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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]]

Revision as of 19:01, 8 April 2008

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: