Project Gutenberg 2009-08-23 Public domain in the USA. 123 Ernst, Paul 1899 1985 Ernst, Paul Frederick The Planetoid of Peril Produced from Astounding Stories November 1931. Produced by Greg Weeks, Mary Meehan and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net "The Planetoid of Peril" by Paul Ernst is a science fiction novel published in the early 20th century, specifically in the early 1930s. The story revolves around the adventures of Harley 2Q14N20, a mining engineer who seeks an exclusive asteroid home and ends up buying the seemingly uninhabitable asteroid Z-40, notorious for housing a terrifying, indestructible creature that poses a lethal threat to anyone who attempts to land there. The narrative explores themes of courage, love, and the struggle against overwhelming odds as Harley confronts the monstrous tenant of his new property. In summary, Harley 2Q14N20's journey begins with his desire to find a profitable asteroid to secure a future with his love, Beatrice 3W28W12. After obtaining Z-40, he discovers that the asteroid is home to a gigantic creature, part organic and part mineral, which he initially cannot combat due to his inadequate weaponry. Despite a harrowing encounter that leaves his spaceship destroyed and his life hanging by a thread, Harley's resourcefulness leads him to devise a plan to rid the asteroid of the monstrous beast. In a climactic moment, he successfully uses a repellor from his wrecked ship to launch the creature into space, thereby transforming Z-40 into the perfect paradise he desired. Ultimately, the tale conveys themes of bravery and the triumph of human spirit against the unknown. (This is an automatically generated summary.) Reading ease score: 72.3 (7th grade). Fairly easy to read. en Science fiction PS Text Science Fiction Astounding Stories Category: Science-Fiction & Fantasy Category: Novels 78645 2025-08-12T09:14:58.605821 text/html 75411 2009-08-23T09:39:14 text/html 112350 2025-08-12T09:15:02.651815 application/epub+zip 111758 2025-08-12T09:15:00.290825 application/epub+zip 89283 2025-08-12T09:14:59.220814 application/epub+zip 209542 2025-08-12T09:15:04.401773 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 202770 2025-08-12T09:15:02.017843 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 139060 2022-09-13T17:40:36.128512 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 70569 2025-08-12T09:14:58.331814 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 70479 2009-08-23T09:39:14 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 18986 2025-08-12T09:15:04.519783 application/rdf+xml 12564 2025-08-12T09:14:59.696809 image/jpeg 3761 2025-08-12T09:14:59.456807 image/jpeg 51568 2009-08-23T09:39:14 application/octet-stream application/zip 27855 2009-08-23T09:39:14 application/octet-stream application/zip 109958 2025-08-12T09:14:58.615819 application/octet-stream application/zip Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://book.klll.cc/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog en.wikipedia