OPUS#006 Moon Menace, The

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OPUS: #006
Title: The Moon Menace
Author: Edmond Hamilton
Year: 1927
Type: novelette
“A terrific prospect faced a darkened world, with the moon men its masters from pole to pole”–TOC
“He lifted his hands toward the brilliant orb above. The sun! The blessed sun!”
“Dr. Howard Gilbert had received messages from a source outside Earth, he claimed; but he never appeared at the meeting at which he had promised to prove his contentions. And then the darkness suddenly came …”–Famous Science Fiction, No. 2

「テレヴィの原理を発明した科学者が月との交信をおこない、月に住民がいると発表して、その証拠を示すと約束するが、当日になっても姿をあらわさず、地球上からすべての光がなくなって全世界が闇につつまれる。月の住民が科学者に物資伝送の受信機をつくらせ、大挙して地球侵略を開始したのだった。月の住民は太陽の光が致命的であると記せば、これ以上紹介する必要はないだろう」 — 大瀧啓裕編　『ウィアード』　2　（青心社, 1990） p. 340

Publications:

  • Weird Tales, Vol. 10, no. 3, September 1927, (Sep 1927, ed. Farnsworth Wright, publ. Popular Fiction Publishing Co., Chicago, IL, $0.25, 144pp, Pulp, magazine) Cover: C. C. Senf; Illust: Rankin
  • Famous Science Fiction, No. 2, Spring 1967, (Mar 1967, ed. Robert A. W. Lowndes, publ. Health Knowledge, Inc., $0.50, 132pp, Digest, magazine) Cover: Virgil Finlay
  • The Metal Giants and Others: The Collected Edmond Hamilton, Volume One, (Jul 2009, Edmond Hamilton, publ. Haffner Press, 1-893887-31-6, $40.00, xx+693pp, hc, coll) Cover: Joseph Doolin

Reviews:

  • Review by Everett F. Bleiler (1991) in Science Fiction: The Early Years

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