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HUNDU THE BEAST GOD
Sep 14, 2007

everything is yours

Captain Equinox posted:

First thing that comes to mind is Harry Harrison's Make Room, Make Room!. IIRC, it's the novel that Soylent Green was based on.

It sounds more like Stand on Zanzibar. Make Room, Make Room is part of the overpopulation genre but it's boilerplate stuff like The Ultimate Solution or something.

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HUNDU THE BEAST GOD
Sep 14, 2007

everything is yours
You're right, I missed the "short story" part cause that is a pretty drat long novel.

HUNDU THE BEAST GOD
Sep 14, 2007

everything is yours

roffles posted:

Is it Billenium, by J.G. Ballard?

This story is about due to super overpopulation, all usable land has to be claimed for raising food, and people are forced into super crowded urban areas. There is a government mandated quota of 5 sq. ft per person (which gets smaller every year). The story is about 2 friends who move in together after they each get kicked out of their singles since the quota has just gone down again and their one-person apartments become reclaimed and rented out as doubles.

That sounds really similar in tone to High-Rise, also by Ballard.

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