Project Gutenberg 2025-02-27 Public domain in the USA. 151 Coblentz, Stanton A. (Stanton Arthur) 1896 1982 Coblentz, Stanton Arthur Hadley, Ned The crystal planetoids $aChicago, IL :$bZiff-Davis Publishing Company, $c1942. Produced from Amazing Stories May 1942. Greg Weeks, Mary Meehan and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net "The Crystal Planetoids" by Stanton A. Coblentz is a science fiction novel written in the early 1940s. The story revolves around the characters Philip Dunbar, Ronald Gates, and Eleanor Firth as they make a horrifying discovery in their laboratory that something otherworldly is affecting the Earth’s atmosphere. When Ronald showcases his invention, the Infra-Red Eye, it reveals invisible creatures and webs in the sky that turn out to be the work of Saturnian invaders. At the start of the narrative, the three characters are working late at the Merlin Research Institute amidst ongoing strange meteorological phenomena. They are excited yet skeptical about Gates’ invention until Eleanor uses it and sees shocking images of gigantic, octopus-like beings constructing a web in the sky. Shortly after this revelation, they encounter the true danger of these beings, as they are captured and taken by them to one of the Crystal Planetoids, setting the stage for a thrilling confrontation between human ingenuity and alien menace. Gates, primarily focused on his scientific endeavors, must navigate his newfound captivity, while other characters wrestle with moral dilemmas and their complicated relationships. (This is an automatically generated summary.) 20250120123835coblentz 1942 US Reading ease score: 72.2 (7th grade). Fairly easy to read. en Science fiction War stories Adventure stories Human-alien encounters -- Fiction Earth (Planet) -- Fiction PS Text Category: Science-Fiction & Fantasy Category: Novels 193818 2025-07-30T03:47:50.602749 text/html 168501 2025-02-27T07:49:19 text/html 768285 2025-07-30T03:47:55.363779 application/epub+zip 767512 2025-07-30T03:47:52.029828 application/epub+zip 225225 2025-07-30T03:47:51.222797 application/epub+zip 1099834 2025-07-30T03:47:57.971735 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 1082748 2025-07-30T03:47:54.822757 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 178429 2025-07-30T03:47:50.229780 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 158581 2025-02-27T07:49:19 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 16940 2025-07-30T03:47:58.113726 application/rdf+xml 30761 2025-07-30T03:47:51.544750 image/jpeg 5177 2025-07-30T03:47:51.381769 image/jpeg 1285230 2025-07-30T03:47:50.644749 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