Solution Three

As a fastpaced novel about a future shaped by feminist ideals of sexual andracial equality solution three at first seems to be a peaceful answer to theworlds pr... » 

As a fastpaced novel about a future shaped by feminist ideals of sexual andracial equality solution three at first seems to be a peaceful answer to theworlds problems. Homosexuality as an international norm and reproduction bycloning have minimized aggression and overpopulation. The sexes have equalrights and status racial tension has been eliminated through geneticintermixing and scientists work closely with the governing body the Councilto keep an eye on the food supply and to heal the earth of prior environmentalterrorism.Except in a few outlying areas things seem to be going smoothly. But even inthe privileged center two women are quietly rebelling. Miryam a geneticistis secretly married and rearing her own children. Lilac a surrogate motherchosen to carry a clone baby tries to evade releasing him as customary forsocial conditioning.When a mysterious virus appears in distant wheat crops when deviant sects killa Council member and a Clone when even the Clones exhibit unexpected sexualbehaviour Mutumba the strong and wise leader of the Council ponders whetherthe principle of diversity essential to the food supply might also hold forpeople. What is the cost to women of this new model for reproducing life? WithMutumba and others one wonders is it time for a new solutiona solutionfour?Originally published in 1975 Mitchisons visionary science fiction presents aworld created by both women and men that is far ahead of our own. LikeHerland Solution Three imagines a society in which women have usedreproductive control to shape a more equitable life for all eradicatingaggression and providing social support formotherhood...Solution Three presentsa new more positive vision of science as a realm in which women could indeedmake a difference and shape the course of knowledge.From the Afterword bySusan M. Squier. «