The Screwfly Solution

The Screwfly Solution is a 1977 science fiction short story by Raccoona Sheldon. It received the Nebula Award for Best Novelette. Sheldon was better known as James Tiptree, Jr., but both were pseudonyms for psychologist Alice Sheldon. The story is mainly told by letters, newspaper clippings and government reports, and there is a narrator switch towards the end.

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Science fiction - Raccoona Sheldon - Nebula Award - Novelette - James Tiptree, Jr. - Alice Sheldon

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The title refers to the sterile insect technique for eradicating harmful insect species. It consists of releasing sterile male insects that will then compete with the wild males. The screwworm fly, also known as screwfly, was eradicated in North America and parts of Central America using this method.

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Sterile insect technique - Fly

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