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A. Merritt

Born

in Beverly, New Jersey, The United States

January 20, 1884

Died

August 21, 1943

Genre

Fantasy, Horror, Science Fiction

Influences

H.Rider Haggard, Gertrude Barrows Bennett and Edgar Rice Burroughs. ...more

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Abraham Grace Merritt, wrote under the name of A. Merritt, born in New Jersey moved as a child to Philadelphia, Pa. in 1894, began studying law and than switched to journalism. Later a very popular writer starting in 1919 of the teens, twenties and thirties, horror and fantasy genres. King of the purple prose, most famous The Moon Pool, a south seas lost island civilization, hidden underground and The Ship of Ishtar, an Arabian Nights type fable, and six other novels and short stories collections (he had written at first, just for fun). Nobody could do that variety better, sold millions of books in his career. The bright man, became editor of the most successful magazine during the Depression, The American Weekly , with a fabulous $100,000 ...more

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Average rating: 3.66 · 9,279 ratings · 1,217 reviews · 245 distinct works • Similar authors

	The Moon Pool (Dr. Goodwin #1) 3.33 avg rating — 1,158 ratings — published 1919 — 499 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Burn, Witch, Burn! (Burn Witch Burn #1) 3.60 avg rating — 1,009 ratings — published 1933	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Ship of Ishtar 3.55 avg rating — 636 ratings — published 1924 — 237 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Dwellers in the Mirage 3.71 avg rating — 462 ratings — published 1932 — 94 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Seven Footprints to Satan 3.63 avg rating — 310 ratings — published 1928 — 176 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Face in the Abyss 3.55 avg rating — 317 ratings — published 1923 — 241 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Гори, відьмо, гори! Повзи, тінь, повзи! by A. Merritt, Абрахам Мерріт, Марта Сахно (Translator) really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 222 ratings — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Metal Monster (Dr. Goodwin #2 ) 3.09 avg rating — 259 ratings — published 1920 — 300 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Creep, Shadow! (Burn Witch Burn#2) 3.57 avg rating — 190 ratings — published 1934 — 124 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The People of the Pit 3.48 avg rating — 164 ratings — published 1918 — 14 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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Quotes by A. Merritt (?)

“From the first she showed a curious sensitivity to what, I suppose, may be called the 'influences' of the place. She said it 'smelled' of ghosts and warlocks.”
― A. Merritt, The Moon Pool

tags: pulp-fiction, sci-fi

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“If you're in love, love to the limit; and if you hate, why hate like the devil and if it's a fight you're in, get where it's hottest and fight like hell - if you don't life's not worth the living.”
― A. Merritt, The Moon Pool

tags: fighting, hatred, life, love

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“I realize, of course, that it is not true logic to argue--"The world is not as we think it is--therefore everything we think impossible is possible in it." Even if it be different, it is governed by law. The truly impossible is that which is outside law, and as nothing can be outside law, the impossible cannot exist.”
― Abraham Merritt, The Moon Pool

tags: abraham-merritt, the-moon-pool

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May 2022 BotM: 1920-39, The Pulp Era

When Worlds Collide by Philip Wylie

18 votes, 62.1%

The Metal Monster by A. Merritt

6 votes, 20.7%

The Jameson Satellite by Neil R. Jones

5 votes, 17.2%

29 total votes

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