Make Room! Make Room!
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Harry Harrison's 1966 science fiction novel, Make Room! Make Room!, delves into the societal impacts of uncontrolled population growth and the wealthy's accumulation of resources.[1] Impulse magazine first published the novel in serial form.[1] The 1973 film Soylent Green was adapted from the novel, but its plot and themes were significantly changed, and it added cannibalism as a way to address food shortages.[2]
Making and release
Harry Harrison stated the idea for the novel came from an Indian he met after the war in 1946.[3][4] That acquaintance told Harrison that overpopulation was the big problem coming up in the world.[3][4] The man suggested Harrison import rubber contraceptives to India to make money.[3][4] Harrison declined, saying he did not want to be the rubber king of India.[3][4]
The novel was first published in 1966.[1] Harrison later said Make Room! Make Room! may still be his best-known book.[4] Before appearing as a book, the story was released in installments in Impulse magazine.[1]
What the cited sources add
The March 2006 interview "Harry Harrison: When the World Was Young" includes Harrison's own account of the novel's origin and his remark that it may still be his best-known book.[4] Westfahl's 2005 "The Greenwood Encyclopedia of Science Fiction and Fantasy", issued by Greenwood Press (an imprint of ABC-CLIO), is the source Wikipedia uses for details on the film adaptation.[2][5]
References
- Wikipedia, "Make Room! Make Room!" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: Netzley, "Environmental Literature", ABC-CLIO, 1999 (we also read that source) en.wikipedia.org
- Wikipedia, "Make Room! Make Room!" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: Westfahl, "The Greenwood Encyclopedia of Science Fiction and Fantasy: Themes, Works and Wonders", Greenwood Publishing, 2005, p. 575 (we also read that source) en.wikipedia.org
- Wikipedia, "Make Room! Make Room!" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: "Harry Harrison: When the World Was Young", March 2006 (we also read that source) en.wikipedia.org
- "Harry Harrison: When the World Was Young", March 2006. facts only, no text reused. locusmag.com
- Open Library record, ISBN 9780313329524 ("The Greenwood encyclopedia of science fiction and fantasy"). CC0 (metadata); book content not read. openlibrary.org
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- Wikipedia: Make Room! Make Room! (CC BY-SA 4.0).
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