Badge of Infamy

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Reading edition

Transcriber's Note: This etext was produced from an Ace Books paperback, 1973. Extensive research did not uncover any evidence that the U.S. copyright on this publication was renewed.

BADGE OF INFAMY LESTER DEL REY EARTHMEN BECOMING MARTIANS

The computer seemed to work as it should. The speed was within acceptable limits. He gave up trying to see the ground and was forced to trust the machinery designed for amateur pilots. The flare bloomed, and he yanked down on the little lever.

It could have been worse. They hit the ground, bounced twice, and turned over. The ship was a mess when Feldman freed himself from the elastic straps of the seat. Chris had shrieked as they hit, but she was unbuckling herself now.

He threw her her spacesuit and one of the emergency bottles of oxygen from the rack. "Hurry up with that. We've sprung a leak and the pressure's dropping."

Turn this book over for a second complete novel. [Transcriber's Note: The second novel is not present in this etext.]

BADGE OF INFAMY

By LESTER DEL REY

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BADGE OF INFAMY

A shorter and earlier version of this story appeared in Satellite Science Fiction for June, 1957.

First Ace printing: January, 1973

Printed in U.S.A.