Project Gutenberg 2009-05-06 Public domain in the USA. 116 Wright, Sewell Peaslee 1897 1970 The God in the Box Produced from Astounding Stories, September, 1931. Reading ease score: 80.7 (6th grade). Easy to read. Produced by Greg Weeks and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at https://www.pgdp.net "The God in the Box" by Sewell Peaslee Wright is a science fiction novella written in the early 20th century, originally published in 1931. The story centers around Commander John Hanson of the Special Patrol Service, who recounts his adventures on a remote planet called Strobus, inhabited by the Strobians. The book explores themes of exploration, communication between different species, and the legacy of a past explorer whose teachings still resonate with the inhabitants of Strobus. In the narrative, Commander Hanson and his crew journey to the planet Strobus during a routine patrol, where they discover a thriving civilization of translucent-skinned beings, who revere a being named Thomas Anderson, the first human to visit their world centuries ago. As tensions rise from an impending invasion by a group known as the Neens, who resent the Strobians, the crew of the "Ertak" aides in their defense. Through the course of events, Hanson's actions affirm the connection between humanity and the Strobians, ultimately leading to a reaffirmation of peace among the people who look to Anderson as a central figure of their history. The tale highlights both the struggles of interspecies communication and the importance of understanding and friendship between cultures. (This is an automatically generated summary.) en Science fiction PS Text Science Fiction Astounding Stories Browsing: Literature Browsing: Science-Fiction & Fantasy Browsing: Fiction 80476 79429 2025-02-12T03:59:23.254968 2023-09-12T13:18:55.790660 text/html text/html 76533 2021-01-05T01:40:18 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 105571 2021-01-05T01:40:18 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 205723 2025-02-12T03:59:27.959942 application/epub+zip 205742 2025-02-12T03:59:25.221976 application/epub+zip 97061 2025-02-12T03:59:24.029957 application/epub+zip 288970 2025-02-12T03:59:29.852943 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 280364 2025-02-12T03:59:27.191964 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 151217 2022-08-13T08:53:56.662311 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 69909 69826 2025-02-12T03:59:22.857963 2023-09-12T13:18:55.450663 text/plain; charset=us-ascii text/plain 69744 2021-01-05T01:40:18 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 26738 2021-01-05T01:40:18 text/plain; charset=us-ascii application/zip 20018 2025-02-12T03:59:29.979918 application/rdf+xml 11055 2025-02-12T03:59:24.566950 image/jpeg 2939 2025-02-12T03:59:24.297949 image/jpeg 172344 2025-02-12T03:59:23.265946 application/octet-stream application/zip Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://www.gutenberg.org/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog