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science fiction

Announcement: Circuits & Slippers Anthology

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Circuits & Slippers

QSFer Jaylee James edited a new sci fi fairy tale anthology: A collection of retold fairy tales with a science fiction twist. Rapunzel is a soldier, the last remaining member of the human race, locked in a zoological tower on an alien planet. Doctor Belle must remain in quarantine with a powerful politician who has contracted a beastly disease. Jack sells his arm for a chance up the Stalk, the space elevator he hopes will take him to his fortune. These twenty stories will take you across the galaxy, exploring new technology alongside aliens and cyborgs, princes and evil stepmothers, … Read more

Interview: Jordan Castillo Price, M/M Urban Fantasy and Horror

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Hello, this is B. A. Brock from Queer Sci Fi, and I have the pleasure of interviewing Jordan Castillo Price today on our blog. I’m a huge fan of hers, and have read quite a bit of her work, so when Scott mentioned that JCP would be up for an interview, I did the fanboy Muppet flail. Let’s dig right in! BA: What I love about your works, is how you can use modern language, familiar to the reader, and yet still create these fantastic science fiction worlds. What do you like about working in the urban scifi genre? What … Read more

Announcement: Shadow & Light, by Sandra C. Stixrude

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Shadow and Light

QSFer Sandra C. Stixrude has a new sci fi book out: When things begin to go wrong, they have a habit of going spectacularly wrong, Lord Telluris Marat discovers. Robbed of his visions and his ability to prophesy, he still has his will to fight and his ability to command an army. But the enemy he faces now commands weapons that rival his worst nightmares. Emily struggles with her own visions, and finds herself caught between worlds. Jake Montagna, the president of the interplanetary mining company, has gone off the deep end and will stop at nothing to get what … Read more

Review: “Rising Son” by Steven A. Coulter

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Genre: Science Fiction Length: Novel Series: The Chronicles of Spartak #1   THE POVERTY gap is great in the futuristic USA, and as a poor–but gifted–student, Spartak does all he can to keep his family alive and healthy. Though he is talented in the arts and athletics, and goes to a special school on a government grant, he knows the horrendously rich control his destiny. When politics take a turn for the worst, and the government makes it legal for the upper class to own the poor class as slaves for “their own good”, Spartak is the first person to … Read more

For Writers: Why Do Aliens Find Humans Attractive?

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Today’s writer topic comes from QSFer Aidee Ladnier: I’ve always wondered why aliens would find humans attractive. This trope has even invaded LGBTQ fic. I’ve always wondered about this. I think when we’re more on the romance side of things, it’s a “suspension of belief” thing. We want to believe in stories of love with a handsome alien, so we do. :) On the sci fi side, though, things get a bit more dicey, as the story requires a rationale for why this would be so. It would make for a fascinating story if a human and an alien were … Read more

Announcement: The Pariah, by Lindy P. Lawrence

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The Pariah

QSFer Lindy P. Lawrence has a sci fi book out: Salt Lake Police Detective Jason Johnson and his Samoan partner, Manny Tofulu, investigate heinous crimes. Jason unexpectedly meets Leland on a mountain top, and saves him from the creatures that are trying to kill him. Leland is a Pariah. His face and body are human in appearance, but he is covered in white feathers, has wings, and the ability to fly. Leland and several of his species have fled their planet, trying to avoid the wrath of the Eremites. The overwhelming number of Eremites can also fly, but their faces … Read more

“The Artifact of Foex” by James L. Wolf

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Genre: Queer Science Fiction Length: Novel   CHET IS a student of archaeology, nearing the completion of his studies. His current project has been field work in a patch of solidified lucid mud, capable of perfectly preserving objects stuck in it throughout the ages. It’s same old same old for Chet, until two Flame (god-affiliates with unusual powers) show up, and assist with unearthing the artifacts, including a complete person. Fenmore, a rogue from three hundred years ago, takes the artifact, and with the help of the Flame, runs with it. Chet gives chase, and from that point on, his … Read more

Review: “The Left Hand of Darkness” by Ursula K. Le Guin

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Genre: Queer Science Fiction Length: Novel Series: Hainish Cycle (all are standalones set in the same universe)   THE FIRST edition of this book was published the month after I was born, so while I was reading Catwings, Le Guin kindly had this book waiting for me for when I was older. How thoughtful of her! This is an “idea story”, where unlike some science fiction, it is not character or plot driven, but rather seeks to answer a question. What would happen if there was a single gender, capable of binary sexes? Le Guin attempts to answer this question … Read more

Review: “Tide of War” by Lori A. Witt

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Genre: LGBTQ Science Fiction Length: Novel Series: Defending Epsilon #1   EVERY DAY Lieutenant Commander Kyle West fights the good fight against Earth’s greatest enemy, the Menarians. For centuries they’ve been on the defensive–Earth never getting the advantage–even when they send their best fighters to Epsilon, a remote base where they offensively attack the Menarians on their own world, Menar. For years the brass have been trying to get Kyle to join the elite, and take his skills to Menar, but Kyle has a few very good reasons for staying Earth-bound. Until he doesn’t, and loses everything he cares about. … Read more

Announcement: Broken Mirror, by Cody Sisco

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Broken Mirror

QSFer Cody Sisco has a new sci fi book out: Diagnosed with mirror resonance syndrome, Victor suffers “blank outs,” hallucinations, and vivid nightmares. He violently overreacts to even minor confrontations. He is shunned by society in Semiautonomous California and struggles to live in the shadow of his diagnosis. Would that have changed if Granfa Jefferson – a man who devoted his life to researching a cure for mentally ill Broken Mirrors like Victor – were still alive? In a world very familiar yet strangely different from our own, Victor must walk a precarious line between sanity and reclassification – a … Read more