The Moon Metal

Overview:

• Title: The Moon Metal
• Author: Garrett P. Serviss
• Year: 1900
• Type: Short Fiction

Synopsis:

The discovery of vast amounts of gold in Antarctica upends the global economy. The mysterious Dr. Syx arrives, offering the metal artemisium as a new monetary standard. Hall, an engineer, discovers that Syx is teleporting artemisium to Earth from the Moon, and sets up his own plant as competition.

Notes:

Supposedly serialized pre-1900, but has not been located.

Editions/Publications:

• 1926. Amazing Stories, July 1926 (1926, Hugo Gernsback, 96 pages, Magazine)
• 1939. Famous Fantastic Mysteries, November 1939 (1939, Mary Gnaedinger The Frank A. Munsey Co.; New York, $0.15, 128 pages, Magazine)
• 1982. Gernsback Awards 1926 (1982, Forrest J. Ackerman Triton Books, v+309 pages, Hardcover, Anthology)
• 1982. The Gernsback Awards Vol. 1, 1926 (1982, Forrest J. Ackerman Triton Books, ISBN-10: 0943958016, Hardcover, Anthology)
• 2005. The Moon Metal (May 01, 2005, Garrett P. Serviss Project Gutenberg, Catalog ID: #8199, www, Chapterbook)

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