TY - BOOK AU - Trollope,Anthony TI - The Fixed Period AV - PR PY - 2008/// CY - Salt Lake City, UT PB - Project Gutenberg KW - Fantasy fiction KW - Australia -- Fiction KW - Killing of the elderly -- Fiction N1 - Wikipedia page about this book: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Fixed_Period; Release date is 2008-10-27; E-text prepared by Joseph E. Loewenstein, M.D., and Delphine Lettau; Original publication data not identified N2 - "The Fixed Period" by Anthony Trollope is a satirical dystopian novel published in 1882. Set in 1980 on the fictional island Republic of Britannula, the story follows President Neverbend's controversial plan to enforce mandatory euthanasia at age 67. When his best friend becomes the first citizen to reach this "Fixed Period," Neverbend faces mounting resistance from family, citizens, and even foreign powers. This darkly ironic tale explores society's treatment of the elderly through increasingly desperate circumstances. (This is an automatically generated summary.) UR - https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/27067 ER -