Suddenly he wanted solid land, a lot of it, around and under him.

And maybe Alex would be able to keep food down better on solid land.

Wind rose here as well, and the ground dropped away; they were up again, but this time over solid land.

I think most of us build our homes on solid land."

After struggling through the waist high water, my feet eventually were on solid land.

He could see the causeway that had brought them to solid land.

They finally reached the island, but did not try to scramble onto it "We need to find solid land instead!"

Why did we not die before we left solid land?

At last they stood on solid land againand saw a path ahead.

They could even ship away water to Venus and get down to some solid land for islands.

This might well be an easier pursuit for a citizen on solid land.

Despite coaxing, he would not venture far from solid land.

It looked just like solid land - until you tried to walk on it.

Building can only take place on flat, solid land where trees have been bulldozed.

Soon they were back on solid land, to her relief, and forging along a new path.

It was like stepping to solid land after weeks on a heaving sea.

At last our feet felt a semblance of bottom under the mud and then we came out on solid land.

But that was ancient history, from the time when men had lived on solid land above Pandora's sea.

Middleton discovers how people live with very little solid land.

The scenery and the fact that solid land still existed were both comforting.

For once, I was glad to get off solid land and onto a creaky ship.

"Your health is the continent, the solid land on which I build all my happiness and hope.

But she was so glad to touch solid land that she didn't care.

The combined shock of solid land and cool water gave me the strength to pull myself forward onto the island.