Abraham Merritt (1888-1943) was one of the greats of pulp fiction, although up until recently his work was largely forgotten. Recently, two of his novels were reprinted, The Moon Pool (1919) and The Metal Monster (1920), both of which I’ve blogged about in some detail. I found The Moon Pool , on the whole, a rather ordinary pulp adventure novel punctuated by scenes of brilliant weirdness, while The Metal Monster was a truly unique masterpiece of weird fiction. I wanted to see where ot
Tags: Abraham Merritt, Adventure Novel, Masterpiece, Metal Monster, Mirage, Moon Pool, Novels, Pulp Fiction, Weird Fiction, Weirdness
