Make Room! Make Room!
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First editionFirst published
1966
Literary form
Novel
Genres
Science fiction, dystopia
Writing language
English
Author's country
United States
Length
Approx. 88,000 wordss
Notable lines
New York City—stolen from the trusting Indians by the wily Dutch, taken from the law-abiding Dutch by the warlike British, then wrested in turn from the peaceful British by the revolutionary colonials.
— First line
"Let me tell you, I may look old but that's just because of my age."
"We got a plague of people, a disease of people infesting the world. We got more people who are living longer. Less people have to be born, that's the answer. We got death control—we got to match it with birth control."
"I got an incurable disease. Old age."
HAPPY NEW YEAR!
— Last line
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