Moon Pool

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A. Merritt: Moon Pool (2019, Independently Published)

English language

Published Jan. 27, 2019 by Independently Published.

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978-1-0863-4744-9
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The Moon Pool, in novel form, is a combination and fix-up of two previously-published short stories: “The Moon Pool,” and “Conquest of the Moon Pool.” Initially serialized in All-Story Weekly, Merritt made the interesting choice of framing the novel as a sort of scientific retelling, going so far as to include footnotes from fictional scientists, to give this completely fantastic work an air of authenticity.

        <p>In it we find the adventuresome botanist William T. Goodwin embarking on a quest to help his friend Throckmortin, whose wife and friends have fallen victim to a mysterious temple ruin on a remote South Pacific island. A series of coincidences provides Goodwin with a colorful cast of accompanying adventurers, and they soon find themselves in a mysterious futuristic underworld.</p>
        <p><i>The Moon Pool</i> is an important entry in the Lost World genre, in no small part because it was a significant influence on …

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