The Bitter Pill
Title | The Bitter Pill |
Year for Search | 1974 |
Authors | Chandler, A[rthur] Bertram(1912-84) |
Tertiary Authors | Chandler, A. Bertram |
Date Published | 1974 |
Publisher | Wren |
Place Published | Melbourne, VIC, Australia |
Keywords | Australian author, English author, Male author |
Annotation | 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. |
Additional Publishers | Developed from his "The Bitter Pill." Vision of Tomorrow (Sydney, NSW, Australia) 1.9 (June 1970): 52-63. |
Holding Institutions | A, M, NZ |
Author Note | The author (1912-84) was born in England and immigrated to Australia in 1956. |
Full Text | 1974 Chandler, A[rthur] Bertram (1912-84). The Bitter Pill. Melbourne, VIC, Australia: Wren. Developed from his “The Bitter Pill.” Vision of Tomorrow (Sydney, NSW, Australia) 1.9 (June 1970): 52-63. A, M, NZ 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. The author was born in England and immigrated to Australia in 1956. |