in the novel "ascende, maima, perma and mary the lifeship", a central theme is, how human beings can nurture themselves with hurting  the least possible their fellow living beings. as part of the abundance scheme, plant protein packets are being distributed with air vehicles to the wildlife areas for the carnivorous animals. the abundance scheme is a scenario where four fifths of the planetary landmasses are being elected away by the citizens from nation-states into a global federation of regions called pcorfa planetary council of regions for abundance.other important parts of the novel are androids wanting to participate in the emotional spheres of humanity, the human desire to evolve into a next stage called light-/rainbowbody and the parallel procreation via minduploads into robot bodies and computer networks.