Colonial Survey

Colonial Survey

Dust-jacket from the first edition
Author	Murray Leinster
Cover artist	Wallace Wood
Language	English
Genre	Science fiction
Publisher	Gnome Press
Publication date	1957
Publication place	United States
Media type	Print (hardback)
Pages	185
OCLC	10703754

Colonial Survey is a 1957 fix-up novel combining four science fiction novelettes by American writer Murray Leinster. It was first published by Gnome Press in 1957 in an edition of 5,000 copies. The collection was reprinted by Avon Books in 1957 under the title The Planet Explorer. The novelettes all originally appeared in the magazine Astounding .

Contents

• "Solar Constant", based on the 1956 novelette "Critical Difference"
• "Sand Doom", based on the eponymous 1956 novelette
• "Combat Team", based on the Hugo-award-winning 1956 novelette "Exploration Team"
• "The Swamp Was Upside Down", based on the eponymous 1956 novelette

Reception

Galaxy reviewer Floyd C. Gale praised the collection as "the gadget story raised to new heights. . . . Leinster pulls his miracles out of a hat labeled Deus ex perspiration and makes them completely credible." ^[1]

References

1. "Galaxy's 5 Star Shelf", Galaxy Science Fiction , November 1957, p.120

Sources

• Chalker, Jack L.; Mark Owings (1998). The Science-Fantasy Publishers: A Bibliographic History, 1923-1998. Westminster, MD and Baltimore: Mirage Press, Ltd. p. 306.
• Contento, William G. "Index to Science Fiction Anthologies and Collections". Archived from the original on 2008-06-28. Retrieved 2008-03-04.

External links

• Colonial Survey title listing at the Internet Speculative Fiction Database
• The Planet Explorer title listing at the Internet Speculative Fiction Database
• The Planet Explorer at Project Gutenberg