<P> At the Mountains of Madness is a novella by American author H.P. Lovecraft, written in February / March 1931 and rejected that year by Weird Tales editor Farnsworth Wright on the grounds of its length . It was originally serialized in the February, March, and April 1936 issues of Astounding Stories . It has been reproduced in numerous collections . </P> <P> 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 . </P> <P> The novella's title is derived from a line in "The Hashish Man," a short story by fantasy writer Edward Plunkett, Lord Dunsany: "And we came at last to those ivory hills that are named the Mountains of Madness ..." </P> <P> The story has inadvertently popularized the concept of ancient astronauts, as well as Antarctica's place in the "ancient astronaut mythology". </P>

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