The Moon Pool (Illustrated) (Pulp Fiction Masters Book 55)

The Moon Pool – In the middle of the South Pacific, among the islands of Polynesia, there is a lost world under the earth’s surface, home to the evil Shining One and its acolytes. A party of archeologists stumble upon this lost subterranean land and must fight to save their own world on the earth’s surface. The Moon Pool has 15 illustrations. The Moon Pool (1918) – What was the dread cold thing that stole forth from white moonlight—to stalk back with human prey? Chapter I – The Throckmartin Mystery Chapter II – Down The Moon Path Chapter III – Into The Moon Pool Chapter IV – The Dweller Comes The Conquest of the Moon Pool (1919) – Beauty incomparable—devilish malignity unspeakable!—what dread secret lay in wait in the lair of the Shining One? Chapter I – The Dweller Chapter II – Larry O’Keefe Chapter III – The Moon Door Opens—and Shuts Chapter IV – The Moon Pool Chapter V – “I’d Follow Her Through Hell!” Chapter VI – Priestess Of The Shining One Chapter VII – The Angry, Whispering Globe Chapter VIII – The Lovely Hand Of Lurking Hate Chapter IX – The Amphitheater Of Hell Chapter X – “The Ladala Are Awake” Chapter XI – “These The Silent Ones Summon!” Chapter XII – The Council’s Decision Chapter XIII – Dragon Worm And Moss Death Chapter XIV – The Three Silent Ones Chapter XV – The Wooing Of Lakla Chapter XVI – In The Land Of The Dweller Chapter XVII – In The Beginning Chapter XVIII – “The Keth Has Power” Chapter XIX – The Meeting Of Titans Chapter XX – Von Hetzdorp Strikes! Afterward – Ponape- The Real “Moon Pool” The Moon Pool by Abraham Merritt (1884-1943), known as A. Merritt, was originally published as a short story in All-Story Weekly: “The Moon Pool” in 1918. Its novel length sequel, “Conquest of the Moon Pool” followed in 1919. These were then reworked into a novel released in 1919.

Times Literary Supplement (Times Literary Supplement )

"Students of early science fiction will welcome the University of Nebraska Press''s series Bison Frontiers of Imagination."

Kirkus Reviews (Kirkus Reviews )

“First published as a novel in 1919, this path-breaking genre piece was praised by the New York Times. . . . Merritt was among the first . . . to speculate in fiction about the implications of the new science, archeology, and anthropology at the turn of the century. . . . An entertaining ode to love and sacrifice.”

New York Times Book Review (New York Times Book Review )

“Fantasy, romance, adventure; something of mystery, something of the supernatural; a weaving together of ancient legends, older by far than any historical records, with the scientific knowledge of the present day; and side by side with these, yet far above and mastering them, the power of human love and willing self-sacrifice, the whole held together by a shimmering, glittering web of imagination . . . It marks the debut of a writer possessed of a very unusual, perhaps one might almost call it extraordinary, richness of imagination.”

About the Author

A. Merritt (1884–1943), one of the most popular American writers of science fiction and fantasy in the early twentieth century, is the author of several classic tales, including The Ship of Ishtar and The Face in the Abyss. Renowned science fiction writer Robert Silverberg is the recipient of multiple Hugo and Nebula Awards. His most recent novels include Sorcerers of Majipoor and Lord Prestimion.

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