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	* The expedition is sponsored by the Nathaniel Derby Pickman Foundation, combining two major names in Lovecraft's fiction: Derby and Pickman.<ref>Anthony Pearsall, ''The Lovecraft Lexicon'', p. 326.</ref> Richard Upton Pickman is the main character in Lovecraft's "[[Pickman's Model]]", while Edward Pickman Derby is the protagonist of his "The Thing on the Doorstep", and also one of his literary alter-egos.<ref>Ibid, p. 146.</ref>		* The expedition is sponsored by the Nathaniel Derby Pickman Foundation, combining two major names in Lovecraft's fiction: Derby and Pickman.<ref>Anthony Pearsall, ''The Lovecraft Lexicon'', p. 326.</ref> Richard Upton Pickman is the main character in Lovecraft's "[[Pickman's Model]]", while Edward Pickman Derby is the protagonist of his "The Thing on the Doorstep", and also one of his literary alter-egos.<ref>Ibid, p. 146.</ref>
	* The Elder Things record the coming of [[Cthulhu]] to Earth and the sinking of [[R'lyeh]], events referred to in "[[The Call of Cthulhu (fiction)\|The Call of Cthulhu]]" ([[1928 in literature\|1928]]).		* The Elder Things record the coming of [[Cthulhu]] to Earth and the sinking of [[R'lyeh]], events referred to in "[[The Call of Cthulhu (fiction)\|The Call of Cthulhu]]" ([[1928 in literature\|1928]]).
	* The Elder Things' city is identified with the Plateau of [[Leng]], first mentioned in Lovecraft's "[[Celephais]]" ([[1920 in literature\|1920]]).		* The Elder Things' city is identified with the [[Plateau of Leng]], first mentioned in Lovecraft's "[[Celephais]]" ([[1920 in literature\|1920]]).
	* Some members of the expedition have read [[Miskatonic University (Location)\|Miskatonic University]]'s copy of the ''[[Necronomicon]]''.		* Some members of the expedition have read [[Miskatonic University (Location)\|Miskatonic University]]'s copy of the ''[[Necronomicon]]''.
	* Dyer mentions "[[Kadath]] in the Cold Waste" while referring to a massive mountain range which even the [[Old Ones]] "shunned as vaguely and namelessly evil."		* Dyer mentions "[[Kadath]] in the Cold Waste" while referring to a massive mountain range which even the [[Old Ones]] "shunned as vaguely and namelessly evil."

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	Another proposed inspiration for ''At the Mountains of Madness'' is [[Edgar Rice Burroughs]]' ''[[At the Earth's Core (fiction)\|At the Earth's Core]]'' (1914), a novel that posits a highly intelligent reptilian race, the Mahar, living in a [[hollow earth]]. "Consider the similarity of Burroughs' Mahar to Lovecraft's Old Ones, both of whom are presented sympathetically despite their ill-treatment of man," writes critic William Fulwiler. "[B]oth are winged, web-footed, dominant races; both are scientific scholarly races with a talent for genetics, engineering, and architecture; and both races use men as cattle." Both stories, Fulwiler points out, involve radical new drilling techniques; in both stories, humans are vivisected by nonhuman scientists. Burroughs' Mahar even employ a species of servants known as Sagoths, possibly the source of Lovecraft's [[shoggoths]].<ref>William Fulwiler, "E.R.B. and H.P.L.", ''Black Forbidden Things'', p. 64.</ref>		Another proposed inspiration for ''At the Mountains of Madness'' is [[Edgar Rice Burroughs]]' ''[[At the Earth's Core (fiction)\|At the Earth's Core]]'' (1914), a novel that posits a highly intelligent reptilian race, the Mahar, living in a [[hollow earth]]. "Consider the similarity of Burroughs' Mahar to Lovecraft's Old Ones, both of whom are presented sympathetically despite their ill-treatment of man," writes critic William Fulwiler. "[B]oth are winged, web-footed, dominant races; both are scientific scholarly races with a talent for genetics, engineering, and architecture; and both races use men as cattle." Both stories, Fulwiler points out, involve radical new drilling techniques; in both stories, humans are vivisected by nonhuman scientists. Burroughs' Mahar even employ a species of servants known as [[Frazetta Man#Sagoth\|Sagoths]], possibly the source of Lovecraft's [[shoggoths]].<ref>William Fulwiler, "E.R.B. and H.P.L.", ''Black Forbidden Things'', p. 64.</ref>

	Other possible sources include [[A. Merritt]]'s "[[The People of the Pit (fiction)]]", whose description of an underground city in the Yukon bears some resemblance to that of Lovecraft's Elder Things, and Katharine Metcalf Roof's "[[A Million Years After (fiction)]]", a story about [[dinosaurs]] hatching from eggs millions of years old that appeared in the November 1930 edition ''Weird Tales''. In a letter to [[Frank Belknap Long]], Lovecraft declared the story to be a "rotten", "cheap", and "puerile" version of an idea he had come up with years earlier, and Joshi suggests it may have provoked him to write his own tale of "the awakening of entities from the dim reaches of earth's history."<ref>H. P. Lovecraft, ''Selected Letters'' Vol. III, p. 186; Joshi, p. 175.</ref>		Other possible sources include [[A. Merritt]]'s "[[The People of the Pit (fiction)]]", whose description of an underground city in the Yukon bears some resemblance to that of Lovecraft's Elder Things, and Katharine Metcalf Roof's "[[A Million Years After (fiction)]]", a story about [[dinosaurs]] hatching from eggs millions of years old that appeared in the November 1930 edition ''Weird Tales''. In a letter to [[Frank Belknap Long]], Lovecraft declared the story to be a "rotten", "cheap", and "puerile" version of an idea he had come up with years earlier, and Joshi suggests it may have provoked him to write his own tale of "the awakening of entities from the dim reaches of earth's history."<ref>H. P. Lovecraft, ''Selected Letters'' Vol. III, p. 186; Joshi, p. 175.</ref>
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	Lovecraft's own "[[The Nameless City (fiction)]]" (1921), which also deals with the exploration of an ancient underground city apparently abandoned by its nonhuman builders, is a clear precedent for ''At the Mountains of Madness''. In both stories, the explorers use the nonhumans' artwork to deduce the history of their species.<ref>H. P. Lovecraft, "The Nameless City", ''Dagon and Other Macabre Tales'', pp. 104-105; cited in Joshi, pp. 264-265.</ref>		Lovecraft's own "[[The Nameless City (fiction)]]" (1921), which also deals with the exploration of an ancient underground city apparently abandoned by its nonhuman builders, is a clear precedent for ''At the Mountains of Madness''. In both stories, the explorers use the nonhumans' artwork to deduce the history of their species.<ref>H. P. Lovecraft, "The Nameless City", ''Dagon and Other Macabre Tales'', pp. 104-105; cited in Joshi, pp. 264-265.</ref>

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	[[Lin Carter]] has suggested that one inspiration for ''At the Mountains of Madness'' was Lovecraft's own hypersensitivity to cold, as evidenced by an incident where the writer "collapsed in the street and was carried unconscious into a drug store" because the temperature dropped from 60 degrees to 30 degrees Fahrenheit (15 degrees to -1 degree Celsius). "The loathing and horror that extreme cold evoked in him was carried over into his writing," Carter wrote, "and the pages of ''Madness'' convey the blighting, blasting, stifling sensation caused by sub-zero temperatures in a way that even Poe could not suggest."<ref>Lin Carter, ''Lovecraft: A Look Behind the Cthulhu Mythos'', p. 84. Joshi regards this suggestion as "facile"--''Annotated Lovecraft'', pp. 17-18.</ref>		[[Lin Carter]] has suggested that one inspiration for ''At the Mountains of Madness'' was Lovecraft's own hypersensitivity to cold, as evidenced by an incident where the writer "collapsed in the street and was carried unconscious into a drug store" because the temperature dropped from 60 degrees to 30 degrees Fahrenheit (15 degrees to -1 degree Celsius). "The loathing and horror that extreme cold evoked in him was carried over into his writing," Carter wrote, "and the pages of ''Madness'' convey the blighting, blasting, stifling sensation caused by sub-zero temperatures in a way that even Poe could not suggest."<ref>Lin Carter, ''Lovecraft: A Look Behind the Cthulhu Mythos'', p. 84. Joshi regards this suggestion as "facile"--''Annotated Lovecraft'', pp. 17-18.</ref>

	Lovecraft's most obvious literary source for ''At the Mountains of Madness'' is [[Edgar Allan Poe]]'s lone novel, ''[[The Narrative of Arthur Gordon Pym of Nantucket]]'', whose concluding section is set in Antarctica. Lovecraft twice cites Poe's "disturbing and enigmatical" story in his text, and explicitly borrows the mysterious phrase "Tekeli-li" from Poe's work. In a letter to [[August Derleth]], Lovecraft wrote that he was trying to achieve with his ending an effect similar to what Poe accomplished in ''Pym''.<ref>H. P. Lovecraft, letter to August Derleth, May 16, 1931; cited in Joshi, pp. 329-330.</ref>		Lovecraft's most obvious literary source for ''At the Mountains of Madness'' is [[Edgar Allan Poe]]'s lone novel, ''[[The Narrative of Arthur Gordon Pym of Nantucket (fiction)]]'', whose concluding section is set in Antarctica. Lovecraft twice cites Poe's "disturbing and enigmatical" story in his text, and explicitly borrows the mysterious phrase "Tekeli-li" from Poe's work. In a letter to [[August Derleth]], Lovecraft wrote that he was trying to achieve with his ending an effect similar to what Poe accomplished in ''Pym''.<ref>H. P. Lovecraft, letter to August Derleth, May 16, 1931; cited in Joshi, pp. 329-330.</ref>

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	Another proposed inspiration for ''At the Mountains of Madness'' is [[Edgar Rice Burroughs]]' ''[[At the Earth's Core (~~novel~~)\|At the Earth's Core]]'' (1914), a novel that posits a highly intelligent reptilian race, the Mahar, living in a [[hollow earth]]. "Consider the similarity of Burroughs' Mahar to Lovecraft's Old Ones, both of whom are presented sympathetically despite their ill-treatment of man," writes critic William Fulwiler. "[B]oth are winged, web-footed, dominant races; both are scientific scholarly races with a talent for genetics, engineering, and architecture; and both races use men as cattle." Both stories, Fulwiler points out, involve radical new drilling techniques; in both stories, humans are vivisected by nonhuman scientists. Burroughs' Mahar even employ a species of servants known as Sagoths, possibly the source of Lovecraft's [[shoggoths]].<ref>William Fulwiler, "E.R.B. and H.P.L.", ''Black Forbidden Things'', p. 64.</ref>		Another proposed inspiration for ''At the Mountains of Madness'' is [[Edgar Rice Burroughs]]' ''[[At the Earth's Core (fiction)\|At the Earth's Core]]'' (1914), a novel that posits a highly intelligent reptilian race, the Mahar, living in a [[hollow earth]]. "Consider the similarity of Burroughs' Mahar to Lovecraft's Old Ones, both of whom are presented sympathetically despite their ill-treatment of man," writes critic William Fulwiler. "[B]oth are winged, web-footed, dominant races; both are scientific scholarly races with a talent for genetics, engineering, and architecture; and both races use men as cattle." Both stories, Fulwiler points out, involve radical new drilling techniques; in both stories, humans are vivisected by nonhuman scientists. Burroughs' Mahar even employ a species of servants known as Sagoths, possibly the source of Lovecraft's [[shoggoths]].<ref>William Fulwiler, "E.R.B. and H.P.L.", ''Black Forbidden Things'', p. 64.</ref>

	Other possible sources include [[A. Merritt]]'s "The People of the Pit", whose description of an underground city in the Yukon bears some resemblance to that of Lovecraft's Elder Things, and Katharine Metcalf Roof's "A Million Years After", a story about [[dinosaurs]] hatching from eggs millions of years old that appeared in the November 1930 edition ''Weird Tales''. In a letter to [[Frank Belknap Long]], Lovecraft declared the story to be a "rotten", "cheap", and "puerile" version of an idea he had come up with years earlier, and Joshi suggests it may have provoked him to write his own tale of "the awakening of entities from the dim reaches of earth's history."<ref>H. P. Lovecraft, ''Selected Letters'' Vol. III, p. 186; Joshi, p. 175.</ref>		Other possible sources include [[A. Merritt]]'s "[[The People of the Pit (fiction)]]", whose description of an underground city in the Yukon bears some resemblance to that of Lovecraft's Elder Things, and Katharine Metcalf Roof's "[[A Million Years After (fiction)]]", a story about [[dinosaurs]] hatching from eggs millions of years old that appeared in the November 1930 edition ''Weird Tales''. In a letter to [[Frank Belknap Long]], Lovecraft declared the story to be a "rotten", "cheap", and "puerile" version of an idea he had come up with years earlier, and Joshi suggests it may have provoked him to write his own tale of "the awakening of entities from the dim reaches of earth's history."<ref>H. P. Lovecraft, ''Selected Letters'' Vol. III, p. 186; Joshi, p. 175.</ref>

	The long scope of history recounted in the story may have been inspired by [[Oswald Spengler]]'s ''[[The Decline of the West]]''. Some details of the story may have been taken from M. P. Shiel's 1901 novel of [[Arctic]] exploration, ''The Purple Cloud'', which was republished in 1930.<ref>Joshi and Schultz, pp. 10-11.</ref>		The long scope of history recounted in the story may have been inspired by [[Oswald Spengler]]'s ''[[The Decline of the West]]''. Some details of the story may have been taken from M. P. Shiel's 1901 novel of [[Arctic]] exploration, ''[[The Purple Cloud (fiction)]]'', which was republished in 1930.<ref>Joshi and Schultz, pp. 10-11.</ref>

	Lovecraft's own "[[The Nameless City]]" (1921), which also deals with the exploration of an ancient underground city apparently abandoned by its nonhuman builders, is a clear precedent for ''At the Mountains of Madness''. In both stories, the explorers use the nonhumans' artwork to deduce the history of their species.<ref>H. P. Lovecraft, "The Nameless City", ''Dagon and Other Macabre Tales'', pp. 104-105; cited in Joshi, pp. 264-265.</ref>		Lovecraft's own "[[The Nameless City (fiction)]]" (1921), which also deals with the exploration of an ancient underground city apparently abandoned by its nonhuman builders, is a clear precedent for ''At the Mountains of Madness''. In both stories, the explorers use the nonhumans' artwork to deduce the history of their species.<ref>H. P. Lovecraft, "The Nameless City", ''Dagon and Other Macabre Tales'', pp. 104-105; cited in Joshi, pp. 264-265.</ref>
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	*[[Chaosium]] developed a game book for their ''[[Call of Cthulhu (role-playing game)\|Call of Cthulhu]]'' role-playing game, called ''Beyond the Mountains of Madness'', essentially a follow-up to the original story.		*[[Chaosium]] developed a game book for their ''[[Call of Cthulhu (role-playing game)\|Call of Cthulhu]]'' role-playing game, called ''Beyond the Mountains of Madness'', essentially a follow-up to the original story.
	*[[Tim Curran]]'s 2005 novel ''[[Hive]]'' describes a new Antarctic expedition in the 2000s decade that rediscovers the Elder Thing city.		*[[Tim Curran]]'s 2005 novel ''[[Hive (fiction)]]'' describes a new Antarctic expedition in the 2000s decade that rediscovers the Elder Thing city.

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	* In [[Wake Up Call (The 4400 episode)\|an episode]] of ''[[The 4400]]'', [[Kevin Burkhoff]], played by [[Jeffrey Combs]], who has appeared in Lovecraft-based films, is seen giving this book to a psychiatric patient.		* In [[Wake Up Call (The 4400 episode)\|an episode]] of ''[[The 4400]]'', [[Kevin Burkhoff]], played by [[Jeffrey Combs]], who has appeared in Lovecraft-based films, is seen giving this book to a psychiatric patient.

	* A sequel to the story, ''Hive'' by [[Tim Curran]], details a modern expedition to the Antarctica in which the team discover a subterranean flooded city still populated by Old Ones, who reach out with their minds and gradually drive most of the crew insane. The book references the original story directly, with quotes and characters, and also bears a strong resemblance to the Lovecraft-themed [[John Carpenter]] film ''[[The Thing (1982 film)\|The Thing]]''.		* A sequel to the story, ''[[Hive (fiction)]]'' by [[Tim Curran]], details a modern expedition to the Antarctica in which the team discover a subterranean flooded city still populated by Old Ones, who reach out with their minds and gradually drive most of the crew insane. The book references the original story directly, with quotes and characters, and also bears a strong resemblance to the Lovecraft-themed [[John Carpenter]] film ''[[The Thing (1982 film)\|The Thing]]''.

	* Another sequel is the [[Charles Stross]] novella ''[[A Colder War]]'', which takes place in a world where the proposed follow-up expedition to Antarctica takes place and rediscovers the Elder Thing city as well as locating several more across Earth.		* Another sequel is the [[Charles Stross]] novella ''[[A Colder War]]'', which takes place in a world where the proposed follow-up expedition to Antarctica takes place and rediscovers the Elder Thing city as well as locating several more across Earth.

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	Graduate student at [[Miskatonic University (Location)\|Miskatonic University]]. As part of the Pabodie Expedition, he accompanies Dyer on a survey flight over the "[[Plateau of Leng]]" and goes mad after seeing something. He is described as "a great reader of bizarre material", and makes allusions to [[Edgar Allan Poe]] and the ''[[Necronomicon]]''.		Graduate student at [[Miskatonic University (Location)\|Miskatonic University]]. As part of the Pabodie Expedition, he accompanies Dyer on a survey flight over the "[[Plateau of Leng]]" and goes mad after seeing something. He is described as "a great reader of bizarre material", and makes allusions to [[Edgar Allan Poe]] and the ''[[Necronomicon]]''.

	According to [[Fritz Leiber]]'s "To Arkham and the Stars", he later recovered after being treated with experimental drugs developed by [[The Dunwich Horror#Morgan, (Professor) Francis\|Professor Morgan]], though he never recalled the horror he saw on the plateau. Afterwards, he became a professor of [[psychology]] at the university.		According to [[Fritz Leiber]]'s "To Arkham and the Stars", he later recovered after being treated with experimental drugs developed by [[The Dunwich Horror (fiction)#Morgan, (Professor) Francis\|Professor Morgan]], though he never recalled the horror he saw on the plateau. Afterwards, he became a professor of [[psychology]] at the university.
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	* The star-headed [[Elder Things]] also appear in "[[The Dreams in the Witch House]]" ([[1933 in literature\|1933]]), when the main character, Walter Gilman, visits a city of theirs in one of his dreams, and "[[The Shadow Out of Time]]", in which they are the vaguely-alluded-to antagonists of the [[Great Race of Yith]].		* The star-headed [[Elder Things]] also appear in "[[The Dreams in the Witch House]]" ([[1933 in literature\|1933]]), when the main character, Walter Gilman, visits a city of theirs in one of his dreams, and "[[The Shadow Out of Time]]", in which they are the vaguely-alluded-to antagonists of the [[Great Race of Yith]].
	* The expedition is sponsored by the Nathaniel Derby Pickman Foundation, combining two major names in Lovecraft's fiction: Derby and Pickman.<ref>Anthony Pearsall, ''The Lovecraft Lexicon'', p. 326.</ref> Richard Upton Pickman is the main character in Lovecraft's "[[Pickman's Model]]", while Edward Pickman Derby is the protagonist of his "The Thing on the Doorstep", and also one of his literary alter-egos.<ref>Ibid, p. 146.</ref>		* The expedition is sponsored by the Nathaniel Derby Pickman Foundation, combining two major names in Lovecraft's fiction: Derby and Pickman.<ref>Anthony Pearsall, ''The Lovecraft Lexicon'', p. 326.</ref> Richard Upton Pickman is the main character in Lovecraft's "[[Pickman's Model]]", while Edward Pickman Derby is the protagonist of his "The Thing on the Doorstep", and also one of his literary alter-egos.<ref>Ibid, p. 146.</ref>
	* The Elder Things record the coming of [[Cthulhu]] to Earth and the sinking of [[R'lyeh]], events referred to in "[[The Call of Cthulhu (~~Fiction~~)\|The Call of Cthulhu]]" ([[1928 in literature\|1928]]).		* The Elder Things record the coming of [[Cthulhu]] to Earth and the sinking of [[R'lyeh]], events referred to in "[[The Call of Cthulhu (fiction)\|The Call of Cthulhu]]" ([[1928 in literature\|1928]]).
	* The Elder Things' city is identified with the Plateau of [[Leng]], first mentioned in Lovecraft's "[[Celephais]]" ([[1920 in literature\|1920]]).		* The Elder Things' city is identified with the Plateau of [[Leng]], first mentioned in Lovecraft's "[[Celephais]]" ([[1920 in literature\|1920]]).
	* Some members of the expedition have read [[Miskatonic University (Location)\|Miskatonic University]]'s copy of the ''[[Necronomicon]]''.		* Some members of the expedition have read [[Miskatonic University (Location)\|Miskatonic University]]'s copy of the ''[[Necronomicon]]''.

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	==Plot summary==		==Plot summary==

	The story is written in first-person perspective by Professor William Dyer, a [[geologist]] from [[Miskatonic University]]. He writes to disclose hitherto unknown and closely kept secrets in the hope that he can deter a planned and much publicized scientific expedition to [[Antarctica]]. On a previous expedition there, a party of scholars from Miskatonic University, led by Dyer, discovered fantastic and horrific ruins and a dangerous secret beyond a range of mountains taller than the [[Himalayas]].		The story is written in first-person perspective by Professor William Dyer, a [[geologist]] from [[Miskatonic University (Location)\|Miskatonic University]]. He writes to disclose hitherto unknown and closely kept secrets in the hope that he can deter a planned and much publicized scientific expedition to [[Antarctica]]. On a previous expedition there, a party of scholars from Miskatonic University, led by Dyer, discovered fantastic and horrific ruins and a dangerous secret beyond a range of mountains taller than the [[Himalayas]].

	The group that discovered and crossed the mountains found the remains of fourteen ancient life forms, completely unknown to science and unidentifiable as neither plants or animals, after discovering an underground cave while boring for ice cores. Six of the specimens seem to be badly damaged, the others uncannily pristine. The extremely early date in the [[geological strata]] of these [[fossil\|"fossils"]] is problematic because of their highly evolved features. Because of their resemblance to creatures of myth mentioned in the ''[[Necronomicon]]'', they are dubbed the "[[Elder Things]]".		The group that discovered and crossed the mountains found the remains of fourteen ancient life forms, completely unknown to science and unidentifiable as neither plants or animals, after discovering an underground cave while boring for ice cores. Six of the specimens seem to be badly damaged, the others uncannily pristine. The extremely early date in the [[geological strata]] of these [[fossil\|"fossils"]] is problematic because of their highly evolved features. Because of their resemblance to creatures of myth mentioned in the ''[[Necronomicon]]'', they are dubbed the "[[Elder Things]]".
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	The narrator of ''At the Mountains of Madness'', he is a professor of [[geology]] at [[Miskatonic University]] and a leader of the disastrous Pabodie Expedition to [[Antarctica]] in [[1930]]–[[1931\|31]]. He reappears in Lovecraft's "[[The Shadow Out of Time]]", where he accompanies an expedition to [[Australia]]'s [[Great Sandy Desert]] where he is said to be "appalled at the measureless age of the fragments" of a [[wikt:primordial\|primordial]] civilization found there.		The narrator of ''At the Mountains of Madness'', he is a professor of [[geology]] at [[Miskatonic University (Location)\|Miskatonic University]] and a leader of the disastrous Pabodie Expedition to [[Antarctica]] in [[1930]]–[[1931\|31]]. He reappears in Lovecraft's "[[The Shadow Out of Time]]", where he accompanies an expedition to [[Australia]]'s [[Great Sandy Desert]] where he is said to be "appalled at the measureless age of the fragments" of a [[wikt:primordial\|primordial]] civilization found there.

	In ''At the Mountains of Madness'', he has no first name, only being called "William Dyer" in "The Shadow Out of Time".		In ''At the Mountains of Madness'', he has no first name, only being called "William Dyer" in "The Shadow Out of Time".
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	Graduate student at [[Miskatonic University]]. As part of the Pabodie Expedition, he accompanies Dyer on a survey flight over the "[[Plateau of Leng]]" and goes mad after seeing something. He is described as "a great reader of bizarre material", and makes allusions to [[Edgar Allan Poe]] and the ''[[Necronomicon]]''.		Graduate student at [[Miskatonic University (Location)\|Miskatonic University]]. As part of the Pabodie Expedition, he accompanies Dyer on a survey flight over the "[[Plateau of Leng]]" and goes mad after seeing something. He is described as "a great reader of bizarre material", and makes allusions to [[Edgar Allan Poe]] and the ''[[Necronomicon]]''.

	According to [[Fritz Leiber]]'s "To Arkham and the Stars", he later recovered after being treated with experimental drugs developed by [[The Dunwich Horror#Morgan, (Professor) Francis\|Professor Morgan]], though he never recalled the horror he saw on the plateau. Afterwards, he became a professor of [[psychology]] at the university.		According to [[Fritz Leiber]]'s "To Arkham and the Stars", he later recovered after being treated with experimental drugs developed by [[The Dunwich Horror#Morgan, (Professor) Francis\|Professor Morgan]], though he never recalled the horror he saw on the plateau. Afterwards, he became a professor of [[psychology]] at the university.
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	* The Elder Things record the coming of [[Cthulhu]] to Earth and the sinking of [[R'lyeh]], events referred to in "[[The Call of Cthulhu (Fiction)\|The Call of Cthulhu]]" ([[1928 in literature\|1928]]).		* The Elder Things record the coming of [[Cthulhu]] to Earth and the sinking of [[R'lyeh]], events referred to in "[[The Call of Cthulhu (Fiction)\|The Call of Cthulhu]]" ([[1928 in literature\|1928]]).
	* The Elder Things' city is identified with the Plateau of [[Leng]], first mentioned in Lovecraft's "[[Celephais]]" ([[1920 in literature\|1920]]).		* The Elder Things' city is identified with the Plateau of [[Leng]], first mentioned in Lovecraft's "[[Celephais]]" ([[1920 in literature\|1920]]).
	* Some members of the expedition have read [[Miskatonic University]]'s copy of the ''[[Necronomicon]]''.		* Some members of the expedition have read [[Miskatonic University (Location)\|Miskatonic University]]'s copy of the ''[[Necronomicon]]''.
	* Dyer mentions "[[Kadath]] in the Cold Waste" while referring to a massive mountain range which even the [[Old Ones]] "shunned as vaguely and namelessly evil."		* Dyer mentions "[[Kadath]] in the Cold Waste" while referring to a massive mountain range which even the [[Old Ones]] "shunned as vaguely and namelessly evil."

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	* In [[Wake Up Call (The 4400 episode)\|an episode]] of ''[[The 4400]]'', [[Kevin Burkhoff]], played by [[Jeffrey Combs]], who has appeared in Lovecraft-based films, is seen giving this book to a psychiatric patient.		* In [[Wake Up Call (The 4400 episode)\|an episode]] of ''[[The 4400]]'', [[Kevin Burkhoff]], played by [[Jeffrey Combs]], who has appeared in Lovecraft-based films, is seen giving this book to a psychiatric patient.

	* A sequel to the story, ''Hive'' by [[Tim Curran]], details a modern expedition to the Antarctica in which the team discover a subterranean flooded city still populated by Old Ones, who reach out with their minds and gradually drive most of the crew insane. The book references the original story directly, with quotes and characters, and also bears a strong resemblance to the Lovecraft-themed [[John Carpenter]] film ''[[The Thing (~~1984~~ film)\|The Thing]]''.		* A sequel to the story, ''Hive'' by [[Tim Curran]], details a modern expedition to the Antarctica in which the team discover a subterranean flooded city still populated by Old Ones, who reach out with their minds and gradually drive most of the crew insane. The book references the original story directly, with quotes and characters, and also bears a strong resemblance to the Lovecraft-themed [[John Carpenter]] film ''[[The Thing (1982 film)\|The Thing]]''.

	* Another sequel is the [[Charles Stross]] novella ''[[A Colder War]]'', which takes place in a world where the proposed follow-up expedition to Antarctica takes place and rediscovers the Elder Thing city as well as locating several more across Earth.		* Another sequel is the [[Charles Stross]] novella ''[[A Colder War]]'', which takes place in a world where the proposed follow-up expedition to Antarctica takes place and rediscovers the Elder Thing city as well as locating several more across Earth.

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	* [[Elder Things]]		* [[Elder Things]]
	* [[The Mound (~~short story~~)\|The Mound]]		* [[The Mound (fiction)\|The Mound]]
	* [[The Shadow Out of Time]]		* [[The Shadow Out of Time (fiction)]]





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	Graduate student at [[Miskatonic University (Location)\|Miskatonic University]]. As part of the Pabodie Expedition, he accompanies Dyer on a survey flight over the "[[Plateau of Leng]]" and goes mad after seeing something. He is described as "a great reader of bizarre material", and makes allusions to [[Edgar Allan Poe]] and the ''[[Necronomicon]]''.		Graduate student at [[Miskatonic University (Location)\|Miskatonic University]]. As part of the Pabodie Expedition, he accompanies Dyer on a survey flight over the "[[Plateau of Leng]]" and goes mad after seeing something. He is described as "a great reader of bizarre material", and makes allusions to [[Edgar Allan Poe]] and the ''[[Necronomicon]]''.

	According to [[Fritz Leiber]]'s "To Arkham and the Stars", he later recovered after being treated with experimental drugs developed by [[The Dunwich Horror#Morgan, (Professor) Francis\|Professor Morgan]], though he never recalled the horror he saw on the plateau. Afterwards, he became a professor of [[psychology]] at the university.		According to [[Fritz Leiber]]'s "To Arkham and the Stars", he later recovered after being treated with experimental drugs developed by [[The Dunwich Horror (fiction)#Morgan, (Professor) Francis\|Professor Morgan]], though he never recalled the horror he saw on the plateau. Afterwards, he became a professor of [[psychology]] at the university.
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	* The star-headed [[Elder Things]] also appear in "[[The Dreams in the Witch House]]" ([[1933 in literature\|1933]]), when the main character, Walter Gilman, visits a city of theirs in one of his dreams, and "[[The Shadow Out of Time]]", in which they are the vaguely-alluded-to antagonists of the [[Great Race of Yith]].		* The star-headed [[Elder Things]] also appear in "[[The Dreams in the Witch House]]" ([[1933 in literature\|1933]]), when the main character, Walter Gilman, visits a city of theirs in one of his dreams, and "[[The Shadow Out of Time]]", in which they are the vaguely-alluded-to antagonists of the [[Great Race of Yith]].
	* The expedition is sponsored by the Nathaniel Derby Pickman Foundation, combining two major names in Lovecraft's fiction: Derby and Pickman.<ref>Anthony Pearsall, ''The Lovecraft Lexicon'', p. 326.</ref> Richard Upton Pickman is the main character in Lovecraft's "[[Pickman's Model]]", while Edward Pickman Derby is the protagonist of his "The Thing on the Doorstep", and also one of his literary alter-egos.<ref>Ibid, p. 146.</ref>		* The expedition is sponsored by the Nathaniel Derby Pickman Foundation, combining two major names in Lovecraft's fiction: Derby and Pickman.<ref>Anthony Pearsall, ''The Lovecraft Lexicon'', p. 326.</ref> Richard Upton Pickman is the main character in Lovecraft's "[[Pickman's Model]]", while Edward Pickman Derby is the protagonist of his "The Thing on the Doorstep", and also one of his literary alter-egos.<ref>Ibid, p. 146.</ref>
	* The Elder Things record the coming of [[Cthulhu]] to Earth and the sinking of [[R'lyeh]], events referred to in "[[The Call of Cthulhu (~~Fiction~~)\|The Call of Cthulhu]]" ([[1928 in literature\|1928]]).		* The Elder Things record the coming of [[Cthulhu]] to Earth and the sinking of [[R'lyeh]], events referred to in "[[The Call of Cthulhu (fiction)\|The Call of Cthulhu]]" ([[1928 in literature\|1928]]).
	* The Elder Things' city is identified with the Plateau of [[Leng]], first mentioned in Lovecraft's "[[Celephais]]" ([[1920 in literature\|1920]]).		* The Elder Things' city is identified with the Plateau of [[Leng]], first mentioned in Lovecraft's "[[Celephais]]" ([[1920 in literature\|1920]]).
	* Some members of the expedition have read [[Miskatonic University (Location)\|Miskatonic University]]'s copy of the ''[[Necronomicon]]''.		* Some members of the expedition have read [[Miskatonic University (Location)\|Miskatonic University]]'s copy of the ''[[Necronomicon]]''.