Badge Of Infamy
Presenting a classic from the Golden Age of science fiction… “Badge of Infamy” by Lester Del Rey, read by Steven Wilson of Prometheus Radio Theatre.
Daniel Feldman was a doctor once. He made the mistake of saving a friend’s life in violation of Medical Lobby rules. Now, he’s a pariah, shunned by all, forbidden to touch another patient. But things are more loose on Mars. There, Doc Feldman is welcomed by the colonists, even as he’s hunted by the authorities.
But, when he discovers a Martian plague may soon wipe out humanity on two planets, the authorities begin hunting him for a different reason altogether.
January 15th, 2007 at 12:30 pm
A very well written, accessable book with a pretty disturbing but all too believable vision of the future.
January 22nd, 2007 at 7:46 am
Really excellent Sci Fi book. It’s obvious that Lester Del Rey is a classic Sci Fi writer in the same vein as Isaac Asimov.
February 2nd, 2007 at 3:09 pm
One of the few stories I’ve given 5 stars too all around. Great story telling. Like Chris said, reminds me of old Asimov or Philip K Dick type of story. Well written and well read. I’m hooked and can’t wait to find out what happens next.
February 4th, 2007 at 3:54 pm
This story dates itself. It has the “golden age” kinda hero, who somehow outsmarts everyone else.
The depiction of women was sexist, and the political musings that were the thin excuse for the dystopian society were just annoying.
Other than that, it was good entertainment.
March 10th, 2008 at 6:51 pm
A little juvinile. But well written, reminds me of Heinlin.
July 22nd, 2008 at 9:55 am
I have to say, I wasn’t in love with this story. Don’t get me wrong, it wasn’t dreadful to listen to and it also wasn’t horribly written, it just didn’t captivate me. With some work, I’m sure it could be better. With everything that was occurring in the story, there should have been more emotion to it. I felt that there should have been a sense of fear or urgency.
Furthermore, I didn’t find the characters memorable. For me, it’s always a good sign that a story is good when you have characters that you either love or hate. This story didn’t have any such character in my opinion; it wasn’t due to a lack of effort. The characters just weren’t that interesting to me. The chapters were extremely short, perhaps if the author took the time to develop the characters it may have helped.
Since it’s an audio book, I also have to take into account the way things sounded. It didn’t sound bad, but it may have helped to use some subtle sound effects, music, unique voice for each character to add depth to the story.