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* [[Gwyneth Jones]]. [[The White Queen]] [alien rapes human thru mixed signals] | * [[Gwyneth Jones]]. [[The White Queen]] [alien rapes human thru mixed signals] | ||
* [[Gwyneth Jones]], ''[[Life (novel)|Life]]'' | * [[Gwyneth Jones]], ''[[Life (novel)|Life]]'' | ||
* [[Mercedes Lackey]]. Magic's Price (1990) | * [[Mercedes Lackey]]. ''[[Magic's Price]]'' (1990) (homosexual gang rape of protagonist [[Vanyel Ashkevron]]) | ||
* [[Mercedes Lackey]]. [[Arrows' Fall]] (1988) | * [[Mercedes Lackey]]. [[Arrows' Fall]] (1988) | ||
* [[Sam Merwin]]. [[Chauvinisto]] (1976) | * [[Sam Merwin]]. [[Chauvinisto]] (1976) | ||
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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
- Mercedes Lackey. Magic's Price (1990) (homosexual gang rape of protagonist Vanyel Ashkevron)
- Mercedes Lackey. Arrows' Fall (1988)
- 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
- 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