At the Mountains of Madness part 1

We’re back and we’re putting on our thermal underwear, ready for a long journey south. Sure, we’ve timed our trip for the summer, but it still gets a little nippy down there. We’re not inured to the cold like all those rugged New Englanders. Still, we’re looking forward to our little trip of the Mountains of Madness. We’re just hoping the locals will be as friendly as we’ve heard. Main Topic: At the Mountains of Madness At the Mountains of Madness is one of Lovecraft’s longest works and one of the most important to the development of the Mythos. It tells an epic tale of an ill-fated expedition to the Antarctic and their encounter with forgotten horrors from the distant past. Plus penguins. Lots of penguins. Just one of the flightless harbingers of terror that await our heroes As ever, we drill deep into the story in search of inspiration for our Call of Cthulhu games. This is surprisingly tricky in the early parts of the story, as Lovecraft is more concerned with explaining the technicalities of the expedition than developing the story. Still, this can be good inspiration for some games, especially if they involve detailed explorations of geology. That’s what horror is all about! The Roerich painting that inspired all this madness Links Things we mention in this episode include: * Amundsen expedition * Scott expedition * Beyond the Mountains of Madness * HP Lovecraft Literary Podcast discussion of At the Mountains of Madness * “Who Goes There?” by John W Campbell * Frozen Hell by John W Campbell * Nicholas Roerich * The Roerich Museum * The Narrative of Arthur Gordon Pym of Nantucket by Edgar Allan Poe * Pemmican * Ranulph Fiennes * Kendal mint cake * Tablet * White pudding * The House of R’lyeh Pemmican: the true horror lurking at the heart of this story News The Blasphemous Tome issue 5