Olivia’s Reviews – Queer Sci Fi

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Review: Dropnauts – J. Scott Coatsworth

July 5, 2023 by scott

Genre: Sci-Fi LGBTQ+ Category: Gay, Bi, Trans MTF Reviewer: Olivia Universal Buy Link | Bookshop.Org About The Book Life after the Crash.Over a century after the end of the Earth, life goes on in Redemption, the sole remaining Lunar colony, and possibly the last outpost of humankind in the Solar System. But with an existential threat burrowing its way into the Moon’s core, humanity must recolonize the homeworld. Twenty brave dropnauts set off on a mission to explore the empty planet. Four of them—Rai, Hera, Ghost and Tien—have trained for two-and-a-half years for the Return. They’re bound for Martinez Base, just outside … Read more

Review: Conversion Dysphoria Blues – Reis Asher

May 29, 2023 by scott

Genre: Science Fiction, Cyberpunk LGBTQ+ Category: Bi, Non-Binary, Trans FTM Reviewer: Olivia Get It On Amazon About The Book What if cyborgs suffered body dysphoria? In his mid-forties, former cop turned career bureaucrat Nolan Rogers is diagnosed with terminal cancer. His best friend Elly Takahara convinces him to undergo the process of body conversion, where his brain is transplanted into a robotic body. The operation is successful, but Nolan quickly finds himself adrift in a body that doesn’t eat or physically react to emotion. For the first time in years, he’s suffering from a new kind of body dysphoria, a … Read more

Review: Bang Bang Bodhisattva – Aubrey Wood

May 13, 2023 by scott

Genre: Cyberpunk, Sci-Fi LGBTQ+ Category: Ace, Bi, Gay, Gender Fluid, Lesbian, Non-Binary, Poly, Trans FTM, Trans MTF Reviewer: Olivia Get It At Amazon About The Book An edgy, queer cyberpunk detective mystery by an exciting new trans voice from New Zealand. Someone wants trans girl hacker-for-hire Kiera Umehara in prison or dead—but for what? Failing to fix their smart toilet? It’s 2032 and we live in the worst cyberpunk future. Kiera is gigging her ass off to keep the lights on, but her polycule’s social score is so dismal they’re about to lose their crib. That’s why she’s out here … Read more

REVIEW: Oshibana Complex – Craig Hallam

December 11, 2021 by scott

Genre: Sci-Fi, Cyberpunk LGBTQ+ Category: Non-Binary Reviewer: Olivia Get It On Amazon About The Book Welcome to Shika-One City, humanity’s final home. Nations have come together. Gender and race are petty concerns of the past. But not everything is well in Shika-One. Humanity can no longer procreate and has to synthesize future generations. But there aren’t many genetic templates to go around and meeting yourself on the street is a daily occurrence. With so many people wearing the same face, the synths of Shika-One strive for individuality in a world where stepping out of line can lead to the shredder. … Read more

REVIEW: The Book of Flora – Meg Elison

September 19, 2020 by scott

Genre: Dystopia LGBTQ+ Category: Bisexual+, Gay, Gender Fluid, Lesbian, Trans Reviewer: Olivia Get It On Amazon About The Book In this Philip K. Dick Award–winning series, one woman’s unknowable destiny depends on a bold new step in human evolution. In the wake of the apocalypse, Flora has come of age in a highly gendered post-plague society where females have become a precious, coveted, hunted, and endangered commodity. But Flora does not participate in the economy that trades in bodies. An anathema in a world that prizes procreation above all else, she is an outsider everywhere she goes, including the thriving … Read more

REVIEW: The Voyages of Cinrak the Dapper – A.J. Fitzwater – A.J. Fitzwater

June 12, 2020 by scott

Title: The Voyages of Cinrak the Dapper Author: A.J. Fitzwater Genre: Fantasy LGBTQ+ Category: Gay, Lesbian, Non-Binary, Trans FTM Publisher: Queen of Swords Press Pages: 145 Reviewer: Olivia Get It On Amazon About The Book Dapper. Lesbian. Capybara. Pirate.Cinrak the Dapper is a keeper of secrets, a righter of wrongs, the saltiest capybara on the sea and a rider of both falling stars and a great glass whale. Join her, her beloveds, the rat Queen Orvilia and the marmot diva Loquolchi, lead soprano of the Theatre Rat-oyal, her loyal cabin kit, Benj the chinchilla, and Agnes, last of the great … Read more

REVIEW: Tundras, Travelers And Other Travesties, By Amara Lynn

February 23, 2020February 22, 2020 by scott

Title: Tundras, Travelers And Other Travesties Author: Amara Lynn Genre: Sci Fi, Post-Apocalyptic LGBTQ+ Category: Non-Binary Publisher: Self Pages: 26 Reviewer: Olivia Get It On Amazon About The Book Eis has lived on a solar powered outpost in a tundra covered land all zir life. After zir parents passing, Eis is left to maintain the outpost alone, struggling to do so between chronic pain flare ups, waiting for the day a traveler might come in need of a warm bed and a meal. A day Eis thinks might never come, until a mysterious craft crashes into one of the solar … Read more

REVIEW: Out of Time Series Finale, by C.B. Lewis

February 5, 2020 by scott

Series: Out of Time Series Books Four & Five Author: C.B. Lewis Genre: Sci Fi, Time Travel LGBTQ+ Category: Gay, Bisexual, Transgender Publisher: Ninestar Press Pages: 387, 345 Reviewer: Olivia Get Time Turns On Amazon | Get Out of Time on Amazon About The Books Time Turns As a consultant analyst for the most technologically advanced firms in the country, Danny Ferguson knows he’s seen a lot of crazy stuff, but nothing comes close to his newest position at the Temporal Research Institute, the world’s foremost time travel organisation. The corrupted piece of code Ferguson found on the TRI’s closed network is … Read more

REVIEW: Ignite, by Nora Phoenix

January 30, 2020 by scott

Title: Ignite Series: Ignite Series Author: Nora Phoenix Genre: Sci Fi, Dystopian, Romance LGBTQ+ Category: Gay, MMM Publisher: Self Pages: 236 Reviewer: Olivia Get It On Amazon About The Book In a world that’s burning, where it’s every man for himself, all they can do to survive is hold on to each other… A slow burn MMM romance set in a dystopian world. The first book in an exciting trilogy! The world has changed. Tan has survived three years in a reintegration camp he was sent to for being gay, but he’s at the limit of what he can endure, … Read more

REVIEW: Psions of SPIRE Series, by Alex Silver

January 20, 2020January 19, 2020 by scott

Series: Psions of SPIRE Author: Alex Silver Genre: Paranormal, Sci Fi LGBTQ+ Category: Ace, Bi, Non-Binary, Trans FTM Publisher: Self Pages: Varies Reviewer: Olivia Get the Series On Amazon About The Books When you love your work, you never work a day—when you love your work partner, life gets complicated. Shelter (Novella, Book Zero) Former foster kid and abuse survivor, Elliott Sheffield, lost everything when he developed telepathy at twelve years old. He’s used to not relying on anyone. There are worse things than being lonely and alone, even for a psion who craves closeness. He has plans for his … Read more