From: tdober@llnl.gov (TDO)
Newsgroups: soc.bi
Subject: Re: Gay/Bi/Lesbian SF List....somebody asked
Date: 17 Oct 92 03:28:07 GMT
Followup-To: soc.bi
Organization: llnl

In article <1992Oct15.025638.14102@midway.uchicago.edu>,
moh2@quads.uchicago.edu (Kateri/Mary Anne) wrote:
> 
> 
> 	SF and Fantasy Alternate Sexuality Listing
> 	------------------------------------------
> 

[bunches of stuff deleted]

> Andros, Phil
> 	Below the Belt % Other Stories
> 	The Boys in Blue
> 	Different Strokes:  Stories
> 	Roman Conquests
> 	Stud:  A Novel

Are these SF or fantasy? I've never seen any of them, and the titles have a
"mainstream" sound to them... (*snicker* the first time, I typed
"manstream"...)

[...]

> Baker, Sharon: (boy prostitute) (SF/F)
> 	Quarreling
> 	They Met the Dragon

This is just one title: _Quarreling, They Met the Dragon_.

[...]

> Bradley, Marion Zimmer (SF/F) (bisexuality accepted, women's society
> with many lesbians, oppressions of women)
> 	Darkover series
> 	Thendara House
> 	The Forbidden Tower
> 	The Planet Wreckers

Oops, I did the same thing a few days ago; this should probably be _The
World Wreckers_. She wrote another one called _The Planet Savers_ (which
has no g/l/b content that I can recall), which is how *I* got confused...

> 	The Heritage of Hastur
> 	Lythande (cross-dressing lesbian protagonist)

She also wrote _Warrior Woman_, a really *bad* (but kinda fun) mostly
fantasy book, as well as the science fiction book _The Ruins of Isis_. Both
of these have numerous lesbian characters. On the mainstream side, just in
case anyone's interested, there is _The Catch Trap_, an (IMHO) excellent
book about a family of trapeze artists. Gay male protagonists.

[...]

> Hansen, Joseph
> 	Dave Brandstetter series

I thought these were mysteries...

[...]

> Lynn, Elizabeth (F)
> 	Chronicles of Tornor:
> 		Northern Girl
> 		Dancers of Arun
> 		Watchtower

For anyone who's interested, the chronology on these is:
_Watchtower_
_Dancers of Arun_
_The Northern Girl_

[...]

> McGehee, Peter
> 	Beyond Happiness
> 	Boys Like Us
> 	Survival (short story)
> 	Sweetheart

Are these SF or fantasy? That mainstream feel again...

[...]

> McIntyre, Vonda N. (SF)
> 	Starfarers (partnership of two men and a woman)

Two sequels to this have been written so far; _Transition_ and _Metaphase_.
I can't recommend these books strongly enough! (But I may go nuts waiting
for the next one to come out!)

[...]

> Meier, Shirley
> 	The Cage

Actually, this was co-authored with S.M. Stirling. The books in the series
(called "The Fifth Milleneum") so far are (in chronological order, as best
I can remember):

S.M. Stirling
   _Snowbrother_

Shirley Meier
   _Shadow's Daughter_

Stirling and Meier
   _The Sharpest Edge_ (this has recently been re-released under another
                        title; evidently there are a few changes, not all
                        for the good, and a well-concealed warning that
                        it has been published before. Sorry, can't
                        remember the new title.)
   _The Cage_

Karen Wehrstein
   _Lion's Heart_
   _Lion's Soul_

Stirling, Meier, and Wehrstein
   _Shadow's Son_

[...]

> Nadar, George

Should be "Nader"

[...]

> Scott, Melissa (SF)
> 	Mighty Good Road (lesbian protagonist)

Also co-authored _The Armor of Light_ with Lisa Barnett. Pseudo-historical
fantasy; several of the viewpoint characters are gay males.

[...]

> Slowaski, Joan

Should be "Slonczewski". (Ouch, nearly sprained my fingers typing that!)

[...]

> Respond to moh2@midway.uchicago.edu

Good list!

Hmmm, was just looking this over prior to sending it on its way, when I
looked at my own .sig and recalled that Lois McMaster Bujold's "Miles
Vorkosigan" books have a fairly major character who is a hermaphrodite.
I'll post the titles Monday; my brain is so fried right now, the only ones
I can think of are _Shards of Honor_ and _Barrayar_, which are about Miles'
parents and don't even contain the character I'm thinking of. (Weird; I can
remember the plots, character names, everything but the titles!)

TDO
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