Spectrum Awards -- Gay and Lesbian Science Fiction and Fantasy
Explore the Spectrum Awards, honoring the best in gay and lesbian science fiction and fantasy books. Discover award-winning LGBTQ+ speculative fiction and celebrated authors.
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Accidental Creatures
by Anne Harris
Anne Harris returns with an outstanding look at the near future. Never before has her technological insight been so acute, or her portrayal of sex …
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Dark Water's Embrace
by Stephen Leigh
Winner of the Specturm Award. Often compared to Ursula Le Guinn's ground-breaking "The Left Hand of Darkness," "Dark Water's Embrace" is a fascinating look at …
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The Gumshoe, the Witch, and the Virtual Corpse
by Keith Hartman
"A fine debut novel by Keith Hartman. What kind of novel I'm at a little of a loss to say. Equal arguments can be made …
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The Song of the Earth
In a future world riven by gender strife, global warming, and religious warfare, a young man's death becomes the centerpiece of a popular cult of …
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Fire Logic
by Laurie J. Marks
"Marks is an absolute master of fantasy in this book." --Booklist (starred review) Earth * Air * Water * Fire These elements have sustained the …
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The Salt Roads
by Nalo Hopkinson
- The Salt Roads was published in Warner hardcover (0-446-53302-5) in 11/03 and received rave reviews. - Nalo Hopkinson made her debut with Brown Girl …
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Earth Logic
by Laurie J. Marks
A sweeping drama of war, intrigue, magic, and love With Earth Logic, Laurie J. Marks continues the epic of her stunningly imagined world of Shaftal, …
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Cagebird
by Karin Lowachee
Pirate Protege At age four, Yuri Kirov watched his home colony destroyed by the alien enemy. By six, he was a wounded soul, fending for …
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Vellum
by Hal Duncan
An extraordinary, incendiary debut from a rare new talent, Vellum showcases a complex and sophisticated level of writing coupled with a fecund imagination that defies …
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Wicked Gentlemen
by Ginn Hale
Belimai Sykes is many things: a Prodigal, the descendant of ancient demons, a creature of dark temptations and rare powers. He is also a man …
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Uranian Worlds
by Eric Garber
This reference has been updated and expanded to include some 100 new listings, and the addition of films and videos. It gives detailed annotations that …
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China Mountain Zhang
by Maureen F. McHugh
China Mountain Zhang, a Chineselooking New Yorker, travels the world and tackles the demanding discipline of jacked-in Organic Engineering in the 22nd century.
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Slow River
by Nicola Griffith
She awoke in an alley to the splash of rain. She was naked, a foot-long gash in her back was still bleeding, and her identity …
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Swordspoint
by Ellen Kushner
The cult classic fantasy of manners, now with three bonus stories “Swordspoint has an unforgettable opening and just gets better from there.”—George R. R. Martin …
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Imperial Earth
by Arthur C. Clarke
The year is 2276. On the world of Titan, an outer planet of Saturn, Duncan Mackenzie and many other colonists are about to leave their …
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Dhalgren
by Samuel R. Delany
In one of the most profound and bestselling science fiction novels of all time, Samuel R. Delany has produced a novel "to stand with the …
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The Female Man
by Joanna Russ
Living in an altered past that never saw the end of the Great Depression, Jeannine, a librarian, is waiting to be married. Joanna lives in …
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The Slave and The Free
by Suzy McKee Charnas
Walk to the end of the world. Alldera the Messenger is a slave among the Fems, in thrall to men whose own power is waning.
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The Door Into Fire
by Diane Duane
Herewiss, Prince of the Brightwood, decides to search other worlds for the secret of controlling the Power of the Flame in order to save his …