The Metal Monster, A. Merritt
The Metal Monster, A. Merritt
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The Metal Monster

Author: A. Merritt

Narrator: Johnny Heller

Unabridged: 7 hr 45 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 08/17/2021


Synopsis

"The Metal Monster" – Dr. Goodwin is on a botanical expedition in the Himalayas. There he meets Dick Drake, the son of one of his old science acquaintances. They are witnesses of a strange aurora-like effect, but seemingly a deliberate one. As they go out to investigate, they meet Goodwin's old friends Martin and Ruth Ventnor, brother and sister scientists. The group is saved from death in the mountains by a magnificent woman they get to know as Norhala. They are led to a hidden valley occupied by what they name "The Metal Monster", a strange metal city occupied by the metal animate Things Norhala commands. This city is governed by what they call the Metal Emperor, assisted by the Keeper of the Cones.

About The Author

Abraham Grace Merritt – known by his byline, A. Merritt – was an American Sunday magazine editor and a writer of fantastic fiction. The Science Fiction and Fantasy Hall of Fame inducted him in 1999.


Reviews

Goodreads review by Henry on October 18, 2024

Would you believe that Dr. Walter T. Goodwin gave Mr. Merritt, an unfinished manuscript to be published of his new adventures in Asia, after having barely survived last year's terror, of 1919 in "The Moon Pool"? neither would I . Still alive , the brainy Mr. Goodwin foolishly or bravely, had embarke......more

Goodreads review by Thibault on February 19, 2023

Dr. Goodwin is on another expedition, this time in the Himalayan mountains. He witnesses a strange aurora-like effect, but he thinks it might be a deliberate one. He goes to explore and meets some new friends. And then they stumble across some metallic objects. But those objects seem to be animate a......more

Goodreads review by Sandy on November 05, 2012

Abraham Merritt's second novel, "The Metal Monster," first saw the light of day in 1920, in "Argosy" magazine. It was not until 1946 that this masterful fantasy creation was printed in book form. In a way, this work is a continuation of Merritt's first novel, "The Moon Pool" (1919), as it is a narra......more

Goodreads review by Wreade1872 on May 21, 2022

I liked that.. but i don’t recommend it too strongly. Technically a sequel to The Moon Pool, which was awful, luckily you don’t need to know anything about that to read this. There.. isn’t really much story in this one, its a lot of descriptions. Luckily its about something akin to A.I. and comparin......more

Goodreads review by Jim on October 15, 2013

I've always enjoyed A. Merritt's tales. Most of them read by me at a much earlier age. Re-read Seven Footprints To Satan and The Face In The Abyss recently and still enjoyed them. I read this one for the first time just now. I'm vaguely aware that the original serialized version is considered superi......more