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Infertility as a serious problem; or the implications of infertility. | Infertility as a serious problem; or the implications of infertility. | ||
* [[Margaret Atwood]]. The Handmaid's Tale | * [[Margaret Atwood]]. The Handmaid's Tale (creeping infertility caused by pollution; in a Christian Right fundamentalist theocracy, Gilead, fertile women are given to government officials as "handmaids" to bear children) | ||
* [[David Gerrold]]. "How We Saved the Human Race," in With a Finger in My I (1972) (bio-engineered infertility plague) | * [[David Gerrold]]. "How We Saved the Human Race," in With a Finger in My I (1972) (bio-engineered infertility plague) | ||
* [[P.D. James]]. The Children of Men | * [[P.D. James]]. The Children of Men (infertility caused worldwide by unknown causes; people fetishize the last generation) | ||
* [[Nancy Kress]]. Maximum Light | * [[D.F. Jones]] Implosion (1967) (plague of infertility causes UK government to take totalitarian steps and set up female breeding camps) | ||
* [[Stephen Leigh]]. Dark Water's Embrace (1998) on another planet, most children are born not-quite-right; | * [[Nancy Kress]]. Maximum Light (global infertility caused by endocrine disrupters; people turn to pets, baby-stealing) | ||
* [[Edward Llewellyn]]. The Bright Companion (1980) | * [[Stephen Leigh]]. Dark Water's Embrace (1998) (on another planet, most children are born not-quite-right; odd mutations may turn out to be the key to solving fertility & mutation problems) | ||
* [[Stephanie Smith]] | * [[Edward Llewellyn]]. The Bright Companion (1980) (in the last century, women became infertile because of a birth control; society collapsed; now fertile women are rare) | ||
* [[Kate Wilhelm]]. Where Late the Sweet Birds Sang | * [[Stephanie Smith]] (pollution has caused people's babies are increasingly mutated, weird - maybe a new species?) | ||
* "A.I." (the movie) | * [[Kate Wilhelm]]. Where Late the Sweet Birds Sang (tide of infertility, probably caused by pollution - people turn to cloning) | ||
* "A.I." (the movie) (ecological disasters have reduced population and fertility) | |||
==Individual Infertility== | ==Individual Infertility== | ||
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Revision as of 16:08, 19 June 2006
Widespread Infertility
Infertility as a serious problem; or the implications of infertility.
- Margaret Atwood. The Handmaid's Tale (creeping infertility caused by pollution; in a Christian Right fundamentalist theocracy, Gilead, fertile women are given to government officials as "handmaids" to bear children)
- David Gerrold. "How We Saved the Human Race," in With a Finger in My I (1972) (bio-engineered infertility plague)
- P.D. James. The Children of Men (infertility caused worldwide by unknown causes; people fetishize the last generation)
- D.F. Jones Implosion (1967) (plague of infertility causes UK government to take totalitarian steps and set up female breeding camps)
- Nancy Kress. Maximum Light (global infertility caused by endocrine disrupters; people turn to pets, baby-stealing)
- Stephen Leigh. Dark Water's Embrace (1998) (on another planet, most children are born not-quite-right; odd mutations may turn out to be the key to solving fertility & mutation problems)
- Edward Llewellyn. The Bright Companion (1980) (in the last century, women became infertile because of a birth control; society collapsed; now fertile women are rare)
- Stephanie Smith (pollution has caused people's babies are increasingly mutated, weird - maybe a new species?)
- Kate Wilhelm. Where Late the Sweet Birds Sang (tide of infertility, probably caused by pollution - people turn to cloning)
- "A.I." (the movie) (ecological disasters have reduced population and fertility)
Individual Infertility
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