Monster of the Day #1159

Updated on May 27, 2015 By Ken Begg 11 Comments

Yet another cover for the book.

Since I’m having trouble getting an Internet connection in the morning, I’ll jump ahead and post tomorrow’s tonight. So consider this Thursday’s.

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  • Eric Hinkle

    I think I still own this one. Great, great book and man do I love that cover.

  • CaptNemo

    The Conan re imagination was going swimmingly.

  • Eric Hinkle

    This story is actually Bob Howard turned on his head — the noble Nordic barbarians are the evil monster-worshippers, and the little dark men (kind of like Kipling’s PIcts) are on the side of good. Really, it is amazing.

  • Luke Blanchard

    I have one of the editions the #1158 painting was used on. The inside blurb begins “Over 5,000,000 Copies of A. Merritt’s Books Sold in Avon Editions”. That’s a lot of books.

  • Gamera977

    Hmmm, another one I have around somewhere and really need to go back and reread.

  • Eric Hinkle

    I wonder if they were counting the books that were sold to the US military during WW2? My copy of SEVEN FOOTSTEPS TO SATAN is one of those.

    And thanks for the information.

  • bgbear_rnh

    On the the various covers, the octopus seems to be getting bigger. Must be that steady diet of damsels.

  • Flangepart

    Wonder what the calorie count is blonds Vs. brunetts?

  • Gamera977

    Redheads may cause heartburn…..

  • Flangepart

    And unnaturally colored hair may cause diarrhea, sucker rash, tentacle cramps and the inability to count beyond 5.

  • Eric Hinkle

    Something else I find amusing about this book is the name given to the eldritch monster-god, Khal’kru. Just enough like Cthulhu to make them sound related but original enough to be different. Some of the latter-day Cthulhu Mythos writers could take a few lessons from Merritt.