Drunkard's Walk

Cover of the first edition.
Author	Frederik Pohl
Cover artist	Nik Puspurica
Language	English
Genre	Science fiction
Publisher	Ballantine Books
Publication date	November 28, 1960 [1]
Publication place	United States
Media type	Print (Paperback)
Pages	142

Drunkard's Walk is a science fiction novel by American writer Frederik Pohl. It was originally published in paperback by Ballantine Books in 1960 and early in 1961 by Gnome Press in a hardback edition of 3,000 copies. The novel was originally serialized in the magazine Galaxy Science Fiction .

Contents

• Plot
• References
• External links

Plot

The novel tells the story of a math professor who struggles against urges to commit suicide. His life seemed so successful. He was a well-liked college-on-TV lecturer who offered the public a way to improve their meager living standards in the crowded future world of 2200. He has a lovely young wife, which would seem to be a protective factor. Doctors have ruled out depression, and they cannot figure out his problem. Yet in a suicidal attempt he tries to hurl himself from a high balcony. During one TV lecture he cuts his neck on live broadcast, and he takes an overdose of pills. In fact, a mysterious foe is trying to cause the professor to die, and this villain plans to increase the death toll into the millions.

References

• Chalker, Jack L.; Mark Owings (1998). The Science-Fantasy Publishers: A Bibliographic History, 1923-1998. Westminster, MD and Baltimore: Mirage Press, Ltd. p. 308.

External links

• Drunkard's Walk title listing at the Internet Speculative Fiction Database
• Drunkard's Walk parts 1 and 2 at the Internet Archive

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