At the Mountains of Madness

At the Mountains of Madness is a novella by horror writer H. P. Lovecraft. The story details the events of a disastrous expedition to the Antarctic continent in September 1930, and what was found there by a group of explorers led by the narrator, Dr. William Dyer of Miskatonic University. 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 novella's title is derived from a line in "e;The Hashish Man,"e; a short story by fantasy writer Edward Plunkett, Lord Dunsany: "e;And we came at last to those ivory hills that are named the Mountains of Madness..."e;The story has inadvertently popularized the concept of ancient astronauts, as well as Antarctica's place in the "e;ancient astronaut mythology"e;.