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The Metal Moon

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First published: 1932
Pages: 52

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The Metal Moon
20:05
The Pleasure Bubble
19:36
The Coming of the Teardrops
17:25
The Monstrosities
18:05
The Struggle for Freedom
26:10

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'The Metal Moon' is a science fiction short story and it has first appeared in the 1932 Winter issue of Wonder Stories Quarterly. It is set a million years from now when a strange moon is found orbiting Jupiter. The book analyzes the possibilities of interplanetary exploration and colonization.

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Everett C. Smith

Everett C. Smith supplied the prize-winning plot that became The Metal Moon, a science-fiction story written with R. F. Starzl that made its magazine debut in the Winter 1932 issue of Wonder Stories Quarterly. Project Gutenberg credits both men and explains that Smith’s proposal won fourth prize in an interplanetary plot contest.

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