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The Ship of Ishtar by Abraham Merritt is a science book available to read on EtoBox.

What is The Ship of Ishtar about?

The Ship of Ishtar is a fantasy novel by A. Merritt. Originally published as a magazine serial in 1924, it has appeared in book form innumerable times. The archaeologist hero, Kenton, receives a mysterious ancient Babylonian artifact, which he discovers contains an incredibly detailed model of a ship. A dizzy spell casts Kenton onto the deck of the ship, which becomes a full-sized vessel sailing an eternal sea. At one end is Sharane the assistant priestess of Ishtar and her female minions, and at the other is Klaneth the assistant priest of Nergal and his male minions, representatives of two opposed deities. None of them can cross an invisible barrier at the midline of the ship, but Kenton can. His arrival destabilizes a situation that had been frozen for 6,000 years, and fantastic adventures ensue. The novel is not only a rousing fantasy adventure story, but a philosophical exploration of the relationship between material reality and the abstract concepts through which humans struggle to understand it. Fiction,Fantasy,Science Fiction

Who reads The Ship of Ishtar?

Author

Abraham Merritt

Publisher

Anncona Media AB

Language

EN

Category

science

Subjects

Science Fiction, Fiction

Rating

3.61 / 5 (25 ratings)

Updated

2026-03-13