"A Distillation of Grace"

Title"A Distillation of Grace"
Year for Search2007
AuthorsRoberts, Adam [Charles](b. 1965)
Secondary AuthorsMann, George
Secondary TitleThe Solaris Book of New Science Fiction
Pagination145-61
Date Published2007
PublisherSolaris
Place PublishedNottingham, Eng.
KeywordsEnglish author, Male author
Annotation

Story about a religion that develops around producing a perfect genetic specimen by only allowing one child per family and controlling the gender so that equal numbers are born. Ultimately, this will reduce the generations to one person.

Holding Institutions

Merril

Author Note

The English author (b. 1965) is Professor of Nineteenth-Century Literature at Royal Holloway, University of London.

Full Text

2007 Roberts, Adam [Charles] (b. 1965). “A Distillation of Grace.” The Solaris Book of New Science Fiction. Ed. George Mann (Nottingham, Eng.: Solaris, 2007), 145-61. Merril

Story about a religion that develops around producing a perfect genetic specimen by only allowing one child per family and controlling the gender so that equal numbers are born. Ultimately, this will reduce the generations to one person. The English author is Professor of Nineteenth-Century Literature at Royal Holloway, University of London.