Police Your Planet

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Police Your Planet

by Lester Del Rey

EN·~4 hours·19 chapters

Chapters

19 total
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POLICE YOUR PLANET - By ERIC VAN LHIN - SCIENCE FICTION AVALON BOOKS 22 EAST 60TH STREET NEW YORK - Copyright, 1956, by Eric van Lhin Library of Congress Catalogue Card Number: 56-13313 - \[Transcriber's note: This is a rule 6 clearance. A copyright renewal could not be found.\] - PUBLISHED SIMULTANEOUSLY IN THE DOMINION OF CANADA BY THE RYERSON PRESS, TORONTO - PRINTED IN THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA BY THE COLONIAL PRESS INC., CLINTON, MASSACHUSETTS

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POLICE YOUR PLANET

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Chapter I - ONE WAY TICKET

12:51
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Chapter II - HONEST IZZY

17:18
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Chapter III - THE GRAFT IS GREEN

15:31
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Chapter IV - CAPTAIN MURDOCH

12:21
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Chapter V - RECALL

9:01
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Chapter VI - SEALED LETTER

13:19
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Chapter VII - ELECTIONEERING

21:42
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Chapter VIII - VOTE EARLY AND OFTEN

23:59

Description

Bruce Gordon steps off a cramped electric bus and into the tangled streets of Marsport, a fledgling city clinging to a thin dome of air. A former cop, ring fighter and scandal‑sheet reporter, he’s been shipped off by Earth’s Solar Security after a reckless expose, his ticket to Earth ripped into pieces. With only a suit of airtight coveralls, a knife and a set of reader cards, he’s thrust into a world where every alley whispers of graft and survival.

The Martian slums are a patchwork of temporary structures that have hardened into deathtraps, a stark backdrop for the power games that pulse through the colony. Gordon’s assignment is ambiguous—a blend of spy work, police liaison and reluctant detective—forcing him to navigate corrupt officials, underground rackets and a restless populace. As he walks the cracked canals and confronts the city’s hidden factions, the reader is drawn into a gritty, near‑future frontier where loyalty is as thin as the atmosphere.

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Language

en

Duration

~4 hours (248K characters)

Publisher of text edition

Project Gutenberg

Credits

Produced by Greg Weeks, Mary Meehan, and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net

Release date

2006-12-29

Rights

Public domain in the USA.

About the author

Lester Del Rey

Lester Del Rey

1915–1993

A major figure in American science fiction, this writer helped shape the genre both on the page and behind the scenes as an editor. He is especially remembered for early classic stories, popular books for younger readers, and his role in building the Del Rey Books imprint.

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