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Title: Badge of Infamy

Author: Lester del Rey

Release Date: October 5, 2006 [EBook #19471]

Language: English

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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.

[Illustration: 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."

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Turn this book over for a second complete novel.

[Transcriber's Note:
The second novel is not present in this etext.]

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BADGE OF INFAMY

By LESTER DEL REY

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ace books
A Division of Charter Communications Inc.
1120 Avenue of the Americas
New York, N.Y. 10036

BADGE OF INFAMY

Copyright (C) 1963 by Galaxy Publishing Corp.
Copyright (C) 1957 by Renown Publications, Inc.

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

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_First Ace printing: January, 1973_

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THE SKY IS FALLING
Copyright (C) 1954, 1963