SOYLENT GREEN IS LENTIL!
So I read MAKE ROOM! MAKE ROOM!
They based the Soylent Green film on that book. I waited for the famous line
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SOYLENT GREEN IS PEOPLE!!!!!
But alas, that vital fact was missing. All there was was a researched and bibliographed story on overpopulation, with all the classic social paranoias that make cold war pulp sci-fi* so entertaining.
And 'Soylent' is a combination of 'soy' and 'lentil'. Which is what soylent products are really made of. Sorry, Charleston Heston. Your NRA won't help you win over these tasty treats.
*I admit, this is an overspecific description. ALL cold war sci-fi is pulp.**
** No wait, ALL SCIFI IS PULP!
They based the Soylent Green film on that book. I waited for the famous line
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
SOYLENT GREEN IS PEOPLE!!!!!
But alas, that vital fact was missing. All there was was a researched and bibliographed story on overpopulation, with all the classic social paranoias that make cold war pulp sci-fi* so entertaining.
And 'Soylent' is a combination of 'soy' and 'lentil'. Which is what soylent products are really made of. Sorry, Charleston Heston. Your NRA won't help you win over these tasty treats.
*I admit, this is an overspecific description. ALL cold war sci-fi is pulp.**
** No wait, ALL SCIFI IS PULP!