The Pratt, Fletcher 1897-1956 creator text utu 2012 monographic en 1 online resource : multiple file formats "The Onslaught from Rigel" by Fletcher Pratt is a science fiction novella first published in 1932. When a mysterious comet approaches Earth, Ben Ruby awakens to find himself transformed into a metal being while most of humanity has become lifeless statues. The comet is actually a spacecraft carrying the Lassans—militaristic elephantoid aliens from Rigel who plan to enslave or destroy all survivors. Ruby and fellow survivors must face thought-controlled creatures and armored forces as they fight to reclaim their planet and their humanity. (This is an automatically generated summary.) Wikipedia page about this book: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Invaders_from_Rigel Release date is 2012-10-14 Produced by Greg Weeks, Mary Meehan and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net Original publication data not identified Science fiction War stories Extraterrestrial beings -- Fiction Human-alien encounters -- Fiction PS Original publication data not identified https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/41049 https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/41049 UtSlPG 260607 20260610133934.0 41049