Title: Colonial Survey

Title: Colonial Survey Title Record # 37712
Author: Murray Leinster
Date: 1956-00-00
Type: NOVEL
Series: Colonial Survey
Webpages: Wikipedia-EN
Language: English

Note: Originally published as 4 separate unrelated novelettes, which were rewritten for book publication, including merging the four protagonists in one man, Bordman of "Sand Doom". Two chapter titles in the resulting novel correspond to the original story titles ("Sand Doom" and "The Swamp Was Upside Down") while "Critical Difference" appears as "Solar Constant" and the Hugo award winning "Exploration Team" appears as "Combat Team". The two 1958 German titles are each an abridged half of the 'novel' and a different translation than the 1967 German edition

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Translations

Year	Title
1957	Planet Explorer
1957	The Planet Explorer

Year	Language	Title
1957^ⓘTranslated by F. Klaus Half of Colonial Survey, made up of Tod im Sand (Sand Doom, 1955) Solarkonstante (Solar Constant, 1956)	German	Boardman greift ein
1958^ⓘTranslated by F. Klaus Fix-up made up of: Kampfeinheiten (Exploration Team , 1956) Der Sumpf stand auf dem Kopf (The Swamp was Upside down, 1956)	German	Abenteuer auf Loren II
1967^ⓘTranslated by Walter Brumm. Fix-up of: Die Sonnenkonstante (Solar Constant, 1956) Sand im Getriebe (Sand Doom,1955) Die Kampfgruppe (Combat Team, 1956) Erdrutsch (The Swamp Was Upside Down, 1956)	German	Der Planeten-Inspektor
1971^ⓘTranslated by C. M. E. Baans. Fix-up made out of: 9 De zonneconstante (Solar Constant, 1956) 60 Het noodlottige zand (Sand Doom,1955) 119 De strijdgroep (Combat Team, 1956) 182 Het moeras lag ondersteboven (The Swamp Was Upside Down, 1956)	Dutch	Hels Kwartet

Publications

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Title	Date	Author/Editor	Publisher/Pub. Series	ISBN/Catalog ID	Price	Pages	Format	Type	Cover Artist
Colonial Survey	1956-00-00	Murray Leinster	Gnome Press		$3.00^?$: US dollar	185	hc^?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	novel	Wallace Wood
Planet Explorer	1957-00-00	Murray Leinster	Avon	T-202	$0.35^?$: US dollar	171	pb^?Paperback. Typically 7" by 4.25" (18 cm by 11 cm) or smaller, though trimming errors can cause them to sometimes be slightly (less than 1/4 extra inch) taller or wider/deeper.	novel	Art Sussman
Planet Explorer	1989-05-00	Murray Leinster	Bart Books	1-55785-105-0	$3.50^?$: US dollar	171	pb^?Paperback. Typically 7" by 4.25" (18 cm by 11 cm) or smaller, though trimming errors can cause them to sometimes be slightly (less than 1/4 extra inch) taller or wider/deeper.	novel	Peter Scanlan
Planets of Adventure	2003-10-00	Murray Leinster	Baen Books	0-7434-7162-8	$7.99^?$: US dollar	550	pb^?Paperback. Typically 7" by 4.25" (18 cm by 11 cm) or smaller, though trimming errors can cause them to sometimes be slightly (less than 1/4 extra inch) taller or wider/deeper.	coll	Bob Eggleton
Planets of Adventure	2004-05-25	Murray Leinster	Baen Books (Baen Free Library)	0-7434-7162-8	$0.00^?$: US dollar		ebook^?Used for all electronic formats, including but not limited to EPUB, eReader, HTML, iBook, Mobipocket, and PDF.	coll	Bob Eggleton
The Planet Explorer	2006-00-00	Murray Leinster	Wildside Press	978-0-8095-0035-2	$29.95^?$: US dollar	157	hc^?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	novel
The Planet Explorer	2007-03-08	Murray Leinster	Wildside Press	978-0-8095-0032-1	$13.95^?$: US dollar	160	tp^?Trade paperback. Any softcover book which is at least 7.25" (or 19 cm) tall, or at least 4.5" (11.5 cm) wide/deep.	novel
The 1634: The Baltic War Disk	2007-05-00	uncredited	Baen Books (Baen CD-ROM Library #13)		$0.00^?$: US dollar		other^?The publication format is non-standard. The details are usually provided publication notes.	omni
The 1634: The Baltic War Disk	2007-05-00	uncredited	Baen Books (Baen CD-ROM Library #13)		$0.00^?$: US dollar		other^?The publication format is non-standard. The details are usually provided publication notes.	omni
The 1635: The Eastern Front Disk	2010-10-00	uncredited	Baen Books (Baen CD-ROM Library #23)		$0.00^?$: US dollar		other^?The publication format is non-standard. The details are usually provided publication notes.	omni
Colonial Survey	2019-09-03	Murray Leinster	Gateway / Orion	978-1-4732-2730-9	$2.99^?$: US dollar		ebook^?Used for all electronic formats, including but not limited to EPUB, eReader, HTML, iBook, Mobipocket, and PDF.	novel
Planets of Adventure	2020-03-02	Murray Leinster	Recorded Books	978-1-9800-5096-4	$34.99^?$: US dollar		digital audio download^?Digital recording in any format that is downloaded directly from the Internet. This category includes podcasts.	coll
Planets of Adventure	2020-03-03	Murray Leinster	Recorded Books	978-1-6644-8313-2	$55.99^?$: US dollar		audio CD^?Compact disc with standard audio tracks	coll
Planet Explorer	2022-12-13	Murray Leinster	Project Gutenberg	69535	$0.00^?$: US dollar		ebook^?Used for all electronic formats, including but not limited to EPUB, eReader, HTML, iBook, Mobipocket, and PDF.	novel

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Reviews

Review by Theodore Sturgeon (1957) in Venture Science Fiction Magazine, September 1957
Review by Anthony Boucher (1957) in The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction, October 1957
Review by Floyd C. Gale (1957) in Galaxy Science Fiction, November 1957 , reprinted in:
Galaxy Science Fiction [UK], No. 58 (1958)
Review by P. Schuyler Miller (1957) in Astounding Science Fiction, November 1957
Review by Theodore Sturgeon (1958) in Venture Science Fiction Magazine, May 1958
Review [Dutch] by uncredited (1971) in Holland-SF 1971, #4