Address: Centauri
ADDRESS: CENTAURI

by F. L. WALLACE

Published by GALAXY PUBLISHING CORP. New York 14, New York

A Galaxy Science Fiction Novel by special arrangement with Gnome Press

Based on "Accidental Flight," copyright 1952 by Galaxy Publishing Corp.

Published in book form by Gnome Press, copyright 1955 by F. L. Wallace.

[Transcriber's Note: Extensive research did not uncover any evidence that the U.S. copyright on this publication was renewed.]

Galaxy Science Fiction Novels are sturdy, inexpensive editions of choice works in this field, both original and reprint, selected by the editors of Galaxy Science Fiction Magazine.

Cover by Wallace A. Wood

Printed in the U.S.A. by The Guinn Company New York 14, N. Y.

Contents

Earth was too perfect for these extraordinary exiles—to belong to it, they had to flee it!

 1

Light flickered. It was uncomfortably bright.

Doctor Cameron gazed intently at the top of the desk. It wasn't easy to be diplomatic. "The request was turned over to the Medicouncil," he said. "I assure you it was studied thoroughly before it was reported back to the Solar Committee."

Docchi edged forward, his face alight with anticipation.

The doctor kept his eyes averted. The man was damnably disconcerting—had no right to be alive. In the depths of the sea there were certain creatures like him and on a warm summer evening there was still another parallel, but never any human with such an infirmity. "I'm afraid you know what the answer is. A flat no for the present."

Docchi sagged and his arms hung limp. "That's the answer?"

"It's not as hopeless as you think. Decisions can be changed. It won't be the first time."


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