End result = the same, but process of getting there mildly different. Oh, sure, this is par for the course, but I always prefer when authors put some work into character development and have women be something other than independently mobile sex toys, or, perhaps, slothy neglectful mothers.I guess Harrison's underlying premise is that overpopulation would starve out humanity (because "someone"/"the MAN" bans birth control) and, while that might have been an issue in the 60s, nowadays it is more likely that we will starve out humanity by virtue of genetic modifications, disease and toxic water contaminiation. the characters are all a bit of a jerk and the female character trades on her sex to get by.
it is very dry and we don't actually care that the whole world is starving to death (well, all of NYC is anyway). I always seem to expect more from these classics than I get from them.
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