Series
Walter Goodwin
A. Merritt · 2 novels · 1 novella · 1918–1945
The Moon Pool (1919) and The Metal Monster (1920) are connected fantasy-adventure novels by A. Merritt, both narrated by the same character, Dr. Walter Goodwin, as he encounters hidden ancient civilizations and forces beyond ordinary science. The Moon Pool began as two related stories serialized in All-Story Weekly before being combined into a novel, and its success led Merritt to send Goodwin into a second, similarly strange discovery in The Metal Monster the following year. The two books follow Goodwin from one uncanny expedition to the next rather than forming a tightly plotted continuing saga.
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Reading order
The order the books came out.
Best read in the order they were published.
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By decade
- 1910s2
- 1920s0
- 1930s0
- 1940s1
Shape
2 novels · 1 novella
1 author · completed series
reads like:fantasyexpeditionslost worldearly 20th centuryadventurousadult
Mood
Grim and intense: 100% 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 Metal Monsterdarkest · brightest · calmest · most intense