Maza of the Moon is a science fiction novel by Otis Adelbert Kline. It was first published in book form in 1930 by A C McClurg & Co. The novel was originally serialized in four parts in the magazine Argosy beginning in December 1929.
Plot synopsis Ted Dustin, an American inventor, seeks to win a prize of one million dollars by being the first person to touch the Moon with an object launched from Earth. He devises a huge gun, which fires upon the surface of the Moon. Shortly thereafter, the Moon fires back, and war breaks out between the planet and its satellite. Using a videophone he invented, Ted hails communication with the Moon. A beautiful woman and her guards first reply, but their transmission is cut off by warlike yellow aliens. Ted eventually heads to the Moon in a spacecraft of his own design, and meets the titular character, who turns out to be the beautiful woman from the transmission, as well as a princess of one of the two groups that inhabit the Moon.
Publication history 1929, US, Argosy, Pub date December 1929, magazine serialization in 4 parts, issues dated December 21, 1929 to January 11, 1930 1930, US, A. C. McClurg , Pub date 1930, hardback, first book publication 1965. US, Ace Books, cover by Frank Frazetta
Comic adaptation In 1951 Avon Publications published a comic adaptation in Rocket to the Moon, by Walter B. Gibson (script) and Joe Orlando (art).
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"The Other Moon Maid, Maza" by Den Valdron, ERBzine, volume 1512.