Solution Three

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TitleSolution Three
Year for Search1975
AuthorsMitchison, Naomi [Margaret](1897-1999)
Date Published1975
PublisherDennis Dobson
Place PublishedLondon
KeywordsFemale author, Scottish author
Annotation

The novel is set after a nuclear war in a society that is experiencing overpopulation and food shortages. The first two solutions fail, but the third appears to be working. It requires prohibits heterosexuality, with some exceptions, who are looked down upon and discriminated against, and requires homosexuality. Reproduction is through cloning, with the original parents a black man and a white woman, thus eliminating racism. Children are raised collectively until weaned and then they are “strengthened,” by having their individuality removed and replaced with conditional responses through behavioral engineering. But Solution Three is also failing. 
Additional Publishers

U.S. ed. New York: Warner Books, 1975. Rpt. New York: The Feminist Press at the City University of New York, 1995, with an “Afterword Naomi Mitchison: The Feminist Art of Making Things Difficult” by Susan M. Squier (161-83).
Info Notes

A manuscript with the title “Clone Mums” is held in the author’s papers at the National Library of Scotland. 
Holding Institutions

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Author Note

Scottish female author (1897-1999)
Full Text

1975 Mitchison, Naomi [Margaret] (1897-1999). Solution Three. London: Dennis Dobson. U.S. ed. New York: Warner Books, 1975. Rpt. New York: The Feminist Press at the City University of New York, 1995, with an “Afterword Naomi Mitchison: The Feminist Art of Making Things Difficult” by Susan M. Squier (161-83). A manuscript with the title “Clone Mums” is held in the author’s papers at the National Library of Scotland. L, PSt

The novel is set after a nuclear war in a society that is experiencing overpopulation and food shortages. The first two solutions fail, but the third appears to be working. It requires prohibits heterosexuality, with some exceptions, who are looked down upon and discriminated against, and requires homosexuality. Reproduction is through cloning, with the original parents a black man and a white woman, thus eliminating racism. Children are raised collectively until weaned and then they are “strengthened,” by having their individuality removed and replaced with conditional responses through behavioral engineering. But Solution Three is also failing. Scottish female author.