# Obscure sci-fi story: 'Is there a way to reverse entropy?'

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**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [June 8, 2001, 3:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/obscure-sci-fi-story-is-there-a-way-to-reverse-entropy/68015 "2001-06-08T03:48:55Z")\
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**Author:** ![Atreyu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/5e9695/32.png) [@Atreyu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Atreyu)\
**Post date:** [June 24, 2001, 6:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/obscure-sci-fi-story-is-there-a-way-to-reverse-entropy/68015/21 "2001-06-24T18:17:06Z")

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> \*Originally posted by JamesCarroll \*  
> \*\*Anyone ever hear of “The Yellow Pill”? It was about two guys on a spacecraft, one of whom was hallucinating from space madness. But the way its written you can’t tell which one.
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> Ring any bells?
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> \*\*

Rings my bell. I read that story for a class in high school. Neat writing. Too bad I can’t remember the author.

My opinion, they really were on a spaceship, but that of course is open to debate. 🙂

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**Author:** ![Wendell\_Wagner](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/8491ac/32.png) [@Wendell\_Wagner](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wendell_Wagner)\
**Post date:** [June 24, 2001, 8:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/obscure-sci-fi-story-is-there-a-way-to-reverse-entropy/68015/22 "2001-06-24T20:01:16Z")

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A Google search found a 1953 science fiction short story by Rog Phillips called “The Yellow Pill.” It doesn’t seem to match the plot description you give though, so it’s probably not the same story.

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