List of LGBT-themed speculative fiction

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The portrayal of homosexuality in speculative fiction has undergone many changes. Numerous works in the science fiction and fantasy genres have been labelled as "gay". This may be due to the work containing gay or bisexual characters or themes, or simply having a gay author or being published by an LGBT small press. A number of anthologies focusing on "gay", "lesbian" and LGBT-themed science fiction, fantasy or horror have also been produced.

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Lesbian novels [edit]

Gay male novels [edit]

science fictional gender symbols representing gay humans, aliens and robots.
Author Book Year Awards[1] Details Reference
Steve Berman Vintage: A Ghost Story 2007 Andre Norton Award finalist Gay. maj. char. and other LGBT chars.

1/5 of proceeds go to gay charities.

 [2][3]
Samuel R. Delany Dhalgren 1975 Spectrum Hall of Fame, Nebula nominee Bisexual maj. char. and other LGBT chars. [4]
Lynn Flewelling The Nightrunner series 1996– – Bisexual maj. char. [5]
David Gerrold Jumping off the Planet 2000–02 Golden Duck award, Spectrum award, Lambda nominee, Nebula nominee, HOMer nominee x 2 Gay sec. char. and other LGBT chars.

Book one of The Dingilliad trilogy

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David Gerrold The Man Who Folded Himself 1973 Hugo nominee, Nebula nominee Time travelling maj. char. has sex with him/herself [7]
David Gerrold The Martian Child 1994 Hugo award, Nebula award, Locus Award, HOMer award, Sturgeon nominiee Gay maj. char. adopts a child [8]
Joe Haldeman The Forever War 1974 Hugo award, Nebula award, Locus award, Ditmar Award Future gay society. [9]
Mercedes Lackey The Last Herald-Mage trilogy 1989–91 Lambda award Gay maj. char. and other gay chars. [10]
Maureen F. McHugh China Mountain Zhang 1992 Lambda award, Locus Award, James Tiptree, Jr. Award, Hugo nominiee, Nebula nominiee. Gay maj. char. [11][12]
Anne Rice The Vampire Chronicles 1976–99 – Bisexual and gay vampires [13]
John Scalzi Old Man's War 2005 – Secondary character gay soldier [13]

Genderqueer Novels [edit]

Short stories [edit]

Themed anthologies [edit]

  • Bending the Landscape: Fantasy[14]
  • Bending the Landscape: Horror[14]
  • Bending the Landscape: Science Fiction[14]
  • Brothers of the night; gay vampire stories. Ed. Michael Rowe and Thomas S. Roche. San Francisco: Cleis Press, 1997.[14]
  • Flying cups & saucers; gender explorations in science fiction & fantasy. Ed. Debbie Notkin and the secret feminist cabel. Cambridge, Mass.: Edgewood Press, 1998.[14]
  • Grave passions; tales of the gay supernatural. Ed. William J. Mann. NY: Badboy, 1997.[14]
  • Happily ever after: erotic fairy tales for men. Ed. Michael Ford. NY: Masquerade Books, 1996.[14]
  • Icarus & angels, flights of fantasy; gay SF. Ed. Gary Bowen. Elkton, Md.: Triangle Titles, Obeliesk Books, 1996.[14]
  • Kindred spirits; an anthology of gay and lesbian science fiction stories. Ed. Jeffrey M. Elliot. Boston: Alyson, 1984.[14]
  • Masters of midnight [Erotic tales of the vampire – 4 novellas] New York: Kensington, 2003.[14]
  • Meltdown! An anthology of erotic science fiction and dark fantasy for gay men. Ed. Caro Soles. New York: Masquerade Books, 1994.[14]
  • Midnight thirsts; erotic tales of the vampire [4 novellas]. New York: Kensington, 2004.[14]
  • Of princes and beauties; adult erotic faerie tales. Ed. Cecilia Tan. Cambridge, Mass.: Circlet Press, 1995.[14]
  • One in ten forward. Volume 1. (Anthology of gay and lesbian science fiction, fantasy and horror, including original stories, poems and art.) [Synergy Ganymede, P.O.Box 2737, Denver, CO, 80201] 1993.[14]
  • Queer Dimensions, Ed. James EM Rasmussen. Durban, SA.: Queered Fiction, 2009.[15]
  • Queer Fear II[14] edited by Michael Rowe
  • Queer Fear[14] edited by Michael Rowe
  • Shadows of the Night: Queer Tales of the Uncanny and Unusual by Greg Herren (Editor)
  • So Fey: Queer Fairy Fiction by Steve Berman
  • Swords of the rainbow; science fiction and fantasy. Ed. Eric Garber, Jewelle Gomez. Los Angeles: Alyson, 1996.[14]
  • Techno myths; when technology and magic collide, worlds are remade. Ed. S. G. Johnson. Elkton, Md.: Obelesk Books, 1993.[14]
  • The Future is Queer: A Science Fiction Anthology by Richard Labont (Editor), Lawrence Schimel (Editor)
  • The Ghost of Carmen Miranda, and other spooky gay and lesbian tales. Ed. Julie Kl Trevelyan and Scott Brassart. LA: Alyson, 1998.[14]
  • Things invisible to see; gay and lesbian tales of magic realism. Ed. Lawrence Schimel. Cambridge, Mass.: Circlet Press, 1998.[14]
  • Triptych of Terror: Three Chilling Tales by the Masters of Gay Horror by John Michael Curlovich (Author), Michael Rowe (Author), David Thomas Lord (Author)
  • Trysts: A Triskaidecollection of Queer and Weird Stories by Steve Berman
  • Worlds apart; an anthology of lesbian and gay science fiction and fantasy. Ed. Camilla Decarnin, Eric Garber and Lyn Paleo. Boston: Alyson, 1986.[14]

See also [edit]

References [edit]

  1. ^ The Locus Index to SF Awards: Index of Literary Nominees
  2. ^ Smith, Sherwood (2008). "Vintage: A Ghost story, review". SFsite.com. Retrieved 2008-08-10. 
  3. ^ Kestrall, Rath (2008). "Vintage: A Ghost story, review". Greenmanreview.com. Retrieved 2008-08-10. 
  4. ^ David Soyko, "Dhalgren", on-line review (2002) SFSite
  5. ^ Jamneck, Lynne (2005). "An Interview with Lynn Flewelling". Writing-World.com. Retrieved 2007-07-07. 
  6. ^ ?, ? (2005). "David Gerrold reiwvs". GLBT Fantasy Fiction Resources. Retrieved 2008-04-05. [dead link]
  7. ^ Dellamonica, A. M. "Classic SciFi". issue 354. Archived from the original on 2008-03-14. Retrieved 2008-04-05. 
  8. ^ Cahners Business Information, Inc., ? (2002). "Fantastic fiction entry". Retrieved 2008-04-15. 
  9. ^ Lawrence, Clinton (1998). "Classic sci-fi". The Forever War. Archived from the original on 2008-03-10. Retrieved 2008-04-05. 
  10. ^ Lackey, Mercedes (2005). "Ask Misty Archive – Valdemar". The World of Mercedes Lackey. Retrieved 2007-07-22. 
  11. ^ "China Mountain Zhang review". GLBT fantasy fiction resources. 2004. Retrieved 2008-07-22. [dead link]
  12. ^ Cheney, Matthew (2008). "Ordinary Zhang". Strange Horizons Columns. Retrieved 2008-07-22. 
  13. ^ a b Haggerty, George E. (1998). "Anne Rice and the queering of culture". Novel: A Forum on Fiction. Retrieved 2007-07-07. [dead link]
  14. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u http://www.swarthmore.edu/Library/ghuber1/index/anthologies.html
  15. ^ http://www.queeredfiction.com/queerdimensions.htm

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