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* [[Suzy McKee Charnas]], ''[[Walk to the End of the World]]'' | * [[Suzy McKee Charnas]], ''[[Walk to the End of the World]]'' | ||
* [[Lois Gould]], ''[[A Sea Change]]'' (1976) | * [[Lois Gould]], ''[[A Sea Change]]'' (1976) | ||
* [[Elizabeth Hand]], "[[Cleopatra Brimstone]]" in [[Redshift: Extreme Visions of Speculative Fiction]], edited by [[Al Sarrantonio]] (2001) | * [[Elizabeth Hand]], "[[Cleopatra Brimstone]]" in ''[[Redshift: Extreme Visions of Speculative Fiction]]'', edited by [[Al Sarrantonio]] (2001) | ||
* [[Nalo Hopkinson]], ''[[Midnight Robber]]'' (2000) [child abuse] | * [[Nalo Hopkinson]], ''[[Midnight Robber]]'' (2000) [child abuse] | ||
* [[Gwyneth Jones]], ''[[The White Queen]]'' [alien rapes human thru mixed signals] | * [[Gwyneth Jones]], ''[[The White Queen]]'' [alien rapes human thru mixed signals] | ||
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Latest revision as of 10:28, 8 June 2010
Examples of rape in SF.
List of Works
Works in which rape is a central theme, or central in development of plot or character. This list includes works that are hideously sexist as well as works that are generally feminist.
- Suzy McKee Charnas, Walk to the End of the World
- Lois Gould, A Sea Change (1976)
- Elizabeth Hand, "Cleopatra Brimstone" in Redshift: Extreme Visions of Speculative Fiction, edited by Al Sarrantonio (2001)
- Nalo Hopkinson, Midnight Robber (2000) [child abuse]
- Gwyneth Jones, The White Queen [alien rapes human thru mixed signals]
- Gwyneth Jones, Life
- Sylvia Kelso, Amberlight (male rape)
- Mercedes Lackey, Magic's Price (1990) (homosexual gang rape of protagonist Vanyel Ashkevron)
- Mercedes Lackey, Arrows' Fall (1988)
- Robin McKinley, Deerskin
- Sam Merwin, Chauvinisto (1976)
- Diana Rivers, Journey to Zelindar: The Personal Account of Sair of Semasi: Book 986 of the Hadra Archives (Lace Publications, 1987) (Hadra 3) (A country of lesbian separatists, the Hadra, is protected by the Goddess in a patriarchal society. After a gang-rape, Sair of Semasi escapes her country after a rape and is taken in by the Hadra.)
- Mary Doria Russell, The Sparrow and Children of God
- James Tiptree, Jr, "Mama come Home" (1968) [alien females rape human males]
- John Varley, Titan (Gaean Trilogy v.1)
- Kate Wilhelm, The Clewiston Test (1976)
- Chelsea Quinn Yarbro, "False Dawn" (the story, which was part of the book) in Strange Bedfellows edited by Thomas Scortia (1972).
- Chelsea Quinn Yarbro. "Un Bel Di" in [[Two Views of Wonder], edited by Thomas Scortia and Chelsea Quinn Yarbro (New York: Ballantine, 1973)
- "Pegasus" episode of Battlestar Galactica Season 2, episode 10 (2005) - Female cylon on Pegasus was apparently raped repeatedly; another female cylon character, regular character, is sexually assaulted.
- "Berserker" (a 2001 film in which a female character is raped to disempower her and prove that she was Brunhilde, an "evil" Valkyrie; see review by SunlessNick)
See also
- Rape in Greek mythology - Greek mythology contained numerous stories of rape or seduction (depending on the story); often followed by the female character transforming herself, as in Medusa, Leda, Daphne
Discussions, critiques, analyses
- The Fantasy of Rape: The Use of Rape as a Catalyst on Female Protagonists in SF/F, Naamenblog + comment thread on FSFblog, and relatedly, rape and revenge in SF and female protagonists who did not experience sexual assault
- books to make my flist's heads explode: John Ringo, hradzka, 2008/03/22 - Analyzing John Ringo's Ghost, first book in the Paladin of Shadows series; series protagonist Mark Harmon hates rapists because he, too, wants to rape, but valiantly resists. The immortal phrase: "OH JOHN RINGO NO".