The Stepford Wives
THE STEPFORD WIVES (NOVEL BY IRA LEVIN) Release Date: September 1972 (Contemporary Setting) Series: Stepford Wives The Story: A family moves into a new neighborhood where all the wives seem extremely submissive. Notes: This book is brought in via The Eugenics Wars, which implies that Seven and Lincoln were involved in this story, at least postscript. That crossover brings in this book, but not necessarily the film based on this book, its sequels, or the later remake. However, for the purposes of the TVCU, I think it may be safer to assume that the film, which was released just three years later, is likely the same events as the book. While the script emphasis is on gender conflict and the sterility of suburban living, and thus the science fiction elements are only lightly explored, the movie still makes it much clearer than the book that the women are being replaced by some form of robot. Goldman's treatment of the book differed from that of Forbes, with the ...