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Make Room! Make Room! by Harry Harrison

published 1966?

Description

The fast paced thriller is set in a future 1999, beginning in August. Its background theme extrapolates trends in the proportion of world resources used by the USA and of population growth to depict a world where the global population is seven billion, resulting in rampant over-crowding, shortages and a crumbling infrastructure. The plot jumps from character to character, describing the lifestyles of people in various walks of life in a sweltering New York City (population around 35 million) resembling the worst slums of a third world country.

Expanded by Harry Harrison from his short story Roommates.

The film Soylent Green, which was based on Make Room! Make Room!, was released in 1973 see IMdB

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