"The Pills of Joy"

Title"The Pills of Joy"
Year for Search1909
AuthorsGray, Burnett, and McKay, H[ugh] C[leland](1878-1962)
Tertiary AuthorsMcKay, H. C.
Secondary TitleThe Lone Hand (Sydney, NSW, Australia)
Volume / Edition 4.23
Pagination492-97
Date PublishedMarch 1, 1909
KeywordsAustralian author, Male author
Annotation

Chemical pleasure brings dystopia because everyone who takes the pills becomes totally addicted to pleasure. The story ends with the destruction of the machine that produces the pills and the death of the inventor from a mob trying to get more pills.

Holding Institutions

A, ATL

Author Note

Australian authors. McKay (1878-1962)

Full Text

1909 Gray, Burnett and H[ugh] C[leland] McKay (1878-1962). “The Pills of Joy.” The Lone Hand (Sydney, NSW, Australia) 4.23 (March 1, 1909): 492-97. A, ATL

Chemical pleasure brings dystopia because everyone who takes the pills becomes totally addicted to pleasure. The story ends with the destruction of the machine that produces the pills and the death of the inventor from a mob trying to get more pills.