Editing The Children of Men (section)

==Critical reception==
On 5 November 2019 [[BBC News]] included ''The Children of Men'' on its list of the [[BBC list of 100 'most inspiring' novels|100 most influential novels]].<ref name=Bbc2019-11-05/>

Critics praised the "powerful imagining" and world building of the scenario of human infertility.<ref>{{cite web |last=Hunter Murray |first=Andrew |date=12 April 2023 |title=The Children of Men by PD James review – forget the crime novels, this is her masterpiece |url=https://www.thetimes.com/article/rereading-the-children-of-men-by-pd-james-review-lw5lfp9wb|work=[[The Times]]|access-date=12 January 2024}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |last=Taylor |first=Paul |date=27 September 1992 |title=BOOK REVIEW / The last generation game: 'The Children of Men' – P D James: Faber, 14.99 pounds |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/book-review-the-last-generation-game-the-children-of-men-p-d-james-faber-14-99-pounds-1554073.html |work=The Independent |accessdate=12 January 2024}}</ref>