| Definition | on or onto the surface of a planet |
| OED requirements | antedating 1955 |
| Earliest cite | P. J. Farmer 'Father' |
| Comment | E.g. 'he went planetside'.
Enoch Forrester submitted a cite from a 1997 reprint of Joe Haldeman's "The Forever War". Enoch Forrester submitted a cite from a reprint of Harlan Ellison's "Run for the Stars"; Mike Christie verified the cite in a 1959 printing. We would like to check the original appearance in 1957 in Science Fiction Adventures. Katrina Campbell submitted a cite from a reprint of Barry Longyear's "Dueling Clowns"; Mike Christie verified it in the 1979 first appearance. Enoch Forrester submitted a cite from a 1993 reprint of Peter David's "Imzadi". Mike Christie submitted a cite from a 1981 reprint of Poul Anderson's 1978 "The Avatar". Katrina Campbell submitted a cite from a 1992 reprint of Anne McCaffrey and Jody Lynn Nye's 1990 "The Death of Sleep". Ralf Brown located and Edward Keyes submitted a 1959 cite from Donald A. Wollheim's "The Secret of the Ninth Planet". Douglas Winston submitted a cite for the form "planet-side" from a 1985 reprint of Andre Norton's "Sargasso of Space"; we would like to verify this in the 1955 first edition. Fred Galvin submitted a 1955 cite from Philip José Farmer's "Father". |
| Last modified | 6 July, 2008 |
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| 1959 D. A. Wollheim Secret of Ninth Planet 37 | Completing the members of the expedition was another trio chosen to act as general crew, medical and commissary men while in flight, and as a trained explorer-fighter unit while on planetside. |
| 1959 H. Ellison Run for Stars in Touch of Infinity 41 | Every able-bodied man had been sent planetside to search for the bomb. |
| 1992 P. David Imzadi v. 35, | I really am a sleaze. I've been back planetside a few times‥but I never saw you. Never tried to contact you. |
| 1999 M.J. Friedman My Brother's Keeper ii. i. 7 | It was only customary to do so when a crewman lacked family and friends planetside. |