At The Mountains of Being Mad

For the third time... we're back in action. Back to bloggin'. Back to swiggity swag.

If only the Gods were more like good ol' Morgan

For my third book, I have chosen "At The Mountains of Madness", by H.P. Lovecraft, one of the most creative and cryptic fantasy/horror writers of the 20th century. Lovecraft died in 1936 after producing a number of short stories and novels on the shorter side. Though he perhaps best known for the short story The Call of Cthulhu, "Madness" is one of his more popular novels that explored the macabre, dark, mythos that Lovecraft created in his stories.

I guess the Christian God is old too... "W-When's bingo?"

I have been a fan of Lovecraft's work for a long time, but never got around to reading this particular work of his. What I love about Lovecraft (sounds like the name of a romantic comedy I know) is the creepy feeling and connection that all of his short stories and novels create. All of them revolve around things called "old gods", ancient beings that lived millions of years before us, who wish to come back out of the darkness to take over the world once again. Most notably of these are Cthulhu, whom the entire mythos is named after, Nyarlathotep, a common old god featured in multiple stories, and Randolph Carter, a popular protagonist for Lovecraft to use.
After reading a little bit about the plot, it seems that this particular story will deal with a new set of characters but probably touch on at least one or more of the "Old gods".

This next book is rather short, so I will be able to finish it rather quickly and get on to my last book or two. Hopefully the mid-post should come out tomorrow!

See ya soon!