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Scientist John Roe O'Neill is driven mad by a terrorist attack that kills his wife and children. He develops and releases a [[gendercidal]] plague in Libya, England, and Ireland, but of course it spreads. | Scientist John Roe O'Neill is driven mad by a terrorist attack that kills his wife and children. He develops and releases a [[gendercidal]] plague in Libya, England, and Ireland, but of course it spreads. | ||
== | ==Reading and discussion notes== | ||
* "white plague" is a term also given to tuberculosis | * "white plague" is a term also given to tuberculosis | ||
* Compare: [[James Tiptree, Jr.]], [["The Last Flight of Dr. Ain"]] | * Compare: [[James Tiptree, Jr.]], [["The Last Flight of Dr. Ain"]] | ||
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==Editions== | ==Editions== | ||
* ISBN 978-0399127212 | * ISBN 978-0399127212 | ||
==See also== | |||
* [[gendercide]] | |||
Revision as of 09:44, 20 December 2010
The White Plague is a 1982 novel by Frank Herbert, featuring a plague that kills only women and therefore ends the human species.
Scientist John Roe O'Neill is driven mad by a terrorist attack that kills his wife and children. He develops and releases a gendercidal plague in Libya, England, and Ireland, but of course it spreads.
Reading and discussion notes
- "white plague" is a term also given to tuberculosis
- Compare: James Tiptree, Jr., "The Last Flight of Dr. Ain"
Awards
- Nominated, Locus Award for Best Science Fiction Novel (1983)
Editions
- ISBN 978-0399127212