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==Failed contraceptives, pregnancy and abortion issues== | ==Failed contraceptives, pregnancy and abortion issues== | ||
* [[Pamela Dean]] - ''[[Tam Lin]]'' (1991), contraceptive failure, mention of abortion issues, and pregnancy as a plot point. | * [[Pamela Dean]] - ''[[Tam Lin]]'' (1991), contraceptive failure, mention of abortion issues, and pregnancy as a plot point. | ||
* [[Vonda N. McIntyre]] - ''[[Dreamsnake]]'' (1978), one section covers contraception by biofeedback and how one young man who is unable to learn the technique is ostracized | |||
==Forced pregnancy== | ==Forced pregnancy== | ||
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==Metaphor as pregnancy== | ==Metaphor as pregnancy== | ||
* [[Ursula K. Le Guin]] "Intracom" | * [[Ursula K. Le Guin]] - "Intracom," in which a pregnant woman's interior conversations are converted into the interactions of a spaceship crew | ||
==Alternative pregnancy== | ==Alternative pregnancy== | ||
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==Demonic and alien pregnancy== | ==Demonic and alien pregnancy== | ||
* [[Rosemary's Baby]] | * ''[[Rosemary's Baby]]'' - both the film and the novel by [[Ira Levin]] | ||
* Xena episode, "[[Gabrielle's Hope]]" | * ''[[Xena, Warrior Princess]]'' episode, "[[Gabrielle's Hope]]" | ||
* Angel episodes "Expecting" | * ''[[Angel (TV series)|Angel]]'' episodes | ||
* X-Files episode "[[Terms of Endearment (X-Files episode)|Terms of Endearment]]" (demonic pregnancy) | ** "Expecting" (1x12) - [[Cordelia Chase]] & other young single women wake up heavily pregnant | ||
* X-Files: repeated themes with [[Scully]] and other women of alien pregnancy | ** "Salvage", "Release", "Orpheus", "Players", "Inside Out" - Cordelia with another demonic pregnancy | ||
* ''[[X-Files]]'': | |||
** episode "[[Terms of Endearment (X-Files episode)|Terms of Endearment]]" (demonic pregnancy with a twist) | |||
** ''[[X-Files]]'': repeated themes with [[Scully]] and other women of alien pregnancy | |||
* ''[[Point Pleasant]]'' - [[Christina Nickson]]'s mother was forcibly impregnated by Satan; it is alluded to in several episodes, and she describes it one of the later episodes of the series. | |||
* [[Naomi Mitchison]]'s ''[[Memoirs of a Spacewoman]]'' | * [[Naomi Mitchison]]'s ''[[Memoirs of a Spacewoman]]'' | ||
* " | * [[John Wyndham]]'s ''[[The Midwich Cuckoos]]'' (film versions: ''[[Village of the Damned]]'') | ||
* ''[[Spiral]]'', sequel to ''[[Ring]]''. If a woman watches the videotape while ovulating, she becomes pregnant with a Sadako clone, gives birth within a week, and then dies. | |||
* ''[[Blood Ties (TV series)]]'' episode 1x11 [[Post Partum|"Post Partum"]] (2007) | |||
==Pregnancy anxieties== | ==Pregnancy anxieties== | ||
* [[Xena: Warrior Princess]] episode [[Them Bones, Them Bones]] | * [[Xena: Warrior Princess]] episode [[Them Bones, Them Bones]] | ||
==Superfast pregnancy== | |||
* [[Gabrielle]] in [[Xena: Warrior Princess]] | |||
* [[Deanna Troi]] in [[Star Trek: The Next Generation]] | |||
* [[Cordelia Chase]] in ''[[Angel (TV series)|Angel]]'', twice ("[[Expecting]]" and Season 4) | |||
* Gwen in [[Torchwood]] | |||
* Rygel on [[Farscape]] | |||
* [[Scully]] on ''[[The X-Files]]'' (Season 2 off-screen, possibly) | |||
* "[[The Same Old Story]]", ''[[Fringe]]'' episode 1x02 (2008) (which also had a "Looking for Mr. Goodbar" sort of theme) | |||
* "[[The Slice Girls]]", ''[[Supernatural (TV series)|Sueprnatural]]'' season 7 episode 13 (2012/02/03) episode. Super-fast reproducing [[Amazons]]. | |||
==Other suggestions== | ==Other suggestions== | ||
* [[Suzy McKee Charnas]] - [[Motherlines]] | * [[Suzy McKee Charnas]] - ''[[Motherlines]]'', in which members of an all-female society can impregnate themselves by "mating" with their horses (the methodology is never fully explained) | ||
* Hiromi Goto - ''The Kappa Child'' (2001) | * [[Hiromi Goto]] - ''[[The Kappa Child]]'' (2001) | ||
* [[Elizabeth A. Lynn]] - "The Man Who Was Pregnant" | * [[Elizabeth A. Lynn]] - "[[The Man Who Was Pregnant]]" | ||
* [[Geoff Ryman]] - ''[[Air (novel)|Air]]'', one of the weirdest damn pregnancies & deliveries. | * [[Geoff Ryman]] - ''[[Air (novel)|Air]]'', one of the weirdest damn pregnancies & deliveries. | ||
* John Wyndham - ''The Midwich Cuckoos'' (1957) and reprinted as ''The Village of the Damned'' (1961) | * [[Will Shetterly]] and [[Emma Bull]], eds. The Liavek shared-world series, in which the length of a woman's labor determines the amount of magical power the child has. | ||
* [[John Wyndham]] - ''[[The Midwich Cuckoos]]'' (1957) and reprinted as ''[[The Village of the Damned]]'' (1961) | |||
==See also== | ==See also== | ||
* [[Birth control]] | * [[Birth control]] | ||
* [[Abortion]] | * [[Abortion]] | ||
* [[Motherhood]] | |||
=== External links === | |||
* [http://genre-commentary.com/node/80 Impossible yet Inevitable: Unintended Pregnancy in FARSCAPE, DEEP SPACE NINE, STAR WARS, and THE X-FILES], by Arwen Spicer | |||
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[[Category:Reproduction themes]] | [[Category:Reproduction themes]] | ||
[[Category:Body themes]] | [[Category:Body themes]] | ||
[[category:Themes and tropes by name]] | |||
[[Category:Lists of works by theme]] | |||
Latest revision as of 18:42, 3 February 2012
SF featuring pregnancy.
Failed contraceptives, pregnancy and abortion issues
- Pamela Dean - Tam Lin (1991), contraceptive failure, mention of abortion issues, and pregnancy as a plot point.
- Vonda N. McIntyre - Dreamsnake (1978), one section covers contraception by biofeedback and how one young man who is unable to learn the technique is ostracized
Forced pregnancy
- D.F. Jones - Implosion (1967), worldwide plague of infertility leads the men in government in England to establish forced breeding camps.
Pregnancy as metaphor
Metaphor as pregnancy
- Ursula K. Le Guin - "Intracom," in which a pregnant woman's interior conversations are converted into the interactions of a spaceship crew
Alternative pregnancy
- Lois McMaster Bujold - the entire Vorkosigan universe but see especially Ethan of Athos and Barrayar.
- Marge Piercy - Woman on the Edge of Time
Demonic and alien pregnancy
- Rosemary's Baby - both the film and the novel by Ira Levin
- Xena, Warrior Princess episode, "Gabrielle's Hope"
- Angel episodes
- "Expecting" (1x12) - Cordelia Chase & other young single women wake up heavily pregnant
- "Salvage", "Release", "Orpheus", "Players", "Inside Out" - Cordelia with another demonic pregnancy
- X-Files:
- episode "Terms of Endearment" (demonic pregnancy with a twist)
- X-Files: repeated themes with Scully and other women of alien pregnancy
- Point Pleasant - Christina Nickson's mother was forcibly impregnated by Satan; it is alluded to in several episodes, and she describes it one of the later episodes of the series.
- Naomi Mitchison's Memoirs of a Spacewoman
- John Wyndham's The Midwich Cuckoos (film versions: Village of the Damned)
- Spiral, sequel to Ring. If a woman watches the videotape while ovulating, she becomes pregnant with a Sadako clone, gives birth within a week, and then dies.
- Blood Ties (TV series) episode 1x11 "Post Partum" (2007)
Pregnancy anxieties
Superfast pregnancy
- Gabrielle in Xena: Warrior Princess
- Deanna Troi in Star Trek: The Next Generation
- Cordelia Chase in Angel, twice ("Expecting" and Season 4)
- Gwen in Torchwood
- Rygel on Farscape
- Scully on The X-Files (Season 2 off-screen, possibly)
- "The Same Old Story", Fringe episode 1x02 (2008) (which also had a "Looking for Mr. Goodbar" sort of theme)
- "The Slice Girls", Sueprnatural season 7 episode 13 (2012/02/03) episode. Super-fast reproducing Amazons.
Other suggestions
- Suzy McKee Charnas - Motherlines, in which members of an all-female society can impregnate themselves by "mating" with their horses (the methodology is never fully explained)
- Hiromi Goto - The Kappa Child (2001)
- Elizabeth A. Lynn - "The Man Who Was Pregnant"
- Geoff Ryman - Air, one of the weirdest damn pregnancies & deliveries.
- Will Shetterly and Emma Bull, eds. The Liavek shared-world series, in which the length of a woman's labor determines the amount of magical power the child has.
- John Wyndham - The Midwich Cuckoos (1957) and reprinted as The Village of the Damned (1961)