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Cover by Derrick I. Stone. Source: Internet Speculative Fiction Database (www.isfdb.org)
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Issue Details: First known date: 1974... 1974 The Bitter Pill
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'To Paul Clayton, obscure shipping clerk, his forty-fifth birthday was not an occasion for celebration. It meant the achievement of status of Senior Citizen, and with it several dubious privileges - not least of which was the government-issue suicide pill. Those who changed their mind ended up in the brutal penal colony on Mars'. Source: A. Bertram Chandler website.

Publication Details of Only Known VersionEarliest 2 Known Versions of

    • Melbourne, Victoria,: Wren , 1974 .
      person or book cover
      Cover by Derrick I. Stone. Source: Internet Speculative Fiction Database (www.isfdb.org)
      Extent: 158p.
      ISBN: 0858851113, 9780858851115
    • Tullamarine, Keilor - Sunshine area, Melbourne - West, Melbourne, Victoria,: Australian Large Print , 1991 .
      person or book cover
      Source: www.bertramchandler.com
      Extent: 228p.
      ISBN: 9781863400138, 1863400133
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Related Works

The Bitter Pill A. Bertram Chandler , 1970 single work short story science fiction
— Appears in: Vision of Tomorrow , vol. 1 no. 9 1970; (p. 52-63)
— Appears in: Galaktika , no. 43 1982; (p. 54-70)
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Works about this Work

[Untitled] A. Bertram Chandler , 1975 single work correspondence
— Appears in: Philosophical Gas , March no. 30 1975; A. Bertram Chandler 2004-; (p. Letters)

Chandler responds to a negative response to his novel Bitter Pill and talks also his recent experiences with Japanese publisher Hayakawa.
[Untitled] A. Bertram Chandler , 1975 single work correspondence
— Appears in: Philosophical Gas , March no. 30 1975; A. Bertram Chandler 2004-; (p. Letters)

Chandler responds to a negative response to his novel Bitter Pill and talks also his recent experiences with Japanese publisher Hayakawa.
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