SOLVED. YA? Dystopian. US is incredibly ageist, only way for old people to survive is to cross border into Canada. MC is early-to-middle-age man. US President is teenager. Medical van grabs people & enforces health checks. Read in 1990s. [s]

[Tamar]

Here's what i remember about this book:
1) the main character was a guy in his early-middle-age
2) there is a medical van that randomly grabs people off the street and performs invasive health checks. Whoever fails gets incinerated
3) the president of the US is a teenager
4) the only hope for the main character is to escape across the border to Canada

Thanks in advance!!!

[Angela]

Oh i hope someone comes up with this one!

[Becky]

Me too!

[Jillian]

A possible long shot: Logan's Run (http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/73...) depicts a society run by teenagers in which anyone over 21 is killed, initially because of overpopulation concerns. The main character has just reached the age limit and decides to flee the system that he has served all his life. I don't remember Canada or medical vans though (since everyone just has an implant that measures their age). Like everyone else on this thread I hope you find this book since it sounds interesting and at least similar to Logan's Run, which was a great read.

[Tamar]

Thanks for the post Jillian. I don't think the book was Logan's Run since I don't remember anything about a flower changing color. Looks like Logan's Run is worth a read though!

[Tamar]

oh - i think this was in the YOUTH or YA section of the library

[April Ann]

I don't know if this matches but it is the book that the move Soylent Green was based. Make Room! Make Room! by Harry Harrison.

[April Ann]

When do you think it may have been published? Does it address overpopulation? What is the main character doing? Is he an investigator, Scientist, carpenter?

[April Ann]

Try looking at some titles by David Brin. http://www.fantasticfiction.co.uk/b/d...

[April Ann]

What about Sins of the Fathers by Will Cunningham?
Summary: In the United States of the year 2038, citizens over fifty are terminated for "the greater good" to contain health care costs. Life has little value and love has lost all meaning. Into this bleak setting steps John Nash, a government agent committed to hunting down those who avoid their termination dates and whose own father is about to turn fifty. Risking his life and career, Nash contacts an underground escape network to save his long-estranged father. While eluding government forces, Nash must grapple with issues of forgiveness and love, and eventually the heart and will of God.

[Tamar]

Thanks for the suggestion April! Sins of the Fathers sounds like a possibility. I will have to check it out asap.

[Lisa]

Tamar, I hope that's it. Please come back and let us know. Thanks.

[Tamar]

Sadly it was not Sins of the Fathers.

[Lobstergirl, au gratin]

Tamar, are you still looking for this or did you find it?

[Rosa]

It sounds a little like Wild in the Streets.

[Rainbowheart]

Only Lovers Left Alive? But I don't know if there were any older people left.

[Andy]

How about Boomday by Christopher Buckley Boomsday

[Rainbowheart]

Still looking, Tamar?

[Lobstergirl, au gratin]

Lobstergirl wrote: "Tamar, are you still looking for this or did you find it?"

No response in 2 years. Moving to Abandoned.

[Tamar]

never found it.

[Rainbowheart]

Did you rule out all the books suggested above?

[Kris]

Tamar, what's the genre (which we need to add to the header/topic title) - e.g., YA dystopian, science fiction?

Around what year did you read this book? A range of years is fine.

[Tamar]

YA I think, I read it in the 90's.

[Tamar]

Also, yes, I ruled out the suggestions above :(

[Paige]

A Generation Removed

Edited to add-
Here's a good summary:
https://www.fantasticfiction.com/w/ga...

[Lobstergirl, au gratin]

This thread is 12 years old! Maybe it can be solved.

[Kris]

Tamar, I added a few details to the header/topic title. You can update it by clicking the small "edit" link after the header. This only works on the full Desktop website - not the Mobile website or app. (On the Mobile website, click the "Desktop version" link at the bottom of the page.)

[Tamar]

Paige wrote: "A Generation Removed

Edited to add-
Here's a good summary:
https://www.fantasticfiction.com/w/ga..."

YES!!!! Thank you!!!!! This is it! How did you figure it out?

[Tamar]

Kris wrote: "Tamar, I added a few details to the header/topic title. You can update it by clicking the small "edit" link after the header. This only works on the full Desktop website - not the Mobile website or..."

How do I update this one to "solved"?

[Kris]

Glad you found your book, Tamar. I moved your request to a Solved folder by clicking the small "edit" link after the header/topic title. This only works on the full Desktop website - not the Mobile website or app.

[Paige]

Yay! Glad I could help you find your book.

[Bargle]

New record thread. 12 years.

[Lobstergirl, au gratin]

Terrific.