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==Alternative Family Arrangements==
Group marriages, poly/nonmonogamous, sexuality separated from childrearing, etc.
 
* [[Francesca Lia Block]], ''Dangerous Angels: The Weetzie Bat Books'' (1998). This collects five short novels in one book. Weetzie Bat (1989) - Witch Baby (1991) - Cherokee Bat and the Goat Guys (1992) - Missing Angel Juan (1993) - Baby Be-Bop (1995)
* [[Camarin Grae]]. Stranded (In the protagonist's home world, 3-way relationships exist and are respected, although it is acknowledged that they can be difficult. On Earth, 3 of the characters in this novel decide to attempt such a thing also.)
 
 
; Group marriage
* [[Gail Dayton]]'s ''[[The Compass Rose]]''
* [[Candas Jane Dorsey]]. ''[[Black Wine]]''
* [[Diane Duane]]'s [[Tale of the Five]] series (also called the Middle Kingdoms sequence)
** ''[[The Door Into Fire]]'' (1979)
** ''[[The Door Into Shadow]]'' (1984)
** ''[[The Door Into Sunset]]'' (1992)
** ''[[The Door Into Starlight]]'' (proposed)
* [[Robert A. Heinlein]]'s ''[[Friday]]'' and others. Heinlein mastered the art of coming up with reasons and social forms for women to get it on with each other and men, but for men to stay largely manly and heterosexual.
* [[Ursula K. Le Guin]]'s "[[Another Story OR A Fisherman of the Inland Sea]]","[[Mountain Ways]]" and "[[Unchosen Love]]" -- stories that take place on [[O (planet)|the Planet O]], in the [[Ekumen Universe]]


Group marriages, poly/nonmonogamous, sexuality separated from childrearing, etc.


* Block, Francesca Lia. Dangerous Angels: The Weetzie Bat Books (1998). This collects five short novels in one book. Weetzie Bat (1989) - Witch Baby (1991) - Cherokee Bat and the Goat Guys (1992) - Missing Angel Juan (1993) - Baby Be-Bop (1995)
; Other Alternate Family Structures
* Dorsey, Candas Jane. Black Wine
* [[Jo Walton]]'s [[Lifelode]]
* Grae, Camarin. Stranded (In the protagonist's home world, 3-way relationships exist and are respected, although it is acknowledged that they can be difficult. On Earth, 3 of the characters in this novel decide to attempt such a thing also.)
* [[The Forbidden Tower]]
* Heinlein, Robert. Friday and others. Heinlein mastered the art of coming up with reasons and social forms for women to get it on with each other and men, but for men to stay largely manly and heterosexual.
 
* Le Guin, Ursula. The Ekumen / Planet O stories: "Mountain Ways" and "Unchosen Love" [four person marriages are the social norm]
==See also==
* [[List of male child-caregivers in SF]]
* [[List of societies with male child-caregivers]]
* [[Index of themes and character lists about sexuality, reproduction, and family arrangements]]


==Male Primary Child Care-Takers==
[[Category:Relationship themes]]
* Brantenberg, Gerd. Egalia's Daughters
[[Category:Fictional families and relationships]]
* Bujold, Lois McMaster. Ethan of Athos
[[Category:Lists of works by theme]]
* Dodderidge, Esme. The New Gulliver
[[category:Themes and tropes by name]]
* Jones, Gwyneth. Life ("Spence")
* [[Wen Spencer]]
* Tepper, Sheri. The Gate to Women's Country. At 5, boys are sent to live with the men in the military camps.
* Varley, John. The Gaean Trilogy, v. 3: Demon [not a social norm, but an interesting daddy role]
* Wells, John J. [pseud. for Marion Zimmer Bradley

Latest revision as of 10:28, 6 January 2011

Group marriages, poly/nonmonogamous, sexuality separated from childrearing, etc.

  • Francesca Lia Block, Dangerous Angels: The Weetzie Bat Books (1998). This collects five short novels in one book. Weetzie Bat (1989) - Witch Baby (1991) - Cherokee Bat and the Goat Guys (1992) - Missing Angel Juan (1993) - Baby Be-Bop (1995)
  • Camarin Grae. Stranded (In the protagonist's home world, 3-way relationships exist and are respected, although it is acknowledged that they can be difficult. On Earth, 3 of the characters in this novel decide to attempt such a thing also.)


Group marriage


Other Alternate Family Structures

See also