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* Kate Atkinson - '''Case Histories: A Novel''' (Amelia, Philip)
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* Pearl S. Buck - '''The Pavilion of Women''' (Madam Wu)
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* Sir Arthur Conan Doyle - '''Sherlock Holmes Mysteries''' (Sherlock Holmes)
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| ''Case Histories: A Novel'' || Kate Atkinson  || Amelia, Philip
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* Kathrine Dunn - '''Geek Love''' (Miss Lick)
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| ''The Pavilion of Women'' || Pearl S. Buck  || Madam Wu
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* Henry Fielding - '''Tom Jones''' (Blifil)
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| ''Sherlock Holmes Mysteries'' || Sir Arthur Conan Doyle  || Sherlock Holmes
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* Emma Forest - '''Namedropper: A Novel''' (Viva Cohen?)
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| ''Geek Love'' || Kathrine Dunn  || Miss Lick
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* E.M. Forster - '''A Room With a View''' (Mr. Beebe and Cecil Vyse)
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| ''Tom Jones'' || Henry Fielding  || Blifil
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* Thomas Hardy - '''Jude The Obscure''' (Sue Bridehead)
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| ''Namedropper: A Novel'' ||  Emma Forest  || Viva Cohen?
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* Keri Hulme - '''The Bone People''' (Kerewin Holmes)
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| ''A Room With a View'' || E.M. Forster  ||  Mr. Beebe and Cecil Vyse  
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* John Irving - '''The World According to Garp''' (Jenny Fields)
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| ''Jude The Obscure'' || Thomas Hardy  || Sue Bridehead
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* Susan Isaacs - '''Lily White''' (main characters lead asexual relationship)
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| ''The Bone People'' || Keri Hulme  ||  Kerewin Holmes
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* Caren Lissner - '''Carrie Pilby''' (Carrie Pilby)
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| ''The World According to Garp'' || John Irving  || Jenny Fields
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* Caren Lissner et al. - '''Scenes From A Holiday''' (Carrie Pilby, see novella titled "Carrie Pilby's New Year's Resolution")
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| ''Herland'' || Charlotte Perkins Stetson Gilman || the women  
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* Tim O'Brien - '''July, July''' (Marla Dempsey)
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| ''The Book of Disquiet'' || Fernando Pessoa  || Bernardo Soares
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* George Orwell - '''A Clergyman's Daughter''' (Dorothy Hare)
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| ''Crampton Hodnet'' || Barbara Pym  || (Barbara Bird)  
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* Charlotte Perkins Stetson Gilman - '''Herland''' (the women)
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| ''The Bachelor Brothers' Bed and Breakfast'' || Bill Richardson  || Virgil
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* Fernando Pessoa - '''The Book of Disquiet''' (Bernardo Soares)
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| ''The Wrong Boy'' || Willy Russell  || Raymond Marks
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* Barbara Pym - '''Crampton Hodnet''' (Barbara Bird)
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| ''Operation Hurdler'' and ''Operation Outside Hitter'' || Michael Bilka  || Faye and Linda Cooper
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* Bill Richardson - '''The Bachelor Brothers' Bed and Breakfast''' (Virgil)
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| ''To The Lighthouse'' || Virginia Woolf  || Lily Briscoe (described as asexual by Market Drabble in the introduction to the Oxford University Press edition and also [http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/59716.To_the_Lighthouse here])  
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* Willy Russell - '''The Wrong Boy''' (Raymond Marks)
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* Michael Bilka - '''Operation Hurdler''', and '''Operation Outside Hitter''' (Faye and Linda Cooper)
 
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* Virginia Woolf - '''To The Lighthouse''' (Lily Briscoe) (described as asexual by Market Drabble in the introduction to the Oxford University Press edition and also [http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/59716.To_the_Lighthouse here])
 
  
 
===Science fiction and fantasy===
 
===Science fiction and fantasy===
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| ''White Mars'' ||  Brian W. Aldiss  || Cang Hai
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| ''I, Robot'' || Isaac Asimov  || Dr. Susan Calvin
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| ''Diaspora'' || Greg Egan || Akili
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| ''Distress'' || Greg Egan || ?
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| ''Fool's Errand, Golden Fool, Fool's Fate'' || Robin Hobb || Amber/Lord Golden
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| ''The Fire's Stone'' || Tanya Huff  || Chandra
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| ''The Metabarons: Aghora the Father-Mother & Immaculate Conception'' || Alexandro Jodorowsky  || Aghora
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| ''The Oathbound'', ''Oathbreakers'', and 'Oathblood'' || Mercedes Lackey || Tarma
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| ''Ombria in Shadow'' || Patricia A. McKillip  || Mag the Waxling
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| ''The Deed of Paksenarrion: A Novel'' || Elizabeth Moon  || Paks
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| ''When the King Comes Home'' || Caroline Stevermer  || Hail Rosamer
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| ''Cat's Cradle'' || Kurt Vonnegut  || Mona Aamons Monzano
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| ''Deadeye Dick'' || Kurt Vonnegut  || Rudy Waltz
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| ''Rose of the Prophet Trilogy: The Will of the Wanderer, The Paladin of the Night, The Prophet of Akhran'' || Margaret Weis and Tracy Hickman || Azriel
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* Brian W. Aldiss - '''White Mars''' (Cang Hai)
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* Isaac Asimov - '''I, Robot''' (Dr. Susan Calvin)
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* Greg Egan - '''Diaspora'''
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* Greg Egan - '''Distress'''
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| Aye, and Gomorrah || Samuel R. Delaney || Spacers
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* Robin Hobb - '''Fool's Errand, Golden Fool, Fool's Fate''' (Amber/Lord Golden)
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| The [Widget], the [Wadget], and Boff || Theodore Sturgeon || ?
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* Tanya Huff - '''The Fire's Stone''' (Chandra)
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* Alexandro Jodorowsky - '''The Metabarons: Aghora the Father-Mother & Immaculate Conception''' (Aghora)
 
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* Mercedes Lackey - '''The Oathbound''', '''Oathbreakers''', '''Oathblood''' (Tarma)
 
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* Patricia A. McKillip - Ombria in Shadow (Mag the Waxling)
 
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* Elizabeth Moon - '''The Deed of Paksenarrion: A Novel''' (Paks)
 
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* Caroline Stevermer - '''When the King Comes Home''' (Hail Rosamer)
 
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* Kurt Vonnegut - '''Cat's Cradle''' (Mona Aamons Monzano)
 
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* Kurt Vonnegut - '''Deadeye Dick''' (Rudy Waltz)
 
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* Margaret Weis and Tracy Hickman - '''Rose of the Prophet Trilogy: The Will of the Wanderer, The Paladin of the Night, The Prophet of Akhran''' (Azriel)
 
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* Samuel R. Delaney - '''Aye, and Gomorrah'''
 
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* Theodore Sturgeon - '''The [Widget], the [Wadget], and Boff'''
 
  
 
==Movies==
 
==Movies==
  
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*'''Once''' (2006) Directed by John Carey, Best song (Oscar) 2006
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*'''Withnail and I''' (1987) Directed by Bruce Robinson - the film ends with Withnail saying "Man delights not me, no, nor women neither, nor women neither."[http://www.shite.org/pub/withnail.html] (These words are in fact originally taken from a quote from Shakespeare's ''Hamlet'', act 2, scene 2.[http://www.enotes.com/hamlet-text/act-ii-scene-ii?start=3#ham-2-2-311])
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*'''Sherlock Holmes''' (Most versions) Sherlock Holmes is generally considered asexual.
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| ''Once''
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| Directed by John Carey, Best song (Oscar) 2006
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|  1987
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| ''Withnail and I''
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| The film ends with Withnail saying "Man delights not me, no, nor women neither, nor women neither."[http://www.shite.org/pub/withnail.html] (These words are in fact originally taken from a quote from Shakespeare's ''Hamlet'', act 2, scene 2.[http://www.enotes.com/hamlet-text/act-ii-scene-ii?start=3#ham-2-2-311])
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| Directed by Bruce Robinson
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| 2006
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| ''Sherlock Holmes'' (Most versions)
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| Sherlock Holmes is generally considered asexual.
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==Television Shows==  
 
==Television Shows==  
  
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*'''Dexter''' - The title character, a serial killer, feels emotionally divorced from the rest of humanity and has no interest in romance or sex. [http://www.asexuality.org/en/index.php?showtopic=29891]
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*'''Doctor Who''' - The Doctor's sexuality is ambiguous; his relationship with Rose Tyler has been described as "a love story without the shagging". [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Doctor_%28Doctor_Who%29#Modern-day_romance]
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*'''Ouran High School Host Club''' - Haruhi Fujioka, the main character, has no interest in romance and prefers platonic relationships despite being surrounded by attractive males and females. [http://www.asexuality.org/en/index.php?showtopic=23592]
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*'''Shortland street''' - New Zealand TV Show - character Gerald is asexual.[http://www.youtube.com/profile?user=sootmouthnz&view=videos][http://tvnz.co.nz/view/site_index_skin/shortland_street_index_group]
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| 2006 – present
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*'''The Big Bang Theory''' - American sitcom, character Sheldon Cooper expresses asexual tendencies.  
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| The title character, a serial killer, feels emotionally divorced from the rest of humanity and has no interest in romance or sex. [http://www.asexuality.org/en/index.php?showtopic=29891].
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*'''The Golden Girls''' - American sitcom, character Rose never thought about sex before she was married and when her husband wanted to have sex for the first time she didn't really understand sexual desire. She has never orgasmed.  
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|  1963 – 1989,<br>2005 – present
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| ''Doctor Who''
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*'''The Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya''' - One known asexual character, Yuki Nagato, and an anti-romantic character (titular). The show doesn't feature any relationships except for platonic ones, although the narrator character does experience some sexual attraction himself. [http://www.asexuality.org/en/index.php?showtopic=37591&hl=]
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| The Doctor's sexuality is ambiguous; his relationship with Rose Tyler has been described as "a love story without the shagging". [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Doctor_%28Doctor_Who%29#Modern-day_romance].
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*'''Sherlock''' (2010 series) Holmes says having a girlfriend is "not really my area", he considers himself "married to my job", and tells Watson, I am flattered by your interest, [but] I am really not looking for anyone." Steven Moffat said in an interview 'He's happy being Sherlock Holmes... other people might have a problem with him being asexual, he doesn't have any problem with it, he's fine.' [http://geeksyndicate.wordpress.com/2010/07/23/sherlock-audio-interview-with-steven-moffat/]
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*'''Huge''' - American show, 2010. Poppy (played by Zoe Jarman) is the girl's cabin leader. She self-identifies as asexual in season 1, episode 5. [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Huge_%28TV_series%29] [http://www.hulu.com/huge]
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| American show, character Poppy (played by Zoe Jarman) is the girl's cabin leader. She self-identifies as asexual in season 1, episode 5. [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Huge_%28TV_series%29] [http://www.hulu.com/huge]
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| 2002 – present
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| ''Ouran High School Host Club''
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| Haruhi Fujioka, the main character, has no interest in romance and prefers platonic relationships despite being surrounded by attractive males and females. [http://www.asexuality.org/en/index.php?showtopic=23592].
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| ''Shortland street''
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| New Zealand TV Show - character Gerald is asexual.[http://www.youtube.com/profile?user=sootmouthnz&view=videos][http://tvnz.co.nz/view/site_index_skin/shortland_street_index_group].
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| 2007 – present
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| ''The Big Bang Theory''
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| American sitcom, character Sheldon Cooper expresses asexual tendencies.  
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| 1985 – 1992
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| ''The Golden Girls''
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| American sitcom, character Rose never thought about sex before she was married and when her husband wanted to have sex for the first time she didn't really understand sexual desire. She has never orgasmed.
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| 2006
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| ''The Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya''
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| One known asexual character, Yuki Nagato, and an anti-romantic character (titular). The show doesn't feature any relationships except for platonic ones, although the narrator character does experience some sexual attraction himself. [http://www.asexuality.org/en/index.php?showtopic=37591&hl=]. 
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| 2010
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| ''Sherlock''
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| Holmes says having a girlfriend is "not really my area", he considers himself "married to my job", and tells Watson, I am flattered by your interest, [but] I am really not looking for anyone." Steven Moffat said in an interview 'He's happy being Sherlock Holmes... other people might have a problem with him being asexual, he doesn't have any problem with it, he's fine.' [http://geeksyndicate.wordpress.com/2010/07/23/sherlock-audio-interview-with-steven-moffat/]. 
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==See Also==
 
==See Also==

Revision as of 23:52, 13 November 2010

This list is for fictional portrayals of asexual or suspected-asexual characters.

Please expand this list!

Literature

Novels

Title Author Character(s)
Case Histories: A Novel Kate Atkinson Amelia, Philip
The Pavilion of Women Pearl S. Buck Madam Wu
Sherlock Holmes Mysteries Sir Arthur Conan Doyle Sherlock Holmes
Geek Love Kathrine Dunn Miss Lick
Tom Jones Henry Fielding Blifil
Namedropper: A Novel Emma Forest Viva Cohen?
A Room With a View E.M. Forster Mr. Beebe and Cecil Vyse
Jude The Obscure Thomas Hardy Sue Bridehead
The Bone People Keri Hulme Kerewin Holmes
The World According to Garp John Irving Jenny Fields
Herland Charlotte Perkins Stetson Gilman the women
The Book of Disquiet Fernando Pessoa Bernardo Soares
Crampton Hodnet Barbara Pym (Barbara Bird)
The Bachelor Brothers' Bed and Breakfast Bill Richardson Virgil
The Wrong Boy Willy Russell Raymond Marks
Operation Hurdler and Operation Outside Hitter Michael Bilka Faye and Linda Cooper
To The Lighthouse Virginia Woolf Lily Briscoe (described as asexual by Market Drabble in the introduction to the Oxford University Press edition and also here)

Science fiction and fantasy

Title Author Character(s)
White Mars Brian W. Aldiss Cang Hai
I, Robot Isaac Asimov Dr. Susan Calvin
Diaspora Greg Egan Akili
Distress Greg Egan  ?
Fool's Errand, Golden Fool, Fool's Fate Robin Hobb Amber/Lord Golden
The Fire's Stone Tanya Huff Chandra
The Metabarons: Aghora the Father-Mother & Immaculate Conception Alexandro Jodorowsky Aghora
The Oathbound, Oathbreakers, and 'Oathblood Mercedes Lackey Tarma
Ombria in Shadow Patricia A. McKillip Mag the Waxling
The Deed of Paksenarrion: A Novel Elizabeth Moon Paks
When the King Comes Home Caroline Stevermer Hail Rosamer
Cat's Cradle Kurt Vonnegut Mona Aamons Monzano
Deadeye Dick Kurt Vonnegut Rudy Waltz
Rose of the Prophet Trilogy: The Will of the Wanderer, The Paladin of the Night, The Prophet of Akhran Margaret Weis and Tracy Hickman Azriel

Short stories

Title Author Character(s)
Aye, and Gomorrah Samuel R. Delaney Spacers
The [Widget], the [Wadget], and Boff Theodore Sturgeon  ?

Movies

Year Title Reason Notes
2006 Once  ? Directed by John Carey, Best song (Oscar) 2006
1987 Withnail and I The film ends with Withnail saying "Man delights not me, no, nor women neither, nor women neither."[1] (These words are in fact originally taken from a quote from Shakespeare's Hamlet, act 2, scene 2.[2]) Directed by Bruce Robinson
2006 Sherlock Holmes (Most versions) Sherlock Holmes is generally considered asexual. -

Television Shows

Year Title Reason
2006 – present Dexter The title character, a serial killer, feels emotionally divorced from the rest of humanity and has no interest in romance or sex. [3].
1963 – 1989,
2005 – present 		Doctor Who The Doctor's sexuality is ambiguous; his relationship with Rose Tyler has been described as "a love story without the shagging". [4].
2010 Huge American show, character Poppy (played by Zoe Jarman) is the girl's cabin leader. She self-identifies as asexual in season 1, episode 5. [5] [6]
2002 – present Ouran High School Host Club Haruhi Fujioka, the main character, has no interest in romance and prefers platonic relationships despite being surrounded by attractive males and females. [7].
1992 – present Shortland street New Zealand TV Show - character Gerald is asexual.[8][9].
2007 – present The Big Bang Theory American sitcom, character Sheldon Cooper expresses asexual tendencies.
1985 – 1992 The Golden Girls American sitcom, character Rose never thought about sex before she was married and when her husband wanted to have sex for the first time she didn't really understand sexual desire. She has never orgasmed.
2006 The Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya One known asexual character, Yuki Nagato, and an anti-romantic character (titular). The show doesn't feature any relationships except for platonic ones, although the narrator character does experience some sexual attraction himself. [10].
2010 Sherlock Holmes says having a girlfriend is "not really my area", he considers himself "married to my job", and tells Watson, I am flattered by your interest, [but] I am really not looking for anyone." Steven Moffat said in an interview 'He's happy being Sherlock Holmes... other people might have a problem with him being asexual, he doesn't have any problem with it, he's fine.' [11].

See Also

  • the Reading list for books, stories, and other reading material that may be of special interest to asexuals.

External Links

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