Title: The Alien Intelligence
Author: Jack Williamson
Magazine: Science Wonder Stories Vol 1, N° 2 (1929)
Published in 1929 by Jack Williamson, this story has everything a good pulp needs.
It features a fearless explorer, a city made of crystal, terrifying aliens, and a touch of romance across unknown dimensions. Fast-paced and vivid, it captures the wild imagination and drama that defined the golden age of pulp fiction.
Dr Winfield Fowler travels to the Australian outback after receiving a radio signal from his missing friend, Horace Austen. Horace claims he’s trapped in a “world of alien terrors” inside a crater known as the Mountain of the Moon. Determined to uncover the truth, Fowler sets out at once, drawn by fear, loyalty and the hope that Horace is still alive.
