| Colonial Survey | |
| Author: | Murray Leinster |
| Cover Artist: | Wallace Wood |
| Country: | United States |
| Language: | English |
| Release Date: | 1957 |
| Media Type: | Print (hardback) |
| Pages: | 185 |
| Oclc: | 10703754 |
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.
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]
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