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Soylent Green, that classic film manifestation of Harry Harrison's '60's dystopian Sci-Fi novel -- Make Room! Make Room! -- is simultaneously one of the most faithful and most unfaithful adaptations of its source material ever produced.
How can that be? Well, most of the movie, from character names to character relationships to basic plot, come straight from the book. And the book does contain a number of Soylent products, like Soylent Steaks and Soylent burgers. But the whole "Soylent Green is ...more
How can that be? Well, most of the movie, from character names to character relationships to basic plot, come straight from the book. And the book does contain a number of Soylent products, like Soylent Steaks and Soylent burgers. But the whole "Soylent Green is ...more
In 1966, Harrison published this tale of the New York City of 1999. Unrestrained population growth and gluttany of natural resources have led to a world packed to bursting with people. There are riots over cracker crumbs, you have to pay up-front to get a job, and people live packed like sardines. The novel follows a few characters: Andy Rusch, a detective assigned to solve the murder of a politically-connected racketeer, and Billy Chung, whose panicked attempt to make money end disastrously. Th
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