Transcriber's Notes
This etext was produced from Amazing Science Fiction Stories May 1960. Extensive research did not uncover any evidence that the U.S. copyright on this publication was renewed.
The following corrections have been applied:
Page 16: “{original omitted this quotation mark}You’re especially too young to know about one of the Federation’s best kept secrets.
Page 16: Hansen said with some surprise{original had surprice}, “Why, as a matter of fact, Sector Headquarters is sending some help.
Page 19: “I’m going to give you fifteen minutes, not thirty{original had thiry},” Hansen said.
Page 24: as the rapidly vanishing form of R’thagna Bar was dragged and pulled relentlessly toward the refrigerator in a tug of war between the ship’s{original had ships’} wild, divided crew.
Pages 10, 11 and 19: All occurrences of "psuedo-met" have been changed to "pseudo-met".
The inconsistencies in the use of exalted/exhalted are as in the original.
Ellipses have been formatted as in the original.
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