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Alph
Alph
Author: Charles Eric Maine
ALPH is set in a far distant future when the widespread use of a new birth control tablet has drastically affected the birth ratio of males to females - until finally no male children are born at all. Only the perfection of parthenogenesis, the development of unfertilized female egg cells, saves the human race from extinction. But parthenogenesi...  more »
ISBN: 420684
Publication Date: 1/1/1972
Pages: 218
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Publisher: Doubleday
Book Type: Hardcover
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F&SF novel-commentary, published in USA 1972, now somewhat dated but of historical interest, on eugenics, parthenogenesis, and male - female relationships. After 500 years of no males in the all-female society, DNA is taken from the sperm of a corpse, and re-vitalized. The consequent effects on the all-female society are devastating. Well-written, well-researched, an early novel-discussion in this field. First published in UK in 1958 as "World Without Men".


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