A. Merritt (1) (1884–1943)
Auteur van The Moon Pool
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A. Merritt (1) via een alias veranderd in Abraham Merritt.
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Titels zijn toegeschreven aan Abraham Merritt.
Dwellers in the Mirage / The Face in the Abyss (Two books in one Volume : Complete and Unabridged) (1953) 12 exemplaren
Delphi Complete Works of A. Merritt (Illustrated) (Delphi Series Eleven Book 9) (English Edition) (2020) 2 exemplaren
The Face in the Abyss [novella] 1 exemplaar
The Moon Pool [short story] 1 exemplaar
The Whelming Of Cherkis [From The Metal Monster] 1 exemplaar
L'universo di Cthulhu 1 exemplaar
The Drone Man 1 exemplaar
Rataciti in miraj 1 exemplaar
Die schlangen mutter 1 exemplaar
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- Merritt, A.
- Officiële naam
- Merritt, Abraham Grace
- Pseudoniemen en naamsvarianten
- Fenimore, W.
- Geboortedatum
- 1884-01-20
- Overlijdensdatum
- 1943-08-21
- Geslacht
- male
- Nationaliteit
- USA
- Geboorteplaats
- Beverly, New Jersey, USA
- Plaats van overlijden
- Indian Rocks Beach, Florida, USA
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Leif, who has Nordic heritage, and Jim are travelling in a remote area of Alaska where they are meant to be looking for gold, at some time after WWI (where they served together after meeting at University). After they hear mysterious drums, Leif eventually unburdens to Jim and tells him of his experiences when he was working as an engineer in the Gobi Desert. He got on very well with the Mongolian tribes and found that his natural gift for languages enabled him to communicate with them easily (and refreshingly there is not the kind of description of such people that would have been found in the work of contemporaries of Merritt's such as H P Lovecraft). When his team moved north they came into contact with a strange tribe who usually kept themselves to themselves, but who showed an instant proprietary interest in Leif and taught him their language. They then showed up in force and Leif told his employer and colleagues to let them take him as he realised there would be a bloodbath otherwise - and to instantly depart south to the area of the friendly tribes leaving him to extricate himself.
The experiences which followed have haunted Leif since and now he senses that he is about to be drawn into the ambit of the Lovecraftesque being which is worshipped by the mysterious tribe. I won't say more about the plot other than it in some ways draws on the romantic tradition of the lost peoples living in their own mini paradise - Shangri La and the like - which were popular in fiction of the late Victorian period, popularised by writers such as H. Rider Haggard. On the whole, the various ethnic characters and women are treated with respect although Leif's romantic interest Evalie is a bit of a non character.
I found this a bit slow in the middle but it did pick up and on the whole is an entertaining adventure romp with a bit of philosophy regarding whether reincarnation exists or an ancestral memory. It wasn't a keeper, but was a workmanlike read and I am giving it a 3-star rating.… (meer)