A Bertram Chandler - The Bitter Pill

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Dreaming Again

Grimes and the Gaijin Daimyo the first A Bertram Chandler story to be published in 24 year is now available in the Anthology Dreaming Again edited by Jack Dann.

The Story

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 priviledges - not least of which was the government-issue suicide pill.
Those who changed their mind ended up in the brutal penal colony on Mars.

Dedication

For Susan, whose horrid idea it was.

Published Editions

Wren 111-3, (Australia), 1974, 158pp, A$4.95
Australian Large Print 1-86340-013-3, (Australia), 1991, 228pp

The Bitter Pill

Wren

Cover by Derrick I Stone

The Bitter Pill - Large Print Edition

Australian Large Print

Cover by Universal Media

A Bertram Chandler The Bitter Pill

Dreaming Again

The Story

Dedication

Published Editions

A Bertram Chandler
The Bitter Pill