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Revision as of 16:48, 22 March 2002 by Malcolm Farmer (talk | contribs)(diff) ← Previous revision | Latest revision (diff) | Newer revision → (diff)Soylent Green -- classic 1973 science fiction movie starring Charlton Heston, Edward G. Robinson and Chuck Connors; based on the 1960s science fiction novella about overpopulation by Harry Harrison, Make Room, Make Room describing a future dystopia that may be awaiting us if we don't get cracking on sustainable development. Real food is too expensive, and the government dispenses rations of food substances made by the Soylent corporation: Soylent Yellow, Soylent Red, and the newest product, Soylent Green. The latter apparently includes recycled bodies of people murdered by the government for food. (However, this was not in the original novel: Soylent, as the name suggests was derived from Soya and Lentils. Note also that the original novel was set in the year 2000, suggesting that some of the projections may have been askew somewhere.)
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