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* | ==Failed contraceptives, pregnancy and abortion issues== | ||
* Pamela Dean - ''[[Tam Lin]]'' (1991), contraceptive failure, mention of abortion issues, and pregnancy as a plot point. | |||
==Forced | ==Forced pregnancy== | ||
* D.F. Jones [[Implosion]] (1967) | * D.F. Jones - ''[[Implosion]]'' (1967), worldwide plague of infertility leads the men in government in England to establish forced breeding camps. | ||
==Pregnancy as | ==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]]'' | |||
== | ==Other suggestions== | ||
* [[Suzy McKee Charnas]] - [[Motherlines]] | |||
* [[ | * Hiromi Goto - ''The Kappa Child'' (2001) | ||
* [[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. | |||
* Hiromi Goto | |||
* Elizabeth Lynn | |||
* John Wyndham | |||
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[[Category:Reproduction themes]] | [[Category:Reproduction themes]] | ||
[[Category:Body themes]] | [[Category:Body themes]] | ||
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
- Lois McMaster Bujold - the entire Vorkosigan universe but see especially Ethan of Athos and Barrayar.
- Marge Piercy - Woman on the Edge of Time
Other suggestions
- Suzy McKee Charnas - Motherlines
- Hiromi Goto - The Kappa Child (2001)
- 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, one of the weirdest damn pregnancies & deliveries.