"Chocolate Sundae Heist"
| Title | "Chocolate Sundae Heist" |
| Year for Search | 1979 |
| Authors | Clark, John [Edward] |
| Secondary Authors | Collins, Paul [A.](b. 1954) |
| Secondary Title | Alien Worlds |
| Pagination | 167-73 |
| Date Published | 1979 |
| Publisher | Void Publications |
| Place Published | St. Kilda, VIC, Australia |
| Keywords | Australian author |
| Annotation | Satire on Queensland politics, particularly the extreme right wing that held power in Queensland. The author's note says, "...I've postulated what would happen if the concept of 'Law and Order' was taken to its extreme" (167). The penalty for stealing a chocolate sundae is death, immediate imposed at the scene of the crime by a robot judge. No one drives any longer for fear of violating the traffic laws; even so a man is found guilty of jaywalking in a deserted street. |
| Holding Institutions | ATL |
| Author Note | Australian author. |
| Full Text | 1979 Clark, John [Edward]. “Chocolate Sundae Heist.” Alien Worlds. Ed. Paul [A.] Collins (St. Kilda, VIC, Australia: Void Publications, 1979), 167-73. ATL Satire on Queensland politics, particularly the extreme right wing that held power in Queensland. The author’s note says, “. . . I’ve postulated what would happen if the concept of ‘Law and Order’ was taken to its extreme” (167). The penalty for stealing a chocolate sundae is death, immediate imposed at the scene of the crime by a robot judge. No one drives any longer for fear of violating the traffic laws; even so a man is found guilty of jaywalking in a deserted street. Australian author. |
