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	* "All My Darling Daughters" by [[Connie Willis]] - New reproductive imperatives engender profound sexual alienation.		* "All My Darling Daughters" by [[Connie Willis]] - New reproductive imperatives engender profound sexual alienation.
	* "Baby You Were Great" by [[Kate Wilhelm]] - In this proto-cyberpunk classic, a woman is used and abused to broadcast emotion to the masses [available online].		* "Baby You Were Great" by [[Kate Wilhelm]] - In this proto-cyberpunk classic, a woman is used and abused to broadcast emotion to the masses [available online].
	* "A Birthday" by [Esther M. Friesner]] - Scary dystopia extracts a grim price for abortion.		* "A Birthday" by [[Esther M. Friesner]] - Scary dystopia extracts a grim price for [[abortion]].
	* "[[Consider Her Ways]]" by [[John Wyndham]] - Men are extinct and society is perfect.		* "[[Consider Her Ways]]" by [[John Wyndham]] - Men are extinct and society is perfect.
	* "Even the Queen...." by [[Connie Willis]] - When menstruation is eliminated, women take over the world.		* "Even the Queen...." by [[Connie Willis]] - When menstruation is eliminated, women take over the world.

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			Canon by Format and Title - by Cynthia Ward. This was a list assembled by Cynthia Ward for The Internet Review of Science Fiction. (cf. "Feminist SF: Futures for Humankind"). It is organized by format (novel, short form, anthology) and title. Authors marked with an asterick are essential feminist SF authors, and most or all their SF is relevant.

	===Essential Novels===		===Essential Novels===

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===Essential Novels===

* Ammonite by Nicola Griffith*
An offworld anthropologist must discover how the women of planet GP continue to reproduce after a virus kills all the men.
* Benefits by Zoe Fairbairns
Men use near-future reproductive technology to control women.
* Black Wine by Candas Jane Dorsey
A challenging saga of mothers and daughters.
* The Book of Ash by Mary Gentle*
The complex story of an alternate-history Joan of Arc. Published in the U.S. as four books, A Secret History et seq.
* The Disappearance by Philip Wylie
The opposite sex vanishes.
* Divine Endurance by Gwyneth Jones*
A female android wanders a matriarchal post-apocalyptic land.
* Dreamsnake by Vonda N. McIntyre*
Nuclear holocaust alters male-female relations.
* Egalia's Daughters: A Satire of the Sexes by Gerd Brantenberg
(a.k.a. Daughters of Egalia) Biological differences between men and women prove female superiority.
* The Female Man by Joanna Russ*
The battle of the sexes becomes literal war.
* The Gate to Women's Country by Sheri S. Tepper
Men and women must live apart to ensure human survival.
* The Handmaid's Tale by Margaret Atwood
A near-future theocracy systematically dehumanizes women.
* Herland by Charlotte Perkins Gilman
Three male explorers discover an isolated all-female society.
* The Left Hand of Darkness by Ursula K. Le Guin*
On the planet Gethen, gender does not exist...most of the time.
* Mizora by Mary E. Bradley Lane
A race of technologically advanced superwomen inhabits the hollow Earth.
* Native Tongue et seq. by Suzette Haden Elgin*
Oppressed women invent their own language.
* Parable of the Sower et seq. by Octavia E. Butler*
As America descends into barbarism, a woman founds a new religion.
* Sarah Canary by Karen Joy Fowler
A mysterious woman polarizes reactions in nineteenth-century America.
* The Shattered Chain et seq. by Marion Zimmer Bradley
The first novel focusing on the Renunciates, or Free Amazons of Darkover (collected with its sequels in The Saga of the Renunciates).
* Triton by Samuel R. Delany
(a.k.a Trouble on Triton) In a future of dazzling diversity, one man becomes a woman.
* Venus Plus X by Theodore Sturgeon
The only way to end the war between the sexes is to replace both men and women with a new sex.
* Walk to the End of the World et seq. by Suzy McKee Charnas*
Enslavement of women leads to war—and more shocking acts.
* A Woman of the Iron People by Eleanor Arnason*
Humans encounter an alien race trapped by its own sexuality.
* Woman on the Edge of Time by Marge Piercy
A contemporary woman visits a future of true sexual equality.

===Essential Short Fiction===

* "All My Darling Daughters" by Connie Willis
New reproductive imperatives engender profound sexual alienation.
* "Baby You Were Great" by Kate Wilhelm
In this proto-cyberpunk classic, a woman is used and abused to broadcast emotion to the masses [available online].
* "A Birthday" by Esther M. Friesner
Scary dystopia extracts a grim price for abortion.
* "Consider Her Ways" by John Wyndham
Men are extinct and society is perfect.
* "Even the Queen...." by Connie Willis
When menstruation is eliminated, women take over the world.
* "The Forbidden Words of Margaret A." by L. Timmel Duchamp*
One woman's words are so powerful, a Constitutional Amendment is passed to silence her.
* "The Heat Death of the Universe" by Pamela Zoline
A housewife experiences entropy.
* "Houston, Houston, Do You Read?" by James Tiptree, Jr.*
Timewarped astronauts find themselves in a future in which they, being men, are obsolete.
* "My Lady Tongue" by Lucy Sussex
A near-future women-only community engenders prejudices of its own.
* "The Logistics of Carthage" by Mary Gentle
Those who write history stunt identity. Set in the world of The Book of Ash.
* "Motherhood, Etc." by L. Timmel Duchamp
Men respond to a woman with a crucial difference.
* "The Screwfly Solution" by James Tiptree, Jr.
Aliens interfere with the human reproductive drive, to deadly effect for both sexes. (First published under the byline Raccoona Sheldon.)
* "The View from Venus" by Karen Joy Fowler
Aliens observe male-female mating rituals.
* "When It Changed" by Joanna Russ
A lost extrasolar colony is rediscovered by Earthmen centuries after plague killed all the male colonists.
* "The Women Men Don't See" by James Tiptree, Jr.
Life with unknown aliens is better than life with men.

===Essential Anthologies and Collections===

* Flying Cups and Saucers: Gender Explorations in Science Fiction and Fantasy edited by Debbie Notkin
Reprints many Tiptree Award winners and finalists.
* Her Smoke Rose Up Forever by James Tiptree, Jr.
This indispensable collection contains several classic feminist-SF stories.
* Love's Body, Dancing in Time by L. Timmel Duchamp
Women find within themselves the freedom and power denied by society.
* The Start of the End of It All by Carol Emshwiller*
Eighteen incisive stories about women, men, animals, and aliens.
* The Wanderground: Stories of the Hill Women by Sally Miller Gearhart
In an estranged future, men and women live apart.
* Weird Women, Wired Women by Kit Reed*
Collects twenty stories from thirty years of insightful science-fictional examination of women's roles and issues.
* Women of Wonder: The Classic Years: Science Fiction by Women from the 1940s to the 1970s and Women of Wonder: The Contemporary Years: Science Fiction by Women from the 1970s to the 1990s edited by Pamela Sargent
This definitive two-volume historical overview collects short SF written by women.

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	===Essential Novels===		===Essential Novels===

	* [[Ammonite]] by [[Nicola Griffith]] - An offworld anthropologist must discover how the women of planet GP continue to reproduce after a virus kills all the men.		* ''[[Ammonite]]'' by [[Nicola Griffith]] - An offworld anthropologist must discover how the women of planet GP continue to reproduce after a virus kills all the men.
	* Benefits by [[Zoe Fairbairns]] - Men use near-future reproductive technology to control women.		* ''[[Benefits]]'' by [[Zoe Fairbairns]] - Men use near-future reproductive technology to control women.
	* Black Wine by [[Candas Jane Dorsey]] - A challenging saga of mothers and daughters.		* ''[[Black Wine]]'' by [[Candas Jane Dorsey]] - A challenging saga of mothers and daughters.
	* The Book of Ash by [[Mary Gentle]] - The complex story of an alternate-history [[Joan of Arc]]. Published in the U.S. as four books, A Secret History et seq.		* ''[[The Book of Ash]]'' by [[Mary Gentle]] - The complex story of an alternate-history [[Joan of Arc]]. Published in the U.S. as four books, A Secret History et seq.
	* The Disappearance by Philip Wylie - The opposite sex vanishes.		* ''[[The Disappearance]]'' by Philip Wylie - The opposite sex vanishes.
	* Divine Endurance by [[Gwyneth Jones]] - A female android wanders a matriarchal post-apocalyptic land.		* ''[[Divine Endurance]]'' by [[Gwyneth Jones]] - A female android wanders a matriarchal post-apocalyptic land.
	* [[Dreamsnake]] by [[Vonda N. McIntyre]] - Nuclear holocaust alters male-female relations.		* [[Dreamsnake]] by [[Vonda N. McIntyre]] - Nuclear holocaust alters male-female relations.
	* Egalia's Daughters: A Satire of the Sexes by Gerd Brantenberg - (a.k.a. Daughters of Egalia) Biological differences between men and women prove female superiority.		* Egalia's Daughters: A Satire of the Sexes]]'' by Gerd Brantenberg - (a.k.a. Daughters of Egalia) Biological differences between men and women prove female superiority.
	* [[The Female Man]] by [[Joanna Russ]] - The battle of the sexes becomes literal war.		* [[The Female Man]] by [[Joanna Russ]] - The battle of the sexes becomes literal war.
	* [[The Gate to Women's Country]] by [[Sheri S. Tepper]] - Men and women must live apart to ensure human survival.		* [[The Gate to Women's Country]] by [[Sheri S. Tepper]] - Men and women must live apart to ensure human survival.
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	* [[The Shattered Chain]] et seq. by [[Marion Zimmer Bradley]] - The first novel focusing on the Renunciates, or Free Amazons of Darkover (collected with its sequels in The Saga of the Renunciates).		* [[The Shattered Chain]] et seq. by [[Marion Zimmer Bradley]] - The first novel focusing on the Renunciates, or Free Amazons of Darkover (collected with its sequels in The Saga of the Renunciates).
	* [[Triton (novel)\|Triton]] by [[Samuel R. Delany]] - (a.k.a Trouble on Triton) In a future of dazzling diversity, one man becomes a woman.		* [[Triton (novel)\|Triton]] by [[Samuel R. Delany]] - (a.k.a Trouble on Triton) In a future of dazzling diversity, one man becomes a woman.
	* Venus Plus X by Theodore Sturgeon - The only way to end the war between the sexes is to replace both men and women with a new sex.		* ''[[Venus Plus X]]'' by Theodore Sturgeon - The only way to end the war between the sexes is to replace both men and women with a new sex.
	* [[Holdfast series\|Walk to the End of the World]] et seq. by [[Suzy McKee Charnas]] - Enslavement of women leads to war—and more shocking acts.		* [[Holdfast series\|Walk to the End of the World]] et seq. by [[Suzy McKee Charnas]] - Enslavement of women leads to war—and more shocking acts.
	* [[A Woman of the Iron People]] by [[Eleanor Arnason]] - Humans encounter an alien race trapped by its own sexuality.		* [[A Woman of the Iron People]] by [[Eleanor Arnason]] - Humans encounter an alien race trapped by its own sexuality.