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SPACE

is far more threatening to man...nd

than any other hostile element he has

so far occupied.

Yet occupy it he will. One day, inevi-

tably, man will not only face the

technical difficulties and the enor-

mous physical dangers of extended

space travel, but he will have to

deal with the infinitely more com-

plex emotional and mental problems

that an unnatural form of living will

create.

James White uses space and all its

problems as a rich field in which to

speculate on the nature of that cer-

tain, special animal called man.

Other Books by the Author...

HOSPITAL STATION

STAR SURGEON

THE ALIENS AMONG US

ALL JUDGMENT FLED

All available from Ballantine Books

This is an original novel, not a reprint.

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SBN 345-02029-4-075

First Printing: October, 1964

Second Printing: September, 1970

Cover art by Dean Ellis

Printed in the United States of America

BALLANTINE BOOKS, INC.

101 Fifth Avenue, New York, N. Y. 10003

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Contents

GRAPELINER

THE IDEAL CAPTAIN.

THE LIGHTS OUTSIDE THE WINDOWS

DEADLY LITTER

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DEADLY

LITTER

James White

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Grapeliner

Like a silver ghost the ferry rocket slid out of blackness

and, briefly transiting the dazzling globe of the five

thousand miles distant Earth, checked its motion relative

to the assembled passenger units with a short, savage

burst of deceleration. Watching from the open airlock of

the Engine unit, Captain Woodhill signalled to the space-1

suited figure of Sister Gallagher beside him and together

they launched themselves towards the waiting ferry. Be-

cause they were both considerate types who understood

and sympathised with the feelings of that rocket's pilot

at this moment, they opened their suit motors to full thrust

and brought into play every ounce of skill in their posses-

sion in an effort to shorten, if only by seconds, the time

taken for the trip across.

A very few minutes later Woodhill hit the side of the

ferry rocket with a gentle thump and jetted across to

the already opened cargo hatch. Closely followed by Gal-

lagher he entered and made a slow dive nosewards along

the narrow well of the ship. A long row of collapsed pas-

senger capsules, suspended like grey, lumpy cocoons in

their specially braced and sprung containers, slid past

until they came to the inner control-room lock. While

they were negotiating this a series of tiny shocks felt

through the soles of their boots, told of the arrival of

an unloading crew.

While unfastening his face-plate inside, Woodhill ex-

amined the control-room's two occupants.

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JAMES WHITE

has produced a long series of science fiction stories

notably those having to do with the running of

a remarkable space hospital (see STAR SURGEON and

SPACE HOSPITAL) geared for all kinds of extra-terres-

trial beings.

In DEADLY LITTER, he turns his hand to the problems

peculiar to man in space. Four ingenious tales explore

some of the wild possibilities; the pressures, dangers,

boredom man will have to suffer, and the courage it

will take to get homo sapiens to live in a totally hostile

environment.

Excitement, suspense and the thread of realistic humor

hold together these four fast moving tales of the future.

AND DON'T MISS!

By the same Author

JAMES WHITE

ALL

JUDGMENT

FLED