Title: The Moon Pool

Title: The Moon Pool Title Record # 16333
Author: A. Merritt
Date: 1919-00-00
Type: NOVEL
Series: Walter Goodwin
Series Number: 1
Webpages: books.google.be, Wikipedia-EN
Language: English

Note: The first part was published as "The Moon Pool" in the magazine All-Story Weekly, June 22, 1918. The second part was published as "Conquest of the Moon Pool" in the same magazine in 1919. Both parts were revised for book publication.

Synopsis: From the Internet Database of Fiction: On the island of Ponape in the South Pacific, the cold light of a full moon washes over the crumbling ruins of an ancient, vanished civilization. Unleashed from the depths is the Dweller, a glittering, enigmatic force of monstrous terror and radiant beauty that stalks the South Pacific, claiming all in its path. An international expedition led by American Walter Goodwin races to save those who have fallen victim to the Dweller. The dark mystery behind the malevolent force is Muria, a forgotten, mythic world deep within the earth that is home to a legendary people intent on reclaiming what was theirs long ago...

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Serializations

Year	Title
2005	The Moon Pool [as by Abraham Merritt]
2013	The Moon Pool [as by Abraham Grace Merritt]
2017	The Moon Pool & The Conquest of the Moon Pool [as by Abraham Merritt]

Year	Language	Title
1957^ⓘTranslated by H. Wertheuner	French	Le gouffre de la Lune [as by Abraham Merritt]
1970^ⓘTranslated by 川口正吉 (Shōkichi Kawaguchi).	Japanese	ムーン・プール^?Mun puru [as by A・メリット^?A. Merritto ]
1978^ⓘTranslated by Bernd W. Holzrichter	German	Der Mondsee [as by Abraham Merritt]
1998	Italian	Il pozzo della luna [as by Abraham Merritt]
2019^ⓘTranslated by Books桜鈴堂	Japanese	ムーン・プール: 第1部ナン・マドール編^?Mūn pūru: Dai 1-bu Nan Madōru-hen Mun puru: Dai 1-bu Nan Madoru-hen [as by エイブラハム・メリット^?Eiburahamu Meritto ]
2020^ⓘTranslated by BOOKS桜鈴堂	Japanese	ムーン･プール: 第2部ムリア編^?Mūn pūru: Dai 2-bu Muria-hen Mun puru: Dai 2-bu Muria-hen [as by エイブラハム・メリット^?Eiburahamu Meritto ]
2022^ⓘTranslated by uncredited. Possibly the 1978 Bernd W. Holzrichter translation.	German	Der Mondsee: Eure Liebe, euer Leben, eure Seelen [as by Abraham Merritt]

Year	Title
1919	The Conquest of the Moon Pool (Part 1 of 6)
1919	The Conquest of the Moon Pool (Part 2 of 6)
1919	The Conquest of the Moon Pool (Part 3 of 6)
1919	The Conquest of the Moon Pool (Part 4 of 6)
1919	The Conquest of the Moon Pool (Part 5 of 6)
1919	The Conquest of the Moon Pool (Part 6 of 6)
1927^ⓘThis series combined the short story "The Moon Pool" and the novel "The Conquest of the Moon Pool".	The Moon Pool (Part 1 of 3)
1927	The Moon Pool (Part 2 of 3)
1927	The Moon Pool (Part 3 of 3)
1939	The Conquest of the Moon Pool (Part 1 of 6)
1939	The Conquest of the Moon Pool (Part 2 of 6)
1940	The Conquest of the Moon Pool (Part 3 of 6)
1940	The Conquest of the Moon Pool (Part 4 of 6)
1940	The Conquest of the Moon Pool (Part 5 of 6)
1940	The Conquest of the Moon Pool (Part 6 of 6)
1948	The Conquest of the Moon Pool (Complete Novel)

Publications

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Title	Date	Author/Editor	Publisher/Pub. Series	ISBN/Catalog ID	Price	Pages	Format	Type	Cover Artist
The Moon Pool	1919-00-00	A. Merritt	G. P. Putnam's Sons			433	hc^?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	novel	Joseph Clement Coll
The Moon Pool	1919-00-00	A. Merritt	G. P. Putnam's Sons			433	hc^?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	novel
The Moon Pool	1929-00-00	A. Merritt	Horace Liveright			432	hc^?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	novel	Lee Conrey
The Moon Pool	1932-00-00	A. Merritt	Liveright, Inc.		$2.00^?$: US dollar. ISO code: USD	xiv+ 432	hc^?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	novel
The Moon Pool	1934-00-00	A. Merritt	Liveright		$2.50^?$: US dollar. ISO code: USD	432	hc^?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	novel	Joseph Clement Coll
The Moon Pool	1944-00-00	A. Merritt	Avon Book Co. (Avon Murder Mystery Monthly)	18	$0.25^?$: US dollar. ISO code: USD	201	digest^?Digest-size magazine, including both standard digest size, at about 7" by 4.5", and also large digest, such as recent issues of Asimov's, which are about 8.25" by 5.125".	novel
The Moon Pool	1951-00-00	A. Merritt	Avon	370	$0.25^?$: US dollar. ISO code: USD	254	pb^?Paperback. Typically 7" by 4.25" (18 cm by 11 cm) or smaller, though trimming errors can cause them to sometimes be slightly (less than 1/4 extra inch) taller or wider/deeper.	novel
The Moon Pool	1956-00-00	A. Merritt	Avon	T-135	$0.35^?$: US dollar. ISO code: USD	254	pb^?Paperback. Typically 7" by 4.25" (18 cm by 11 cm) or smaller, though trimming errors can cause them to sometimes be slightly (less than 1/4 extra inch) taller or wider/deeper.	novel	Art Sussman
The Moon Pool	1961-00-00	A. Merritt	Collier Books	AS103X	$0.95^?$: US dollar. ISO code: USD	254	pb^?Paperback. Typically 7" by 4.25" (18 cm by 11 cm) or smaller, though trimming errors can cause them to sometimes be slightly (less than 1/4 extra inch) taller or wider/deeper.	novel
The Moon Pool	1966-00-00	A. Merritt	Collier Books	02287	$0.95^?$: US dollar. ISO code: USD	254	pb^?Paperback. Typically 7" by 4.25" (18 cm by 11 cm) or smaller, though trimming errors can cause them to sometimes be slightly (less than 1/4 extra inch) taller or wider/deeper.	novel
The Moon Pool	1968-00-00	A. Merritt	Collier Books	02287	$0.95^?$: US dollar. ISO code: USD	254	pb^?Paperback. Typically 7" by 4.25" (18 cm by 11 cm) or smaller, though trimming errors can cause them to sometimes be slightly (less than 1/4 extra inch) taller or wider/deeper.	novel	Don Ivan Punchatz
The Moon Pool	1973-00-00	A. Merritt	Collier Books	02287	$1.25^?$: US dollar. ISO code: USD	254	pb^?Paperback. Typically 7" by 4.25" (18 cm by 11 cm) or smaller, though trimming errors can cause them to sometimes be slightly (less than 1/4 extra inch) taller or wider/deeper.	novel	Don Ivan Punchatz
The Moon Pool	1978-08-00	A. Merritt	Avon	0-380-39370-0	$1.75^?$: US dollar. ISO code: USD	281	pb^?Paperback. Typically 7" by 4.25" (18 cm by 11 cm) or smaller, though trimming errors can cause them to sometimes be slightly (less than 1/4 extra inch) taller or wider/deeper.	novel	Rodney Matthews
The Moon Pool	1978-08-00	A. Merritt	Avon	0-380-39370-0	C$1.75^?C$: Canadian dollar. ISO code: CAD	281	pb^?Paperback. Typically 7" by 4.25" (18 cm by 11 cm) or smaller, though trimming errors can cause them to sometimes be slightly (less than 1/4 extra inch) taller or wider/deeper.	novel	Rodney Matthews
The Moon Pool	1993-02-00	A. Merritt	Carroll & Graf (Masters of Fantasy)	0-88184-891-3	$4.95^?$: US dollar. ISO code: USD	[10]+ 432	pb^?Paperback. Typically 7" by 4.25" (18 cm by 11 cm) or smaller, though trimming errors can cause them to sometimes be slightly (less than 1/4 extra inch) taller or wider/deeper.	novel
The Moon Pool	1994-05-00	A. Merritt	The Easton Press (The Masterpieces of Science Fiction)			xiv+ 432	hc^?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	novel
The Moon Pool	1996-12-01	A. Merritt	Project Gutenberg	765			ebook^?Used for all electronic formats, including but not limited to EPUB, eReader, HTML, iBook, Mobipocket, and PDF.	novel
The Moon Pool	2001-02-00	A. Merritt	University of Nebraska Press (Bison Frontiers of Imagination)	0-8032-8268-0	$10.95^?$: US dollar. ISO code: USD	287	tp^?Trade paperback. Any softcover book which is at least 7.25" (or 19 cm) tall, or at least 4.5" (11.5 cm) wide/deep.	novel	R. W. Boeche
The Moon Pool	2004-07-00	A. Merritt	Wesleyan University Press (Early Classics of Science Fiction)	0-8195-6707-8	$24.95^?$: US dollar. ISO code: USD	xl+ 307	tp^?Trade paperback. Any softcover book which is at least 7.25" (or 19 cm) tall, or at least 4.5" (11.5 cm) wide/deep.	novel	Virgil Finlay
The Moon Pool	2004-07-00	A. Merritt	Wesleyan University Press (Early Classics of Science Fiction)	0-8195-6706-X	$65.00^?$: US dollar. ISO code: USD	xl+ 307	hc^?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	novel	Virgil Finlay
The Moon Pool	2008-05-12	A. Merritt	IndyPublish.com	978-1-4378-1183-4	£73.99^?£: UK pound. ISO code: GBP	292	tp^?Trade paperback. Any softcover book which is at least 7.25" (or 19 cm) tall, or at least 4.5" (11.5 cm) wide/deep.	novel
The Moon Pool	2008-06-24	A. Merritt	The Overlook Press	978-1-59020-071-1	$13.95^?$: US dollar. ISO code: USD	288	tp^?Trade paperback. Any softcover book which is at least 7.25" (or 19 cm) tall, or at least 4.5" (11.5 cm) wide/deep.	novel
The Moon Pool	2008-12-30	A. Merritt	The Overlook Press	978-1-4683-0445-9	$4.99^?$: US dollar. ISO code: USD		ebook^?Used for all electronic formats, including but not limited to EPUB, eReader, HTML, iBook, Mobipocket, and PDF.	novel
The Moon Pool	2009-01-23	A. Merritt	Dodo Press	978-1-4065-7426-5	$23.99^?$: US dollar. ISO code: USD	304	tp^?Trade paperback. Any softcover book which is at least 7.25" (or 19 cm) tall, or at least 4.5" (11.5 cm) wide/deep.	novel
The Moon Pool	2010-02-09	A. Merritt	Phoenix Pick (Phoenix Science Fiction Classics)	978-1-60450-448-4	$9.99^?$: US dollar. ISO code: USD	264	tp^?Trade paperback. Any softcover book which is at least 7.25" (or 19 cm) tall, or at least 4.5" (11.5 cm) wide/deep.	novel
The Moon Pool	2010-04-20	A. Merritt	LibriVox		$0.00^?$: US dollar. ISO code: USD		digital audio download^?Digital recording in any format that is downloaded directly from the Internet. This category includes podcasts.	novel
The Moon Pool	2013-02-03	A. Merritt	CreateSpace	978-1-4823-4944-3	$8.99^?$: US dollar. ISO code: USD	208	tp^?Trade paperback. Any softcover book which is at least 7.25" (or 19 cm) tall, or at least 4.5" (11.5 cm) wide/deep.	novel
The Lost World Megapack: 22 Modern and Classic Tales	2014-10-16	ed. John Betancourt	Wildside Press		$0.99^?$: US dollar. ISO code: USD		ebook^?Used for all electronic formats, including but not limited to EPUB, eReader, HTML, iBook, Mobipocket, and PDF.	anth	Alien Cat
Lost Worlds: The Ultimate Anthology: 40 Classic Tales	2018-08-19	Nico Lorenzutti	ROH Press (Masterworks of Adventure)				ebook^?Used for all electronic formats, including but not limited to EPUB, eReader, HTML, iBook, Mobipocket, and PDF.	omni	David Roberts (1796-1864)
The Moon Pool	2019-02-23	A. Merritt	Roy Glashan's Library		A$0.00^?A$: Australian dollar. ISO code: AUD		ebook^?Used for all electronic formats, including but not limited to EPUB, eReader, HTML, iBook, Mobipocket, and PDF.	novel
The Moon Pool	2020-01-01	A. Merritt	Bibliotech Press	978-1-61895-845-7	$11.95^?$: US dollar. ISO code: USD	222	tp^?Trade paperback. Any softcover book which is at least 7.25" (or 19 cm) tall, or at least 4.5" (11.5 cm) wide/deep.	novel
The Moon Pool	2020-01-06	A. Merritt	Bibliotech Press	978-1-61895-846-4	$19.95^?$: US dollar. ISO code: USD	224	hc^?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	novel
The Moon Pool	2022-10-04	A. Merritt	Open Road Integrated Media	978-1-5040-7837-5	$2.99^?$: US dollar. ISO code: USD		ebook^?Used for all electronic formats, including but not limited to EPUB, eReader, HTML, iBook, Mobipocket, and PDF.	novel
The Moon Pool	2023-05-02	A. Merritt	WordFire Press	978-1-68057-554-5	$38.99^?$: US dollar. ISO code: USD	340	hc^?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	novel
The Moon Pool	date unknown	A. Merritt	Barnes & Noble Books / Google Books				ebook^?Used for all electronic formats, including but not limited to EPUB, eReader, HTML, iBook, Mobipocket, and PDF.	novel

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Reviews

Review by uncredited (1932) in Wonder Stories, December 1932
Review by Joseph H. Crawford, Jr. and James J. Donahue and Donald M. Grant (1953) in '333': A Bibliography of the Science-Fantasy Novel , reprinted in:
'333': A Bibliography of the Science-Fantasy Novel (1953)
Review by The Editor (1956) in The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction, December 1956
Review by James Blish (1957) in Sword & Fantasy, #10 February 2012, (2012)
Review [French] by
Gérard Klein^?Gerard Klein
(1958) in Fiction, #50
Review by P. Schuyler Miller (1958) in Astounding Science Fiction, January 1958
Review by P. Schuyler Miller (1962) in Analog Science Fact -> Science Fiction, May 1962
Review by Everett F. Bleiler (1983) in The Guide to Supernatural Fiction (Pages 295 - 454)
Review by Everett F. Bleiler (1991) in Science Fiction: The Early Years
Review by Baird Searles (1993) in Asimov's Science Fiction, February 1993
Review by Everett F. Bleiler (1998) in Science-Fiction: The Gernsback Years (Reviews: pages 266-522, M-Z)
Review by Elizabeth Hand (2005) in The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction, January 2005