@booklet {2713, title = {The Bitter Pill}, year = {1974}, note = {

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

}, month = {1974}, publisher = {Wren}, address = {Melbourne, VIC, Australia}, abstract = {

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\&$\#$39;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.

}, keywords = {Australian author, English author, Male author}, author = {A[rthur] Bertram Chandler (1912-84)} }