The Virility Factor by Robert Merle

The Virility Factor

Robert Merle with Martin Sokolinsky (Translator)

344 pages first pub 1974 (view editions)

fiction classics science fiction dark fast-paced
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The Virility Factor is ideal for readers who enjoy speculative, gender-role-inverting dystopias that explore societal collapse through a darkly satirical lens.

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The time: the 1970s. The place: America. A menacing epidemic, Encephalitis 16, sweeps the nation. Women, boys and men over sixty are mysteriously immune. Too late, the President realizes that the male population is dying. Congressmen appoint their...

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Community Reviews

3.93
based on 114 reviews

Moods

dark: 66%

reflective: 66%

tense: 41%

mysterious: 33%

challenging: 16%

inspiring: 16%

adventurous: 8%

funny: 8%

informative: 8%


Pace

76% of readers chose medium
23% of readers chose slow
medium
slow

Plot or character driven?

36% of readers chose Plot
63% of readers chose A mix
Plot
A mix

Strong character development?

33% of readers chose Yes
25% of readers chose Complicated
41% of readers chose No
Yes
Complicated
No

Loveable characters?

18% of readers chose Yes
36% of readers chose Complicated
36% of readers chose No
9% of readers chose N/A
Yes
Complicated
No
N/A

Diverse cast of characters?

50% of readers chose Yes
16% of readers chose Complicated
33% of readers chose No
Yes
Complicated
No

Flaws of characters a main focus?

27% of readers chose Yes
18% of readers chose Complicated
54% of readers chose No
Yes
Complicated
No

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