Project Gutenberg 2008-08-03 Public domain in the USA. 202 McClatchie, Sam 1915 Adkins, Dan 1937 2013 Adkins, Dan L. Mother America Produced from Amazing Stories December 1961. Produced by Greg Weeks, Stephen Blundell and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at https://www.pgdp.net "Mother America" by Sam McClatchie is a science fiction novel written in the early 1960s. The book explores themes surrounding genetic engineering and societal values through the lens of a contest aimed at selecting an ideal mother for the next generation of American children. This narrative engages with the ethics of scientific advancement and the societal implications of such genetic manipulation. In "Mother America," the storyline follows George Turner, a geneticist tasked with managing a controversial national contest to find the perfect mother, dubbed "Mother America," and her sperm donor, which is representative of American ideals. The character Gloria Manson, a famous actress and the potential mother, becomes embroiled in the absurdities of the competition. As Turner navigates the pressures from political entities and public opinion while examining the finalists, he struggles with the implications of his role in a society eager to engineer perfect offspring. With themes of romance, ethics, and the absurdity of commodifying human reproduction, the plot intertwines personal relationships and the overarching societal influences on parenthood, ultimately revealing the complexities and contradictions underlying these scientific endeavors. (This is an automatically generated summary.) Reading ease score: 77.7 (7th grade). Fairly easy to read. en Science fiction Short stories PS Text Science Fiction Browsing: Literature Browsing: Science-Fiction & Fantasy Browsing: Fiction Category: Science-Fiction & Fantasy Category: Novels 57970 2025-06-11T04:26:06.827502 text/html 54008 2021-01-03T22:42:51 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 45936 2021-01-03T22:42:52 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 115485 2025-06-11T04:26:12.141459 application/epub+zip 114250 2025-06-11T04:26:09.588487 application/epub+zip 76600 2025-06-11T04:26:08.356472 application/epub+zip 228199 2025-06-11T04:26:14.011484 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 220038 2025-06-11T04:26:11.384474 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 122412 2022-09-12T08:24:53.813704 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 50557 2025-06-11T04:26:06.412502 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 50430 2021-01-03T22:42:52 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 19891 2021-01-03T22:42:52 text/plain; charset=us-ascii application/zip 19527 2025-06-11T04:26:14.217927 application/rdf+xml 11780 2025-06-11T04:26:08.891449 image/jpeg 3209 2025-06-11T04:26:08.622456 image/jpeg 114346 2025-06-11T04:26:06.840465 application/octet-stream application/zip Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://book.klll.cc/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog en.wikipedia