The Metal Man story
A radium prospector is turned to metal.
5 total · 3 major · 2 minor
| Theme | Level | Motivation |
|---|---|---|
| silicon-based being | major | Kelvin encountered an intelligent alien form of life which one gathers was composed of metal. |
| the dangers of radioactivity | major | The story centered around a radium prospector who got more than he bargained for while on an expedition to the radium rich El Rio de la Sangre (i.e. The River of Blood). |
| what if I underwent a physical metamorphosis | major | Radium prospector Thomas Kelvin was gradually transformed into metal after being exposed to radiation on an expedition to The River of Blood. |
| anti-gravity technology | minor | Kelvin at one point awoke "floating free in a brilliant orange light" and one gathers that the alien form of life had the power to manipulate gravity via the use of some kind of crystals. |
| fear | minor | Kelvin wrote how he was too terror stricken to run when a mist-veiled point of light stopped directly over his head. |