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Here follows a list of feminist and lesbian works set in a post-nuclear setting: | Here follows a list of feminist and lesbian works set in a post-nuclear setting: | ||
* ''[[The Wall]]'' Haushofer | * ''[[The Wall]]'', [[Marlen Haushofer]] | ||
* ''[[A Gift Upon the Shore]]'' | * ''[[A Gift Upon the Shore]]'' | ||
* the [[Isis series]] by [[Jean Stewart]] | * the [[Isis series]] by [[Jean Stewart]] | ||
* [[Octavia Butler]], [[Xenogenesis trilogy]] | * [[Octavia Butler]], [[Xenogenesis trilogy]] | ||
* [[Joan Slonczewski]], ''[[The Wall Around Eden]]'' | * [[Joan Slonczewski]], ''[[The Wall Around Eden]]'' | ||
* [[Kim Stanley Robinson]]'s [[California trilogy]]: three takes on what a post-nuclear southern California might look like | |||
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[[Category:Works by setting]] | [[Category:Works by setting]] | ||
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Latest revision as of 20:50, 22 March 2009
Post-nuclear stories are a staple of SF. The setting accomplish multiple purposes and offers multiple advantages for feminist SF:
- patriarchy-bashing: evil patriarchies that destroyed the earth thru militarism, war, greed, lack of care about the environment, and so on
- reset: get rid of patriarchal society & invent an better society
- a believable apocalyptic event that sets the stage for a really dystopic society
- alien intervention!
Here follows a list of feminist and lesbian works set in a post-nuclear setting:
- The Wall, Marlen Haushofer
- A Gift Upon the Shore
- the Isis series by Jean Stewart
- Octavia Butler, Xenogenesis trilogy
- Joan Slonczewski, The Wall Around Eden
- Kim Stanley Robinson's California trilogy: three takes on what a post-nuclear southern California might look like