Talk:List of LGBT-themed speculative fiction

Novels
Should the "Novels" list be merged in to the following table? I'm confused at the two things. -- SatyrTN (talk / contribs) 15:35, 17 October 2008 (UTC)


 * The poor formatting at the moment is the result of merging tables and lists from 2 articles. I'll fix it up once Homosexuality in SF is FA :-)Yobmod (talk) 10:15, 20 October 2008 (UTC)

Merge
Wanted to ask peoples' opinions on merging this with the lesbian list of gay (male) SF. The merging of the articles caused some dissent from people that think lesbian SF is significantely different.

A merged list would have a possility of becoming a featured list (i asked there), and i'm willing to do the work. The split lists cannot become featured lists, as many reliable sources for LGBT science fiction do not distinguish whether it is gay or lesbian. Eg. Winning a Lambda literary award would be a source for LGBT SF, but not for the current split lists.

A combined list could have a notes section that would identify if the main characters etc were gay or lesbian, and would allow the hitory of inclusion to be seen. I know gay authors (eg Thomas Disch) are influenced by lesbian authors (Joanna Russ), so listing them together let such development be shown.Yobmod (talk) 09:19, 21 February 2009 (UTC)

Note, making a merged featured list but keeping this lesbian list would prevent us ever making a featured topic out of this (i asked there too), my ultimate aim (6 lists/articles done so far).Yobmod (talk) 09:21, 21 February 2009 (UTC)

Please discuss at List of lesbian science fiction, thanks! DoneYobMod 16:06, 28 February 2009 (UTC)

Goldie noms 2009
Adijan and her Genie

L-J Baker

Bedazzled Ink

Greek Shadows

KC West & Victoria Welsh

Blue Feather Books

Haunted Hearths & Sapphic Shades

Catherine Lundoff

Lethe Press

Her Sister's Keeper

Diana Rivers

Bella Books

Merker's Outpost

I. Christie

Blue Feather Books

Periphery: Erotic Lesbian Futures

Lynne Jamneck

Lethe Press

Residual Moon

Kate Sweeney

Intaglio Publications

The High Queen's Vow

Robbie Collins

Gate Way Publishers

The Realm's Mystic

Robbie Collins

Gate Way Publishers

Yesterday Once More

Karen Badger

Blue Feather Books

Lambda 2009
The Archer's Heart, Astrid Amara, Blind Eye Books The Magician and the Fool, Barth Anderson, Bantam Del Rey Whispering Pines, Mavis Applewater, Blue Feather Books, Ltd. Corridors in Time, Alice Baburek, PublishAmerica The Love We Share Without Knowing, Christopher Barzak, Bantam Second Thoughts, Steve Berman, Lethe Press Wilde Stories 2008, Steve Berman, Lethe Press Warrior's Valor, Gun Brooke, Bold Strokes Books My Hero, Tristran Burden, Rebel Saturi Press Merker's Outpost, I. Christie, Blue Feather Books, Ltd. Truth Behind the Mask, Lesley Davis, Bold Strokes Books Santa Claus Conquers the Homophobes, Robert Devereaux Shadow of the Knife, Jane Fletcher, Bold Strokes Books Shadows Return, Lynn Flewelling, Bantam Spectra Sea, Swallow Me and Other Stories, Craig Gidney, Lethe Press Tangle, Nicole Kimberling, Blind Eye Books Turnskin, Nicole Kimberling, Blind Eye Books Unspeakable Horror: From the Shadows of the Closet, Vince A. Liaguno & Chad Helder, Dark Scribe Press Haunted Hearths & Sapphic Shades, Catherine Lundoff, Lethe Press Her Sister's Keeper, Diana Rivers, Bella The Stone Gods, Jeanette Winterson, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt

Gaylactic 2008
2008 Best Novel Other Nominees

The Ardennian Boy by William Maltese & Wayne Gunn (MLR Press) Blood Engines by T.A. Pratt (Bantam Spectra) The Book of Dave by Will Self (Bloomsbury USA) Brasyl by Ian McDonald (Pyr) A Companion to Wolves by Sarah Monette & Elizabeth Bear (Tor) The Crown of Valencia by Catherine Friend (Bold Strokes Books) Cry Melusine by James Buchanan (Phaze) Cursed by Rhianne Aile (Dreamspinner Press) The Danger Dance by Caro Soles (Haworth Press) The Devil In Amber by Mark Gatiss (Scribner) The Dust of Wonderland by Lee Thomas (Alyson Books) Dynasty of Rogues by Jane Fletcher (Bold Strokes Books) Every Dark Desire by Fiona Zedde (Kensington Publishing) Face of the Enemy by Sandra Barret (Regal Crest Enterprises) The H-Bomb Girl by Stephen Baxter (Faber and Faber) Harvest of Changelings by Warren Rochelle (Golden Gryphon Press) IM by Rick R. Reed (Regal Crest Enterprises) In the Blood by Rick R. Reed (Regal Crest Enterprises) Legend of the Autumn Wind by Michael Barnette (Mojocastle) Lord Carabas by James Buchanan (Phaze) The Lost Temple of Karttikeya by Laura Baumbach (Loose ID) A Marriage of Insects by Bard Bloom (Padwolf Press) The Mirador by Sarah Monette (Ace) My Sun and Stars by L.E Bryce (Phaze) One For Sorrow by Christopher Barzak (Bantam) Parallel Process by Barbara Sheridan & Anne Cain (Loose ID) Queens of Tristaine by Cate Culpepper (Bold Strokes Books) Rebel's Quest by Gun Brooke (Bold Strokes Books) Soul Mates: Deceptions by Jourdan Lane (Torquere) The Spanish Pearl by Catherine Friend (Bold Strokes Books) To Be Chosen by Michael Travis Jasper (Wheatmark) Undertow by J.M. Snyder (Aspen Mountain Press) The Very Bloody Marys by M Christian (Haworth) War Torn by J.M. Snyder (Amber Quill Press) Water Logic by Laurie Marks (Small Beer Press) When You Were Me by Robert Rodi (Kensington Publishing) World Without Winter by Steve Pierce (P D Publishing)

2008 Best Short Fiction Other Nominees

Attracting Opposites by Carl Frick - from anthology "So Fey" (Haworth) Becoming by L.E Bryce - (Phaze) Behind the Beard by Yeva Wiest - from anthology "Phaze Fantasies III" (Phaze) The Bridge by Connie Wilkins - from anthology "Best Fantastic Erotica" (Circlet) Cedar by Ann Stocce - from anthology "Alleys and Doorways" (Torquere) Dark Collection by Luisa Prieto - from anthology "So Fey" (Haworth) The Dark Man by Sapphire Phelan - from anthology "Forbidden Love: Sacred Bands" (Under the Moon) Detox by Elspeth Potter - from anthology "So Fey" (Haworth) Devotion by Jade Falconer - from anthology "Phaze Fantasies III" (Phaze) Dominion by Mychael Black & Shayne Carmichael - (Phaze) Dragon's Fate by Eliza Gayle - from anthology "Phaze Fantasies III" (Phaze) Everlasting by Rose Fox - from anthology "Alleys and Doorways" (Torquere) Exiles by Sean Meriwether - from anthology "So Fey" (Haworth) The Faerie Cony-Catcher by Delia Sherman - from anthology "So Fey" (Haworth) A Faun's Tale by Tom Cardamone - from anthology "So Fey" (Haworth) The Fireman's Fairy by Sandra McDonald - from "Realms of Fantasy" December 2007 (Realms of Fantasy) For Love or Family by Kyell Gold - from collection "The Prisoner's Release" (Sofawolf) From Asphalt to Emeralds and Moonlight by Aynjel Kaye - from anthology "So Fey" (Haworth) Here There Be Tygers by Stephen M. Wilson - (Sideshow Press) Home Again by Kyell Gold - from collection "The Prisoner's Release" (Sofawolf) How Laura Left a Rotten Apple and Came Not to Regret the Cold of the Yukon by Lynne Jamneck - from anthology "So Fey" (Haworth) How the Ocean Loved Margie by Laurie Marks - from anthology "So Fey" (Haworth) Inside The Cage by Kyell Gold - from collection "The Prisoner's Release" (Sofawolf) Isis In Darkness by Chris Barzak - from anthology "So Fey" (Haworth) Ki'iri by L.E Bryce - (Phaze) The Kings of Oak and Holly by Kenneth D Woods - from anthology "So Fey" (Haworth) Leader of the Pack by Catherine Lundoff - from collection "Crave:Tales of Lust, Love and Longing" (Lethe) Lost by Sarah A. Hoyt - from Chronicle 10/2005 (carried over from 2007) Lost by Wendy Barnum - from anthology "Alleys and Doorways" (Torquere) Lost Among the Tuna Trees by Shawn MacKenzie - from anthology "Southshire Pepper-pot" (Lion's Mark Press) The Love Potion by Abbie Strehlow - from anthology "Alleys and Doorways" (Torquere) Mask by James Buchanan - from anthology "Phaze Fantasies III" (Phaze) Mr. Grimm's Faery Tale by Eric Andrews-Katz - from anthology "So Fey" (Haworth) Mr. Seeley by Melissa Scott - from anthology "So Fey" (Haworth) Persistence of Memory by J.M. Snyder - (Amber Quill Press) Picture Perfect by Sean Michael - from anthology "Alleys and Doorways" (Torquere) The Powers of Love by J.M. Snyder - (Amber Quill Press) The Radiation Angels: Not One Word by James Daniel Ross - from anthology "Breach the Hull" (Marietta) The Red Jungle by James Buchanan - from anthology "Men in Uniform II" (Torquere) Redemption by James Buchanan - (Torquere) Satyr-Day Night Fever by Kiernan Kelly - (Torquere) A Scent of Roses by Catherine Lundoff - from anthology "So Fey" (Haworth) Somewhere Beneath Those Waves Was Her Home by Sarah Monette - from anthology "Fantasy Sampler" (Prime) The Spirit of Giving by Cat Kane - (Phaze) Star-Crossed by J.M. Snyder - (Ruthie's Club) Sugar by Cat Rambo - from anthology "Fantasy Sampler" (Prime) Thought and Memory by Alette J. Willis - from anthology "Edge SciFi and Fantasy" (carried over from 2007) Time Bikers by Carol McKenzie - (Forbidden Publications) The Token by Elspeth Potter - from anthology "Alleys and Doorways" (Torquere) Touch by M. Kate Havas - from anthology "So Fey" (Haworth) The Truth of Skin and Ink by B. A. Tortuga - from anthology "Alleys and Doorways" (Torquere) Under a Confederate Moon by J.M. Snyder - (Amber Quill Press) Underneath by A. J. Grant - from anthology "Alleys and Doorways" (Torquere) Waiting for Dimi by Kiernan Kelly - (Torquere) The Wand's Boy by Richard Bowes - from anthology "So Fey" (Haworth) The Woman in the Window by Jameson Currier - from All Hallows, The Journal of the Ghost Story Society, Issue #42, Spring 2007 World Enough and Time by J.M. Snyder - (Torquere) Year of the Fox by Eugie Foster - from anthology "So Fey" (Haworth)

2008 Best Other Work Other Nominees

Best Fantastic Erotica edited by Cecilia Tan (Anthology) (Circlet) Forbidden Love: Sacred Bands edited by Terri Pray (Anthology) (Under the Moon) Iphigenie en Tauride by Robert Gluck, Lucas Carsen, Paul Groves Meachem (Opera) (Lyric Opera of Chicago) A Nice Girl Like You by Tyree Campbell (Collection) (Bedazzled Ink Publishing) Phaze Fantasies, Vol. III (Anthology) (Phaze) The Prisoner's Release and Other Stories by Kyell Gold (Collection) (Sofawolf Press)

Drastically updating
I'm attempting to reformat and drastically expand this entry. Collapsed the different categories of novels into one list (since a lot of times a novel with gay characters will have bisexual characters etc), and when I made the list I prioritized including some novels over others. Will continue to go back and add more (as well as update the list to add dates to the entries that don't have dates).

Made a table for short stories as well, right now this list is RIDICULOUSLY short, since this is basically "what can i think of off the top of my head." Way more sf short stories w/ queer themes and characters, will be continuously adding more.

I'm also not fond of the descriptive summary text at the top of the page, since I don't think it really is representative of the content of the article? And also it used to have air quotes around "gay" and "lesbian" etc. Open to suggestions on how to improve.

Just wanted to leave this note since I changed so much. Will probably make a table for the anthologies as well, since the list as-is sort of makes your eyes glaze over. MSK 00:57, 18 November 2013 (UTC) — Preceding unsigned comment added by Meagansk (talk • contribs)

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Criteria
There is a vast amount of LGBT-themed fic out there, more than one might think, especially with way that the Internet has facilitated self-publishing. I don't think we can reasonably attempt to list it all, and propose that we limit it to notable items — that is, where either the title, the author, or both, is bluelinked. Anyone object? DS (talk) 01:35, 5 March 2018 (UTC)
 * Okay, if there's no objections within the next three days, I'll add an editnotice and remove all entries which do not meet the above criteria. DS (talk) 12:28, 31 May 2018 (UTC)
 * There have been no objections. I will now remove every list entry which is neither bluelinked, part of a bluelinked series or anthology, or by a bluelinked author. I will also include a note explaining why this is being done. DS (talk) 20:27, 3 June 2018 (UTC)
 * Oops, extra criterion - if it's mentioned in reliable tertiary sources, like Garber and Paleo's "Uranian Worlds". DS (talk) 20:31, 3 June 2018 (UTC)