Title: The Metal Monster

Title: The Metal Monster Title Record # 5868
Author: A. Merritt
Date: 1945-05-00
Type: NOVEL
Series: Walter Goodwin
Series Number: 2
Webpages: archive.org, Wikipedia-EN
Language: English

Note: According to Stefan Dziemianowicz in the introduction to the Hippocampus Press edition: The Hippocampus Press edition follows the text of the original serial publication. The serial version in "Science and Invention" is at least 20% shorter. The version for the "Famous Fantastic Mysteries" appearance was revised by Merritt and is about 10% shorter than the serial version. This is Merritt's preferred text. Most subsequent book publications are based upon this version.

Synopsis: From the back cover of Avon book 315: Was she witch-woman or just the metal emperor's slave-girl? Hidden in the heart of unknown Asia, a fantastic world of living metal waited. Monsters of solid metal, pulsating with an unearthly electric life, wise with wisdom not of this world, and dreaming of the day when its harder-than-steel horde, mountains high, could roll forth smashing and killing and flattening the world of mere humans. Holding back this monster army was the figure of a woman - Norhala. Seemingly human, beautiful beyond comparison, with all the fickleness and tenderness of a young virgin, yet possessed of powers beyond science's conception. Norhala was the key to these horrors - and the four Americans who blundered into her domain unintentionally started a chain of events that would bring to a climax this danger to the world.

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Year	Title
1945	The Metal Monster [as by Abraham Merritt]
1945	The Metal Monster [as by Abraham Grace Merritt]

Year	Language	Title
1957^ⓘTranslated by Gilberte Sollacaro.	French	Le monstre de métal^?Le monstre de metal [as by Abraham Merritt]
2021	Hungarian	A Fémszörny^?A Femszorny A Feemszoerny [as by Abraham Merritt]

Year	Title
1920	The Metal Monster (Part 1 of 8)
1920	The Metal Monster (Part 2 of 8)
1920	The Metal Monster (Part 3 of 8)
1920	The Metal Monster (Part 4 of 8)
1920	The Metal Monster (Part 5 of 8)
1920	The Metal Monster (Part 6 of 8)
1920	The Metal Monster (Part 7 of 8)
1920	The Metal Monster (Part 8 of 8)
1927	The Metal Emperor (Part 1 of 11)
1927	The Metal Emperor (Part 2 of 11)
1927	The Metal Emperor (Part 3 of 11)
1928	The Metal Emperor (Part 4 of 11)
1928	The Metal Emperor (Part 5 of 11)
1928	The Metal Emperor (Part 6 of 11)
1928	The Metal Emperor (Part 7 of 11)
1928	The Metal Emperor (Part 8 of 11)
1928	The Metal Emperor (Part 9 of 11)
1928	The Metal Emperor (Part 10 of 11)
1928	The Metal Emperor (Part 11 of 11)
1941	The Metal Monster (Complete Novel)

Publications

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Title	Date	Author/Editor	Publisher/Pub. Series	ISBN/Catalog ID	Price	Pages	Format	Type	Cover Artist
Argosy All-Story Weekly, August 7, 1920	1920-08-07	ed. Editors of Argosy All-Story Weekly	Frank A. Munsey		$0.10^?$: US dollar	160	pulp^?Magazine using the common pulp size: 6.5" by 9.5". For ISFDB purposes this may also be used as a designation for the quality of the paper. There are some untrimmed pulps that are as large as 8" by 11.75	mag	Glen White
Argosy All-Story Weekly, August 14, 1920	1920-08-14	ed. Editors of Argosy All-Story Weekly	Frank A. Munsey		$0.10^?$: US dollar	160	pulp^?Magazine using the common pulp size: 6.5" by 9.5". For ISFDB purposes this may also be used as a designation for the quality of the paper. There are some untrimmed pulps that are as large as 8" by 11.75	mag
Argosy All-Story Weekly, August 21, 1920	1920-08-21	ed. Editors of Argosy All-Story Weekly	Frank A. Munsey		$0.10^?$: US dollar		pulp^?Magazine using the common pulp size: 6.5" by 9.5". For ISFDB purposes this may also be used as a designation for the quality of the paper. There are some untrimmed pulps that are as large as 8" by 11.75	mag
Argosy All-Story Weekly, August 28, 1920	1920-08-28	ed. Editors of Argosy All-Story Weekly	Frank A. Munsey		$0.10^?$: US dollar	160	pulp^?Magazine using the common pulp size: 6.5" by 9.5". For ISFDB purposes this may also be used as a designation for the quality of the paper. There are some untrimmed pulps that are as large as 8" by 11.75	mag
Argosy All-Story Weekly, September 4, 1920	1920-09-04	ed. Editors of Argosy All-Story Weekly	Frank A. Munsey		$0.10^?$: US dollar	160	pulp^?Magazine using the common pulp size: 6.5" by 9.5". For ISFDB purposes this may also be used as a designation for the quality of the paper. There are some untrimmed pulps that are as large as 8" by 11.75	mag
Argosy All-Story Weekly, September 11, 1920	1920-09-11	ed. Editors of Argosy All-Story Weekly	Frank A. Munsey		$0.10^?$: US dollar		pulp^?Magazine using the common pulp size: 6.5" by 9.5". For ISFDB purposes this may also be used as a designation for the quality of the paper. There are some untrimmed pulps that are as large as 8" by 11.75	mag
Argosy All-Story Weekly, September 18, 1920	1920-09-18	ed. Editors of Argosy All-Story Weekly	Frank A. Munsey		$0.10^?$: US dollar		pulp^?Magazine using the common pulp size: 6.5" by 9.5". For ISFDB purposes this may also be used as a designation for the quality of the paper. There are some untrimmed pulps that are as large as 8" by 11.75	mag
Argosy All-Story Weekly, September 25, 1920	1920-09-25	ed. Editors of Argosy All-Story Weekly	Frank A. Munsey		$0.10^?$: US dollar	160	pulp^?Magazine using the common pulp size: 6.5" by 9.5". For ISFDB purposes this may also be used as a designation for the quality of the paper. There are some untrimmed pulps that are as large as 8" by 11.75	mag
Science and Invention, October 1927	1927-10-00	ed. Editors of Science and Invention, Hugo Gernsback	Experimenter Publishing Co.		$0.25^?$: US dollar	100	quarto^?8.5" by 11" magazine, usually saddle-stapled, instead of side-stapled or glued	mag
Science and Invention, November 1927	1927-11-00	ed. Editors of Science and Invention, Hugo Gernsback	Experimenter Publishing Co.		$0.25^?$: US dollar	100	quarto^?8.5" by 11" magazine, usually saddle-stapled, instead of side-stapled or glued	mag
Science and Invention, December 1927	1927-12-00	ed. Editors of Science and Invention, Hugo Gernsback	Experimenter Publishing Co.		$0.25^?$: US dollar	100	quarto^?8.5" by 11" magazine, usually saddle-stapled, instead of side-stapled or glued	mag
Science and Invention, January 1928	1928-01-00	ed. Editors of Science and Invention, Hugo Gernsback	Experimenter Publishing Co.		$0.25^?$: US dollar	100	quarto^?8.5" by 11" magazine, usually saddle-stapled, instead of side-stapled or glued	mag
Science and Invention, February 1928	1928-02-00	ed. Editors of Science and Invention, Hugo Gernsback	Experimenter Publishing Co.		$0.25^?$: US dollar	100	quarto^?8.5" by 11" magazine, usually saddle-stapled, instead of side-stapled or glued	mag
Science and Invention, March 1928	1928-03-00	ed. Editors of Science and Invention, Hugo Gernsback	Experimenter Publishing Co.		$0.25^?$: US dollar	100	quarto^?8.5" by 11" magazine, usually saddle-stapled, instead of side-stapled or glued	mag
Science and Invention, April 1928	1928-04-00	ed. Editors of Science and Invention, Hugo Gernsback	Experimenter Publishing Co.		$0.25^?$: US dollar	100	quarto^?8.5" by 11" magazine, usually saddle-stapled, instead of side-stapled or glued	mag
Science and Invention, May 1928	1928-05-00	ed. Editors of Science and Invention, Hugo Gernsback	Experimenter Publishing Co.		$0.25^?$: US dollar	100	quarto^?8.5" by 11" magazine, usually saddle-stapled, instead of side-stapled or glued	mag
Science and Invention, June 1928	1928-06-00	ed. Editors of Science and Invention, Hugo Gernsback	Experimenter Publishing Co.		$0.25^?$: US dollar	100	quarto^?8.5" by 11" magazine, usually saddle-stapled, instead of side-stapled or glued	mag
Science and Invention, July 1928	1928-07-00	ed. Editors of Science and Invention, Hugo Gernsback	Experimenter Publishing Co.		$0.25^?$: US dollar	100	quarto^?8.5" by 11" magazine, usually saddle-stapled, instead of side-stapled or glued	mag
Science and Invention, August 1928	1928-08-00	ed. Editors of Science and Invention, Hugo Gernsback	Experimenter Publishing Co.		$0.25^?$: US dollar	100	quarto^?8.5" by 11" magazine, usually saddle-stapled, instead of side-stapled or glued	mag
Famous Fantastic Mysteries Combined with Fantastic Novels Magazine, August 1941	1941-08-00	ed. Mary Gnaedinger	The Frank A. Munsey Company		$0.15^?$: US dollar	132	pulp^?Magazine using the common pulp size: 6.5" by 9.5". For ISFDB purposes this may also be used as a designation for the quality of the paper. There are some untrimmed pulps that are as large as 8" by 11.75	mag	Virgil Finlay
The Metal Monster	1945-05-00	A. Merritt	Avon Book Co. (Avon Murder Mystery Monthly #41)	41	$0.25^?$: US dollar	203	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	Paul Stahr
The Metal Monster	1951-00-00	A. Merritt	Avon	315		252	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	Raymond Johnson (artist)
The Metal Monster	1957-00-00	A. Merritt	Avon	T-172	$0.35^?$: US dollar	222	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	Richard Powers
Le monstre de métal	1957-11-00	Abraham Merritt	Hachette (Le Rayon Fantastique #50)			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 Metal Monster	1966-09-00	A. Merritt	Avon	S231	$0.60^?$: US dollar	238	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	Doug Rosa
The Metal Monster	1966-09-00	A. Merritt	Avon	S231	C$0.60^?C$: Canadian dollar	238	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	Doug Rosa
The Metal Monster	1972-02-00	A. Merritt	Avon	V2422	$0.75^?$: US dollar	238	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	Douglas Rosa
The Metal Monster	1972-02-00	A. Merritt	Avon	V2422	C$0.75^?C$: Canadian dollar	238	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	Douglas Rosa
The Metal Monster	1974-00-00	A. Merritt	Hyperion Press (Classics of Science Fiction)	0-88355-114-4	$7.95^?$: US dollar	xxi+ 203	hc^?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	novel
The Metal Monster	1974-00-00	A. Merritt	Hyperion Press (Classics of Science Fiction)	0-88355-143-8	$2.95^?$: US dollar	203	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
Le monstre de métal	1975-00-00	Abraham Merritt	Retz (Les chefs-d'œuvre de la science-fiction et du fantastique)			250	hc^?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	novel	Jean Martin-Bontoux
Le monstre de métal	1975-00-00	Abraham Merritt	Retz ( Les œuvres fantastiques^?Les oeuvres fantastiques )	2-7256-0074-X		250	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 Metal Monster	1976-12-00	A. Merritt	Avon	0-380-00862-9	$1.50^?$: US dollar	238	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	Stephen Fabian
Le monstre de métal	1983-04-00	Abraham Merritt	Néo (Fantastique / Science-fiction / Aventures #72)	2-7304-0199-7		240	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	Jean-Michel Nicollet
The Metal Monster	1993-04-00	A. Merritt	Carroll & Graf (Masters of Science Fiction (Carroll & Graf))	0-88184-979-0	$3.95^?$: US dollar	222	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
Œuvres complètes. 1^?Ouvres complètes. 1 OEuvres complètes. 1	1997-00-00	Abraham Merritt	Lefrancq (Volumes)	2-87153-377-6	F169.00^?F: French frank	821	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.	omni	Olivier Frot
The Metal Monster	2002-06-00	A. Merritt	Hippocampus Press (Lovecraft's Library)	0-9673215-1-4	$15.00^?$: US dollar	237	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 Metal Monster	2002-10-01	A. Merritt	Project Gutenberg	3479			ebook^?Used for all electronic formats, including but not limited to EPUB, eReader, HTML, iBook, Mobipocket, and PDF.	novel
The Metal Monster	2008-05-12	A. Merritt	IndyPublish.com	978-1-4378-1475-0	$21.99^?$: US dollar	272	hc^?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	novel
The Metal Monster	2008-10-22	Abraham Merritt	Book Jungle	978-1-4385-0439-1	$16.95^?$: US dollar	248	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 Metal Monster	2009-03-12	A. Merritt	LibriVox		$0.00^?$: US dollar		digital audio download^?Digital recording in any format that is downloaded directly from the Internet. This category includes podcasts.	novel
The Metal Monster	2010-10-25	Abraham Merritt	Aeterna	978-1-4444-7316-2	$14.99^?$: US dollar	246	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 Metal Monster	2013-02-01	A. Merritt	CreateSpace	978-1-4823-4196-6	$8.99^?$: US dollar	186	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 Metal Monster	2013-05-13	Abraham Grace Merritt	Moran Press	978-1-4733-0449-9	$13.95^?$: US dollar	412	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 Metal Monster	2013-10-31	A. Merritt	Wildside Press	978-1-4344-2938-4	$11.95^?$: US dollar	202	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 Metal Monster	2014-03-28	Abraham Merritt	Start Publishing (Start Classics)	978-1-60977-498-1	$1.99^?$: US dollar		ebook^?Used for all electronic formats, including but not limited to EPUB, eReader, HTML, iBook, Mobipocket, and PDF.	novel
The A. Merritt Megapack: 19 Classic Novels and Stories	2014-05-07	A. Merritt	Wildside Press (Megapack)		$0.99^?$: US dollar		ebook^?Used for all electronic formats, including but not limited to EPUB, eReader, HTML, iBook, Mobipocket, and PDF.	coll
The Lost World Megapack: 22 Modern and Classic Tales	2014-10-16	ed. John Betancourt	Wildside Press		$0.99^?$: US dollar		ebook^?Used for all electronic formats, including but not limited to EPUB, eReader, HTML, iBook, Mobipocket, and PDF.	anth	Alien Cat
The Metal Monster	2015-09-17	Abraham Merritt	Sci-Fi Publishing	978-1-78543-367-2	$3.99^?$: US dollar		ebook^?Used for all electronic formats, including but not limited to EPUB, eReader, HTML, iBook, Mobipocket, and PDF.	novel
The Metal Monster	2015-11-26	Abraham Merritt	Gateway / Orion	978-1-4732-1629-7	$0.99^?$: US dollar		ebook^?Used for all electronic formats, including but not limited to EPUB, eReader, HTML, iBook, Mobipocket, and PDF.	novel
The Metal Monster	2016-01-15	Abraham Grace Merritt	Moran Press	978-1-4733-7828-5	$5.99^?$: US dollar		ebook^?Used for all electronic formats, including but not limited to EPUB, eReader, HTML, iBook, Mobipocket, and PDF.	novel
The Metal Monster	2016-08-04	A. Merritt	Armchair Fiction (Armchair Fiction Lost World-Lost Race Classics #7)	978-1-61287-325-1 / B-25	$12.95^?$: US dollar	240	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	Paul Stahr
Sci-Fi Ultimate Collection	2018-12-21	uncredited	Musaicum Books / OK Publishing	978-80-272-4813-1	$0.99^?$: US dollar		ebook^?Used for all electronic formats, including but not limited to EPUB, eReader, HTML, iBook, Mobipocket, and PDF.	omni
Sci-Fi Boxed Set: 160+ Space Adventures, Lost Worlds, Dystopian Novels & Apocalyptic Tales	2018-12-21	uncredited	Musaicum Books		$0.99^?$: US dollar		ebook^?Used for all electronic formats, including but not limited to EPUB, eReader, HTML, iBook, Mobipocket, and PDF.	omni
A Fémszörny	2021-00-00	Abraham Merritt	Delta Vision Kft. ( MesterMűvek: Klasszikusok^?MesterMuvek: Klasszikusok #12)	978-963-395-369-3	Ft 3,990^?Ft: Hungarian forint	349	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	Nagy Gergely
The Metal Monster	2021-08-17	A. Merritt	Paperback Classics	978-1-64091-725-5	$14.99^?$: US dollar		audio CD^?Compact disc with standard audio tracks	novel
The Metal Monster	2021-08-17	A. Merritt	Paperback Classics	978-1-64555-403-5	$23.09^?$: US dollar		digital audio download^?Digital recording in any format that is downloaded directly from the Internet. This category includes podcasts.	novel
The Metal Monster	unpublished	A. Merritt	Pulp Fictions				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

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Reviews

Review by James Blish (1957) in Sword & Fantasy, #10 February 2012, (2012)
Review by P. Schuyler Miller (1958) in Astounding Science Fiction, January 1958
Review [French] by Igor B. Maslowski (1958) in Fiction, #51
Review by Lin Carter (1975) in The Year's Best Fantasy Stories
Review [French] by
Stéphane Nicot^?Stephane Nicot
(1983) in Fiction, #340
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 Dani Zweig (1996) in Fantastic Collectibles Magazine, #130 January 1996
Review by Don D'Ammassa (2002) in Science Fiction Chronicle, #227 August 2002
Review by Joseph Milicia (2003) in The New York Review of Science Fiction, October 2003