Hi all, I've recently got interested in how SF engages with right-to-life issues and I'm trying to put together a reading list for myself. I'd be very grateful for any recommendations you could add to my existing list, particularly focusing on euthanasia, infanticide, fertility control, suicide, assisted suicide, and aging populations (due to infertility/medical breakthroughs).
So far I have:
- The Logan Trilogy by William F Nolan (and the film and TV series);
- Brave New World by Aldous Huxley;
- Never Let Me Go by Kazuo Ishiguro;
- The Giver by Lois Lowry;
- The Machine Stops by EM Forster;
- Kirinyaga by Mike Resnick;
- The Sleeper Awakes by HG Wells;
- Case of Conscience by James Bish;
- The Fixed Period by Anthony Trollope;
- Make Room! Make Room! by Harry Harrison (and Soylent Green);
- The Children of Men by PD James;
- The Handmaid's Tale by Margaret Atwood.
Any ideas about useful SF textbooks/histories or books about euthanasia, assisted suicide, population control, overpopulation etc would also be much appreciated.
Thanks in advance to anybody who's kind enough to make further suggestions!
PS - I'm not a slacking journalist, I'm a regular MNer and have just changed my name in case anybody from my university recognises me based on my research interests.