# Traitor’s Choice by Paul W. Fairman

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Published: 2026-05-07T02:36:21+00:00
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A man is forced to choose between the safety of one life and the fate of an entire world—and every second he delays tightens the grip on both. When he agrees to betray everything he’s sworn to protect, the only question left is whether he’s truly given in… or setting something far more dangerous in motion. Traitor’s Choice by Paul W. Fairman. That’s next on The Lost Sci-Fi Podcast. Did you know you never have to listen to another commercial on The Lost Sci-Fi Podcast? Lost Sci-Fi Premium members get all current and future episodes of the podcast with no commercials and bonus episodes too all for less than 17 cents a day! Go to lostscifi.com/premium or click on the link in the description.  👉 💎 Lost Sci-Fi Premium - https://lostscifi.supercast.com/ And for everyone who bought us a coffee, we want to give something back. We’re giving you up to three times the value of your coffees in free months of Lost Sci-Fi Premium — up to a full year free! If you bought one coffee, you’ll receive 3 free months of Lost Sci-Fi Premium. If you bought 5 coffees you’ll get a full year free. Just send an email to scott@lostscifi.com to claim your free gift. Author Paul W. Fairman was born in St. Louis Missouri in 1909. He wasn’t just an author, he was a science fiction editor too. He was the founding editor of If, although he only edited four issues. A few years later he became the editor of Amazing Stories and Fantastic.  Two of his short stories, The Deadly City and The Cosmic Frame made their way to the big screen. The Deadly City which was published in 1953 became the movie Target Earth in 1954. You can find the entire movie on YouTube. The Cosmic Frame was published in 1955 and was released in theaters two years later as Invasion of the Saucer Men, and it too is on YouTube.…

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