The Colonists

by Raymond F. Jones

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Genres: Science Fiction

44 pages, Paperback

First published September 19, 2010

About the author

Raymond Fisher Jones (November 15, 1915, Salt Lake City, Utah - January 24, 1994, Sandy, Salt Lake County, Utah) was an American science fiction author. He is best known for his 1952 novel, This Island Earth, which was adapted into the 1955 film This Island Earth and for the short story "The Children's Room", which was adapted for television as Episode Two of the ABC network show Tales of Tomorrow, first aired on February 29, 1952.

Jones' career was at its peak during the 1940s, 1950s, and 1960s. His stories were published mainly in magazines such as Thrilling Wonder Stories, Astounding Stories, and Galaxy. His short story Noise Level is known as one of his best works. His short story "The Alien Machine", first published in the June, 1949 Thrilling Wonder Stories, was later expanded into the novel This Island Earth, along with two other short stories, "The Shroud of Secrecy", and "The Greater Conflict", known as The Peace Engineers Trilogy, featuring the character Cal Meacham. Jones also wrote the story upon which the episode "The Children's Room" was based for the television program Tales of Tomorrow in 1952.

Reviews

[Jim Davis · Rating 2 out of 5]

I found the concept mildly interesting but didn't quite agree with Jones' conclusions. Jones did a good job of not going into any long scientific explanations for the processes used in this future setting. He allowed you to understand enough about the underlying processes being used on the test subjects with just a few words. It's fortunate he did this because the long drawn out pseudo-science details common to early pulp Sf wouldn't have added anything but more pages. Although it is a short novel the one idea didn't seem big enough to keep it going.

[DOUGLAS J BERRY · Rating 5 out of 5]

Sci fi short, psychological study.

This story is about the requirements for a colonial effort. It could have been longer but was originally serialized for a magazine. Now a kindle freebie