Preferred Risk was originally published under the pseudonym Edson McCann in Galaxy Science Fiction June, July, August and September 1955. The problem is, Wills cannot decide what side he's on. Together with the mysterious daughter of anti-Company activist, they become involved in a race to determine the future of the world. After that, his life changed completely, and the now-legless man played a big part in those changes. And that's where Claims Adjuster Wills was when he saw the man jump under the train and sever his legs (for the fifth time, it turns out!). In a world where the Company controls just about everything, being an employee of the Company rising up the corporate ladder is a good place to be. Winner of the $6,500 Galaxy-Simon & Schuster novel contest, this taut suspense story asks the challenging question: how dangerous would it be to live in a rigidly risk-free world? Preferred Risk is a science fiction novel by Frederik Pohl and Lester del Rey (under the name Edson McCann) first published in 1955.
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