Colonial Survey

Colonial Survey is a 1957 collection of science fiction short stories 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 stories all originally appeared in the magazine Astounding.

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

Contents

• "Solar Constant"
• "Sand Doom"
• "Combat Team"
• "The Swamp Was Upside Down"

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]