Series
Nicholas Graydon
A. Merritt · 2 novels · 1 novella · 1923–1931
A. Merritt's Face in the Abyss duology began as a 1923 novelette in Argosy All-Story Weekly, later joined by its serialized 1930 sequel, The Snake Mother; both were combined into the single 1931 novel The Face in the Abyss. The pairing forms a classic lost-world adventure from the pulp era.
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Reading order
The order the books came out.
Best read in the order they were published.
Map
Nicholas Graydon at the centre, its books fanned around what holds them. Pick anything for its details, and zoom out for similar series in orbit — the reading order above lists the same books as text.
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By decade
- 1920s1
- 1930s2
Shape
2 novels · 1 novella
1 author · completed series
reads like:fantasyquestslost worldearly 20th centuryadventurousadult
Mood
Grim and intense: 67% of this series' placed works, the catalog's 46%.
this series · the catalog · one dot = one book3 of 3 works carry a tone
Edges of the map
- The Snake Motherdarkest · calmest
- The Face in the Abyssbrightest · most intense