SLAVE PLANET _A Science Fiction Novel by_ LAURENCE JANIFER PYRAMID BOOKS NEW YORK SLAVE PLANET A PYRAMID BOOK First printing, March 1963 _This book is fiction. No resemblance is intended between any character herein and any person, living or dead, any such resemblance it purely coincidental._ Copyright 1963, by Pyramid Publications, Inc. All Rights Reserved _Printed in the United States of America_ Pyramid Books are published by Pyramid Publications, Inc. _444 Madison Avenue, New York 22, New York, U.S.A._ [Transcriber's Note: Extensive research did not uncover any evidence that the U.S. copyright on this publication was renewed.] * * * * * This moral tale is dedicated To Philip Klass Who will probably find it disagreeable But who will think about it: An occupation as cheering to the writer As it is rare in the world. * * * * * Fruyling's World ... rich in the metals that kept the Terran Confederation going--one vital link in a galaxy-wide civilization. But the men of Fruyling's World lived on borrowed time, knowing that slavery was outlawed throughout the Confederation--and that only the slave labor of the reptilian natives could produce the precious metals the Confederation needed! As the first hints of the truth about Fruyling's World emerge, the tension becomes unbearable--to be resolved only in the shattering climax of this fast-paced, thought-provoking story of one of today's most original young writers. * * * * *