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* [[Lois McMaster Bujold]]. Vorkosigan books. LPSTs on Beta Colony (Licensed Practical Sexual Therapists) | * [[Lois McMaster Bujold]]. Vorkosigan books. LPSTs on Beta Colony (Licensed Practical Sexual Therapists) | ||
* [[Jacqueline Carey]]. ''[[Kushiel's Dart (2001) & sequels | * [[Jacqueline Carey]]. ''[[Kushiel's Dart]]'' (2001) & sequels | ||
* [[Jayge Carr]]. ''[[Leviathan's Deep]]'' (1979). Not a major theme, but there are definitely whores -- they're male. The society isn't primarily capitalist, so it may be that they are fulfilling religious service more than for money. | * [[Jayge Carr]]. ''[[Leviathan's Deep]]'' (1979). Not a major theme, but there are definitely whores -- they're male. The society isn't primarily capitalist, so it may be that they are fulfilling religious service more than for money. | ||
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* Charles Oberndorf. Sheltered Lives (1992). After the spread of "hives," a deadly STD, the government sets up shop with licensed sexual service workers. | * Charles Oberndorf. Sheltered Lives (1992). After the spread of "hives," a deadly STD, the government sets up shop with licensed sexual service workers. | ||
* J. Neil Schulman. ''[[The Rainbow Cadenza]]''. All women are required to spend several years in "the Service" - prostitution. | * J. Neil Schulman. ''[[The Rainbow Cadenza]]''. All women are required to spend several years in "the Service" - prostitution. | ||
* [[Sarah Waters]]. Tipping the Velvet (It's not fantasy/sf, but readers of fantasy might well like it; the London of the early 20th century is pratically fantastic. This is a lesbian picaresque novel & well worth reading.) | * [[Sarah Waters]]. Tipping the Velvet (It's not fantasy/sf, but readers of fantasy might well like it; the London of the early 20th century is pratically fantastic. This is a lesbian picaresque novel & well worth reading.) | ||
* [[Joss Whedon]]. "[[Firefly (TV series)|Firefly]]" (character of Inara is a Companion, a registered multi-talented professional who at least sometimes includes sex in her services; she is regularly described as a whore by major character Mal; in episode "Heart of Gold", a former Companion is now a madame of a house of prostitution) | * [[Joss Whedon]]. "[[Firefly (TV series)|Firefly]]" (character of Inara is a Companion, a registered multi-talented professional who at least sometimes includes sex in her services; she is regularly described as a whore by major character Mal; in episode "Heart of Gold", a former Companion is now a madame of a house of prostitution) | ||
* [[Gene Wolfe]]. Free Live Free | * [[Gene Wolfe]]. Free Live Free | ||
Revision as of 09:47, 29 April 2007
Characters whose work explicitly involves sexual behavior or sexual performance.
List of works
- Brian W. Aldiss. "Lambeth Blossom" in Strange Bedfellows: Sex and Science Fiction, edited by Thomas N. Scortia (1972). © 1967.
- Margaret Atwood. The Handmaid's Tale. Forced prostitution by the handmaids; and houses of ill-repute secretly provided for the bigwigs.
- Lois McMaster Bujold. Vorkosigan books. LPSTs on Beta Colony (Licensed Practical Sexual Therapists)
- Jacqueline Carey. Kushiel's Dart (2001) & sequels
- Jayge Carr. Leviathan's Deep (1979). Not a major theme, but there are definitely whores -- they're male. The society isn't primarily capitalist, so it may be that they are fulfilling religious service more than for money.
- Melissa Kwasny. Modern Daughters and the Outlaw West (Spinsters Book, San Francisco, 1990). A small Wyoming town is infested with quirky lesbians, ghosts, and politics. One of the ghosts -- a leading town-mother -- was the town madame / hooker.
- Mercedes Lackey. One of the Gryphon books have a sex-worker (Amberdrake, a "kestra'chern") as a protagonist; these particular sex-workers are respected in society, and are combination therapist / sex therapist / masseur, and are of both sexes. Examples of that profession crop up in other of her later Valdemar works. This is also one of the rare examples of a male sex worker in SF.
- Donna McMahon. Dance of Knives (2002) (major character was previously a sex worker; sex workers are common in the society)
- Charles Oberndorf. Sheltered Lives (1992). After the spread of "hives," a deadly STD, the government sets up shop with licensed sexual service workers.
- J. Neil Schulman. The Rainbow Cadenza. All women are required to spend several years in "the Service" - prostitution.
- Sarah Waters. Tipping the Velvet (It's not fantasy/sf, but readers of fantasy might well like it; the London of the early 20th century is pratically fantastic. This is a lesbian picaresque novel & well worth reading.)
- Joss Whedon. "Firefly" (character of Inara is a Companion, a registered multi-talented professional who at least sometimes includes sex in her services; she is regularly described as a whore by major character Mal; in episode "Heart of Gold", a former Companion is now a madame of a house of prostitution)
- Gene Wolfe. Free Live Free
- "Alias"
- episode 2x11 (#35) "Phase One" Sydney undercover as an escort
- episode 2x21 (#43) "Second Double" Sydney undercover as a dominatrix
- "Battlestar Galactica (1978)"
- Cassiopeia was a "socialator", basically a courtesan or call-girl
- "Heroes - Niki Sanders (played by Ali Larter) was an online performance sex worker