1 9 5 0 ▁birth s ▁Category : L iving ▁people <0x0A> </s> ▁The ▁S hr oud ed ▁Planet ▁is ▁a ▁ 1 9 5 7 ▁science ▁fiction ▁novel ▁published ▁under ▁the ▁name ▁" Ro bert ▁Rand all ", ▁ ▁actually ▁the ▁collabor ative ▁work ▁of ▁American ▁writers ▁Robert ▁Silver berg ▁and ▁Rand all ▁Gar rett . ▁ ▁It ▁consists ▁of ▁three ▁linked ▁stories , ▁each ▁originally ▁published ▁separately ▁in ▁the ▁magazine ▁Ast ounding ▁Science ▁F iction . ▁ ▁Link ing ▁chap ters ▁were ▁added ▁for ▁book ▁release . ▁ ▁The ▁first ▁book ▁printing , ▁by ▁G nome ▁Press ▁in ▁New ▁York , ▁was ▁small ▁and ▁did ▁not ▁sell ▁well . ▁ ▁This ▁and ▁the ▁sequ el ▁novel , ▁The ▁Daw ning ▁Light , ▁were ▁repr int ed ▁ 2 5 ▁years ▁later . ▁ ▁The ▁original ▁stories ▁were : ▁" The ▁Ch osen ▁People " ▁( A st ounding ▁SF , ▁June ▁ 1 9 5 6 ) ▁" The ▁Prom ised ▁Land " ▁( A st ounding ▁SF , ▁August ▁ 1 9 5 6 ) ▁False ▁Pro ph et " ▁( A st ounding ▁SF , ▁ ▁December ▁ 1 9 5 6 ; ▁also ▁front ▁cover ▁art ) ▁ ▁All ▁the ▁stories ▁relate ▁to ▁the ▁fict ional ▁planet ▁N idor ▁and ▁the ▁effects ▁on ▁its ▁hum ano id ▁inhabitants ▁of ▁the ▁coming ▁of ▁Earth men , ▁humans ▁with ▁advanced ▁technology ▁and ▁apparently ▁bene vol ent ▁mot ives . ▁ ▁The ▁common ▁thread ▁is ▁a ▁family , ▁beginning ▁with ▁K