Publisher's Synopsis
This first of two omnibus collections of pulp classics by science fiction pioneer Garrett P. Serviss, which originally appeared in the pages of The All-Story magazine.A Columbus of Space: A trip to Venus brings a group of explorers into contact with the inhabitants of that mysterious planet... and if they can survive the dangers they pose, they'll need to figure out an escape back to earth. An early science fiction classic.The Moon Metal: After the collapse of the gold market and the world in an economic collapse, a mysterious doctor offers the world a new financial standard: the rare metal, artemsium. But just what is the secret of this new metal?
