SciFi and Fantasy Book Club discussion

I read a book back in 1982 that was really wonderful, can't recall what it is. Would appreciate any help identifying it.

It might be a trilogy.

I was living in England at the time, so it might be British.

What I remember is a future society in which every scrap of biology was used to maintain the population. I seem to recall plankton was harvested to make food that everyone ate. It was a biology plant-focused story with many vivid descriptions of biological systems. It was very organic, very green. Everything was integrated, all the systems. All waste was re-used. Growing the food was a focus.

I have a sense impression of swirling integrated themes, poetic language. it was almost a meditation of biology, eco-system.

I hope that's enough, it's about all I can remember. The author, as far as I can recall, was not a big name. I've read a lot of sci-fi. It wasn't Aldiss, for example. It wasn't that typical a sci-fi book, in the sense it didn't play straight with the genre conventions, rather created it's own little world and vision of a future humanity.

Any help much appreciated!

Best,
Tom Bauer

What a deafening silence from the community! Sorry - I can't help either.

Tom wrote: "I read a book back in 1982 that was really wonderful, can't recall what it is. Would appreciate any help identifying it.

It might be a trilogy.

I was living in England at the time, so it might be..."

Sounds dystopian with an overpopulation problems. Although I just read "the world inside" and isounds similar, there was no mention of plankton. Could it be Make Room! Make Room!?
Or one of those: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category...

Not Stand on Zanzibar but could be Soylent Green

I was thinking Soylent Green.