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==Thoughtful, serious examinations of slavery== | ==Thoughtful, serious examinations of slavery== | ||
* Burdekin | * [[Katharine Burdekin]]. Swastika Night (in a far-future Nazi regime, women are literally enslaved and used as breeding chattel) | ||
* Butler | * [[Octavia Butler]]. Kindred (1979) (classic; woman travels back in time to her African-American slave ancestor) | ||
* Others of Butler's works deal with the questions of freedom and enslavement. For instance, the Xenogenesis trilogy. | * Others of Butler's works deal with the questions of freedom and enslavement. For instance, the Xenogenesis trilogy. | ||
* | * [[Suzy McKee Charnas]]. Walk to the End of the World (in a post-apocalyptic North America, women are literally enslaved; interesting treatment because of the discussion of how people become enslaved, and how slaves work together) | ||
* | * [[C. J. Cherryh]] Cyteen [Artificially designed people, or "azi's," are not technically slaves; they are considered more a sort of industrial property or intellectual property. But their legal status is clearly that of property.] | ||
* Emshwiller | * [[Carol Emshwiller]]. The Mount (2002) | ||
* Kritzer | * [[Naomi Kritzer]]. Freedom's Gate (2004) and sequels. | ||
* | * [[Ursula K. Le Guin]] Four Ways to Forgiveness (four stories about a world in which one race enslaves another; serious & well-written exploration of slavery) | ||
* Lynn | * [[Elizabeth A. Lynn]]. The Sardonyx Net (1981 novel) | ||
* [[John Sayles]], "[[The Brother from Another Planet]]" (1984 film) | |||
* [[Walter Mosley]], ''[[47 (novel)|47]]'' (2005 novel) | |||
==Other SF with Slavery== | ==Other SF with Slavery== | ||
(slavery used as a plot device but not necessarily examined culturally; not necessarily trashy) | (slavery used as a plot device but not necessarily examined culturally; not necessarily trashy) | ||
* Carey | * [[Jacqueline Carey]]. ''[[Kushiel's Dart]]'' (2001) [people are in bond until they earn their "mark"; more "indentured servitude", time-limited slavery] | ||
* Clayton | * [[Jo Clayton]]. ''[[Irsud]]'' | ||
* Crittenden | * [[Lee Crittenden]]. "Anthem" in Sexcrime: An Anthology of Subversive Erotica edited by Cecilia Tan (Circlet Press: 2000) (slave clones discover sororal sapphic sex) | ||
* [[Phyllis Gotlieb | * [[Phyllis Gotlieb]]. ''[[Flesh and Gold]]'' | ||
* | * Robert A. Heinlein, ''[[Citizen of the Galaxy]]'' | ||
* Lucas, | * Frances Lucas, ''[[Cathy IV]]'' (1992). (A naive young lesbian is shipwrecked on another planet, and becomes embroiled in their slave economy, when she falls in love with a slave/robot.) | ||
* [[Susan R. Matthews|Matthews, Susan]] | * [[Susan R. Matthews|Matthews, Susan]], The [[Jurisdiction Universe series]] featuring [[Andrej Kosciusko]]; the universe is full of "bond-servants", a punitive version of indentured servitude. | ||
* [[Severna Park]], ''[[Speaking Dreams]]'' (Firebrand, 1992) (good writing - lesbians in a universe with slaves fighting the odds to be together) and ''[[Hand of Prophecy]]'' (set in same universe as Speaking Dreams) | |||
* Park, | |||
==definitively trashy and/or exploitative== | |||
* [[John Norman]], ''[[Gor series]]''. (Distinctly & specifically anti-feminist fantasy in which women are sex-slaves to men.) | |||
* see also [[pouty slave boys]] | |||
==see also== | |||
* [[pouty slave boys]] | |||
[[Category:Political liberty themes]] | [[Category:Political liberty themes]] | ||
[[Category:Themes]] | [[Category:Race and ethnicity themes]] | ||
[[Category:Themes and tropes]] | |||
[[category:Themes and tropes by name]] | |||
Latest revision as of 18:15, 11 June 2010
Explorations of literal slavery, either as practiced historically on Earth, or other types of slavery.
Thoughtful, serious examinations of slavery
- Katharine Burdekin. Swastika Night (in a far-future Nazi regime, women are literally enslaved and used as breeding chattel)
- Octavia Butler. Kindred (1979) (classic; woman travels back in time to her African-American slave ancestor)
- Others of Butler's works deal with the questions of freedom and enslavement. For instance, the Xenogenesis trilogy.
- Suzy McKee Charnas. Walk to the End of the World (in a post-apocalyptic North America, women are literally enslaved; interesting treatment because of the discussion of how people become enslaved, and how slaves work together)
- C. J. Cherryh Cyteen [Artificially designed people, or "azi's," are not technically slaves; they are considered more a sort of industrial property or intellectual property. But their legal status is clearly that of property.]
- Carol Emshwiller. The Mount (2002)
- Naomi Kritzer. Freedom's Gate (2004) and sequels.
- Ursula K. Le Guin Four Ways to Forgiveness (four stories about a world in which one race enslaves another; serious & well-written exploration of slavery)
- Elizabeth A. Lynn. The Sardonyx Net (1981 novel)
- John Sayles, "The Brother from Another Planet" (1984 film)
- Walter Mosley, 47 (2005 novel)
Other SF with Slavery
(slavery used as a plot device but not necessarily examined culturally; not necessarily trashy)
- Jacqueline Carey. Kushiel's Dart (2001) [people are in bond until they earn their "mark"; more "indentured servitude", time-limited slavery]
- Jo Clayton. Irsud
- Lee Crittenden. "Anthem" in Sexcrime: An Anthology of Subversive Erotica edited by Cecilia Tan (Circlet Press: 2000) (slave clones discover sororal sapphic sex)
- Phyllis Gotlieb. Flesh and Gold
- Robert A. Heinlein, Citizen of the Galaxy
- Frances Lucas, Cathy IV (1992). (A naive young lesbian is shipwrecked on another planet, and becomes embroiled in their slave economy, when she falls in love with a slave/robot.)
- Matthews, Susan, The Jurisdiction Universe series featuring Andrej Kosciusko; the universe is full of "bond-servants", a punitive version of indentured servitude.
- Severna Park, Speaking Dreams (Firebrand, 1992) (good writing - lesbians in a universe with slaves fighting the odds to be together) and Hand of Prophecy (set in same universe as Speaking Dreams)
definitively trashy and/or exploitative
- John Norman, Gor series. (Distinctly & specifically anti-feminist fantasy in which women are sex-slaves to men.)
- see also pouty slave boys