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A. Merritt

The Moon Pool

The Moon Pool

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The Moon Pool (1918) is a novel by A. Merritt that was originally published as a pair of short stories in the Argosy All-Story Weekly. It is an influential work in the tradition of lost world fantasy and is widely regarded as Merritts finest work. The novel follows Dr. Goodwin, a brilliant scientist, who makes contact with the Dweller, a being created by a lost race residing in the Earths core, and the three Silent Ones, who are tasked with destroying it. This edition of the novel features a beautifully designed cover and professionally typeset manuscript.

Format: Hardback
Length: 262 pages
Publication date: 15 February 2022
Publisher: West Margin Press

The Moon Pool (1918) is a novel by A. Merritt. Originally published as a pair of short stories in the Argosy All-Story Weekly, Merritt’s novel is an influential work in the tradition of lost world fantasy, a subgenre pioneered by Edgar Rice Burroughs and Arthur Conan Doyle. Thought to have influenced H. P. Lovecraft’s “The Call of Cthulhu,” The Moon Pool is widely regarded as Merritt’s finest work. “Now the Thing was close to the end of the white path; close up to the barrier of darkness still between the ship and the sparkling head of the moon stream. Now it beat up against that barrier as a bird against the bars of its cage. It whirled with shimmering plumes, with swirls of lacy light, with spirals of living vapour.” While on a seafaring expedition, Dr. Goodwin, a brilliant scientist, first makes contact with a being known to some as the Dweller, and to others as the Shining One. Created by a lost race residing in the Earth’s core, the Dweller soon broke free from its masters and took on a capacity for evil. Now, all that remains of the once vibrant and advanced underground civilization are the three Silent Ones, wise and immortal beings whose duty—if they can fulfill it—is to destroy the Dweller once and for all. Joined by pilot Larry O’Keefe, Dr. Goodwin voyages underground to learn more about the creature he first saw by the light of the moon. With a beautifully designed cover and professionally typeset manuscript, this edition of A. Merritt’s The Moon Pool is a classic of American fantasy fiction reimagined for modern readers.


Dimension: 203 x 127 (mm)
ISBN-13: 9781513132303

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