The Metal Man story

shortstory: The Metal Man (1928) · 1928-12 · Jack Williamson

A radium prospector is turned to metal.

5 total · 3 major · 2 minor

ThemeLevelMotivation
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.