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At the Mountains of Madness (Illustrated, Vol. 1)
by H.P. Lovecraft
The illustrations add so much to the story. Even though I’ve read it before, I was pulled much deeper into the story than I remember from the first time. I really hope Francois Baranger continues illustrating famous HP Lovecraft stories. His use of light and shadow are amazing, and every painting feels at the same time dreamlike and terrifyingly real.
As for the story itself, as I said, I’ve read it before so I won’t review it here. But I will say that since it’s been at least 10 years since reading it, I never made the connections between At the Mountains of Madness and John Carpenter’s The Thing.
Both are in the Antarctic, both are horror stories, etc etc. yes... but there are so many specific things from Lovecraft’s story that make it into the movie (and I don’t remember them from the unabridged edition of Frozen Hell, which inspired the several versions of The Thing). The single surviving dog, the remains found at the attacked camp, the autopsy... they don’t play out the same way here, but there were too many of them for it to be coincidence.
Anyway, reading this again with Baranger’s illustrations was a treat. Do yourself a favor and keep an eye out for these books. They bring Lovecraft’s stories to life and enhance the experience of reading them, and as impossible as that feat would have seemed to be before, I am now a fan of Baranger and look forward to volume 2 of At the Mountains of Madness.
As for the story itself, as I said, I’ve read it before so I won’t review it here. But I will say that since it’s been at least 10 years since reading it, I never made the connections between At the Mountains of Madness and John Carpenter’s The Thing.
Both are in the Antarctic, both are horror stories, etc etc. yes... but there are so many specific things from Lovecraft’s story that make it into the movie (and I don’t remember them from the unabridged edition of Frozen Hell, which inspired the several versions of The Thing). The single surviving dog, the remains found at the attacked camp, the autopsy... they don’t play out the same way here, but there were too many of them for it to be coincidence.
Anyway, reading this again with Baranger’s illustrations was a treat. Do yourself a favor and keep an eye out for these books. They bring Lovecraft’s stories to life and enhance the experience of reading them, and as impossible as that feat would have seemed to be before, I am now a fan of Baranger and look forward to volume 2 of At the Mountains of Madness.