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The Moon Metal

Garrett P. Serviss

First published 1900
Type Short Fiction
Length Novella

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.<br> Available on page 375, <a target="_blank" rel="noopener" href="http://www.isfdb.org/cgi-bin/pl.cgi?GRSBCKYR1999">Bleiler (Gernsback)</a>

Publications (23)

Date Publication Publisher Type Page
1900 The Moon Metal Harper & Brothers Chapbook
May 1905 The All-Story Magazine, May 1905 The Frank A. Munsey Company MAGAZINE 118
July 1926 Amazing Stories, July 1926 Experimenter Publishing Company MAGAZINE 322
November 1939 Famous Fantastic Mysteries, November 1939 The Frank A. Munsey Company MAGAZINE 40
1972 The Moon Metal FAX Collector's Editions Chapbook 1
1982 The Gernsback Awards 1926: Volume 1 Triton Books Anthology 178|178.2
May 2005 The Moon Metal Project Gutenberg Chapbook
July 2007 The Moon Metal LibriVox Chapbook
October 2007 Garrett P. Serviss' Science Fiction Leonaur Ltd Collection
October 2007 Garrett P. Serviss' Science Fiction Leonaur Ltd Collection
December 2008 The Moon Metal Dodo Press Chapbook
March 2009 The Moon Metal Wildside Press Chapbook
March 2009 The Moon Metal Wildside Press Chapbook
April 2013 The Moon Metal CreateSpace Chapbook
August 2014 Classic Science Fiction and Fantasy Stories Talos Press Anthology 394
November 2015 The Moon Metal Gateway / Orion Chapbook
December 2018 Sci-Fi Ultimate Collection Musaicum Books / OK Publishing Omnibus |133
December 2018 Sci-Fi Boxed Set: 160+ Space Adventures, Lost Worlds, Dystopian Novels & Apocalyptic Tales Musaicum Books Omnibus |133
December 2019 A Columbus of Space and The Moon Metal: The Garrett P. Serviss Omnibus, Volume 1 Steeger Books Omnibus 205
April 2022 The Moon Metal Double 9 Books Chapbook
September 2022 Compelling Science Fiction Flame Tree Press Anthology 278
October 2025 The Classic Science Fiction Collection Arcturus Publishing Anthology 510
November 2025 The Classic Science Fiction Collection Sirius Anthology 510