Full record for planetside adj.
| Definition | occurring on the surface of a planet |
| OED requirements | antedating 1956 |
| Earliest cite | D. Knight 'Stranger Station' |
| Comment | E.g. 'a planetside war'.
Mike Christie submitted a cite from a 1980 reprint of Orson Scott Card's story "And What Will We Do Tomorrow?" in "Capitol". Mike Christie submitted a cite from a 1977 reprint of Andre Norton's 1968 "The Zero Stone". Douglas Winston submitted a 1988 cite from L.E. Modesitt, Jr.'s "In Endless Twilight". Douglas Winston submitted a cite from a 1992 reprint of Timothy Zahn's 1991 "Heir to the Empire". Douglas Winston submitted a 1963 cite from H. Beam Piper's "Space Viking". Michael Dolbear submitted a cite from a 2001 reprint of Elizabeth Moon's 2000 "Against the Odds". Michael Dolbear submitted a cite from a 1994 reprint of David Weber's 1993 "On Basilisk Station". Douglas Winston submitted a cite for the form "planet-side" from a 1985 reprint of Andre Norton's 1955 "Sargasso of Space"; Mike Christie verified this from a 1957 reprint. Fred Galvin submitted a 1956 cite from Damon Knight's "Stranger Station". |
| Last modified | 6 July, 2008 |
Citations for planetside adj.
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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. |
| 1988 L. E. Modesitt, Jr. In Endless Twilight 213 | Gerswin ignored the Imperial byplay, since neither corvette could fire again without risking planetside damage. |
| 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. |
| 2006 S. M. Stirling Sky People i. 36 | Anyone who thought they could forbid liquor traffic in an organization founded by Russians was crazy. That didn't stop Security from trying, of course, and even trying to prevent people from making their own untaxed hooch down planetside, which showed you how in touch with reality they were. |
| 2009 Fantasy & Sci. Fiction Apr.–May 203 | No one now expected to hear from the planetside colony. |