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The Man Who Saved the Earth

Austin Hall

First published December 1919
Type Short Fiction
Length Novelette

Synopsis

Strange globes of force appear across the world, removing chunks of land and ocean. The globes were sent by Martians, who are trying to steal Earth's water resources. The man who saves the Earth is Charles Huyck, who figures out how to disable the globes.<br> Available on page 159, <a target="_blank" rel="noopener" href="http://www.isfdb.org/cgi-bin/pl.cgi?GRSBCKYR1999">Bleiler (Gernsback)</a>

Notes

Originally published in All-Story, 13 Dec 1919.

Publications (21)

Date Publication Publisher Type Page
December 1919 Cover All-Story Weekly, December 13, 1919 The Frank A. Munsey Company MAGAZINE 581
April 1926 Cover Amazing Stories, April 1926 Experimenter Publishing Company MAGAZINE 74
1927 Cover Amazing Stories Annual, Vol. 1 Experimenter Publishing Company MAGAZINE 82
February 1940 Cover Famous Fantastic Mysteries, February 1940 The Frank A. Munsey Company MAGAZINE 6
February 1946 Cover The Best of Science Fiction Crown Publishers Anthology 668
1980 Cover The Golden Age of Science Fiction Bonanza Books / Crown Publishers Anthology 668
March 2013 The Man Who Saved the Earth Feedbooks Chapbook
June 2013 Cover Amazing Stories Annual, Vol. 1 Pulp Tales Press and ERBville Press Anthology 82
October 2013 Cover Amazing Stories, April 1926 New Tales Pulp Anthology 74
August 2014 Cover The Best of Amazing Stories: The 1926 Anthology Experimenter Publishing Company Anthology 26
August 2014 Cover The Best of Amazing Stories: The 1926 Anthology Experimenter Publishing Company Anthology |4
August 2014 Cover Classic Science Fiction and Fantasy Stories Talos Press Anthology 358
September 2014 Cover Science Fiction Classics #1 Pulp Tales Press Anthology 74
June 2015 Cover Science Fiction Classics #10 Pulp Tales Press Anthology 82
March 2018 Cover Alien Invasion Short Stories Flame Tree Publishing Anthology |7
2022 Cover The Man Who Saved the Earth Pilgaard Publishing Chapbook
January 2022 The Man Who Saved the Earth Project Gutenberg Chapbook
September 2022 Cover Compelling Science Fiction Flame Tree Press Anthology 112
June 2025 Cover Famous Fantastic Mysteries #5 Popular Publications Anthology
October 2025 Cover The Classic Science Fiction Collection Arcturus Publishing Anthology 422
November 2025 Cover The Classic Science Fiction Collection Sirius Anthology 422