovecraft. The company's name is derived from Lovecraft's fictional New England city, Arkham. Arkham House...
in edition of 3,552 copies.
The collection was revised in 1986 by S.T. Joshi replacing the introduction by August Derleth
August Derleth
August William Derleth was an American writer and anthologist. Though best remembered as the first publisher of the writings of H. P...
for one by Joshi and another by James Turner
Jim Turner (editor)
Jim Turner was a United States editor and publisher. Turner was editor for Arkham House after the death of August Derleth. After leaving Arkham House, he founded Golden Gryphon Press.- Biography :...
. It was published in an edition of 3,990 copies.
Contents
At the Mountains of Madness and Other Novels contains the following tales:- H. P. Lovecraft's Novels by August DerlethAugust DerlethAugust William Derleth was an American writer and anthologist. Though best remembered as the first publisher of the writings of H. P...
- At the Mountains of MadnessAt the Mountains of MadnessAt the Mountains of Madness is a novella by horror writer H. P. Lovecraft, written in February/March 1931 and rejected that year by Weird Tales editor Farnsworth Wright on the grounds of its length. It was originally serialized in the February, March and April 1936 issues of Astounding Stories...
- The Case of Charles Dexter WardThe Case of Charles Dexter WardThe Case of Charles Dexter Ward is a short novel by H. P. Lovecraft, written in early 1927, but not published during the author's liftetime...
- The Shunned HouseThe Shunned House"The Shunned House" is a short story by H. P. Lovecraft in the horror fiction genre. Written on October 16–19, 1924, it was first published in the October 1937 issue of Weird Tales.-Inspiration:...
- The Dreams in the Witch-HouseThe Dreams in the Witch House"The Dreams in the Witch House" is a short story by H. P. Lovecraft, part of the Cthulhu Mythos genre of horror fiction. Written in January/February 1932, it was first published in the July 1933 issue of Weird Tales.-Inspiration:...
- The Statement of Randolph CarterThe Statement of Randolph Carter"The Statement of Randolph Carter" is a short story by H. P. Lovecraft. Written December 1919, it was first published in The Vagrant, May 1920...
- The Dream-Quest of Unknown KadathThe Dream-Quest of Unknown KadathThe Dream-Quest of Unknown Kadath is a novella by H. P. Lovecraft. It was completed in 1927 and was unpublished in his lifetime. It is both the longest of the stories that comprise his Dream Cycle and the longest to feature protagonist Randolph Carter, and can thus be considered a culminating...
- The Silver KeyThe Silver Key"The Silver Key" is a short story written by H. P. Lovecraft in 1926, considered part of his Dreamlands series. It was first published in the January 1929 issue of Weird Tales. It was followed by a sequel, "Through the Gates of the Silver Key", co-written with E...
- Through the Gates of the Silver KeyThrough the Gates of the Silver Key"Through the Gates of the Silver Key" is a short story co-written by H. P. Lovecraft and E. Hoffmann Price between October 1932 and April 1933. A sequel to Lovecraft's "The Silver Key", and part of a sequence of stories focusing on Randolph Carter, it was first published in the July 1934 issue of...
Arkham House
- 2nd printing, 1968 - 2,987 copies.
- 3rd printing, 1971 - 3,082 copies.
- 4th printing, 1975 - 4,005 copies.
- corrected 5th printing, 1986 - 3,990 copies.
- corrected 6th printing, 1987 - 4,077 copies.
- corrected 7th printing, 1991 - 4,461 copies.
- corrected 8th printing, 1997 - 3,032 copies.
- corrected 9th printing, 2001 - 2,500 copies.