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Alph
Alph
Author: Charles Eric Maine
In a future society where only female children are born, the birth of a male child promises to create scientific and socio-political chaos, so they determine to destroy the child, until one woman steals him and vows to care for him in defiance of a ruthless totalitarian authority.
ISBN-13: 9780345029041
ISBN-10: 0345029046
Publication Date: 1972
Pages: 216
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Publisher: Ballantine Books
Book Type: Paperback
Other Versions: 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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