Badge of Infamy: in Satellite Science Fiction, June 1957 (Vol. 1, No. 5)

Badge of Infamy" in Satellite Science Fiction, June 1957 (Vol. 1, No. 5)-soft cover - trade type magazine Binding is staple down, leaves, cover is glued on... not in the best of shape - acceptable, ink spill on quite a bit of back few pages, including the back cover itself.... grading Publications of this age is quite subjective ...there are numerous cracks and chips on its covers, not printed on the most high-quality paper either pages are quite tanned... about the author....Lester del Rey (June 2, 1915 – May 10, 1993)-- del Rey's novel Badge of Infamy took the cover of the June 1957 issue of Satellite Science Fiction..was an American science fiction author and editor. He was the author of many books in the juvenile Winston Science Fiction series, and the editor at Del Rey Books, the fantasy and science fiction imprint of Ballantine Books, along with his fourth wife Judy-Lynn del Rey ..Del Rey first started publishing stories in pulp magazines in the late 1930s, at the dawn of the so-called Golden Age of Science Fiction. He was associated with the most prestigious science fiction magazine of the era, Astounding Science Fiction, from the time its editor John W. Campbell published his first short story in the April 1938 issue: "The Faithful", already under the name Lester del Rey. The December 1938 issue featured his story "Helen O'Loy" which was selected for the prestigious anthology The Science Fiction Hall of Fame. By the end of 1939 he had also placed stories in Weird Tales -edited by Farnsworth Wright & Unknown & which featured more horror - more fantasy respectively. In the 1950s, del Rey was one of the main authors writing science fiction for adolescents (along with Robert A. Heinlein + Andre Norton). ....Meeting Scott Meredith at the 1947 World Science Fiction Convention, he began working as a first reader for the new Scott Meredith Literary Agency, served as office manager.. later became an editor for several pulp magazines & book publishers. During 1952 & 1953, del Rey edited several magazines: Space SF, Fantasy Fiction, Science Fiction Adventures-...After science fiction gained respectability and began to be taught in classrooms....Del Rey stated that "to develop science fiction had to remove itself from the usual critics who viewed it from the perspective of mainstream, & who judged its worth largely on its mainstream values...Born Leonard Knapp - June 2, 1915 - Saratoga, Minnesota, United States, Died May 10, 1993 (aged 77)- New York City, New York, - Pen names John Alvarez, Marion Henry, Philip James, Philip St. John, Charles Satterfield, Erik van Lhin, Kenneth Wright - Occupation Writer, editor, Nationality American, Period 1938–1991, Genre Fantasy, science fiction, - vintage paperback in cased in foam core wrap-white paper-..Ruth Reaser..LAX Vespa, Los Angeles Culver City- maybe this will do it!-At least you know what you're getting into--Media Mail USPS-you get the copy pictured - carefully Drop kick-packed to protect it - in - transit. 7 Days Coast to Coast, faster if closer.. Badge of Infamy 6281 SciFi LB 1