Badge of Infamy - Lester del Rey (large ebook reader .txt) 📗

said quietly. "I can't fight you. I never could, I

see now. I'll take the rocket back. What are you going to do?"

 

He hadn't bothered to think, but he knew the answer. "Research. What

else?"

 

There would be a lot of research done here. It had been suppressed too

long, and had piled up a back-pressure that would have to be relieved.

And from that research, he suspected, would come the end of the stable

oligarchy of Earth. It could never stand against the changes that would

be pouring out of Mars.

 

She put her hands on his shoulders and moved forward to kiss him. He

bent down to meet her, and found her eyes were wet. Maybe his were, too.

Then she broke free.

 

"You're a fool, Dan Feldman," she whispered, and began moving down the

hallway and out of the council hall of Mars.

 

Doc Feldman nodded slowly as he let her go. He was a fool. He had always

been a fool, and always would be. And that was why he could never take

over leadership here. Fools and idealists should never govern a world.

It took practical men such as Jake to do that.

 

But the practical men needed the foolish idealists, too. And maybe for a

time here on Mars their kind of men and his kind of fools could make one

more stab at the ancient puzzle of freedom.

 

Outside the war rockets of Earth began landing quietly on the free soil

of Mars.

Transcriber's Note:

 

The following errors in the original have been

corrected in this version:

 

Page 5: 'and there was' to 'and there were'

 

Page 9: 'ideopathic gastroentiritis' to 'idiopathic gastroenteritis'

 

Page 29: 'The cheapness of snythetics' to 'The cheapness of synthetics'

 

Page 42: 'huband's' to 'husband's'

 

Page 43: 'Southpost' to 'Southport'

 

Page 47: 'laywer' to 'lawyer'

 

Page 50: 'in a can' to 'to a can'

 

Page 118: 'Selnick's' to 'Selznick's'

 

]

 

       *       *       *       *       *

 

 

ANDRE NORTON

 

051615 #Beast Master# 75c

 

092668 #Catseye# 75c

 

123117 #The Crossroads of Time# 60c

 

137950 #Dark Piper# 60c

 

139923 #Daybreak, 2250 A.D.# 75c

 

142323 #Defiant Agents# 75c

 

166694 #Dread Companion# 75c

 

223651 #Exiles of the Stars# 95c

 

272260 #Galactic Derelict# 75c

 

337014 #High Sorcery# 75c

 

354217 #Huon of the Horn# 60c

 

358408 #Ice Crown# 75c

 

415513 #Judgment on Janus# 75c

 

436725 #Key Out of Time# 75c

 

471615 #The Last Planet# 60c

 

492363 #Lord of Thunder# 75c

 

541011 #Moon of Three Rings# 75c

 

577510 #Night of Masks# 60c

 

634105 #Operation Time Search# 60c

 

638213 #Ordeal In Otherwhere# 60c

 

668319 #Plague Ship# 60c

 

675553 #Postmarked the Stars# 75c

 

_#Available wherever paperbacks are sold or use this coupon.#_

 

       *       *       *       *       *

 

#ace books#, (Dept. MM) Box 576, Times Square Station

New York, N.Y. 10036

 

Please send me titles checked above.

 

I enclose $__________________Add 15¢ handling fee per copy.

 

Name_________________________________________________

 

Address______________________________________________

 

City____________________State_____________Zip________

 

Please allow 4 weeks for delivery.                24C

 

 

ANDRE NORTON

 

696823 #Quest Crosstime# 75c

 

749812 #Sargasso of Space# 75c

 

756957 #Sea Siege# 75c

 

758318 #Secret of the Lost Race# 75c

 

759910 #Shadow Hawk# 75c

 

768010 #The Sioux Spaceman# 60c

 

775510 #Sorceress of Witch World# 75c

 

780114 #Star Born# 75c

 

780718 #Star Gate# 60c

 

781914 #Star Hunter & Voodoo Planet# 60c

 

784314 #The Stars Are Ours# 75c

 

787416 #Storm over Warlock# 60c

 

808014 #Three Against the Witch World# 75c

 

812511 #The Time Traders# 60c

 

840009 #Unchartered Stars# 75c

 

873190 #Warlock of the Witch World# 60c

 

878710 #Web of the Witch World# 75c

 

897017 #Witch World# 60c

 

925511 #The X Factor# 75c

 

942516 #Year of the Unicorn# 60c

 

959619 #The Zero Stone# 75c

 

_#Available wherever paperbacks are sold or use this coupon.#_

 

       *       *       *       *       *

 

#ace books#, (Dept. MM) Box 576, Times Square Station

New York, N.Y. 10036

 

Please send me titles checked above.

 

I enclose $__________________Add 15¢ handling fee per copy.

 

Name_________________________________________________

 

Address______________________________________________

 

City____________________State_____________Zip________

 

Please allow 4 weeks for delivery.                25B

 

 

Don't miss these exciting adventures of

 

#PERRY RHODAN#

 

Just 75c Each

 

659938 #Perry Rhodan #1#

#Enterprise Stardust# Scheer & Ernsting

 

659946 #Perry Rhodan #2#

#The Radiant Dome# Scheer & Ernsting

 

659953 #Perry Rhodan #3#

#Galactic Alarm# Mahr & Shols

 

659961 #Perry Rhodan #4#

#Invasion from Space# Ernsting & Mahr

 

659979 #Perry Rhodan #5#

#The Vega Sector# Scheer & Mahr

 

659987 #Perry Rhodan #6#

#Secret of the Time Vault# Darlton

 

659995 #Perry Rhodan #7#

#Fortress of the Six Moons# Scheer

 

660001 #Perry Rhodan #8#

#The Galactic Riddle# Darlton

 

659789 #Perry Rhodan #9#

#Quest through Space and Time# Darlton

 

660027 #Perry Rhodan #10#

#The Ghosts of Gol# Mahr

 

659805 #Perry Rhodan #11#

#Planet of the Dying Sun# Mahr

 

_#Available wherever paperbacks are sold or use this coupon.#_

 

       *       *       *       *       *

 

#ace books#, (Dept. MM) Box 576, Times Square Station

New York, N.Y. 10036

 

Please send me titles checked above.

 

I enclose $__________________Add 15¢ handling fee per copy.

 

Name_________________________________________________

 

Address______________________________________________

 

City____________________State_____________Zip________

 

Please allow 4 weeks for delivery.                32A

 

 

Don't miss these exciting adventures of

 

#PERRY RHODAN#

 

Just 75c Each

 

659813 #Perry Rhodan #12#

#Rebels of Tuglan# Darlton

 

659821 #Perry Rhodan #13#

#The Immortal Unknown# Darlton

 

659839 #Perry Rhodan #14#

#Venus in Danger# Mahr

 

659847 #Perry Rhodan #15#

#Escape To Venus# Mahr

 

659862 #Perry Rhodan #16#

#Secret Barrier X# Shols

 

659870 #Perry Rhodan #17#

#The Venus Trap# Mahr

 

659888 #Perry Rhodan #18#

#Menace of the Mutant Master# Mahr

 

659904 #Perry Rhodan #19#

#Mutants vs. Mutants# Darlton

 

_#Available wherever paperbacks are sold or use this coupon.#_

 

       *       *       *       *       *

 

#ace books#, (Dept. MM) Box 576, Times Square Station

New York, N.Y. 10036

 

Please send me titles checked above.

 

I enclose $__________________Add 15¢ handling fee per copy.

 

Name_________________________________________________

 

Address______________________________________________

 

City____________________State_____________Zip________

 

Please allow 4 weeks for delivery.                31B

 

 

Great Science Fiction Collections

 

054551 #The Best from Fantasy and SF 16th Series# 95c

 

054569 #The Best from Fantasy and SF 17th Series# 95c

 

054577 #The Best from Fantasy and SF 18th Series# 75c

 

206706 #England Swings SF# $1.25

 

363317 #The Second "If" Reader# 95c

 

572701 #New Worlds of Fantasy# 75c

 

572719 #New Worlds of Fantasy 2# 75c

 

572727 #New Worlds of Fantasy 3# 75c

 

629402 #On Our Way to the Future# 75c

 

806992 #This Side of Infinity# 75c

 

846006 #Universe 1# 75c

 

846014 #Universe 2# 95c

 

913533 #World's Best 1st Series# 95c

 

913541 #World's Best 2nd Series# 95c

 

913558 #World's Best 3rd Series# 95c

 

913566 #World's Best 4th Series# 95c

 

913525 #World's Best Science Fiction 1969# 95c

 

913574 #World's Best Science Fiction 1970# 95c

 

913582 #World's Best Science Fiction 1971# 95c

 

913590 #Best Science Fiction for 1972# 95c

 

_#Available wherever paperbacks are sold or use this coupon.#_

 

      *       *       *       *       *

 

#ace books#, (Dept. MM) Box 576, Times Square Station

New York, N.Y. 10036

 

Please send me titles checked above.

 

I enclose $__________________Add 15¢ handling fee per copy.

 

Name_________________________________________________

 

Address______________________________________________

 

City____________________State_____________Zip________

 

Please allow 4 weeks for delivery.                12-72-34A

 

 

Frank Herbert

 

172619 #Dune# $1.25

 

302612 #Green Brain# 60c

 

909267 #The Worlds of Frank Herbert# 95c

 

 

URSULA LEGUIN

 

107011 #City of Illusion# 60c

 

478008 #Left Hand of Darkness# 95c

 

732917 #Rocannon's World# 75c

 

 

Samuel R. Delany

 

045914 #Babel 17# 60c

 

047225 #Ballad of Beta 2# 60c

 

196816 #Einstein Intersection# 75c

 

226415 #Fall of the Towers# $1.25

 

390211 #Jewels of Aptor# 75c

 

_#Available wherever paperbacks are sold or use this coupon.#_

 

       *       *       *       *       *

 

#ace books#, (Dept. MM) Box 576, Times Square Station

New York, N.Y. 10036

 

Please send me titles checked above.

 

I enclose $__________________Add 15¢ handling fee per copy.

 

Name_________________________________________________

 

Address______________________________________________

 

City____________________State_____________Zip________

 

Please allow 4 weeks for delivery.       12-72-35B

 

 

E. Van Vogt

 

048603 #The Battle of Forever# 95c

 

104109 #Children of Tomorrow# 95c

 

137984 #Darkness on Diamondia# 95c

 

228114 #The Far Out Worlds of A. E. Van Vogt# 75c

 

697003 #Quest For the Future# 95c

 

765008 #The Silkie# 60c

 

871814 #The War Against the Rulls# $1.25

 

878553 #The Weapon Shops of Isher# 60c

 

 

JOHN BRUNNER

 

033001 #The Atlantic Abomination# 60c

 

166686 #Dramaturges of Yan# 75c

 

381210 #Jagged Orbit# $1.25

 

524009 #Meeting at Infinity# 60c

 

812701 #Times Without Number# 60c

 

822106 #Traveler in Black# 75c

 

_#Available wherever paperbacks are sold or use this coupon.#_

 

       *       *       *       *       *

 

#ace books#, (Dept. MM) Box 576, Times Square Station

New York, N.Y. 10036

 

Please send me titles checked above.

 

I enclose $__________________Add 15¢ handling fee per copy.

 

Name_________________________________________________

 

Address______________________________________________

 

City____________________State_____________Zip________

 

Please allow 4 weeks for delivery.        36A

 

 

11

 

NOVELS BY

 

ROBERT A. HEINLEIN

 

 

055004 #Between Planets# 95c

 

106005 #Citizen of the Galaxy# 95c

 

318006 #Have Space Suit Will Travel# 95c

 

711408 #Red Planet# 95c

 

733303 #Rocket Ship Galileo# 95c

 

734400 #The Rolling Stones# 95c

 

777300 #Space Cadet# 95c

 

780007 #The Star Beast# 95c

 

811257 #Time for the Stars# 95c

 

826602 #Tunnel in the Sky# 95c

 

915025 #The Worlds of Robert A. Heinlein# 95c

 

_#Available wherever paperbacks are sold or use this coupon.#_

 

       *       *       *       *       *

 

#ace books#, (Dept. MM) Box 576, Times Square Station

New York, N.Y. 10036

 

Please send me titles checked above.

 

I enclose $__________________Add 15¢ handling fee per copy.

 

Name_________________________________________________

 

Address______________________________________________

 

City____________________State_____________Zip________

 

Please allow 4 weeks for delivery.         17B

 

 

EDGAR RICE BURROUGHS

 

Just 75c each

 

033218 #At the Earth's Core#

 

046326 #Back to the Stone Age#

 

056523 #Beyond the Farthest Star#

 

218024 #Eternal Savages#

 

469973 #Land of Terror#

 

470120 #Land of Hidden Men#

 

514026 #The Mad King#

 

535880 #Monster Men#

 

645101 #Outlaw of Torn#

 

658526 #Pellucidar#

 

659425 #People That Time Forgot#

 

751321 #Savage Pellucidar#

 

797928 #Tanar of Pellucidar#

 

901918 #The Wizard of Venus#

 

_#Available wherever paperbacks are sold or use this coupon.#_

 

       *       *       *       *       *

 

#ace books#, (Dept. MM) Box 576, Times Square Station

New York, N.Y. 10036

 

Please send me titles checked above.

 

I enclose $__________________Add 15¢ handling fee per copy.

 

Name_________________________________________________

 

Address______________________________________________

 

City____________________State_____________Zip________

 

Please allow 4 weeks for delivery.         15A

 

 

The World's Best Award-Winning Science Fiction Comes from Ace

 

029363 #Armageddon 2419 A.D.# Nowlan 75c

 

061770 #The Big Show# Laumer 75c

 

067017 #The Black Star Passes# Campbell 75c

 

371005 #Interplanetary Hunter# Barnes 95c

 

516559 #Falling Astronauts# Malzberg 75c

 

531517 #The Mightiest Machine# Campbell 95c

 

535708 #The Missionaries# Compton 75c

 

623801 #The Omega Point# Zebrowski 75c

 

642405 #Other Days, Other Eyes# Shaw 95c

 

734384 #Roller Coaster World# Bulmer 75c

 

951467 #You're All Alone# Leiber 95c

 

_#Available wherever paperbacks are sold or use this coupon.#_

 

       *       *       *       *       *

 

#ace books#, (Dept. MM) Box 576, Times Square Station

New York, N.Y. 10036

 

Please send me titles checked above.

 

I enclose $__________________Add 15¢ handling fee per copy.

 

Name_________________________________________________

 

Address______________________________________________

 

City____________________State_____________Zip________

 

Please allow 4 weeks for delivery.        11-72-14C

 

 

ACE SCIENCE FICTION DOUBLES

 

Two books back-to-back

 

Just 95c each

 

009902 #Against Arcturus# Putney

#Time Thieves# Koontz

 

066126 #Blackman's Burden# Reynolds

#Border, Breed Nor Birth# Reynolds

 

102939 #The Chariots of Ra# Bulmer

#Earth Strings# Rackham

 

114512 #In the Alternate Universe# Chandler

#Into the Coils of Time# Chandler

 

775254 #Son of the Tree# Vance

#House of Iszm# Vance

 

156976 #The Unteleported Man# Dick

#Dr. Futurity# Dick

 

158907 #Door Through Space# Bradley

#Rendezvous on a Lost World# Chandler

 

166405 #Dragon Master#

#Five Gold Bands# Vance

 

317552 #The Hard Way Up# Chandler

#Veiled World# Lory

 

337105 #Highwood# Barrett

#Annihilation Factor# Bayley

 

370627 #The Inheritors# Chandler

#The Gateway to Never# Chandler

 

665257 #Pirates of Zan# Leinster

#Mutant Weapon# Leinster

 

799759 #Technos#

#A Scatter of Sardust# Tubb

 

_#Available wherever paperbacks are sold or use this coupon.#_

 

       *       *       *       *       *

 

#ace books#, (Dept. MM) Box 576, Times Square Station

New York, N.Y. 10036

 

Please send me titles checked above.

 

I enclose $__________________Add 15¢ handling fee per copy.

 

Name_________________________________________________

 

Address______________________________________________

 

City____________________State_____________Zip________

 

Please allow 4 weeks for delivery.         12-72-8C

Imprint

Publication Date: 04-28-2015

All Rights Reserved