planeteer n.

someone who travels to or explores other planets

Obs.

  • 1918 H. E. Flint The Planeteer in All-Story Weekly 9 Mar. (title) page image Homer Eon Flint

    The Planeteer.

  • 1938 Thrilling Wonder Stories Oct. 74 (editorial blurb for J. W. Campbell Jr.’s The Brain Pirates) page image bibliography

    Two roving planeteers confront the invisible imps of an empire from beyond the sun and discover that matter is mightier than mind

  • 1946 B. I. Kahn For the Public in Astounding Science Fiction Dec. 90/2 page image Bernard I. Kahn bibliography

    Protecting the insensate mob, watching the helpless public; you must have studied the manual of the Juvenile Planeteers. I understand they do things like good deeds and such.

  • 1949 J. H. Schmitz Agent of Vega in Astounding Science Fiction July 17/1 James H. Schmitz

    But if it was Deel, why should anyone keep a prosperous, reasonably honest and totally insignificant planeteer under telepathic surveillance?

  • 1961 F. Saberhagen Planeteer in Galaxy Magazine Apr. 11/1 page image Fred Saberhagen bibliography

    The twenty planeteers who were going down into atmosphere, plus two reserve crews, slouched in their seats and scribbled notes.

Research requirements

antedating 1918
Earliest cite

in All-Story Weekly
Research History
Mike Christie submitted a 1938 cite from John W. Campbell's "The Brain Pirates".
Fred Galvin submitted a 1961 cite from Fred Saberhagen's "Planeteer".
Mike Christie submitted a 1946 cite from B. I. Kahn's "For the Public".
Fred Galvin submitted a cite from a 1962 reprint of 1949 James H. Schmitz's "Agent of Vega"; Mike Christie verified it in the original publication.
Fred Galvin submitted a 1956 cite from Ib Melchior's "The Vidiot".
A fanzine called "The Planeteer" was apparently published around 1935; we would like to obtain a cite from a copy.
Fred Galvin submitted a 1927 cite from a letter to Amazing Stories that refers to a 1918 story titled "The Planeteer" by Homer Eon Flint in the March 9, 1918 All-Story Weekly; we would like to obtain a cite from this story.
Fred Galvin also located references to additional stories that have "planeteer" in the title: "The Planeteer" by Stark Robertson (Wonder Stories, 5/35), and "The Three Planeteer" by Edmond Hamilton (Startling Stories, 1/40); we would like to obtain cites from any of these stories.
Malcolm Farmer submitted a 1921 cite from the humorous magazine "Punch", in a book review of Burroughs' "Thuvia, Maid of Mars"

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