Where Late the Sweet Birds Sang

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A science fiction work by Kate Wilhelm, published in 1976. The book contains three closely linked novellas about a future United States destroyed by ecological catastrophe and sterility. The main characters retreat into a private enclave and maintain their population via cloning and forced breeding of the few fertile women. (See Margaret Atwood's The Handmaid's Tale for a different take on this theme.)

This book won the Hugo Award for best novel in 1977.