The first part was published as the moon pool in the magazine allstory weekly, june 22, 1918. Goodwins exploration of the ancient ruins of nan madol in. Around his chest, above his heart, the skin was white as pearl. Occasionally my random impulse buys at the bookstore turn out to be unusually fruitful. The moon pool is a fantasy novel by abraham merritt 18841943. One was high priest to the moon and the other high priest to the sun.
The main characters of this fantasy, fiction story are. American editor and author of works of fantastic fiction. The mass of this people were blackhaired, but the sun king and his nobles were ruddy with hair like mine. It was first serialized in argosy allstory weekly in 1920 and features the return of dr. The moon pool is a fantasy novel set on the island of ponape amongst. Abraham grace merritt wikisource, the free online library. The second part was published as conquest of the moon pool in the same magazine in 1919.
Pdf where the mountain meets the moon book by grace lin. Pdf the moon pool book by abraham grace merritt free. The book was published in multiple languages including english, consists of 287 pages and is available in paperback format. Also download the kindle cover thumbnail to see the cover in your kindles library.
Pressing back the questions i longed to ask, i introduced myself. Media in category abraham grace merritt the following files are in this category, out of total. Moonrise and moonset time, moon direction, and moon phase in merritt island florida usa for april 2020. The dark mystery behind the malevolent force is muria, a forgotten, mythic world deep within the earth that is home to a legendary people intent on reclaiming what was theirs long ago.
This page was last edited on 31 august 2018, at 19. These were then reworked into a novel released in 1919. Global grey free pdf, epub, kindle ebook, or read online. Through the dragon glass isbn 9781609775018 pdf epub. The moon pool novel, 1919 originally published in two parts the moon pool novelette, all story weekly, june 1918. And edith in the moon poolwith themdrawn by what you saw on the moon paththat has put its brand upon meand follows me. Download it once and read it on your kindle device, pc, phones or tablets. The moon pool 1918 and its sequel, conquest of the moon pool 1919. Through the dragon glass 1917 the people of the pit 1918 the moon pool novel, 1919 originally published in two parts. And this, the three say, goodwin, came about because for. The moon pool by abraham merritt read online global grey. The moon pool is a fantasy novel by american writer abraham merritt.
This novel chronicles the adventures of a party of explorers who discover a previously unknown underground world full of strange peoples and superscientific wonders. Later a very popular writer starting in 1919 of the teens, twenties and thirties, horror and fantasy genres. The moon pool, the metal monster, the people of the pit, and more. The main characters of this fantasy, science fiction story are. The moon pool by abraham merritt, free pdf, ebook global grey. The moon pool novelette, all story weekly, june 1918 the conquest of the moon pool novel, all. The moon pool ebook by abraham grace merritt rakuten kobo. Project gutenberg offers 61,679 free ebooks for kindle, ipad, nook, android, and iphone. Project gutenberg offers 61,615 free ebooks to download.
Free download or read online the moon pool pdf epub book. The moon pool is supposedly a laypersons account transcribed by abraham merritt of dr. Librivox recording of the moon pool by abraham merritt. Initially serialized in allstory weekly, merritt made the interesting choice of. Files are available under licenses specified on their description page. In 1894, he moved with his family to philadelphia, pennsylvania. The book was published in multiple languages including english, consists of 282 pages and is available in hardcover format.
Merritt, born in new jersey moved as a child to philadelphia, pa. And upon treebordered promenades on each side walked. The breathless prose seems offkilter today and the flip racism shines an unflattering light on a lessenlightened time. These were then reworked into this edition, a novel released in 1919. Between the three of us and them was a ring of curdled moon flames, swirling about the shining one and its priestess, pressing in upon them, enfolding them. Buy moon pool, the by merritt, abraham from amazons fiction books store. Eventually their most intelligent members create an offspring. Everyday low prices on a huge range of new releases and classic fiction. Use features like bookmarks, note taking and highlighting while reading the moon pool. First published as a novel in 1919, this pathbreaking genre piece was praised by the new york times, whose.
Goodwin, would later appear in merritt s second novel the metal monster 1920. Free download or read online where the mountain meets the moon pdf epub book. Moonrise, moonset, and moon phase in merritt island. This created entity encompasses both great good and great evil, but it slowly turns away from its creators and towards evil. Abraham merritt was a journalist, editor, and pulp writer. Abraham grace merritt january 20, 1884 august 21, 1943 known by his byline, a. He had bought, it appeared, my volume upon the peculiar vegetation whose habitat is disintegrating lava rock and volcanic ash, that i had entitled, somewhat. One of the most gripping fantasies ever written, the moon pool embodies all the romanticism and poetic nostalgia characteristic of a. The moon pool by abraham merritt, full text online. Set on the island of ponape, full of ruins from ancient civilizations, the novel chronicles the adventures of a party of explorers who discover a previously unknown underground world full of strange peoples and superscientific wonders. Through the dragon glass is a fantasy short story by the author of the moon pool.
The metal monster is an abraham merritt fantasy novel. As a general rule i have only documented these two superb reference books when i have quoted from them, but i have referred to both books literally hundreds of times during the preparation of this manuscript to check exact titles, dates, the. I had never heard of merritts work before, even though he was an enormously successful author. Merritts novel the moon pool has several similarities with the hit television program lost. The road flashed to a wide square, where rose, from a base of that same silvery stone that formed the lip of the moon pool, a titanic structure of seven terraces. It originally appeared as two short stories in allstory weekly. The moon pool by abraham merritt free ebook project gutenberg. Buy ebook the moon pool by abraham merritt, ebook format, from the dymocks online bookstore. The moon pool deals with an advanced race which has developed within the earths core. Merritt in turned drew inspiration from earlier fantasy writers, including h.
And, just as there, but far smaller, was a passage end, a low curved wall facing a shaft not black as had been that abode of living darkness, but faintly. Set on the island of ponape, full of ruins from ancient civilizations, the novel chronicles the adventures of a party of explorers who discover a previously unknown underground world full of. Abraham grace merritt january 20, 1884august 21, 1943 known by his byline, a. The entity is called either the dweller or the shining one. Oddly enough, i found that he knew me, or rather my work. Books by merritt, abraham sorted by popularity project gutenberg. Abraham grace merritt was born in beverly, new jersey. David throckmartins scientific expedition to the south sea islands discovers among ancient ruins a portal into muria, an unknown underground world. The moon pool by abraham merritt overdrive rakuten.
The moon pool by abraham merritt free at loyal books. The moon pool is a fantasy novel set on the island of ponape amongst ruins of an ancient civilisation. In 1912 he became assistant editor of the american weekly until 1937, when he became its editor. All structured data from the file and property namespaces is available under the creative commons cc0 license. The moon pool is a lostworld novel in the tradition of jules verne. Abraham merritt 18841943 was a respected journalist and has been cited as an influence on a number of authors, including h. Goodwin, would later appear in merritts second novel the metal monster 1920. The first edition of the novel was published in 1919, and was written by abraham grace merritt. The moon pool originally appeared in serialized form in 1919 and was an instant hit. Abraham grace merritt, a science fiction writer and also a journalist by profession from philadelphia usa has gone to the depths of fantasizing a. Set on the island of ponape, full of ruins from ancient civilizations, the novel chronicles the adventures of a party of explorers who discover. Merritt was born on the 20th january, 1884 in new jersey, america. After christmas, i was looking to spend some of my gift card money and happened across a copy of a.
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