Project Gutenberg 2020-11-06 Public domain in the USA. 138 Adams, James R. Petrizzo Crisis on Titan Produced from Planet Stories Spring 1946 Greg Weeks, Mary Meehan and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net "Crisis on Titan" by James R. Adams is a science fiction novel written in the mid-20th century. The narrative unfolds on Titan, one of Saturn's moons, where a military patrol is tasked with mining a vital resource known as chroidex while also navigating conflicts with the planet's indigenous species. The story intertwines themes of survival, courage, and the complexities of interspecies relations in a hostile environment. The plot centers around Captain Staley and Sergeant Hallihan, who lead their unit on a perilous mission to secure a mining site and defend against hostile creatures known as Squeakers. As tensions escalate, they encounter the peculiar Barber's Delights—an indigenous species that, despite their lack of intelligence, end up being pivotal to the patrol's success. When the patrol is caught off guard by an overwhelming Squeaker force, it is Staley's ingenious strategy involving the Barber's Delights that ultimately turns the tide of battle. The novel explores themes of teamwork, resourcefulness, and the unexpected nature of allies in combat, culminating in victory and the preservation of a vital resource for interstellar travel. (This is an automatically generated summary.) Reading ease score: 75.0 (7th grade). Fairly easy to read. en Science fiction Short stories Soldiers -- Fiction Human-alien encounters -- Fiction Titan (Satellite) -- Fiction PS Text Category: Science-Fiction & Fantasy Category: Novels 51582 2025-06-25T08:08:39.873105 text/html 27538 2024-10-18T07:59:32 text/html 736119 2025-06-25T08:08:41.604142 application/epub+zip 734925 2025-06-25T08:08:40.303123 application/epub+zip 85552 2025-06-25T08:08:40.062114 application/epub+zip 771527 2025-06-25T08:08:42.775083 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 764193 2025-06-25T08:08:41.396076 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 115309 2022-09-28T17:49:57.825957 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 44989 2025-06-25T08:08:39.780094 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 25180 2024-10-18T07:59:32 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 17138 2025-06-25T08:08:42.898105 application/rdf+xml 31774 2025-06-25T08:08:40.163073 image/jpeg 5069 2025-06-25T08:08:40.114075 image/jpeg 713446 2025-06-25T08:08:39.901135 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