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No doubt inspired by the Real Life Women Airforce Service Pilots and their naval counterparts, Women Accepted for Voluntary Emergency Service. Fun with Acronyms: The same "elite military service corps" is referred to at various points in history as the Women's Emergency National Corps, Hospitality & Entertainment Section, the "Space Angels" or Auxiliary Nursing Group, Extraterrestrial Legions, and the Women's Hospitality Order Refortifying & Encouraging Spacemen.Foreshadowing: The barman becomes very annoyed at the song "My Own Grandpa.".Everyone Calls Him "Barkeep": The narrator is only referred to as "the barman" until the end of the story when he reveals his real name: Jane.

On the other hand, since he's essentially a self-generated being with no direct connection to the rest of humanity (per modern cladistics, someone with no ancestral connection to anything else wouldn't strictly be considered part of the human species or, for that matter, of Earth's family of organic life), the protagonist is not strictly bound to the rules of human biology. One the one hand, an intersex condition that would allow for someone to impregnate themselves is not a thing in real life. Artistic License – Biology: Downplayed.While they look completely ordinary, they have no genetic connection to the rest of humanity, and no intersex condition that occurs in humans reaches the level of true hermaphroditism that would allow procreating with one's time-displaced self. Ambiguously Human: The Reveal that everyone in the story is the same time-displaced person calls into question just how human certain characters are.The latest date given in the story is 1993.

20 Minutes into the Future: As with all Heinlein's works.

The barman, however, knows more about The Unwed Mother than he could ever guess.Īt roughly a dozen pages, "-All You Zombies-" provides a provocative story and incorporates many of Heinlein's favorite themes.Ī film adaptation called Predestination, starring Ethan Hawke and Sarah Snook, was released in 2014.Īs the story contains a twist ending, it is recommended you read it for yourself before reading the associated tropes. "The Unwed Mother", as a bar patron calls himself, unloads his life story onto a willing barman. Heinlein that presents to the reader an interesting time paradox. "-All You Zombies-" (1959) is a short story by Robert A. "I know where I came from, but where did all you zombies come from?"