Soylent Green

Soylent Green is a classic 1973 science fiction movie starring Charlton Heston, Edward G. Robinson and Chuck Connors. It is credited as being based on the 1966 science fiction novella about overpopulation by Harry Harrison, Make Room! Make Room!, but only maintains a loose structure of that work, and diverges into its own plot points and ideas.

The world of Soylent Green

The world of Soylent Green is complex and detailed. It becomes clear that the culture of Earth is significantly different from the time in which it was filmed.

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Lexicon

• book refers to people who work with books, such as researchers. Sol Roth is referred to by Thorn as a "book." Real books are rare, and no longer printed.
• d is the common vernacular for the currency, presumably the US dollar. Several outlandish prices are given, including 150 'd's for a jar of jam and 270 'd's for a few vegetables, but it is ultimately unclear if these prices are the result of the extreme famine, or inflation, as no other items' values are declared. Soylent Green costs 2 'd's a kilo.
• furniture refers to women who are part of an organized system of concubinage, in which attractive women are offered as escorts as an amenity included with an upscale apartment.
• scoop refers to riot control "scoop" trucks which pick up rioters in mechanical grabs, as shown in the publicity picture.