"The Chance"

Submitted by admin on Wed, 02/03/2016 - 16:29

Title	"The Chance"
Year for Search	1979
Authors	Carey, Peter(b. 1943)
Secondary Title	War Crimes
Pagination	73-121
Date Published	1979
Publisher	University of Queensland Press
Place Published	St. Lucia, Australia
Keywords	Australian author, Male author
Annotation	Dystopia based on the ability to participate in a genetic lottery (the Chance) in which body types can be changed. The Chance is run by aliens who have arrived on Earth as merchants. Conflicts develop between those opting for beauty, those choosing not to change, and those who opt for ugliness.
Additional Publishers	Rpt. in his Collected Stories (St. Lucia, Australia: University of Queensland Press, 1994), 261-96; U.K. ed. (London: Faber & Faber, 1995), 191-96; in Centaurus: The Best Australian Science Fiction. Ed. David G. Hartwell and Damien Broderick (New York: Tor, 1999), 495-525; and in The Best Australian Science Fiction Writing: A Fifty Year Collection. Ed. Rob Gerrand (Melbourne, VIC, Australia: Black Inc., 2004), 239-68.
Holding Institutions	A, M, VUW
Author Note	Australian author (b. 1943).
Full Text	1979 Carey, Peter (b. 1943). “The Chance.” In his War Crimes (St. Lucia, Australia: University of Queensland Press, 1979), 73-121. Rpt. in his Collected Stories (St. Lucia, Australia: University of Queensland Press, 1994), 261-96; U.K. ed. (London: Faber & Faber, 1995), 191-96; in Centaurus: The Best Australian Science Fiction. Ed. David G. Hartwell and Damien Broderick (New York: Tor, 1999), 495-525; and in The Best Australian Science Fiction Writing: A Fifty Year Collection. Ed. Rob Gerrand (Melbourne, VIC, Australia: Black Inc., 2004), 239-68. A, M, VUW Dystopia based on the ability to participate in a genetic lottery (the Chance) in which body types can be changed. The Chance is run by aliens who have arrived on Earth as merchants. Conflicts develop between those opting for beauty, those choosing not to change, and those who opt for ugliness. Australian author.