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This is a list of works in which eating or food play a central part. | This is a list of SFnal works in which eating or food play a central part, with an emphasis on feminist or gender-oriented works, but also including other interesting or significant works, and listing major takes on food in SF. | ||
=="Recipe" works== | =="Recipe" works== | ||
Not necessarily including recipes, but works which centrally feature food and/or recipes as part of the characters' life. | Not necessarily including recipes, but works which centrally feature food and/or recipes as part of the characters' life. | ||
* ''[[Like Water for Chocolate]]'' | * [[Laura Esquivel]], ''[[Like Water for Chocolate]]'' (and [[Like Water for Chocolate (film)|the movie]]) | ||
* [[Nina Kiriki Hoffman]], ''[[Fistful of Sky]]'' | * [[Nina Kiriki Hoffman]], ''[[Fistful of Sky]]'' | ||
* [[Robin McKinley]], ''[[Sunshine]]'' | * [[Robin McKinley]], ''[[Sunshine]]'' | ||
* [[Josephine Saxton]], ''[[The Queen of the States]]'' | |||
==Sieges, starvation, food supplies== | ==Sieges, starvation, food supplies== | ||
* [[Tanya Huff]] "Slow Poison" in ''In the Shadow of Evil'' | * [[Tanya Huff]], "Slow Poison" in ''In the Shadow of Evil'' | ||
* [[Stephen King]], ''[[Thinner]]'' | |||
* [[Dan O'Bannon]], [[Ronald Shusett]] in "[[Alien]]" | |||
==Eliminating need for food== | ==Eliminating need for food== | ||
* [[Suzette Haden Elgin]], ''[[Earthsong]]'' (Native Tongue v.3) | * [[Suzette Haden Elgin]], ''[[Earthsong]]'' (Native Tongue v.3) | ||
* [[Nancy Kress]], Beggars' series | * [[Nancy Kress]], Beggars' series | ||
==Eating disorders== | |||
==Future food== | ==Future food== | ||
* super-dense protein etc bars of food that are like gold in "[[Firefly (TV series)|Firefly]]" | * super-dense protein etc bars of food that are like gold in "[[Firefly (TV series)|Firefly]]" | ||
* numerous SFnal stories in which food is made of various compressed algal forms, often because of destruction of Earth's environment; see, e.g., ''[[Beauty (Tepper novel)|Beauty]]'' by [[Sheri S. Tepper]] | * numerous SFnal stories in which food is made of various compressed algal forms, often because of destruction of Earth's environment; see, e.g., ''[[Beauty (Tepper novel)|Beauty]]'' by [[Sheri S. Tepper]] | ||
* lots of vat-grown meat not taken from animals in SF | * lots of vat-grown meat not taken from animals in SF; see, e.g., [[Rudy Rucker]], hardware/software/wetware series, with cloned flesh of various sorts | ||
* replicator food, as in "Star Trek" | * replicator food, as in "Star Trek" | ||
==Magic or special food== | ==Magic or special food== | ||
* fairy food in many stories; see, e.g., "[[Goblin Market]]" by [[Christina Rossetti]]; | * [[Hope Mirrlees]], ''[[Lud-in-the-Mist]]'' | ||
* [[Joanna Russ]], "[[Little Dirty Girl]]" (ghost) | |||
* fairy food in many stories; see, e.g., "[[Goblin Market]]" by [[Christina Rossetti]]; | |||
* vampirism & blood | * vampirism & blood | ||
* [[ | * [[Marge Piercy]], ''[[Woman on the Edge of Time]]'' - she can't eat the food of the future | ||
==Food magic== | |||
* ''[[The Particular Sadness of Lemon Cake]]'' by [[Aimee Bender]] | |||
==Food taboos== | ==Food taboos== | ||
* cannibalism | * [[cannibalism]] | ||
* animal products: see, e.g., "[[Carnival (novel)|Carnival]]" by [[Elizabeth Bear]] | * [[eating animals]] and animal products: see, e.g., "[[Carnival (novel)|Carnival]]" by [[Elizabeth Bear]] | ||
==See also== | ==See also== | ||
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* [[Body image and beauty standards]] | * [[Body image and beauty standards]] | ||
[[Category:Themes]] | [[Category:Themes and tropes]] | ||
[[Category:Body themes]] | [[Category:Body themes]] | ||
[[Category:Feminist issues]] | |||
[[category:Themes and tropes by name]] | |||
Latest revision as of 12:52, 28 January 2011
This is a list of SFnal works in which eating or food play a central part, with an emphasis on feminist or gender-oriented works, but also including other interesting or significant works, and listing major takes on food in SF.
"Recipe" works
Not necessarily including recipes, but works which centrally feature food and/or recipes as part of the characters' life.
- Laura Esquivel, Like Water for Chocolate (and the movie)
- Nina Kiriki Hoffman, Fistful of Sky
- Robin McKinley, Sunshine
- Josephine Saxton, The Queen of the States
Sieges, starvation, food supplies
- Tanya Huff, "Slow Poison" in In the Shadow of Evil
- Stephen King, Thinner
- Dan O'Bannon, Ronald Shusett in "Alien"
Eliminating need for food
- Suzette Haden Elgin, Earthsong (Native Tongue v.3)
- Nancy Kress, Beggars' series
Eating disorders
Future food
- super-dense protein etc bars of food that are like gold in "Firefly"
- numerous SFnal stories in which food is made of various compressed algal forms, often because of destruction of Earth's environment; see, e.g., Beauty by Sheri S. Tepper
- lots of vat-grown meat not taken from animals in SF; see, e.g., Rudy Rucker, hardware/software/wetware series, with cloned flesh of various sorts
- replicator food, as in "Star Trek"
Magic or special food
- Hope Mirrlees, Lud-in-the-Mist
- Joanna Russ, "Little Dirty Girl" (ghost)
- fairy food in many stories; see, e.g., "Goblin Market" by Christina Rossetti;
- vampirism & blood
- Marge Piercy, Woman on the Edge of Time - she can't eat the food of the future
Food magic
Food taboos
- cannibalism
- eating animals and animal products: see, e.g., "Carnival" by Elizabeth Bear