- Paperback: 224 pages
- Publisher: Penguin Books Ltd; New impression edition (28 Jun 1973)
- Language English
- ISBN-10: 0140026649
- ISBN-13: 978-0140026641
- Product Dimensions: 17.6 x 11 x 1.8 cm
- Average Customer Review: 3.7 out of 5 stars See all reviews (10 customer reviews)
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 666,624 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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A gangster is murdered during a blistering Manhattan heat wave. City cop Andy Rusch is under pressure solve the crime and captivated by the victim's beautiful girlfriend. But it is difficult to catch a killer, let alone get the girl, in crazy streets crammed full of people. The planet's population has exploded. The 35 million inhabitants of New York City run their TVs off pedal power, riot for water, loot and trample for lentil 'steaks' and are controlled by sinister barbed wire dropped from the sky.
Written in 1966 and set in 1999, Make Room! Make Room! is a witty and unnerving story about stretching the earth's resources, and the human spirit, to breaking point.
--This text refers to an alternate Paperback edition.About the Author
Harry Harrison was born in Connecticut in 1925 and lived in New York City until 1943, when he was drafted into the United States Army. For the past thirty years he has lived in Ireland and England.
Other books published by Harrison include Deathworld, also published by Penguin, the Stainless Steel Rat series, Bill, the Galactic Hero, Stars and Stripes Forever, West of Eden and Captive Universe. He has received the Nebula Award, the Golden Scroll of the Academy of SF Film, Prix Jules Verne (Sweden) and the Premio Italia. He is a member of the SF Hall of Fame and is a European Grandmaster.
--This text refers to an alternate Paperback edition.
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11 of 12 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
Briefly, Make room, make room is one of the best SF novels I have ever read. It deals with overcrowding and lack of resources and where the continuing expansion in the World population may lead us.
As in that film it centres on Andy Rusch a cop and his elderly friend Sol. Andy falls in love witha yong girl who is about to lose her sugar daddy and persaudes Sol to take her in. Andy is roted in his situtation of having little to eat so greatly that he cannot comprehend a better world and even the lure of the girl being there with him is not enough.
Unlike the film, the food Soylent is neither undesirable nor made from human flesh. It is made from Soya and lentils and people enjoy eating it. When a young kid gets hold of some and intends to sell it, he eats some and cannot beleive how good it is.
A particularly harrowing description is given to a drug trip where the kid thinks dirt tastes sweet and noises sound musical, powerful writing that you won't forget quickly.
This is not a life changing book, I suspect few are, but if you read it you will neither regret it or forget it. Abnd you won't bother with the travesty of a film they made from it again either because next to the book, "Soylent Green" is cheap unwashed pants!
As in that film it centres on Andy Rusch a cop and his elderly friend Sol. Andy falls in love witha yong girl who is about to lose her sugar daddy and persaudes Sol to take her in. Andy is roted in his situtation of having little to eat so greatly that he cannot comprehend a better world and even the lure of the girl being there with him is not enough.
Unlike the film, the food Soylent is neither undesirable nor made from human flesh. It is made from Soya and lentils and people enjoy eating it. When a young kid gets hold of some and intends to sell it, he eats some and cannot beleive how good it is.
A particularly harrowing description is given to a drug trip where the kid thinks dirt tastes sweet and noises sound musical, powerful writing that you won't forget quickly.
This is not a life changing book, I suspect few are, but if you read it you will neither regret it or forget it. Abnd you won't bother with the travesty of a film they made from it again either because next to the book, "Soylent Green" is cheap unwashed pants!
13 of 15 people found the following review helpful
Format:Mass Market Paperback
This book was written in the 1960's and paints a very bleak view of what the world might look like in the 1990's. It describes the city of New York as an overpopulated, underfed, undernourished world where everything is rationed and instead of speakeasys they have "meateasys". A world where nearly everyone is on welfare, the rations consisting of "weed crackers", where everyone has been inoculated from most ailments and there is an evergroing population of "eldsters". The book circulates about 1 cop and a murder investigation, set against the turn of the milennium and the possible end of the world.
A very spooky look at a premonition of the world today.
6 of 7 people found the following review helpful
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After watching the film 'Soylent Green' I was interested in reading the story on which the film was based, which is why I bought this book.
It's a different story from 'Soylent Green': less 'sensational' and more gritty - a better piece of work. It makes uncomfortable reading; this could easily be our future.
If you enjoyed the film (which is dated and has ghastly set 70s pieces and a generally 70s slant), then you might not like the book because it's in a rather different league. However if you like 'what if' and dystopia-style science fiction/visions of the future books, then this is worth a read.
It's a different story from 'Soylent Green': less 'sensational' and more gritty - a better piece of work. It makes uncomfortable reading; this could easily be our future.
If you enjoyed the film (which is dated and has ghastly set 70s pieces and a generally 70s slant), then you might not like the book because it's in a rather different league. However if you like 'what if' and dystopia-style science fiction/visions of the future books, then this is worth a read.
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Make room for this on your shelf
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Published 15 days ago by H. Tee
Excellent ecological science fiction
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Published 8 months ago by Haust
awesome read, vivid tale.
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Published 16 months ago by JrF
Interesting, if flawed, novel
This is probably more familiar to people through the film Soylent Green [DVD] [1973] which I'd seen several times before I read this book. Read more
Published on 1 May 2010 by R. Palmer
Film was better and darker
I was hoping this book would be better than the film, which I saw years ago. It was dull, boring and dated. Read more
Published on 27 July 2009 by Pillowtail
Kids and Adults - read this book. Well written and realistic "What If"...
Firstly I have to say that I have not seen the movie remake so can not compare the two.
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Published on 26 Mar 2009 by Lookylukey
Not bad, but film was better
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