Dipple

Naill Renfro chooses the first of the routes out of the Dipple, that slum created by dumping those displaced by the war.

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In order to get the necessary cash to pay for his dying mother to have drugs easing her exit from the poor existence in the Dipple, Naill signs on for offworld labour.

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There were three ways a man could escape the Dipple, and two of those had been closed to Nik from the beginning.

Night of masks Norton, Andre 1965

Within the Dipple, one learned that the warmth of the law was for the free, not for the dispossessed and helpless.

Night of masks Norton, Andre 1965

The food was so different from the mess-hall fare of the Dipple that he could hardly believe it could be called by the same name.

Night of masks Norton, Andre 1965

Those in the Dipple had a brooding resentment of the in-powers who had long since condemned them to that forgotten refuse heap because they could neither protest nor fight back.

Night of masks Norton, Andre 1965

Of course, there were a good many undercurrents in the Dipple.

Night of masks Norton, Andre 1965

Then-just the Dipple in which he was always alone.

Night of masks Norton, Andre 1965

At the space officer's call, the Dipple man came to the door of the room.

Night of masks Norton, Andre 1965

And when he had fallen captive to Leeds 'weapon in the warehouse, been freed from the Dipple, and gained what he had wanted most-why, at times all of that had seemed just part of a dream.

Night of masks Norton, Andre 1965