A fantasy tale of adventure. Abraham Merrit was an American writer known for his speculative fiction. His work has had a clear influence on the movies of the mid-1900's.
A fantasy tale of adventure. Abraham Merrit was an American writer known for his speculative fiction. His work has had a clear influence on the movies...
The Moon Pool is a fantasy novel by Abraham Merritt (1884-1943). It originally appeared as two short stories in All-Story Weekly: "The Moon Pool" (1918) and its sequel, "Conquest of the Moon Pool" (1919). These were then reworked into a novel released in 1919. The protagonist, Dr. Goodwin, would later appear in Merritt's second novel The Metal Monster (1920). The plot concerns an advanced race which has developed within the Earth's core. Eventually their most intelligent members breed a creature. This created entity encompasses both great good and great evil, but it slowly turns away from its...
The Moon Pool is a fantasy novel by Abraham Merritt (1884-1943). It originally appeared as two short stories in All-Story Weekly: "The Moon Pool" (191...
Armchair fiction presents extra large paperback editions of the best in classic science fiction novels. "The Moon Pool" is written by one of the great authors of early science fiction and fantasy, Abraham Merritt. An ancient horror comes to life. There was a forsaken island in the South Pacific-Ponape was its name. It was an island was filled with ancient mystery. During the hours of darkness, the full moon illuminated the decadent ruins of an elder civilization-a civilization that vanished long ago. But one day, freed from the depths of the ocean, came the Dweller, a glittering, mysterious,...
Armchair fiction presents extra large paperback editions of the best in classic science fiction novels. "The Moon Pool" is written by one of the great...
2014 Reprint of 1961 Edition. Full facsimile of the original edition, not reproduced with Optical Recognition Software. Originally published in 1919, "The Moon Pool" is a fantasy novel by Abraham Merritt (1884-1943). It originally appeared as two short stories in "All-Story Weekly." The book is narrated by Dr. Walter T. Goodwin, an American botanist. It begins with his chance meeting of an old colleague, David Throckmartin, on a ship traveling from the islands of Indonesia to Melbourne. Throckmartin is in a state of extreme agitation, and - after both men witness a horrifying supernatural...
2014 Reprint of 1961 Edition. Full facsimile of the original edition, not reproduced with Optical Recognition Software. Originally published in 1919, ...
For two months I had been on the d'Entrecasteaux Islands gathering data for the concluding chapters of my book upon the flora of the volcanic islands of the South Pacific. The day before I had reached Port Moresby and had seen my specimens safely stored on board the Southern Queen. As I sat on the upper deck I thought, with homesick mind, of the long leagues between me and Melbourne, and the longer ones between Melbourne and New York.
For two months I had been on the d'Entrecasteaux Islands gathering data for the concluding chapters of my book upon the flora of the volcanic islands ...
His fiction, eight complete novels and a number of short stories, 4] was only a sideline to his journalism career. One of the best-paid journalists of his era, Merritt made $25,000 per year by 1919, and at the end of his life was earning $100,000 yearly-exceptional sums for the period. His financial success allowed him to pursue world travel-he invested in real estate in Jamaica and Ecuador-and exotic hobbies, like cultivating orchids and plants linked to witchcraft and magic (monkshood, wolfbane, blue datura, peyote, and cannabis
His fiction, eight complete novels and a number of short stories, 4] was only a sideline to his journalism career. One of the best-paid journalists o...
