TY  - BOOK
AU  - Lang,Allen Kim
AU  - Orban,Paul
TI  - Guest Expert
T2  - Produced from Planet Stories January 1951
AV  - PS 
PY  - 2020///
CY  - Salt Lake City, UT
PB  - Project Gutenberg
KW  - Science fiction
KW  - Short stories
KW  - Martians -- Fiction
KW  - Overpopulation -- Fiction
KW  - Earth (Planet) -- Fiction
N1  - Release date is 2020-12-01; Produced by Greg Weeks, Mary Meehan and the Online
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N2  - "Guest Expert" by Allen K. Lang is a science fiction short story written in the early 1950s. The narrative explores the dark moral dilemmas surrounding overpopulation and the drastic measures proposed to resolve it through the perspective of a Martian visitor. The story examines themes of survival, ethics, and the consequences of human choices.  In this chilling tale, Earth faces severe issues due to overpopulation, prompting a Martian visitor to propose a radical solution: culling the human population by half. The protagonist, a Secretary, grapples with the moral implications of this proposal while hearing the Martian's justification based on historical suffering caused by famine, war, and disease. After a vote among his colleagues, the Secretary ultimately consents, leading to a horrifying conclusion where each woman and girl on the planet inexplicably dies, leaving behind a stark reality that starkly contrasts the Martian's promise of survival through sacrifice, effectively addressing the immediate population crisis at an unfathomable cost. (This is an automatically generated summary.)
UR  - https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/63931
ER  -