Background
Abraham Merritt was born on January 20, 1884 in Beverly, New Jersey, United States, into the family of Quakers.
Philadelphia, PA 19104, USA
Abram Merritt attended University of Pennsylvania.
(The Moon Pool is a fantasy novel by American writer Abrah...)
The Moon Pool is a fantasy novel by American writer Abraham Merritt. It originally appeared as two short stories in All-Story Weekly: "The Moon Pool" and its sequel, "Conquest of the Moon Pool". These were then reworked into a novel released in 1919.
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1919
(The goddess of love and beauty was adrift on an enchanted...)
The goddess of love and beauty was adrift on an enchanted ocean in a magic world. The myriad forces of satanic evil plagued the vessel of the red-haired, passionate goddess. Only one man, John Kenton, the American adventurer, could save Ishtar's priestess from the black magic which divides her world from ours. Additionally you'll get to see some interesting images and you'll get Summary of every story you read.
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1926
(James Kirkham is a fearless explorer, who came back to Ne...)
James Kirkham is a fearless explorer, who came back to New York from a very profitable trip in China. He gets kidnapped off the streets of downtown Manhattan by the minions of a crime lord and evil genius who calls himself Satan.
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1928
(The Face in the Abyss is a fantasy novel by American writ...)
The Face in the Abyss is a fantasy novel by American writer A. Merritt. It is composed of a novelette with the same title and its sequel, "The Snake Mother". It was first published in its complete form in 1931 by Horace Liveright. The novel concerns American mining engineer Nicholas Graydon. While searching for lost Inca treasure in South America, he encounters Suarra, handmaiden to the Snake Mother of Yu-Atlanchi.
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1931
(Dwellers in the Mirage is a fantasy novel by American wri...)
Dwellers in the Mirage is a fantasy novel by American writer A. Merritt. It was first published in book form in 1932 by Horace Liveright. The novel was originally serialized in six parts in the magazine Argosy beginning with the January 23, 1932 issue.
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1934
(Creep, Shadow!by Abraham Merritt Creep, Shadow!: Large Pr...)
Creep, Shadow!by Abraham Merritt Creep, Shadow!: Large Print By Abraham Merritt Merritt's stories typically revolve around conventional pulp magazine themes: lost civilizations, hideous monsters, etc.
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1934
("Dr. Goodwin is on a botanical expedition in the Himalaya...)
"Dr. Goodwin is on a botanical expedition in the Himalayas. There he meets Dick Drake, the son of one of his old science acquaintances. They are witnesses of a strange aurora-like effect, but seemingly a deliberate one. As they go out to investigate, they meet Goodwin's old friends Martin and Ruth Ventnor, brother and sister scientists. The two are besieged by Persians as Darius III led when Alexander of Macedon conquered them more than two thousand years ago.
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1946
(A Quartet of Fantasy Classics! The Women of the Wood & Ot...)
A Quartet of Fantasy Classics! The Women of the Wood & Other Stories contains the complete text of four of A. (for Abraham) Merritt's greatest tales.
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2002
(A. Merritt was an american fantasist, science-fiction wri...)
A. Merritt was an american fantasist, science-fiction writer, and journalist. Most of his novels remained in print in both hardcover and paperback, and in 1959, one of his publishers estimated that his books had at that time sold over four million copies. In 1999 he was honored with a place in the Science Fiction Hall of Fame for his contribution to science fiction and fantasy.
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Abraham Merritt was born on January 20, 1884 in Beverly, New Jersey, United States, into the family of Quakers.
Abram Merritt attended University of Pennsylvania. He dropped out due to a lack of funds.
Abraham Grace Merritt pursued a career in journalism. As a cub reporter for the Philadelphia Inquirer, he apparently witnessed, according to science fiction historian Sam Moskowitz, “an event of such crucial political significance” that some unknown party financed a year-long out-of-the-country vacation for Merritt to remove him from the public spotlight. Merritt never revealed what had happened to cause this turn of events. During his time away he studied the Mayan civilization in Central America and Mexico, focusing on studies of folklore and the occult as well as the archaeological evidence. That year had an immeasurable impact on his later writings.
Merritt returned to the Philadelphia Inquirer and earned a reputation as an able chronicler of violent events, such as murders, executions, and lynchings. His competent reporting led to his position as the Inquirer’s night city editor. In 1912 he joined the staff of William Randolph Hearst’s Sunday Supplement (later the American Weekly) in New York City. He worked for the publication for the rest of his career, reaching to its top editorial post in 1937. One of the highest paid journalists of his time, Merritt kept houses both in New York and in Florida, where he also owned experimental farms, including the first olive groves in Florida.
The basis of Merritt’s fantastic novel The Moon Pool sprang from a scientific theory that was popular at the time — that the Moon was formed from a huge hunk of rock that was wrenched away from the Earth, leaving behind a hole that became the Pacific Ocean. Merritt was praised by critics for his action-filled story telling, his dramatic pacing, and his clever mixing of science and folklore.
Merritt’s second novel, The Ship of Ishtar (1926), opens with an archaeologist contemplating a jade replica of a galley ship unearthed during a Babylonian dig. Suddenly dazed, he falls into a deep sleep and awakens aboard the Ship of Ishtar. Merritt cast his net wide for The Ship of Ishtar, utilizing elements from a wide variety of mythological systems, including the Norse (Sigurd the Viking puts in an appearance). The author was considered more focused in such works as Face in the Abyss (1931) and Dwellers in the Mirage (1934) about, respectively, the discovery of a lost civilization in the Andes and of one in Alaska. As in his other two fantasy/ science fiction epics, the battle between good and evil is acted on a large stage.
Merritt also wrote several novels with strong occult elements. His Seven Footsteps to Satan (1928) recounts the uncovering of a Satanic cult in New York City. Burn, Witch, Burn! (1933) and Creep, Shadow! (1934) have similar plots. A critic in the Saturday Review of Literature complimented Merritt on Seven Footsteps to Satan for “very powerfully” crafting this mystery thriller.
(Creep, Shadow!by Abraham Merritt Creep, Shadow!: Large Pr...)
1934(A classic horror tale of murderous dolls who have been an...)
1933(A Quartet of Fantasy Classics! The Women of the Wood & Ot...)
2002(James Kirkham is a fearless explorer, who came back to Ne...)
1928(The goddess of love and beauty was adrift on an enchanted...)
1926(The Moon Pool is a fantasy novel by American writer Abrah...)
1919(Dwellers in the Mirage is a fantasy novel by American wri...)
1934(The Face in the Abyss is a fantasy novel by American writ...)
1931("Dr. Goodwin is on a botanical expedition in the Himalaya...)
1946(A. Merritt was an american fantasist, science-fiction wri...)
Merritt’s literary style in his fantasy works was idiosyncratic and full of complicated imagery. Merritt used exotic language in order to convey a sense of the alien, to make every effort possible to distance the reader from mundanity. Merritt is by no means the only fantasy writer to have attempted to make escapism both a vocation and an artform, but he did so with an intensity which few others could match.
Merritt was described as a hypochondriac who talked endlessly about his medical symptoms, and showed eccentric behavior like a need to try out any food, tobacco and medicine he found on his coworkers desks. Occasionally he would dress in a kilt and play serenades for his coworkers with some of his huge collection of instruments he kept in a locked closet at work. He was well liked for his fairness and inability to fire any employees.
Abraham Grace Merritt married Eleanor Ratcliffe. After the death of the first wife, he married Eleanor Humphrey, with whom he had a daughter.