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* [[Geoff Ryman]], ''[[Air (novel)|Air]]'' (one of the weirdest damn pregnancies & deliveries)
==Failed contraceptives, pregnancy and abortion issues==
* Pamela Dean - ''[[Tam Lin]]'' (1991), contraceptive failure, mention of abortion issues, and pregnancy as a plot point.


==Forced Pregnancy==
==Forced pregnancy==
* D.F. Jones [[Implosion]] (1967) (worldwide plague of infertility leads the men in government in England to establish forced breeding camps)
* D.F. Jones - ''[[Implosion]]'' (1967), worldwide plague of infertility leads the men in government in England to establish forced breeding camps.


==Pregnancy as Metaphor==
==Pregnancy as metaphor==
* Octavia Butler
* [[Octavia Butler|Octavia E. Butler]]


==Alternative pregnancy==
* [[Lois McMaster Bujold]] - the entire Vorkosigan universe but see especially ''[[Ethan of Athos]]'' and ''[[Barrayar]]''.
* [[Marge Piercy]] - ''[[Woman on the Edge of Time]]''


==Alternative Pregnancy==
==Other suggestions==
 
* [[Suzy McKee Charnas]] - [[Motherlines]]
* [[Lois McMaster Bujold]] - the entire Miles Vorkosigan universe, but see especially ''[[Ethan of Athos]]'' and ''[[Barrayar]]''
* Hiromi Goto - ''The Kappa Child'' (2001)
* [[Marge Piercy]] - [[Woman on the Edge of Time]]
* [[Elizabeth A. Lynn]] - "The Man Who Was Pregnant"
 
* John Wyndham - ''The Midwich Cuckoos'' (1957) and reprinted as ''The Village of the Damned'' (1961)
 
* [[Geoff Ryman]] - ''[[Air (novel)|Air]]'', one of the weirdest damn pregnancies & deliveries.
==Other Suggestions==
 
* Suzy McKee Charnas. Motherlines
* Hiromi Goto. The Kappa Child (2001)
* Elizabeth Lynn. "The Man Who Was Pregnant"
* John Wyndham. The Midwich Cuckoos (1957); reprinted as The Village of the Damned (1961)
 


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Revision as of 14:36, 4 March 2007

Failed contraceptives, pregnancy and abortion issues

  • Pamela Dean - Tam Lin (1991), contraceptive failure, mention of abortion issues, and pregnancy as a plot point.

Forced pregnancy

  • D.F. Jones - Implosion (1967), worldwide plague of infertility leads the men in government in England to establish forced breeding camps.

Pregnancy as metaphor

Alternative pregnancy

Other suggestions