Although Merritt did not invent the "lost world" novel--he followed in the footsteps of Bulwer-Lytton, Conan Doyle, Burroughs, and others--this work extended the tradition.
The Moon Pool is a fantasy novel by American writer Abraham Merritt. It originally appeared as two short stories in All-Story Weekly: "The Moon Pool" (1918) and its sequel, "Conquest of the Moon Pool" (1919).
The protagonist, Dr. Goodwin, would later appear in Merritt's second novel The Metal Monster (1920).Although Merritt did not invent the "lost world" novel-he followed in the footsteps of Bulwer-Lytton, Conan Doyle, Burroughs, and others ...
Abraham Grace Merritt (January 20, 1884 - August 21, 1943) - known by his byline, A. Merritt - was an American Sunday magazine editor and a writer of fantastic fiction.
North Dakota is like nowhere Colleen has ever seen. Vast plains of silver snow, studded with shimmering black pools, lit by flares of orange light. This is the landscape that swallowed her son.
Reproduction of the original.
A Carribean Adventure
The first scholarly edition of a classic science fiction novel.