SF IMPULSE August, Aug. 1966 ("Make Room! Make Room!)

Bys: SF Impulse (Harry Harrison, Rob Sproat, Peter Tate, et al.

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• Format: Mass Market Paperback
• ISBN: B01MYEO0QS
• Release Date: January 1966
• Publisher: Roberts & Vinter
• Weight: 0.25 lbs.

Customer Reviews

If you expect to find "Soylent Green" on these pages, you will be disappointed.

I came to this book originally because it was described as the basis of the movie "Soylent Green" (1973). It took some time to realize that the movie was not a synopsis of the book but a different story. This book, as is with most sci-fi (this is not sci-fi but a future story), has a decent story but is a thin mask for a rant about overpopulation. And the evils that are about to fall on us as a result. The basic story is of people's interaction as they survive a government that cannot cope with overpopulation. Reading about day-to-day living conditions is very depressing. The book could have been cut by seventy-five percent and still made the point and the story. We follow characters as they diverge and converge in a standard who-done-it-and-why detective story. If you have not seen the movie, the story is quite decent. Just do not skim the pages looking for Soylent Green. The story is very explicit about what Soylent and meat flakes are. It is detailed enough that you can use this for a cookbook.