PLANET EXPLORER Original title: Colonial Survey Murray Leinster Complete and Unabridged AVON PUBLICATIONS, INC. 575 Madison Avenue—New York 22, N. Y. Planet Explorer (Colonial Survey) is based upon material originally appearing in Astounding Science Fiction, copyright, 1956, by Street & Smith Publications, Inc. Copyright 1957, by Murray Leinster. Published by arrangement with Gnome Press, Inc. Printed in the U.S.A. [Transcriber's Note: Extensive research did not uncover any evidence that the U.S. copyright on this publication was renewed.] To Austin Stanton, Esq. Who believes that the things I write about should be accomplished right away; Who believes that all men are potential geniuses; Who gives responsibility and opportunity to men while they are young; And thereby does his bit to make actual the things I only write about. Murray Leinster WORLDS AND WORLDS Eons from now, MAN will hurtle through the void in gravity-defying ships across light-years of distance to far-flung planets ... and more staggering yet, he will COLONIZE these islands in the unimaginably vast ocean of space. There will be worlds, and worlds, such as— LANI III—a glacier-land warmed by man XOSA II—a shining desert made green by man LOREN II—an inferno of beasts, tamed by man THE FASCINATING, HEROIC STORY OF A TRAIL-BLAZER TO THE UNKNOWN—outer-space service officer Bordman, who uses
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