Science fiction since the 1970s has frequently featured environmental catastrophes of apocalyptic proportions as a starting point to imagine a better world. One such science fiction work from the mid-1970s is Kate Wilhelm's haunting novel Where Late the Sweet Birds Sang (1976). Apowerful critique of the scientific application of human cloning, the novel is also a scathing commentary on the technologically driven and dependent lifestyle of late modernity. In the clones' inability to display individuality,…
