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No Room for Man: Population and the Future Through Science Fiction
| Author: | Martin H. Greenberg Ralph S. Clem Joseph D. Olander |
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Rowman & Littlefield, 1979 |
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| Book Type: | Anthology |
| Genre: | Science-Fiction |
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Synopsis
The impact of unchecked population growth on future society, the environment, natural resources, and world food problems is explored in thirteen tales of science fiction.
Table of Contents:
- 1 - Introduction: The Population Problem - essay by the editors
- 5 - Population Growth: Social Consequences of Too Many People - essay by the editors
- 8 - Billennium - short story by J. G. Ballard
- 24 - Total Environment - novelette by Brian W. Aldiss
- 66 - In the Beginning - [Urban Monad] - short story by Robert Silverberg
- 85 - Feeding the Billions: World Food Problems - essay by the editors
- 90 - Shark Ship - novelette by C. M. Kornbluth
- 123 - Roommates - novelette by Harry Harrison
- 147 - Population: Impact on the Environment and Resources - essay by the editors
- 150 - Eco-Catastrophe! - short story by Paul R. Ehrlich
- 164 - "East Wind, West Wind" - novelette by Frank M. Robinson
- 191 - Solutions? - essay by the editors
- 194 - The Secret - short story by Maggie Nadler
- 204 - The Census Takers - short story by Frederik Pohl
- 212 - Statistician's Day - short story by James Blish
- 222 - Triage - short story by William Walling
- 243 - Afterword (No Room for Man) - essay by the editors
- 244 - Probability Zero! The Population Implosion - [Probability Zero] - short story by Theodore R. Cogswell
- 246 - Dolls' Demise - short story by George Guthridge
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