The Metal Monster, by Abraham Merritt. Part VII.

The Metal Monster, by Abraham Merritt. Part VII.

From Great Audiobooks by Great Literature

June 8, 2026 · 1h 27m

About this episode

The episode discusses the seventh part of Abraham Merritt's fantasy novel 'The Metal Monster', focusing on the characters' encounters and challenges in a strange metal city.

The Metal Monster is an Abraham Merritt fantasy novel. 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 two are besieged by Persians as Darius III led when Alexander of Macedon conquered them more than two thousand years ago. The group is saved by a magnificent woman they get to know as Norhala. She commands the power of lightning and controls strange metal animate Things, living, metallic, geometric forms; an entire city of sentient cubes, globes and tetrahedrons, capable of joining together and forming colossal shapes, and wielding death rays and other armaments of destruction. 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. Ruth is slowly being converted by Norhala to become like her; her…

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Host: Great Literature

Topics covered

  • fantasy
  • adventure
  • science
  • Himalayas
  • metal city
  • escape

Keywords

  • Abraham Merritt
  • fantasy novel
  • Himalayas
  • metal animate Things
  • Norhala
  • Metal Emperor
  • science expedition
  • adventure

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Great Literature

Books & works: The Metal Monster

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