The Face in the Abyss edition by Abraham Merritt Mystery Thriller Suspense eBooks
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Abraham Grace Merritt was born on January 20, 1884 in Beverly, New Jersey. He was originally steered towards a career in law but this later diverted to journalism. It was an industry where he would excel. Eventually he would edit The American Weekly but even from his early years he was remarkably well paid. Merritt was also an avid hobbyist and loved to make collections of his interests and, of course, also found time to write. As a writer Merritt was undeniably pulp fiction and heavily into supernatural. He first published in 1917 with Through the Dragon Glass. Many short stories followed including novels that were published whole as well as serialized. His stories would typically take on board the conventional pulp magazine themes lost civilizations, hideous monsters and their ilk. His heroes were almost always brave, adventurous Irishmen or Scandinavians, whilst his villains were usually treacherous Germans or Russians and his heroines often virginal, mysterious and, of course, scantily clad. Many pulp fiction writers had a terse, spare style that never got in the way of plot but Merritt was more considered. His style was lush, florid and full of adjective laden detail. He was, in essence, a remarkable talent.
The Face in the Abyss edition by Abraham Merritt Mystery Thriller Suspense eBooks
The Kindle edition has numerous formatting and other typographical errors, e.g. paragraph breaks mid sentence, randomly capitalized words, etc., that make me wonder if the occasional incorrect word (greaves vs grieves) might be the fault of the digitizing and not the author, who actually has an impressively archaic vocabulary. I would not expect the print copy to have all those formatting problems.As for the book itself, I would say the purple prose and archaic vocabulary are two points in its favor. Merritt enjoys plying us with many words that rely on an archaic or even obsolete definition ('mead' for meadow, 'settle' for 'wooden chest with a back support') so the read will likely be vocabulary-enriching if nothing else.
But the story was, on the whole, unimpressive.
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The Face in the Abyss edition by Abraham Merritt Mystery Thriller Suspense eBooks Reviews
A solid sci-fi/adventure tale from a time when lost worlds, good and evil faced off, and the hero tested on many fronts was the sought after story to experience. I enjoyed this for the rich prose and learned a lot from the choices of words employed throughout it.
Classic A. Merritt. Great fantasy/adventure story set in South America.
It's easy to understand how books like The Face in the Abyss influenced Gary Gygax and the creation of D&D. Abraham Merritt's tale of a prospector who stumbles upon a Lost World filled with lizardmen, spider-men, a naga-like goddess, a lost civilization and a great stone face has many elements that D&D players would recognize. If you'd like to read a story that points to the roots of the game, this is it.
Merritt's storytelling style is a bit...dated? The elements are brilliant, but some of the storytelling is less than fantastic. Nevertheless, I would highly recommend this book.
One of the best fantasy books ever written. Abraham Merritt was one of the best fantasy writers of all time.
A simply amazingly creative novel by one of the best of the pulp-era authors. This may be Merritt's best novel and would have been very worthy of a sequel had he lived longer. This printing in particular by Donald M. Grant is replete with highly evocative artwork in the form of full color panels and black and white sketches, accurately depicting scenes from the story. It's obvious the illustrator actually read the story to glean inspiration.
One of the most outstanding authors in Science Fiction Fantasy - Abraham Merritt wrote many books in the early 1900's -this is one of his best books and readers of it will also love "Dwellers in the Mirage". He also wrote different kinds of fantasy such as Fantasy Thrillers like "7 Footprints to Satan" . IF you can find them, read them and anything else he wrote!
I first read this book several times as a teen in the sixties. I loved it then and it has remained one of my favourites. I never found another of his books. The story is very topical of things just being researched at the time. Philosophy for the undereducated. It is exciting in concept a d writing style. I would love to have met Asana and Jon. IF YOU LOVED SCI-FI BEFORE IT BECAME ALL SPECIAL EFFECTS YOU WILL LIKE THIS. THANKS FOR MAKING T POSSIBLE AGAIN
The edition has numerous formatting and other typographical errors, e.g. paragraph breaks mid sentence, randomly capitalized words, etc., that make me wonder if the occasional incorrect word (greaves vs grieves) might be the fault of the digitizing and not the author, who actually has an impressively archaic vocabulary. I would not expect the print copy to have all those formatting problems.
As for the book itself, I would say the purple prose and archaic vocabulary are two points in its favor. Merritt enjoys plying us with many words that rely on an archaic or even obsolete definition ('mead' for meadow, 'settle' for 'wooden chest with a back support') so the read will likely be vocabulary-enriching if nothing else.
But the story was, on the whole, unimpressive.
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