Project Gutenberg 2022-08-18 Public domain in the USA. 113 Leinster, Murray 1896 1975 Jenkins, Will Jenkins, William Fitzgerald Fitzgerald, William Jenkins, Will F. Freas, Kelly 1922 2005 Freas, Frank Kelly The swamp was upside down $aUnited States :$bStreet & Smith Publications, Inc.,$c1956. Colonial Survey Reading ease score: 77.0 (7th grade). Fairly easy to read. Greg Weeks, Mary Meehan and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net "The Swamp Was Upside Down" by Murray Leinster is a science fiction novella published in the mid-20th century, specifically in 1956, within the pages of "Astounding Science Fiction." The story revolves around the complexities of a colonial survey mission on a planet called Canna III, focusing on the profound environmental issues that arise when civilization interacts with alien ecosystems. The narrative involves elements of space travel, crisis management, and the responsibilities of scientific authority in the face of looming disaster. In the plot, Senior Officer Hardwick is summoned to Sector Headquarters after peculiar changes occur on the planet due to extensive irrigation practices that have led to the soil destabilization. As the situation worsens, tensions arise between civilian populations and the Survey personnel, particularly regarding their approach to the extensive groundwater issues generated by their irrigation systems. Hardwick and his junior officer, Lieutenant Barnes, work against time to find solutions, including utilizing ship-fuel to modify the soil structure while preventing catastrophic outcomes like landslides or explosions. The story explores themes of authority, ingenuity, and the consequences of human interference in nature, ultimately portraying a race against time to save both the island and its inhabitants from disaster. (This is an automatically generated summary.) 20220610171339leinster 1956 US en Science fiction Space colonies -- Fiction Geology -- Fiction PS Text Browsing: Science - Earth/Agricultural/Farming Browsing: Science-Fiction & Fantasy Browsing: Fiction 128874 128904 2024-12-28T09:20:39.850056 2023-09-29T10:02:58.410315 text/html text/html 129987 2022-08-18T06:43:16 text/html 757802 2024-12-28T09:20:43.624492 application/epub+zip 758793 2024-12-28T09:20:41.139184 application/epub+zip 221087 2024-12-28T09:20:40.350135 application/epub+zip 1445449 2024-12-28T09:20:45.481504 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 1436903 2024-12-28T09:20:43.087487 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 899869 2022-09-30T23:04:51.998658 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 120365 120352 2024-12-28T09:20:39.586005 2023-09-29T10:02:58.099354 text/plain; charset=us-ascii text/plain 119982 2022-08-18T06:43:16 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 19395 2024-12-28T09:20:45.618467 application/rdf+xml 30898 2024-12-28T09:20:40.681004 image/jpeg 5080 2024-12-28T09:20:40.518993 image/jpeg 1651466 2024-12-28T09:20:39.888000 application/octet-stream application/zip Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://www.gutenberg.org/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog en.wikipedia en.wikipedia