The Shrouded Planet | Wikipedia audio article
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Date: 02/06/2019

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00:01:26 1 Plot summary
00:01:45 1.1 Introduction
00:02:29 1.2 Kiv i(The Chosen People)/i
00:04:34 1.3 Sindi i(The Promised Land)/i
00:06:34 1.4 Norvis i(False Prophet)/i
00:09:40 2 Reception



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SUMMARY
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The Shrouded Planet is a 1957 science fiction novel published under the name "Robert Randall",  actually the collaborative work of American writers Robert Silverberg and Randall Garrett.  It consists of three linked stories, each originally published separately in the magazine Astounding Science Fiction.  Linking chapters were added for book release.  The first book printing, by Gnome Press in New York, was small and did not sell well.  This and the sequel novel, The Dawning Light, were reprinted 25 years later.
The original stories were:

"The Chosen People" (Astounding SF, June 1956)
"The Promised Land" (Astounding SF, August 1956)
False Prophet" (Astounding SF,  December 1956; also front cover art)All the stories relate to the fictional planet Nidor and the effects on its humanoid inhabitants of the coming of Earthmen, humans with advanced technology and apparently benevolent motives.  The common thread is a family, beginning with Kiv peGanz Brajjyd, his daughter Sindi, and her son Norvis.  Each contributes to the slow breakdown of Nidorian society, which is apparently what the Earthmen really want.