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The Classic Book-The Moon Pool by A. Merritt.
While many writers over the years have written novels that fall into the “Lost World” genre, one novel stands out among the rest, Moon Pool, by A. Merritt. Full of nostalgia and romanticism for adventure and discovery, this novel takes the futuristic elements from science fiction and mixes them with the thrills of adventure stories.
The Moon Pool
by Merritt, A - Editions, Mint
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.
More About the Author- A.Merritt
A. Merritt (1884-1943) was an American editor and fantastic fiction writer. Born Abraham Grace Merritt in Beverly, New Jersey, he moved with his family to Philadelphia in 1894. Merritt worked as a reporter for The Philadelphia Inquirer before joining the staff of The American Weekly as assistant editor in 1912. On the side, Merritt--one of the highest paid journalists of his time--found success as writer of popular fantasy tales. He had a run of successful stories and serial novels that appeared in Weird Tales, Science and Invention, and Argosy, including The Moon Pool (1918), The Metal Monster (1920), and Dwellers in the Mirage (1932). Merritt was a direct influence on such writers as H. P. Lovecraft and Richard Shaver and was recognized for his achievements as a 1999 inductee to the Science Fiction and Fantasy Hall of Fame.
The Modern Companion- Goliath by Tochi Onyebuchi
Goliath, by Tochi Onyebuchi doesn’t technically fall into the category of “Lost World.” However, it gives readers the same feeling of discovering a world that has been lost to humans. This collection takes readers to a version of Earth that was deserted then re-colonized by people of wealth and privilege
In 2050, wealthy people began to flee Earth for space colonies, leaving the poor behind. Despite the mass exodus, capitalism still reigns supreme as those left on Earth must work to ship building supplies to space in order to survive. Most of the stories in this collection take place as people from the colonies begin to return to Earth to see what remains and what they can claim as their own.
by Onyebuchi, Tochi
A New York Times Editors' Choice Pick!
A Best Book of the Year for Time NPR The Guardian Gizmodo Portalist New York Public Library
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Locus Award Finalist! Connecticut Book Award for Fiction winner! Dragon Award Finalist!
"In this ambitious novel, dense with perspectives and social commentary, Onyebuchi dreams up disparate lives in a crumbling future America--with gentrifiers returning to Earth from space colonies and laborers trying to make a precarious living--while leaving room for moments of beauty and humor."--The New York Times, Editors' Choice
In his adult novel debut, Hugo, Nebula, Locus, and NAACP Image Award finalist and ALA Alex and New England Book Award winner Tochi Onyebuchi delivers a sweeping science fiction epic in the vein of Samuel R. Delany and Station Eleven.
In the 2050s, Earth has begun to empty. Those with the means and the privilege have departed the great cities of the United States for the more comfortable confines of space colonies. Those left behind salvage what they can from the collapsing infrastructure. As they eke out an existence, their neighborhoods are being cannibalized. Brick by brick, their houses are sent to the colonies, what was once a home now a quaint reminder for the colonists of the world that they wrecked.
A primal biblical epic flung into the future, Goliath weaves together disparate narratives--a space-dweller looking at New Haven, Connecticut as a chance to reconnect with his spiraling lover; a group of laborers attempting to renew the promises of Earth's crumbling cities; a journalist attempting to capture the violence of the streets; a marshal trying to solve a kidnapping--into a richly urgent mosaic about race, class, gentrification, and who is allowed to be the hero of any history.
More About the Author - Tochi Onyebuchi
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Tochi Onyebuchi is the author of the young adult novel Beasts Made of Night, which won the Ilube Nommo Award for Best Speculative Fiction Novel by an African, its sequel, Crown of Thunder, and War Girls. His novella Riot Baby, a finalist for the Hugo, the Nebula, the Locus, the Ignyte, and the NAACP Image Awards, won the New England Book Award for Fiction and an ALA Alex Award. He holds a B.A. from Yale, a M.F.A. in screenwriting from the Tisch School for the Arts, a Master's degree in droit économique from Sciences Po, and a J.D. from Columbia Law School. His fiction has appeared in Panverse Three, Asimov's Science Fiction, Obsidian, Omenana Magazine, Uncanny, and Lightspeed. His non-fiction has appeared in Tor.com, Nowhere Magazine, the Oxford University Press blog, and the Harvard Journal of African American Public Policy, among other places.
If you want more science fiction works from A.Merrit check out these books.
The Metal Monster
by Merritt, A
Armchair fiction presents extra-large paperback editions of the best in classic science fiction novels. A. Merritt's "The Metal Monster" is the seventh installment of our "Lost World-Lost Race Classics" series. The four of them discovered a lost world filled with monsters! Hidden deep in the heart of an unknown region in Asia was a monstrous lost race of metal monstrosities, which vibrated with a fantastic electronic life force. Wise with their knowledge of the outside world, this race of solid metal monsters dreamed of the day when their harder-than-steel hordes, mountain high, could roll down upon the unsuspecting world, smashing and obliterating the entire human race. It was up to a small band of four adventurers-three men and a girl-to somehow stop the impending wave of destruction and save mankind from a horrifying fate. "The Metal Monster" is a an unforgettable thrill ride by one of the early pioneers of science fiction, Abraham Merritt.
The Face in the Abyss and Other Fantastic Tales
by Merritt, A
Armchair fiction presents extra-large paperback editions of the best in classic science fiction novels. A.Merritt's "The Face in the Abyss and Other Fantastic Tales" is the seventeenth installment of our "Lost World-Lost Race Classics" series. He squared off with an unimaginable power of the supernatural. After weeks of toiling through treacherous country, Nicholas Graydon and his partners found themselves lost in the Peruvian wilderness on a hunt for lost Incan treasure. Seemingly alone in this wild region, they soon encountered Suarra, a mysterious and beautiful woman who promised Graydon by all her power, and by that of the mysterious Snake Mother, that she would help him... But Suarra's promise took Graydon and his companions through the mountain valleys of Yu-Atlanchi where they came face to face with dinosaurs, strange, unimaginable beasts, and worst of all...their own greed. Although Suarra's promise was to help Graydon, the stalwart American adventurer soon found himself facing the deadliest of consequences. And before long he was compelled to not only prove his worth to the Snake Mother, but to also win a battle of wills between himself and the dreaded Face in the Abyss..