Contents: ix • Introduction (The Early Williamson) • (1975) xv • Scientifiction, Searchlight of Science • (1928) 4 • The Metal Man • (1928) 16 • The Girl from Mars (excerpt) • (1929) 35 • The Cosmic Express • (1930) 48 • The Meteor Girl • (1931) 69 • Through the Purple Cloud • (1931) 89 • The Doom from Planet 4 • (1931) 110 • Twelve Hours to Live! • (1931) 122 • The…