At the Mountains of Madness

Summary

At the Mountains of Madness is a literary work^[1]. It ranks in the top 1% of literary_work entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (2,963 views/month).^[2]

Key Facts

• At the Mountains of Madness authored H. P. Lovecraft^[3].
• At the Mountains of Madness's instance of is recorded as literary work^[4].
• At the Mountains of Madness's genre is lost world fiction^[5].
• At the Mountains of Madness's genre is science fiction^[6].
• At the Mountains of Madness's genre is horror literature^[7].
• At the Mountains of Madness's genre is weird fiction^[8].
• At the Mountains of Madness's part of the series is recorded as Cthulhu Mythos^[9].
• At the Mountains of Madness's Commons category is recorded as At the Mountains of Madness^[10].
• At the Mountains of Madness's language of work or name is recorded as English^[11].
• At the Mountains of Madness's country of origin is recorded as United States^[12].
• March 1931 marks the founding of At the Mountains of Madness^[13].
• At the Mountains of Madness was published on 1936^[14].
• At the Mountains of Madness's characters is recorded as Shoggoth^[15].
• At the Mountains of Madness's characters is recorded as Elder Thing^[16].
• At the Mountains of Madness's characters is recorded as star-spawn of Cthulhu^[17].
• At the Mountains of Madness's characters is recorded as Mi-go^[18].
• At the Mountains of Madness's narrative location is recorded as Antarctica^[19].
• At the Mountains of Madness's published in is recorded as Analog Science Fiction and Fact^[20].
• At the Mountains of Madness's published in is recorded as Foundations of Fear^[21].
• At the Mountains of Madness's title is recorded as {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'At the Mountains of Madness'}^[22].
• At the Mountains of Madness's first line is recorded as {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'I am forced into speech because men of science have refused to follow my advice without knowing why.'}^[23].
• At the Mountains of Madness's set in period is recorded as 1930s^[24].
• At the Mountains of Madness's last line is recorded as {'lang': 'en', 'text': '"Tekeli-li! Tekeli-li!"'}^[25].
• At the Mountains of Madness's copyright status is recorded as public domain^[26].
• At the Mountains of Madness's form of creative work is recorded as novel^[27].

Product Details

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• Release type: Prose^[28]

• MusicBrainz ID: 86d0ea33-0bba-4601-802b-3de6aca977de^[29]

Body

Authorship and Creation

At the Mountains of Madness authored H. P. Lovecraft^[3].

Publication

At the Mountains of Madness was released on 1936^[14]. Its language of work or name is recorded as English^[11]. Genres include lost world fiction^[5], science fiction^[6], horror literature^[7], and weird fiction^[8]. Its part of the series is recorded as Cthulhu Mythos^[9].

Subject and Themes

At the Mountains of Madness's part of the series is recorded as Cthulhu Mythos^[9].

Why It Matters

At the Mountains of Madness ranks in the top 1% of literary_work entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (2,963 views/month).^[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 18 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[30] It is known by 16 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[31]