Project Gutenberg 2022-08-18 Public domain in the USA. 114 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 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 Reading ease score: 77.0 (7th grade). Fairly easy to read. en Science fiction Space colonies -- Fiction Geology -- Fiction PS Text Category: Science-Fiction & Fantasy Category: Environmental Issues 129002 2025-06-27T08:22:08.479964 text/html 106231 2024-10-19T00:05:25 text/html 757894 2025-06-27T08:22:11.914996 application/epub+zip 758801 2025-06-27T08:22:09.646971 application/epub+zip 221089 2025-06-27T08:22:08.921052 application/epub+zip 1445035 2025-06-27T08:22:13.605964 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 1436887 2025-06-27T08:22:11.432007 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 899869 2022-09-30T23:04:51.998658 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 120371 2025-06-27T08:22:08.254947 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 100449 2024-10-19T00:05:25 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 18287 2025-06-27T08:22:13.744940 application/rdf+xml 30898 2025-06-27T08:22:09.229960 image/jpeg 5080 2025-06-27T08:22:09.069966 image/jpeg 1651509 2025-06-27T08:22:08.516947 application/octet-stream application/zip Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://book.klll.cc/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog en.wikipedia en.wikipedia