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- ↑ ""The Bitter Pill" by A. Bertram Chandler". Vision of Tomorrow, June 1970, pp52-63. Retrieved 25 November 2024.
- ↑ ""Ditmar Awards 1971"". SFADB. Retrieved 25 November 2024.
- ↑ ""Science Fiction"". The Sydney Morning Herald", 5 April 1975, p13. ProQuest 2525717535 . Retrieved 25 November 2024.
- ↑ ""Damn Good Try"" (PDF). SF Commentary 47, p45. Retrieved 25 November 2024.
- ↑ "The Bitter Pill by A. Bertram Chandler". ISFDB. Retrieved 25 November 2024.
- ↑ "The Bitter Pill by A. Bertram Chandler (Gateway/Orion, 2015)". ISFDB. Retrieved 25 November 2024.
- ↑ ""Ditmar Awards 1975"". SFADB. Retrieved 25 November 2024.
- ↑ ""Interview with A. Bertram Chandler"" (PDF). Australian SF News 30, July–August 1982, p3. Retrieved 25 November 2024.