TY - ABST T1 - The Bitter Pill Y1 - 1974 A1 - A[rthur] Bertram Chandler (1912-84) KW - Australian author KW - English author KW - Male author AB -

Dystopia of generational conflict in which individuals are classified as a "Senior Citizen" at 45 and given the "choice" of voluntary euthanasia or working in an Australian forced labour camp or a Martian penal colony. Mars is being developed to take Earth's excess population. A revolt on Mars frees the people to build a new life there with no compulsory retirement, but the ending suggests that Mars faces an uncertain future of conflicts over power.

PB - Wren CY - Melbourne, VIC, Australia N1 -

Developed from his "The Bitter Pill." Vision of Tomorrow (Sydney, NSW, Australia) 1.9 (June 1970): 52-63.

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