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* Anderson, | * [[Poul Anderson]], ''[[Virgin Planet]]'' (1959) - A caste of doctor-priests control the reproductive technology on an all-female planet. | ||
* Atwood, | * [[Margaret Atwood]], ''[[The Handmaid's Tale]]'' - women who can breed have their breeding controlled - other children taken from them, so they are free to be bred. | ||
* Burgess, | * [[Anthony Burgess]], ''[[The Wanting Seed]]'' - homophobic & misanthropic tale in which reproduction is controlled, and infanticide is encouraged | ||
* Donovan | * [[Rita Donovan]], ''[[The Plague Saint]]'' - reproduction controlled in the aftermath of an aids-like plague ... | ||
* [[Jane Fletcher]] - A caste of priests control the reproductive technology on an all-female planet. | * [[Jane Fletcher]] - A caste of priests control the reproductive technology on an all-female planet. | ||
* Friesner, | * [[Esther Friesner]], ''[[The Psalms of Herod]]'' (sequel: The Sword of Mary) (abortion and birth control are outlawed, and reproduction is controlled through infanticide) | ||
* Hall, | * [[Sandi Hall]], ''[[Wingwomen of Hera]]'' (Spinsters / Aunt Lute: 1987) | ||
* McNeill, | * [[Sarah Hall]], ''[[Daughters of the North]]'' - Women in the UK are fitted with a cervical coil to prevent reproduction. A group of militant women resist. | ||
* | * [[Pearlie McNeill]], "The Awakening" (in Jen Green & Sarah Lefanu, editors, Despatches from the Frontiers of the Female Mind, The Women's Press: 1985) | ||
* Payes, | * [[Thomas F. Monteleone]], "Breath's a Ware That Will Not Keep" (in Dystopian Visions, edited by Roger Elwood (Prentice Hall: 1975). | ||
* Stewart, | * [[Rachel Cosgrove Payes]], "Come Take a Dip with Me in the Genetic Pool" (in Dystopian Visions, edited by Roger Elwood (Prentice Hall: 1975). | ||
* Tepper, | * [[Jean Stewart]], Isis Series. (the evil Elysium society locks fertile women into [[breeding camps]]) | ||
* Weston, | * [[Sheri Tepper]], ''[[The Gates to Women's Country]]'' | ||
* Wilhelm, | * [[Susan Weston]], ''[[Children of the Light]]''. Post-holocaust US. Most men have mysteriously died; society is continued in small enclaves visited by government men who impregnate the women (and very young women). One young man is transported into this grim future and makes a life with the women and children of a small village. | ||
* Wyndham, | * [[Kate Wilhelm]], ''[[Where Late the Sweet Birds Sang]]'' | ||
* [[John Wyndham]], "Consider Her Ways" | |||
; Mandatory infanticide | |||
* [[Anthony Burgess]], ''[[The Wanting Seed]]'' - homophobic & misanthropic tale in which reproduction is controlled, and infanticide is encouraged | |||
* [[Esther Friesner]], ''[[The Psalms of Herod]]'' (sequel: The Sword of Mary) (abortion and birth control are outlawed, and reproduction is controlled through infanticide) | |||
; Mandatory abortion | |||
; Mandatory birth control | |||
* [[Sarah Hall]], ''[[Daughters of the North]]'' - Women in the UK are fitted with a cervical coil to prevent reproduction. A group of militant women resist. | |||
; Compulsory pregnancy / reproduction | |||
* [[Nigel Farringdon]], ''[[The Year of Compulsory Birth]]'' (2001) | |||
* [[D. F. Jones]], ''[[Implosion]]'' | |||
* [[Jean Stewart]], [[The Isis series]] (breeding camps) (first novel) | |||
; Small group controls reproductive permits | |||
* [[Poul Anderson]], ''[[Virgin Planet]]'' (1959) - A caste of doctor-priests control the reproductive technology on an all-female planet. | |||
* [[Jane Fletcher]] - A caste of priests control the reproductive technology on an all-female planet. | |||
* [[Sheri Tepper]], ''[[The Gates to Women's Country]]'' | |||
[[Category:Reproduction themes]] | [[Category:Reproduction themes]] | ||
[[category:Themes and tropes by name]] | |||
Latest revision as of 11:02, 14 December 2010
- Poul Anderson, Virgin Planet (1959) - A caste of doctor-priests control the reproductive technology on an all-female planet.
- Margaret Atwood, The Handmaid's Tale - women who can breed have their breeding controlled - other children taken from them, so they are free to be bred.
- Anthony Burgess, The Wanting Seed - homophobic & misanthropic tale in which reproduction is controlled, and infanticide is encouraged
- Rita Donovan, The Plague Saint - reproduction controlled in the aftermath of an aids-like plague ...
- Jane Fletcher - A caste of priests control the reproductive technology on an all-female planet.
- Esther Friesner, The Psalms of Herod (sequel: The Sword of Mary) (abortion and birth control are outlawed, and reproduction is controlled through infanticide)
- Sandi Hall, Wingwomen of Hera (Spinsters / Aunt Lute: 1987)
- Sarah Hall, Daughters of the North - Women in the UK are fitted with a cervical coil to prevent reproduction. A group of militant women resist.
- Pearlie McNeill, "The Awakening" (in Jen Green & Sarah Lefanu, editors, Despatches from the Frontiers of the Female Mind, The Women's Press: 1985)
- Thomas F. Monteleone, "Breath's a Ware That Will Not Keep" (in Dystopian Visions, edited by Roger Elwood (Prentice Hall: 1975).
- Rachel Cosgrove Payes, "Come Take a Dip with Me in the Genetic Pool" (in Dystopian Visions, edited by Roger Elwood (Prentice Hall: 1975).
- Jean Stewart, Isis Series. (the evil Elysium society locks fertile women into breeding camps)
- Sheri Tepper, The Gates to Women's Country
- Susan Weston, Children of the Light. Post-holocaust US. Most men have mysteriously died; society is continued in small enclaves visited by government men who impregnate the women (and very young women). One young man is transported into this grim future and makes a life with the women and children of a small village.
- Kate Wilhelm, Where Late the Sweet Birds Sang
- John Wyndham, "Consider Her Ways"
- Mandatory infanticide
- Anthony Burgess, The Wanting Seed - homophobic & misanthropic tale in which reproduction is controlled, and infanticide is encouraged
- Esther Friesner, The Psalms of Herod (sequel: The Sword of Mary) (abortion and birth control are outlawed, and reproduction is controlled through infanticide)
- Mandatory abortion
- Mandatory birth control
- Sarah Hall, Daughters of the North - Women in the UK are fitted with a cervical coil to prevent reproduction. A group of militant women resist.
- Compulsory pregnancy / reproduction
- Nigel Farringdon, The Year of Compulsory Birth (2001)
- D. F. Jones, Implosion
- Jean Stewart, The Isis series (breeding camps) (first novel)
- Small group controls reproductive permits
- Poul Anderson, Virgin Planet (1959) - A caste of doctor-priests control the reproductive technology on an all-female planet.
- Jane Fletcher - A caste of priests control the reproductive technology on an all-female planet.
- Sheri Tepper, The Gates to Women's Country