"The Rations of Tantalus"

Title"The Rations of Tantalus"
Year for Search1954
AuthorsSt. Clair, Margaret [Neeley](1911-1995)
Secondary TitleFantastic Universe
Volume / Edition2.1
Pagination2-32
Date PublishedJuly 1954
KeywordsFemale author, US author
Annotation

An apparently eutopian society of near immortals that is controlled through the pills everyone takes daily, one of which controls their moods.

Additional Publishers

Rpt. as “The Rages.” In her Three Worlds of Futurity (New York: Ace, 1964), 76-113. Ace Double bound with her Message from the Eocene (1964). 

Holding Institutions

Merril

Author Note

(1911-95)

Full Text

1954 St. Clair, Margret [Neeley] (1911-95). “The Rations of Tantalus.” Fantastic Universe 2.1 (July 1954): 2-32. Rpt. as “The Rages.” In her Three Worlds of Futurity (New York: Ace, 1964), 76-113. Ace Double bound with her Message from the Eocene (1964). Merril

An apparently eutopian society of near immortals that is controlled through the pills everyone takes daily, one of which controls their moods. Female author.