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The editors asked contributors to "imagine a different landscape... some milieu that had not happened" and then address the theme of Alien or Other, with the Other being a lesbian or gay man. |
The editors asked contributors to "imagine a different landscape... some milieu that had not happened" and then address the theme of Alien or Other, with the Other being a lesbian or gay man. |
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Each of the volumes won LGBT (Lesbian, Gay, [[Bisexual]] and [[Transgender]]) or genre awards, including winning a [[World Fantasy Award]], two [[Lambda Literary Awards]] and two [[Gaylactic Spectrum Awards]];<ref name=awards/> some individual stories contained within were also recipients of awards and nominations.<ref name=awards>{{citation |url=http://www.locusmag.com/SFAwards/Db/NomLit0.html |title=The Locus Index to SF Awards |periodical=[[Locus (magazine)|Locus]] |accessdate=16 October 2008 }}</ref> |
Each of the volumes won LGBT (Lesbian, Gay, [[Bisexual]] and [[Transgender]]) or genre awards, including winning a [[World Fantasy Award]], two [[Lambda Literary Awards]] and two [[Gaylactic Spectrum Awards]];<ref name=awards/> some individual stories contained within were also recipients of awards and nominations.<ref name=awards>{{citation |url=http://www.locusmag.com/SFAwards/Db/NomLit0.html |title=The Locus Index to SF Awards |periodical=[[Locus (magazine)|Locus]] |accessdate=16 October 2008 |deadurl=yes |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20081024093457/http://www.locusmag.com/SFAwards/Db/NomLit0.html |archivedate=24 October 2008 |df=dmy-all }}</ref> |
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==Themes== |
==Themes== |
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The editors asked contributors to "imagine a different landscape... some milieu that had not happened" and then address the theme of Alien or Other, with the Other being a lesbian or gay man. However the stories were not specifically aimed at a gay readership.<ref name=locon>{{citation |url=http://www.locusmag.com/1998/Books/Profiles1019.html |title=Profiles of Recent Books from reviews in Locus Magazine |date=19 October 1998 |accessdate=16 October 2008 |periodical=[[Locus (magazine)|Locus]] }}</ref><ref name="WPearson">{{citation |first=Wendy |last=Pearson |title=Identifying the Alien: Science Fiction Meets Its Other |periodical=Science Fiction Studies |url=http://www.depauw.edu/SFs/backissues/77/pearson-rev77.htm |issue=77 |volume=Part 1 |series=26 |date=March 1999 |accessdate=16 October 2008 }}</ref> Mark R. Kelly's review in locus magazine bemoaned the anthologies lack of thematic breadth.<ref name=locon/> |
The editors asked contributors to "imagine a different landscape... some milieu that had not happened" and then address the theme of Alien or Other, with the Other being a lesbian or gay man. However the stories were not specifically aimed at a gay readership.<ref name=locon>{{citation |url=http://www.locusmag.com/1998/Books/Profiles1019.html |title=Profiles of Recent Books from reviews in Locus Magazine |date=19 October 1998 |accessdate=16 October 2008 |periodical=[[Locus (magazine)|Locus]] }}</ref><ref name="WPearson">{{citation |first=Wendy |last=Pearson |title=Identifying the Alien: Science Fiction Meets Its Other |periodical=Science Fiction Studies |url=http://www.depauw.edu/SFs/backissues/77/pearson-rev77.htm |issue=77 |volume=Part 1 |series=26 |date=March 1999 |accessdate=16 October 2008 |deadurl=yes |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20081004111316/http://www.depauw.edu/SFs/backissues/77/pearson-rev77.htm |archivedate=4 October 2008 |df=dmy-all }}</ref> Mark R. Kelly's review in locus magazine bemoaned the anthologies lack of thematic breadth.<ref name=locon/> |
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==Awards== |
==Awards== |
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==''Bending the Landscape: Horror''== |
==''Bending the Landscape: Horror''== |
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[[Image:BtL Horror.jpg|thumb|180px|Cover of'' Bending the Landscape: Horror'', art by [[J K Potter]].]] |
[[Image:BtL Horror.jpg|thumb|180px|Cover of'' Bending the Landscape: Horror'', art by [[J K Potter]].]] |
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Published in 2001.<ref name=gayanth>{{citation |title=Anthologies of Gay Fiction |first=George K. |last=Huber |url=http://www.swarthmore.edu/Library/ghuber1/index/anthologies.html |accessdate=16 October 2008 }}</ref> |
Published in 2001.<ref name=gayanth>{{citation |title=Anthologies of Gay Fiction |first=George K. |last=Huber |url=http://www.swarthmore.edu/Library/ghuber1/index/anthologies.html |accessdate=16 October 2008 |deadurl=yes |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20081016050938/http://www.swarthmore.edu/library/ghuber1/index/anthologies.html |archivedate=16 October 2008 |df=dmy-all }}</ref> |
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===Awards=== |
===Awards=== |
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==External links== |
==External links== |
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* [http://www.depauw.edu/SFs/backissues/77/pearson-rev77.htm In depth review] in ''Science Fiction Studies'' |
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20081004111316/http://www.depauw.edu/SFs/backissues/77/pearson-rev77.htm In depth review] in ''Science Fiction Studies'' |
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* [http://www.locusmag.com/1998/Shf/Bending.html Reviews of some individual science fiction stories] |
* [http://www.locusmag.com/1998/Shf/Bending.html Reviews of some individual science fiction stories] |
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Revision as of 00:14, 18 July 2017
Bending the Landscape is the title of an award-winning series of LGBT-themed anthologies of short speculative fiction edited by Nicola Griffith and Stephen Pagel.[1][2] Three books were produced, subtitled Science Fiction, Fantasy and Horror, between 1997 and 2002.[3]
The editors asked contributors to "imagine a different landscape... some milieu that had not happened" and then address the theme of Alien or Other, with the Other being a lesbian or gay man.
Each of the volumes won LGBT (Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender) or genre awards, including winning a World Fantasy Award, two Lambda Literary Awards and two Gaylactic Spectrum Awards;[4] some individual stories contained within were also recipients of awards and nominations.[4]
Themes
The editors asked contributors to "imagine a different landscape... some milieu that had not happened" and then address the theme of Alien or Other, with the Other being a lesbian or gay man. However the stories were not specifically aimed at a gay readership.[5][6] Mark R. Kelly's review in locus magazine bemoaned the anthologies lack of thematic breadth.[5]
Awards
Each of the volumes won LGBT or genre awards, including winning a World Fantasy Award,[7] two Lambda Literary Awards and two Gaylactic Spectrum Awards;[4] some individual stories contained within were also recipients of awards and nominations.
Bending the Landscape: Fantasy
Published in 1997.[3]
Awards
- Lambda Literary Award, Lesbian and Gay Science Fiction, Fantasy & Horror
- World Fantasy Award, Best Anthology
Contents
- Frost Painting – novelette by Carolyn Ives Gilman
- Gary, in the Shadows – shortstory by Mark Shepherd
- Prince of the Dark Green Sea – shortstory by Mark McLaughlin
- Water Snakes – shortstory by Holly Wade Matter
- Gestures Too Late on a Gravel Road – shortstory by Mark W. Tiedemann
- The Fall of the Kings (The World of Riverside) – novelette by Ellen Kushner and Delia Sherman
- Cloudmaker – shortstory by Charlee Jacob
- Magicked Tricks – novelette by K. L. Berac
- The Sound of Angels – shortstory by Lisa S. Silverthorne
- The King's Folly – shortstory by James A. Moore
- Beside the Well – shortstory by Leslie What
- The Home Town Boy – shortstory by B. J. Thrower
- Expression of Desire – shortstory by Dominick Cancilla
- There Are Things Which Are Hidden from the Eyes of the Everyday – shortstory by Simon Sheppard
- Full Moon and Empty Arms – shortstory by M. W. Keiper
- Mahu – novelette by Jeff Verona
- The Stars Are Tears – shortstory by Robin Wayne Bailey
- Desire – shortstory by Kim Antieau
- Young Lady Who Loved Caterpillars – shortstory by Jessica Amanda Salmonson
- In Memory of – shortstory by Don Bassingthwaite
- In Mysterious Ways – novelette by Tanya Huff
- In the House of the Man in the Moon – shortstory by Richard Bowes
Bending the Landscape: Science Fiction
Published in 1998.[3]
Awards
- Lambda Literary Award, Lesbian and Gay Science Fiction, Fantasy & Horror
- Gaylactic Spectrum Award
- Stonewall Book Award: Literature (finalist)
Contents
- Sex, Guns, and Baptists – shortstory by Keith Hartman
- Half in Love With Easeful Rock and Roll – shortfiction by Rebecca Ore
- Powertool – shortfiction by Mark McLaughlin
- Time Gypsy – novelette by Ellen Klages
- Lonely Land – shortfiction by Denise Lopes Heald
- The Rendez-Vous – shortfiction by Nancy Johnston
- Silent Passion – shortfiction by Kathleen O'Malley
- Sun-Drenched – shortfiction by Stephen Baxter
- The Flying Triangle – [Near Space] – shortfiction by Allen Steele
- Brooks Too Broad For Leaping – shortstory by Charles Sheffield
- A Real Girl – shortfiction by Shariann Lewitt
- Dance at the Edge – novelette by L. Timmel Duchamp
- Love's Last Farewell – shortfiction by Richard A. Bamberg
- On Vacation – shortfiction by Ralph A. Sperry
- The City in Morning – shortstory by Carrie Richerson
- State of Nature – shortstory by Nancy Kress
- The Beautiful People – shortfiction by Wendy Rathbone
- Who Plays With Sin – shortfiction by Don Bassingthwaite
- Surfaces – shortfiction by Mark W. Tiedemann
- Stay Thy Flight – shortfiction by Élisabeth Vonarburg
- Free in Asveroth – shortstory by Jim Grimsley
Bending the Landscape: Horror
Published in 2001.[3]
Awards
- Gaylactic Spectrum Award
Contents
- Coyote Love – shortstory by Kraig Blackwelder
- Explanations Are Clear – novelette by L. Timmel Duchamp
- What Are You Afraid Of? – shortstory by Simon Sheppard
- The Lost Homeland – novelette by Cynthia Ward
- The Man Who Picks the Chamomile – shortstory by Mark McLaughlin
- Love on a Stick – novelette by Carrie Richerson
- Triangle – shortstory by Ellen Klages
- Memorabilia – novelette by Holly Wade Matter
- Blood Requiem – shortstory by Gary Bowen
- In the Days Still Left – novelette by Brian A. Hopkins and James Van Pelt
- Broken Canes – shortstory by Alexi Smart
- Keep the Faith – shortstory by A. J. Potter
- The WereSlut of Avenue A – shortstory by Leslie What
- Kindred – novelette by Alexis Glynn Latner
- 'Til Death – shortstory by Barbara Hambly
- If I Could See Lazarus Rising – novelette by Kathleen O'Malley
- The Waltz of the Epileptic Penguins – shortstory by Keith Hartman
- Passing – novelette by Mark W. Tiedemann
See also
References
- ^ "Bending the Landscape – Series Bibliography", Internet Speculative Fiction Database, retrieved 16 October 2008
- ^ http://www.nicolagriffith.com/bending.html
- ^ a b c d Huber, George K., Anthologies of Gay Fiction, archived from the original on 16 October 2008, retrieved 16 October 2008
{{citation}}: Unknown parameter|deadurl=ignored (|url-status=suggested) (help) - ^ a b c "The Locus Index to SF Awards", Locus, archived from the original on 24 October 2008, retrieved 16 October 2008
{{citation}}: Unknown parameter|deadurl=ignored (|url-status=suggested) (help) - ^ a b "Profiles of Recent Books from reviews in Locus Magazine", Locus, 19 October 1998, retrieved 16 October 2008
- ^ Pearson, Wendy (March 1999), "Identifying the Alien: Science Fiction Meets Its Other", Science Fiction Studies, 26, vol. Part 1, no. 77, archived from the original on 4 October 2008, retrieved 16 October 2008
{{citation}}: Unknown parameter|deadurl=ignored (|url-status=suggested) (help) - ^ World Fantasy Convention (2010). "Award Winners and Nominees". Archived from the original on 1 December 2010. Retrieved 4 February 2011.
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External links
- In depth review in Science Fiction Studies
- Reviews of some individual science fiction stories