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* [[Katherine Forrest]]. ''[[Daughters of a Coral Dawn]]''. A race of human women leave earth to set up their own world. Eventually a ship from earth, with males & females, encounters this world. | * [[Katherine Forrest]]. ''[[Daughters of a Coral Dawn]]''. A race of human women leave earth to set up their own world. Eventually a ship from earth, with males & females, encounters this world. | ||
* [[Joan Slonczewski]]. ''[[A Door into Ocean]]''. "The 'Sharers' [all female at the outset] use advanced skills of 'lifeshaping,' a kind of genetic engineering, to manage the ecology of their ocean-covered planet. They must use all their skills, as well as the discipline of nonviolence, to repel invading traders and soldiers [mostly violent military men], without destroying their own way of life." | * [[Joan Slonczewski]]. ''[[A Door into Ocean]]''. "The '[[Sharers]]' [all female at the outset] use advanced skills of 'lifeshaping,' a kind of genetic engineering, to manage the ecology of their ocean-covered planet. They must use all their skills, as well as the discipline of [[nonviolence]], to repel invading traders and soldiers [mostly violent military men], without destroying their own way of life." | ||
* | * [[Charles Eric Maine]]. ''[[Alph]]'' (also published as: ''World Without Men'' (sexist and anti-feminist; an all female world creates a man after five-hundred years of trying) | ||
* [[Merril Mushroom]]. [[Daughters of Khaton]]. Actually, it's not exactly clear that women are reproducing parthenogenetically, or if a plant is just making babies for them. The plant definitely seems to be doing it, but somehow by taking the genetics of the women ... | * [[Merril Mushroom]]. [[Daughters of Khaton]]. Actually, it's not exactly clear that women are reproducing parthenogenetically, or if a plant is just making babies for them. The plant definitely seems to be doing it, but somehow by taking the genetics of the women ... | ||
* [[Kit Reed]]. ''[[Little Sisters of the Apocalypse]]'' (An island of women whose men have gone off to war must decide what to do if / when the men come back.) | * [[Kit Reed]]. ''[[Little Sisters of the Apocalypse]]'' (An island of women whose men have gone off to war must decide what to do if / when the men come back.) | ||
* [[Joanna Russ]]. "[[When It Changed]]" (initially published: 1972, in Again, Dangerous Visions, edited by Harlan Ellison) (This was the first story published about [[Whileaway]]. In this story, Whileaway is "found" by men from Earth, who think it a tragedy that men have disappeared from the world 30-odd generations ago, and promise to rectify the situation. This story was a "dangerous vision": women have created a world and lived just fine without men; this was not a feminist utopia, but the women have done just fine and apparently not missed men at all. What kind of world do you have when you have only one sex? A world of people. | * [[Joanna Russ]]. "[[When It Changed]]" (initially published: 1972, in Again, Dangerous Visions, edited by Harlan Ellison) (This was the first story published about [[Whileaway]]. In this story, Whileaway is "found" by men from Earth, who think it a tragedy that men have disappeared from the world 30-odd generations ago, and promise to rectify the situation. This story was a "dangerous vision": women have created a world and lived just fine without men; this was not a feminist utopia, but the women have done just fine and apparently not missed men at all. What kind of world do you have when you have only one sex? A world of people. | ||
* [[Norman Spinrad]], ''[[A World Between]]'' (an all-male society and an all-female society meet) | |||
* [[James Tiptree, Jr.]] "[[Houston, Houston, Do You Read?]]" (1976) - a spaceship of men encounters a future earth populated only by women. | * [[James Tiptree, Jr.]] "[[Houston, Houston, Do You Read?]]" (1976) - a spaceship of men encounters a future earth populated only by women. | ||
* [[Keith Laumer]], "[[War Against the Yukks]]" | |||
* [[Poul Anderson]], ''[[Virgin Planet]]'' | |||
* [[David Brin]], ''[[Glory Season]]'' - Not quite an all-woman world, but a predominantly woman world settled by feminist social experimenters, now must prepare to meet the rest of humanity. | * [[David Brin]], ''[[Glory Season]]'' - Not quite an all-woman world, but a predominantly woman world settled by feminist social experimenters, now must prepare to meet the rest of humanity. | ||
* "[[The Sexmission]]" dir. Juliusz Machulski, 1984, Pol. | * "[[The Sexmission]]" dir. Juliusz Machulski, 1984, Pol. | ||
* "[[Queen of Outer Space]]" all-male space crew arrive on Venus to discover an all-female society | |||
==See also== | ==See also== | ||
* [[Woman-only worlds]] | * [[Woman-only worlds]] | ||
* [[Skewed gender ratios]] | |||
* [[All-woman worlds encounter men]] | * [[All-woman worlds encounter men]] | ||
* [[:Category:Works featuring female-only worlds]] | * [[:Category:Works featuring female-only worlds]] | ||
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[[Category:Works featuring female-only worlds| ]] | [[Category:Works featuring female-only worlds| ]] | ||
[[Category:Social themes]] | [[Category:Social themes]] | ||
[[Category: | [[Category:Worldbuilding tropes]] | ||
[[Category:Plot devices]] | |||
[[category:Themes and tropes by name]] | |||
Latest revision as of 09:53, 7 June 2010
When the men come back ...
A world of all-women encounters, or is encountered by, men, for good or ill.
- Katherine Forrest. Daughters of a Coral Dawn. A race of human women leave earth to set up their own world. Eventually a ship from earth, with males & females, encounters this world.
- Joan Slonczewski. A Door into Ocean. "The 'Sharers' [all female at the outset] use advanced skills of 'lifeshaping,' a kind of genetic engineering, to manage the ecology of their ocean-covered planet. They must use all their skills, as well as the discipline of nonviolence, to repel invading traders and soldiers [mostly violent military men], without destroying their own way of life."
- Charles Eric Maine. Alph (also published as: World Without Men (sexist and anti-feminist; an all female world creates a man after five-hundred years of trying)
- Merril Mushroom. Daughters of Khaton. Actually, it's not exactly clear that women are reproducing parthenogenetically, or if a plant is just making babies for them. The plant definitely seems to be doing it, but somehow by taking the genetics of the women ...
- Kit Reed. Little Sisters of the Apocalypse (An island of women whose men have gone off to war must decide what to do if / when the men come back.)
- Joanna Russ. "When It Changed" (initially published: 1972, in Again, Dangerous Visions, edited by Harlan Ellison) (This was the first story published about Whileaway. In this story, Whileaway is "found" by men from Earth, who think it a tragedy that men have disappeared from the world 30-odd generations ago, and promise to rectify the situation. This story was a "dangerous vision": women have created a world and lived just fine without men; this was not a feminist utopia, but the women have done just fine and apparently not missed men at all. What kind of world do you have when you have only one sex? A world of people.
- Norman Spinrad, A World Between (an all-male society and an all-female society meet)
- James Tiptree, Jr. "Houston, Houston, Do You Read?" (1976) - a spaceship of men encounters a future earth populated only by women.
- Keith Laumer, "War Against the Yukks"
- Poul Anderson, Virgin Planet
- David Brin, Glory Season - Not quite an all-woman world, but a predominantly woman world settled by feminist social experimenters, now must prepare to meet the rest of humanity.
- "The Sexmission" dir. Juliusz Machulski, 1984, Pol.
- "Queen of Outer Space" all-male space crew arrive on Venus to discover an all-female society