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When the Accident renders every male on Earth sterile, the consequences ripple through every facet of civilization. Industries fall—first toy companies, then record labels—while cities gradually become uninhabitable. Over time, humanity retreats into dispersed, remote villages, where the youngest survivors are in their fifties, illustrating the long-term erosion of societal structures and the stark reality of a gender-bias‑driven decline.
First publish date: 1964
Genre: General Fiction/General Fiction
Authors: Brian W. Aldiss
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