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REVIEW: The Snails of Dun Nas – K.L. Noone

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The Snails Of Dun Nas - K.L. Noone

Genre: Fantasy, Romance LGBTQ+ Category: M-Gender Fluid Reviewer: Scott Get It On Amazon About The Book Giant magical snails aren’t exactly at the top of the list of heroic quests. But the village of Dun Nas needs help, and Aric needs money: being a legendary swordsman might be nice, but so is getting paid. Anyway, snails — even giant ones — aren’t anything he can’t handle, especially with his half-fairy partner Emrys. Together, the Storm-Wielder and the Shadow can fight anything, or so the stories say. But this job’s more complicated than it seems. The lake holds a dangerous magical … Read more

REVIEW: Sanctity – Toshi Drake

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Sanctity - Toshi Drake

Genre: Sci-Fi, Space Opera LGBTQ+ Category: Ace, Non-Binary Reviewer: Scott Get It On Amazon About The Book Can a man in emotional turmoil find love on a space station overrun by pirates? Commander Jax Trest is struggling with a secret pain he finds difficult to share with his friends. When his spaceship, the Padua, docks for repairs at StarStation 86, Trest is ordered to take time off and seek counselling. From his first encounter with Commander Zoagashta, Trest finds himself entranced by the empathic Asyran, and new possibilities for emotional connection open to him. But when a stalker hints Trest is the … Read more

REVIEW: Entity – Toshi Drake

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Entity - Toshi Drake

Genre: Sci-Fi, Space Opera LGBTQ+ Category: Gay Reviewer: Scott Get It On Amazon About The Book Lieutenant Michael Collins’s week just went to hell. The suspicious actions of his captain escalates as he orders Michael to investigate a dead ship’s heart—the cephalopods that pilot the star drive system. The mission forces Michael from the safety of his ship and his lover, Commander Eizen Sartris, while straining the bond with his own ship’s heart, Padua. Attacked by Siwu pirates, Michael finds refuge on a damaged alien vessel, where he waits for Eizen to rescue him. But in the dark cold wreckage, … Read more

REVIEW: The Left Hand of Dog – SI Clarke

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The Left Hand Of Dog

Genre: Sci Fi, Comedy LGBTQ+ Category: Ace, Aro, Agender Reviewer: Scott About The Book Escaping intergalactic kidnappers has never been quite so ridiculous. When Lem and her faithful dog, Spock, retreat from the city for a few days of hiking in Algonquin Park, the last thing they expect is to be kidnapped by aliens. No, scratch that. The last thing they expect is to be kidnapped by a bunch of strangely adorable intergalactic bounty hunters aboard a ship called the Teapot. After Lem falls in with an unlikely group of allies – including a talking horse, a sarcastic robot, an overly … Read more

REVIEW: Astounding – Kim Fielding

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Astounding! - Kim Fielding

Genre: Sci-Fi, Romance LGBTQ+ Category: Gay Reviewer: Scott Get It On Amazon About The Book Carter Evans is founder and editor-in-chief of Astounding!—a formerly popular spec fiction magazine currently in its death throes. Not only can he do nothing to save it, but stuck in a rathole apartment with few interpersonal connections, he can’t seem to do much to rescue his future either. And certainly all the booze isn’t helping. He snaps when he receives yet another terrible story submission from the mysterious writer J. Harper—and in a drunken haze, Carter sends Harper a rejection letter he soon regrets. J. … Read more

REVIEW: Invasion – Scott James Magner

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Invasion - Scott James Magner

Genre: Sci-Fi LGBTQ+ Category: Lesbian Reviewer: Scott Get It On Amazon About The Book Lt. Marya Andreison just wanted to get her career back on track. After years of crap assignments and missed promotions, she finally got the deep-space posting she always wanted, only to find bigotry and intolerance are universal. But when an alien transmission only she can decode comes through an unauthorized wormhole, her situation goes from bad to worse to awful. Now she’s on the run, with only her wits, her wedding rings, and a downloaded message that could start an intergalactic war. All Marya wants to … Read more

REVIEW: The Courier – HL Moore

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The Courier - H.L. Moore

Genre: Sci-Fi LGBTQ+ Category: Non-Binary Reviewer: Scott Get It On Amazon About The Book The job seemed simple enough: collect the package and deliver it to Europa within two days’ time, no questions asked. If only the client hadn’t lied about there being no catch… A tale from the Jovian Empire. The Review I just finished a new short by H.L. Moore. “The Courier” a quick read at just 32 pages. But boy does Moore rip through the scenery in that brief amount of time. Chen is a high-paid courier (don’t call them a smuggler) who transports valuable objects around … Read more

REVIEW: The Adam Initiative – Les Gould

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The Adam Initiative - Les Gould

Genre: Sci Fi, Generation Ship LGBTQ+ Category: Lesbian Reviewer: Scott Get It On Amazon About The Book Traveling between the stars takes generations and a tightly controlled population balanced on the edge of a knife between dying out and outgrowing the ship’s limited resources. For the colony ship, Endurance, the Longevity program has successfully managed the size of all-female crew population for more than twenty generations. Until now. Concerns rise when Longevity ramps up the birth rate, but when the next generation doesn’t look like the others, it’s up to Doctor Cynthia Synclara to figure out why before drastic measures … Read more

REVIEW: Livid Skies – SI Clarke

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REVIEW: Livid Skies - SI Clarke

Genre: Sci-Fi LGBTQ+ Category: Trans, Lesbian, Non-Binary, Gay, Bisexual, Poly Reviewer: Scott Get It On Amazon About The Book A fresh start, a queer social liberal dream, and a planet that wants to kill you. Noble aspirations are easier said than done, though – especially when the entire planet wants to kill you. Grappling with the realities of human nature and with their batteries slowly dying, the colony’s 150 women and 10 men must overcome their differences to create a lasting community. But things aren’t always what they seem and maybe the colonists aren’t as alone as they thought… Perfect … Read more

REVIEW: Any Job Will Do – John Wilker

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Any Job Will Do - John Wilker

Genre: Sci-Fi, Space Opera LGBTQ+ Category: Bi Reviewer: Scott Get It On Amazon About The Book Jackson ”Jax” Caruso inherited a ship from his parents. They’re dead, they don’t need it. The unification wars happened a while ago, Jax’s parent’s fought for the losing side. Now he takes the jobs he can get; smuggling, bounty hunting, hauling cargo. If it pays, he’ll do it. When Jax is approached with a job that seems too good to be true, he should have known better, he should have walked. He didn’t. Now he and a few friends are in it deep; Imperial … Read more