"Mernos"
| Title | "Mernos" |
| Year for Search | 1929 |
| Authors | [Kellenberger], [L.C.?] |
| Tertiary Authors | James, Henry [pseud.] |
| Secondary Title | Amazing Stories (New York) |
| Volume / Edition | 3.11 |
| Pagination | 1000-17, 1942 |
| Date Published | February 1929 |
| ISSN Number | 0002-6891 |
| Annotation | Mernos is a small, inhabited planet in the asteroid belt visited by an astronomer from Earth, who decides to stay there. The Mernosians are far in advance of Earth technologically, communicate telepathically, and live to be about 300. They worship Zerno, the creator of the universe, who is all good. World-wide government. No money: everything provided. Most work is done by electricity, but “Everyone has an allotted task” (1011). Henry James is the name of the person telling the story. |
| Illustration | Illus. [Frank R.] Paul (1884-1963) |
| Pseudonym | Henry James [pseud.]. |
| Author Note | Henry James is the name of the person telling the story. |
| Full Text | 1929 [Kellenberger, L.C.?]. “Mernos.” By Henry James [pseud.]. Illus. [Frank R.] Paul (1884-1963). Amazing Stories (New York) 3.11 (February 1929): 1000-17, 1042. PSt Mernos is a small, inhabited planet in the asteroid belt visited by an astronomer from Earth, who decides to stay there. The Mernosians are far in advance of Earth technologically, communicate telepathically, and live to be about 300. They worship Zerno, the creator of the universe, who is all good. World-wide government. No money; everything provided. Most work is done by electricity, but “Everyone has an allotted task” (1011). Henry James is the name of the person telling the story. |
