Sci Fi
REVIEW: “Ithani” and “The Oberon Cycle,” by J. Scott Coatsworth
Title: IthaniSeries: The Oberon CycleAuthor: J. Scott CoatsworthGenre: sci fi, wing fic, mm romanceLGBTQ+ Category: gay, lesbianPublisher: DreamspinnerPages: Skythane – 244; Lander – 294; Ithani – 286B Series Link:https://www.jscottcoatsworth.com/the-oberon-cycle-trilogy/ Book One, Skythane:https://www.jscottcoatsworth.com/book/skythane/ Book Two, Lander:https://www.jscottcoatsworth.com/book/lander/ Book Three, Ithani:https://www.jscottcoatsworth.com/book/ithani/ About the Books Book 1: Skythane Jameson Havercamp, a psych from a conservative religious colony, has come to Oberon—unique among the Common Worlds—in search of a rare substance called pith. He’s guided through the wilds on his quest by Xander Kinnson, a handsome, cocky skythane with a troubled past. Neither knows that Oberon is facing imminent destruction. Even as the world starts … Read more
ANNOUNCEMENT/GIVEAWAY: Empire of Light, by Alex Harrow
Alex Harrow has a new MM sci fi book out: Empire of Light. Damian Nettoyer is the Empire’s go-to gun. He kills whoever they want him to kill. In exchange, he and his rag-tag gang of crooks get to live, and Damian’s psychokinetic partner and lover, Aris, isn’t issued a one-way ticket to an Empire-sanctioned lobotomy. Then Damian’s latest mark, a suave revolutionary named Raeyn, kicks his ass and demands his help. The first item on the new agenda: take out Damian’s old boss—or Raeyn will take out Damian’s crew. To protect his friends and save his own skin, Damian … Read more
TV: Star Trek Discovery Spoiler
Don’t read this if you haven’t watched the second season of Star Trek: Discovery yet. The latest episode of Star Trek: Discovery has seen the return of a key gay character Hugh Culber. The sci-fi series, currently airing on CBS all Access and Netflix, included a first for the franchise – by featuring two gay officers who are in a relationship. But Culber, a medical officer on the Discovery played by Wilson Cruz, was killed off in the first season. He was the partner of science officer Paul Stamets, played by actor Anthony Rapp. Culber’s comeback occurs in the episode … Read more
ANNOUNCEMENT/GIVEAWAY: Ostakis, by Angelica Primm
QSFer Angelica Primm has a new queer sci fi book with an intersex character: Ostakis. The Human Planets Collective sent young Ambassador Kaj Deder to the former colony planet Ostakis to establish relations. But in the twenty-five hundred years since Earth lost contact with Ostakis, the people of that colony have dramatically changed. Kaj is tasked with finding the reason for these changes while he forges trade links between the HPC and Ostakis. Without trade with the HPC, the dwindling resources of Ostakis will ultimately end human life on the planet. But his mission faces a huge obstacle in the … Read more
ANNOUNCEMENT: “Ithani,” by J. Scott Coatsworth
QSFer J. Scott Coatsworth has the final MM sci fi book in his “Oberon Cycle” trilogy out – “Ithani”! Time is running out. After saving the world twice, Xander, Jameson and friends plunge headlong into a new crisis. The ithani–the aliens who broke the world–have reawakened from their hundred millennia-long slumber. When Xander and Jameson disappear in a flash, an already fractured world is thrown into chaos. The ithani plans, laid a hundred thousand years before, are finally coming to pass, and they threaten all life on Erro. Venin and Alix go on a desperate search for their missing and … Read more
ANNOUNCEMENT/GIVEAWAY: Navarro Suarez, By Lolly Walter
QSFer Lolly Walter has a new MM sci fi book out: Navarro Suarez. And there’s a giveaway! Family first. In a bleak future destroyed by climate change, family is all that matters to Navarro. He’ll do anything to protect those closest to him, including violate his own moral code. Then one bloody day, he finds himself the caregiver of a fragile boy who threatens everything Navarro holds dear. He knows what he has to do. The only question is, can he do it? ***This work is a short story and can be read as a standalone.*** Get It At Amazon … Read more
FOR WRITERS: Writing Government
FOR WRITERS Today’s writer topic comes from QSFer J. Scott Coatsworth: What kinds of governments have you written for your fantasy and sci fi? How are they different from what we have today? Writers: This is a writer chat – you are welcome to share your own book/link, as long as it fits the chat, but please do so as part of a discussion about the topic. Join the chat
ANNOUNCEMENT: A Fall in Autumn, by Michael G. Williams
QSFer Michael G. Williams has a new gay sci fi book out: A Fall in Autumn. WELCOME TO THE LAST OF THE GREAT FLYING CITIES It’s 9172, YE (Year of the Empire), and the future has forgotten its past. Soaring miles over the Earth, Autumn, the sole surviving flying city, is filled to the brim with the manifold forms of humankind: from Human Plus “floor models” to the oppressed and disfranchised underclasses doing their dirty work and every imaginable variation between. Valerius Bakhoum is a washed-up private eye and street hustler scraping by in Autumn. Late on his rent, fetishized … Read more
ANNOUNCEMENT/GIVEAWAY: Contact, by M.D. Neu
QSFer M.D. Neu has a new queer sci fi book out – “Contact” – book one in his “A New World” series. And there’s a giveaway! A little blue world, the third planet from the sun. It’s home to seven billion people—with all manner of faiths, beliefs, and customs, divided by bigotry and misunderstanding—who will soon be told they are not alone in the universe. Anyone watching from the outside would pass by this fractured and tumultuous world, unless they had no other choice. Todd Landon is one of these people, living and working in a section of the world … Read more