Front matter
Reading edition · Edition 2
Harry Harrison
Walker and Company New York
Copyright 1961 by HARRY HARRISON
Portions of this book appeared, in somewhat different form, in Astounding Science Fiction for August 1957 and Analog Science Fact & Fiction for April 1960.
All rights reserved. No part of this book may be reproduced or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic or mechanical, including photocopying, recording, or by any information storage and retrieval system, without permission in writing from the Publisher.
All the characters and events portrayed in this story are fictitious.
Published in the United States of America in 1970 by the Walker Publishing Company, Inc.
Published simultaneously in Canada by The Ryerson Press, Toronto.
Library of Congress Catalog Card Number: 74-103005
Printed in the United States of America.
[Transcriber's Note: Extensive research did not uncover any evidence that the U.S. copyright on this publication was renewed.]
For Hans Stefan Santesson