Lightspeed Magazine, June 2015: Queers Destroy Science Fiction! Special Issue
By: Seanan McGuire , Amal El-Mohtar , Geoff Ryman , John Chu , Nalo Hopkinson , Chaz Brenchley , R.B. Lemberg , Bonnie Jo Stufflebeam , Susan Jane Bigelow
4.47
Format: None pages,
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1. Lightspeed Magazine, June 2015: Queers Destroy Science Fiction! Special Issue
By: Seanan McGuire , Amal El-Mohtar , Geoff Ryman , John Chu , Nalo Hopkinson , Chaz Brenchley , R.B. Lemberg , Bonnie Jo Stufflebeam , Susan Jane Bigelow
4.47
Format: None pages,
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- anthologies
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- science fiction
- fantasy
- queer
2. Borders of Infinity (Vorkosigan Saga [Publication] #5.1-5.3)
By: Lois McMaster Bujold
3.81
Format: None pages, Paperback
Limited edition volume. Contents: Frame story that follows Miles' time on Earth in Brothers in Arms… read more
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3. Making It So
By: Patrick Stewart
4.33
Format: 469 pages, Hardcover
The long-awaited memoir from iconic, beloved actor and living legend Sir Patrick Stewart! From h… read more
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4. The Mimicking of Known Successes (The Investigations of Mossa and Pleiti, #1)
By: Malka Ann Older
3.64
Format: 169 pages, Hardcover
The Mimicking of Known Successes presents a cozy Holmesian murder mystery and sapphic romance, set … read more
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- queer
- fiction
- lgbt
5. Illuminations
By: T. Kingfisher
4.07
Format: 260 pages, Paperback
Rosa Mandolini knows in her heart that her family are the greatest painters of magical illumination… read more
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- fantasy
- fiction
6. Camp Damascus
By: Chuck Tingle
3.94
Format: 246 pages, Hardcover
A searing and earnest horror debut about the demons the queer community faces in America, the price… read more
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- queer
- fantasy
- fiction
- lgbt
"Then again, does it really matter if you're just evil, as opposed to over-the-top cartoonishly evil?"-Chuck Tingle, Camp Damascus
"That acknowledgement could arrive after several decades, or it could happen tonight, but the time will come. Eventually, I'll have to fully contend with this simple fact: the love I was promised was …"-Chuck Tingle, Camp Damascus
7. Chaos Terminal (The Midsolar Murders, #2)
By: Mur Lafferty
3.94
Format: 369 pages, Paperback
Mallory Viridian would rather not be an amateur detective, and fled to outer space to avoid it…but … read more
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- science fiction
- fantasy
- fiction
8. Demon Daughter (Penric and Desdemona, #12)
By: Lois McMaster Bujold
4.53
Format: 153 pages, Kindle Edition
A six-year-old shiplost girl draws the kin Jurald family of Vilnoc into complex dilemmas, and sorce… read more
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- short stories
- fantasy
- fiction
9. Witch King
By: Martha Wells
3.71
Format: 415 pages, Hardcover
"I didn't know you were a... demon." "You idiot. I'm the demon." Kai's having a long day in Marth… read more
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- lgbt
"Mother bared her fangs. "Stop being overdramatic." Kai would have loved to, if dramatic things would stop happening to him."-Martha Wells, Witch King
10. What Moves the Dead (Sworn Soldier, #1)
By: T. Kingfisher
3.89
Format: 165 pages, Hardcover
From the award-winning author of The Twisted Ones comes a gripping and atmospheric retelling of Edg… read more
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- fantasy
- fiction
"You shouldn't joke about fairies."-T. Kingfisher, What Moves the Dead (Sworn Soldier, #1)
"The dead don’t walk. Except, sometimes, when they do."-T. Kingfisher, What Moves the Dead (Sworn Soldier, #1)
"Most of us go to the Devil without him having to personally oversee things."-T. Kingfisher, What Moves the Dead (Sworn Soldier, #1)
"I had a strong urge to step back from them, and an even stronger urge to poke them with a stick."-T. Kingfisher, What Moves the Dead (Sworn Soldier, #1)
11. The Long Game (The Far Reaches, #4)
By: Ann Leckie
3.65
Format: 31 pages, Kindle Edition
An inquisitive life-form finds there’s more to existence than they ever dreamed in an imaginative s… read more
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- science fiction
- short stories
- fiction
12. Tread of Angels
By: Rebecca Roanhorse
3.48
Format: 201 pages, Hardcover
Celeste, a card sharp with a penchant for trouble, takes on the role of advocatus diaboli, to defen… read more
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- fantasy
- fiction
"He’s playing some kind of game. One I haven’t quite unraveled yet. But I know a man looking to cheat when I see one, and Ibrahim is as sharp as they come. But he’s underestimated me, Mariel. Underest…"-Rebecca Roanhorse, Tread of Angels
13. Even Though I Knew the End
By: C.L. Polk
3.85
Format: 136 pages, Hardcover
A magical detective dives into the affairs of Chicago's divine monsters to secure a future with the… read more
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- queer
- fantasy
- fiction
- lgbt
"A warm firework blossomed in my chest, the brilliant sparks flying along my nerves. I barely stopped myself from reaching across the table for her hand."-C.L. Polk, Even Though I Knew the End
"I never told her how she had saved me. I never told her how she became the dearest friend I’d ever had. I told her I loved her, but never enough. My Edith of the sparrows. My heart. My world."-C.L. Polk, Even Though I Knew the End
"Ten years. It wasn't enough time, but I would live every blessed second of it. "We're going to San Fransisco." She smiled up at me. "We'll get a house in North Beach." "Right away," I said. "I've got…"-C.L. Polk, Even Though I Knew the End
14. Into the Riverlands (The Singing Hills Cycle, #3)
By: Nghi Vo
4.03
Format: 100 pages, Hardcover
Wandering cleric Chih of the Singing Hills travels to the riverlands to record tales of the notorio… read more
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- lgbt
- short stories
- fiction
- fantasy
- queer
15. When the Tiger Came Down the Mountain (The Singing Hills Cycle, #2)
By: Nghi Vo
4.18
Format: 128 pages, ebook
The cleric Chih finds themself and their companions at the mercy of a band of fierce tigers who ach… read more
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- lgbt
- short stories
- fiction
- fantasy
- queer
"Oh yes. Some people are just more . . . edible than others if you are a tiger."-Nghi Vo, When the Tiger Came Down the Mountain (The Singing Hills Cycle, #2)
"She killed, for she was angry, and she did not eat what she killed, for she was heartsick."-Nghi Vo, When the Tiger Came Down the Mountain (The Singing Hills Cycle, #2)
"Your departure crashes like a thunder, and the timbers of the house shake with the force of the space you left behind."-Nghi Vo, When the Tiger Came Down the Mountain (The Singing Hills Cycle, #2)
"Now your departure crashes like a thunder, and the timbers of the house shake with the force of the space you left behind."-Nghi Vo, When the Tiger Came Down the Mountain (The Singing Hills Cycle, #2)
16. The Bruising of Qilwa
By: Naseem Jamnia
3.75
Format: 176 pages, Paperback
In this intricate debut fantasy introducing a queernormative Persian-inspired world, a nonbinary re… read more
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- fantasy
- fiction
- lgbt
17. Some Desperate Glory
By: Emily Tesh
4.06
Format: 438 pages, Hardcover
While we live, the enemy shall fear us. All her life Kyr has trained for the day she can avenge … read more
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- fiction
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- fantasy
- queer
"While Earth's children live, the enemy shall fear us."-Emily Tesh, Some Desperate Glory
"While we live, the enemy shall fear us. We are what's left. We are what must survive."-Emily Tesh, Some Desperate Glory
18. The World We Make (Great Cities, #2)
By: N.K. Jemisin
4.10
Format: 357 pages, Hardcover
Four-time Hugo Award-winning and New York Times bestselling author N.K. Jemisin crafts a glorious t… read more
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- queer
"Bel's got a crush on NY1's Pat Kiernan, so he watches news every morning on the TV in the common area."-N.K. Jemisin, The World We Make (Great Cities, #2)
"You said it yourself: New York is rude. We'll give you the shirt off our backs and our last subway card swipe if you're lost, but step to us with wild accusations about things that aren't our fault a…"-N.K. Jemisin, The World We Make (Great Cities, #2)
"He twitches through Times Square, resisting the urge to gawk like a tourist, groaning in native-New-Yorker frustration when the tourists get in his way—but in an eyeblink he's at Fourteenth Street, h…"-N.K. Jemisin, The World We Make (Great Cities, #2)
"He moves to stand on a nearby subway grate, through which he can hear a 1 train idling on the platform below. He spreads his hands to feel the gentle waft of warm, funky-smelling subway air along his…"-N.K. Jemisin, The World We Make (Great Cities, #2)
19. Rose/House
By: Arkady Martine
3.72
Format: 128 pages, Hardcover
Dust jacket illustration by David Curtis. Arkady Martine, the acclaimed author of the Teixcalaan… read more
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- science fiction
- short stories
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20. Princess Floralinda and the Forty-Flight Tower
By: Tamsyn Muir
4.18
Format: 146 pages, ebook
When the witch built the forty-flight tower, she made very sure to do the whole thing properly. Eac… read more
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- queer
- fantasy
- fiction
- lgbt
"It's also not fair at all that stupidity has gotten you this far. That's another creature you've killed simply by having no brains, which makes anyone with brains feel as if it isn't worth the headac…"-Tamsyn Muir, Princess Floralinda and the Forty-Flight Tower
"If one does nothing but think of someone, it takes up all the time you could use to do something about them. I wish nobody thought of me, but did a lot for me instead. It's just like someone else goi…"-Tamsyn Muir, Princess Floralinda and the Forty-Flight Tower
21. All the Horses of Iceland
By: Sarah Tolmie
3.53
Format: 111 pages, Paperback
A hypnotic historical fantasy with gorgeous and unusual literary prose, from the captivating author… read more
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"While Eyvind never became a literate man, he saw as he went on that books contained words that could transform men into priests and kings and healers."-Sarah Tolmie, All the Horses of Iceland
"That was the way it was with languages, Eyvind had observed once he left home and realized how many there were: some he could see into and some he could not. Listening to them was like looking down i…"-Sarah Tolmie, All the Horses of Iceland
22. The Fractured Dark (The Devoured Worlds, #2)
By: Megan E. O'Keefe
4.21
Format: None pages, Audiobook
Dying planets, dangerous conspiracies, and secret romance abound in the second installment of the D… read more
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- science fiction
- fantasy
- fiction
- lgbt
"A woman in possession of a bomb is in want of a reason to use it." "Oh god help us, she's been reading old shit again." Kuma said. "Hanging up now," Naira said. "Tell me if anything blows up that's n…"-Megan E. O'Keefe, The Fractured Dark (The Devoured Worlds, #2)
23. The Lies of the Ajungo (Forever Desert, #1)
By: Moses Ose Utomi
4.21
Format: 87 pages, Hardcover
Moses Ose Utomi's debut novella, The Lies of the Ajungo, follows one boy’s epic quest to bring wate… read more
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- short stories
- fantasy
- fiction
24. The Death I Gave Him
By: Em X. Liu
3.37
Format: 351 pages, Hardcover
A lyrical, queer sci-fi retelling of Shakespeare's Hamlet as a locked-room thriller Hayden Lichf… read more
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- queer
- fiction
- lgbt
25. Fireheart Tiger
By: Aliette de Bodard
3.40
Format: 103 pages, Paperback
Award-winning author Aliette de Bodard returns with a powerful romantic fantasy that reads like The… read more
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- lgbt
- short stories
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- fantasy
- queer
"Ssshhh. It's all right." And does it matter that it's not, if it gets them through the night?"-Aliette de Bodard, Fireheart Tiger
"Anyway, the fire doesn't matter. There will be other fires, my love, and we will survive them all."-Aliette de Bodard, Fireheart Tiger
"She says--because darkness needs to be faced, needs to be denied--"You would have given me so much, in exchange for me giving up everything."-Aliette de Bodard, Fireheart Tiger
"If love is what it takes to make her remember a girl in the midst of a fire, then how much can you trust her? How much can you trust that love?"-Aliette de Bodard, Fireheart Tiger
26. Ocean's Godori
By: Elaine U. Cho
3.67
Format: 341 pages, Hardcover
Ocean Yoon has never felt like much of a Korean, even if she is descended from a long line of haeny… read more
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- fiction
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- queer
"She asks, "Do you ever want to go back to Mars?" "It's a weird little place," he replies. "Stuck in its ways. I feel more like a Martian when I'm not there, if that makes sense."-Elaine U. Cho, Ocean's Godori
27. No One Will Come Back For Us and Other Stories
By: Premee Mohamed
4.00
Format: 286 pages, Paperback
A collection of short fiction by award-winning author Premee Mohamed. read more
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- anthologies
- short stories
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- science fiction
- fantasy
28. Beneath the Rising (Beneath the Rising, #1)
By: Premee Mohamed
3.47
Format: 462 pages, Paperback
Nick Prasad has always enjoyed a quiet life in the shadow of his best friend, child prodigy and tec… read more
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- fantasy
- fiction
29. The Monster of Elendhaven
By: Jennifer Giesbrecht
3.55
Format: 160 pages, Hardcover
The city of Elendhaven sulks on the edge of the ocean. Wracked by plague, abandoned by the South, s… read more
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- short stories
- fiction
- fantasy
- queer
"Johann grinned. "Right. So what's the prognosis, sweetheart?"-Jennifer Giesbrecht, The Monster of Elendhaven
"Monster was the best, his favorite word. The first half was a kiss, the second a hiss."-Jennifer Giesbrecht, The Monster of Elendhaven
"Unwise to dream of death in a world where someone has the power to make those dreams come true."-Jennifer Giesbrecht, The Monster of Elendhaven
"If Johann was going to be a Thing with a name, then from now on he would be a Thing with power, too."-Jennifer Giesbrecht, The Monster of Elendhaven
30. It's a Wonderful Wife
By: Camille Pagán
3.57
Format: None pages, Audiobook
In this charming and heartwarming retelling of Frank Capra’s classic It’s a Wonderful Life, Camille… read more
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