Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://www.gutenberg.org/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog Project Gutenberg 2008-08-03 Public domain in the USA. 65 McClatchie, Sam 1915 Adkins, Dan 1937 2013 Adkins, Dan L. Mother America Produced by Greg Weeks, Stephen Blundell and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at https://www.pgdp.net "Mother America" by Sam McClatchie is a science fiction novel written in the early 1960s. The book explores themes surrounding genetic engineering and societal values through the lens of a contest aimed at selecting an ideal mother for the next generation of American children. This narrative engages with the ethics of scientific advancement and the societal implications of such genetic manipulation. In "Mother America," the storyline follows George Turner, a geneticist tasked with managing a controversial national contest to find the perfect mother, dubbed "Mother America," and her sperm donor, which is representative of American ideals. The character Gloria Manson, a famous actress and the potential mother, becomes embroiled in the absurdities of the competition. As Turner navigates the pressures from political entities and public opinion while examining the finalists, he struggles with the implications of his role in a society eager to engineer perfect offspring. With themes of romance, ethics, and the absurdity of commodifying human reproduction, the plot intertwines personal relationships and the overarching societal influences on parenthood, ultimately revealing the complexities and contradictions underlying these scientific endeavors. (This is an automatically generated summary.) en Science fiction Short stories PS Text Science Fiction Browsing: Literature Browsing: Science-Fiction & Fantasy Browsing: Fiction 57843 57852 2024-09-11T08:30:36.544629 2023-09-11T11:35:24.644121 text/html text/html 54008 2021-01-03T22:42:51 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 45936 2021-01-03T22:42:52 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 91896 2024-09-11T08:30:39.955603 application/epub+zip 90896 2024-09-11T08:30:37.849621 application/epub+zip 67834 2024-09-11T08:30:37.004618 application/epub+zip 190489 2024-09-11T08:30:41.579615 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 182312 2024-09-11T08:30:39.398639 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 122412 2022-09-12T08:24:53.813704 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 50557 50456 2024-09-11T08:30:36.209610 2023-09-11T11:35:24.349183 text/plain; charset=us-ascii text/plain 50430 2021-01-03T22:42:52 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 19891 2021-01-03T22:42:52 text/plain; charset=us-ascii application/zip 18848 2024-09-11T08:30:41.727588 application/rdf+xml 11751 2024-09-11T08:30:37.339634 image/jpeg 3222 2024-09-11T08:30:37.167618 image/jpeg 93159 2024-09-11T08:30:36.553615 application/octet-stream application/zip