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Stories Portraying Breastfeeding or Breast Milk: | Stories Portraying Breastfeeding or Breast Milk: | ||
* [[Piers Anthony]]. "In the Barn" in ''Again, Dangerous Visions'' edited by Harlan Ellison (human women treated as cows) | * [[Piers Anthony]]. "In the Barn" in ''Again, Dangerous Visions'' edited by [[Harlan Ellison]] (human women treated as cows) | ||
* [[Lois McMaster Bujold]]. [[The Spirit Ring]] ([[1992]]) | * [[Lois McMaster Bujold]]. [[The Spirit Ring]] ([[1992]]) | ||
* [[David Brin]]. "Piecework" in Interzone, Jan./Feb. 1990 (human women used to produce industrial supplies through birth and breast milk) | * [[David Brin]]. "Piecework" in ''Interzone'', Jan./Feb. 1990 (human women used to produce industrial supplies through birth and breast milk) | ||
* [[Suzy McKee Charnas]]. Walk to the End of the World (cheese made of human breast milk) | * [[Suzy McKee Charnas]]. [[''Walk to the End of the World'']] (cheese made of human breast milk) | ||
* [[Hiromi Goto]]. "Tales From the Breast" in Ms. Magazine, Volume VII, Number 2 (Sept./Oct. 1996) | * [[Hiromi Goto]]. "Tales From the Breast" in ''Ms. Magazine,'' Volume VII, Number 2 (Sept./Oct. 1996) | ||
* [[Robert A. Heinlein]]. The | * [[Robert A. Heinlein]]. ''The Notebooks of Lazarus Long'' (adult man nurses from mother) | ||
* [[Nalo Hopkinson]]. Brown Girl in the Ring (woman nurses child) | * [[Nalo Hopkinson]]. ''Brown Girl in the Ring'' (woman nurses child) | ||
* [[Ira Levin]]. Rosemary's Baby (nursing at end of story) | * [[Ira Levin]]. ''Rosemary's Baby'' (nursing at end of story) | ||
* [[Walter M. Miller]], "Vengeance for Nikolai" in No Limits, edited by Joseph W. Ferman (Ballantine 1964) | * [[Walter M. Miller]], "Vengeance for Nikolai" in ''No Limits,'' edited by Joseph W. Ferman (Ballantine 1964) [refugee woman poisons breast milk to kill colonializing general]] | ||
* [[Toni Morrison]]. Beloved | * [[Toni Morrison]]. ''Beloved'' | ||
* [[Theodore Sturgeon]]. Some of Your Blood | * [[Theodore Sturgeon]]. ''Some of Your Blood'' | ||
* [[John Varley]]. "Options" in Blue Champagne (woman nursing her child) | * [[John Varley]]. [["Options"]] in ''Blue Champagne'' (woman nursing her child) | ||
* [[Élisabeth Vonarburg]]. The Silent City | * [[Élisabeth Vonarburg]]. ''The Silent City'' | ||
* "M is for the Many" | * "M is for the Many" | ||
Of course, it's not SF, but perhaps one of the most famous breastfeeding scenes in literature is in John Steinbeck's ''The Grapes of Wrath''. | |||
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Latest revision as of 09:49, 7 June 2010
Stories Portraying Breastfeeding or Breast Milk:
- Piers Anthony. "In the Barn" in Again, Dangerous Visions edited by Harlan Ellison (human women treated as cows)
- Lois McMaster Bujold. The Spirit Ring (1992)
- David Brin. "Piecework" in Interzone, Jan./Feb. 1990 (human women used to produce industrial supplies through birth and breast milk)
- Suzy McKee Charnas. ''Walk to the End of the World'' (cheese made of human breast milk)
- Hiromi Goto. "Tales From the Breast" in Ms. Magazine, Volume VII, Number 2 (Sept./Oct. 1996)
- Robert A. Heinlein. The Notebooks of Lazarus Long (adult man nurses from mother)
- Nalo Hopkinson. Brown Girl in the Ring (woman nurses child)
- Ira Levin. Rosemary's Baby (nursing at end of story)
- Walter M. Miller, "Vengeance for Nikolai" in No Limits, edited by Joseph W. Ferman (Ballantine 1964) [refugee woman poisons breast milk to kill colonializing general]]
- Toni Morrison. Beloved
- Theodore Sturgeon. Some of Your Blood
- John Varley. "Options" in Blue Champagne (woman nursing her child)
- Élisabeth Vonarburg. The Silent City
- "M is for the Many"
Of course, it's not SF, but perhaps one of the most famous breastfeeding scenes in literature is in John Steinbeck's The Grapes of Wrath.