Gitarella al Polo Sud Forse la summa della poetica lovecraftiana, qui esplicata attraverso una lenta discesa in territori ininteleggibili che celano segreti innominabili nonché altre dimensioni in attesa di schiudersi davanti agli occhi dei pochi "fortunati".La prima parte soporifera lascia spazio a un'escalation di orrori che, sul finale, ridisegna gerarchie dimensionali e la stessa catena alimentare: l'orrore cosmico è servito.

Hi, I'm Rob Lowe and I just read Mountains of Madness by H.P. Lovecraft.And I'm Super Creepy Rob Lowe and I watch professional wrestling.RL: This was another classic by horror and fantasy writer HP Lovecraft and displayed his virtuosity of the language as an art probably better than his shorter works. SCRL: Reading is hard on my eyes, I like checking out the babes in the audience with my big screen TV.RL: This also highlights the depth and breadth of Lovecraft's imagination and the detail to which he is capable. Like so many of his other works, the influence on later works, up to the modern, is unmistakeable. SCRL: I like that the wrestlers are so sweaty.RL: I see resonance of this work in many later writings, especially mention of the cosmic Old Ones, as well as clear vestiges of his influence in The Thing, Aliens, Predator and of course, Alien vs. Predator as well as countless other media.SCRL: and I like that Sigourney Weaver was in those fliks.RL: Don't be like this me, read Mountains of Madness for yourself and enjoy.

Here's the thing about Lovecraft: he doesn't write great stories. People love the whole mythos thing, and I don't blame them, because the Lovecraftian mythos is awesome. But I don't particularly enjoy actually reading Lovecraft because his actual stories simply aren't very good. In this novel, for example, the story is basically a framework for him to do some world building. There's no real plot, character development, or dramatic tension. Lovecraft is clearly more concerned with building a history of the Old Ones than he is in telling a good story. I think I might get more enjoyment from reading Lovecraft's wikipedia page than I do from reading any of his stories. This might sound like a horrible thing to say about an author, but it's not meant to be. Again, I think the worlds that Lovecraft builds are AWESOME. I just don't like his writing style.