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REVIEW: Fix the World Anthology

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Fix the World co-op - J. Scott Coatsworth

Genre: Sci-Fi, Hopepunk LGBTQ+ Category: Gay, Lesbian, Genderfluid Reviewer: Cyd Get It On Amazon | Universal Buy Link About The Book We’re a world beset by crises. Climate change, income inequality, racism, pandemics, an almost unmanageable tangle of issues. Sometimes it’s hard to look ahead and see a hopeful future. We asked sci-fi writers to send us stories about ways to fix what’s wrong with the world. From the sixty-five stories we received, we chose the twelve most amazing (and hopefully prescient) tales. Dive in and find out how we might mitigate climate change, make war obsolete, switch to alternative … Read more

REVIEW: The Bloodied Broom – Berryl & Osiris Brackhaus

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The Bloodied Broom

Genre: Space Opera / Adventure LGBTQ+ Category: Gay, Pan Reviewer: Ulysses, Paranormal Romance Guild Get It On Amazon About The Book Lotus Knights don’t get honeymoons, but at least spending some family time on their newly unearthed and fully refurbished spaceship Pebble sounded like a good idea. Until a last-minute mission goes sideways and suddenly Yaden, Colin and their patchwork family come face-to-face with an all but invincible ancient evil. The harrowing encounter leaves Colin permanently changed, and trying to chart his future path becomes a challenge he had never anticipated. ‘The Bloodied Broom’ is a science fiction space opera … Read more

Iconic “Alien” Character Is Trans

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Navigator Joan Lambert

Ridley Scott’s 1979 space-bound slasher “Alien” has achieved cult status for its genre-defining visual effects, depth of characters and stunning sci-fi realism – but trans reputation doesn’t often come to mind. Yet if you look beyond Sigourney Weaver’s iconic performance as Ellen Ripley you’ll find a subtle detail that many viewers missed. Among the small crew of the Nostromo is navigator Joan Lambert, a brilliant bag of nerves played by actor Veronica Cartwright. By the end of the film she and Ripley are the ones remaining aboard the doomed ship, left alone to battle it out against the Xenomorph. James … Read more

FOR READERS: It’s Not Coffee. It’s Cahlfì.

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FOR READERS Today’s reader topic comes from QSFer Scott: Do you like it when authors sub in imagined words for real world things to give their worlds a more exotic feel? Writers: This is a reader chat – you are welcome to join it, but please do not reference your own works directly. Thanks! Join the chat: FB: http://bit.ly/1MvPABVMeWe: http://bit.ly/2mjg8lf

REVIEW: Ithani – J. Scott Coatsworth

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Ithani - J. Scott Coatsworth

Genre: Sci-Fi, Science Fantasy, Romance LGBTQ+ Category: MM Gay, Lesbian Reviewer: Melissa, Paranormal Romance Guild Get It On Amazon About The Book 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 … Read more

ANNOUNCEMENT: Professor Tempus and the Trouble with Time Travel – P.J. Greystoke

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QSFer P.J. Greystoke has a new diverse sci fi time travel book out: “Professor Tempus And The Trouble With Time Travel.” The Future – an amazing land where humans and animals have enhanced abilities, where the elements plan their activities around the convenience of others and where Professor Rebecca Tempus is stranded, fighting for her life and battling the will of perhaps the most evil being that history had ever created. She only wanted to find her father.What she does find will change her life forever. Get It At Amazon Author Bio My father wrote a story when I was … Read more

REVIEW: Dreams in Digital – Nell G. Williams

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Dreams in Digital - Nell G. Williams

Genre: Cyberpunk, Erotica LGBTQ+ Category: Lesbian Reviewer: Estora Get It On Amazon About The Book Post-collapse Seattle, 2068: Jill is a Dreamrunner, an elite hacker who uses the speed and intuition of her subconscious mind to pull off devastating Runs on corporate servers. But while other Runners tie their code and dreams together with scenes of battle or abstract puzzles, Jill’s dreams are of seduction. With deft touches and a few choice whispers, she turns megacorp systems into willing lovers, plying them for secrets. But when she stumbles onto a mysterious data package, she suddenly finds herself embroiled in a … Read more

FOR WRITERS: How Does Your Earth End?

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FOR WRITERS Today’s writer topic comes from QSFer Scott: Have you ever destroyed the world (or at least the human part of it) in your work? If so, share the title, the link, and how you did it. 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: FB: http://bit.ly/1MvPABVMeWe: http://bit.ly/2mjg8lf

ANNOUNCEMENT: Loose Cannon – Brent D. Seth

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Loose Cannon - Brent D. Seth

QSFer Brent D. Seth has a new queer space opera out, Short Fuse Book 2: “Loose Cannon.” Jason Miller, former grocery store clerk and alien abduction victim, started the largest war ever witnessed in our galaxy. Millions died. Carnage and devastation spread across a hundred parsecs. The war lasted three hours. The resulting power vacuum has opened the door for smugglers, raiders, and bounty hunters. Remnants of the Ullinarian Empire are on the rise, and will do anything to possess the man who took them down. Everyone wants a piece of the action, and a piece of Jason’s scalp. Dodging … Read more

REVIEW: Flanked – Lolly Walter

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Flanked - Lolly Walter

Genre: Sci Fi, Dystopian, Post-Apocalyptic, LGBTQ LGBTQ+ Category: Bi, Gay Reviewer: Estora Get It On Amazon About The Book Run. Hide. Survive. When he finally — violently — escapes his sadistic boss at sex tourism den Flights of Fantasy, Joe has a plan: he and his lover, Devin, will hike over a thousand miles from bleak and barren Austin, deep in the Texas Territory, to the crown jewel of New America’s domed cities, Minneapolis. Joe’s been planning the escape for years, hoping to locate the father who left him behind, but he has no idea what he’ll find. All Joe … Read more