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Review: Symbiosis: Salvation – Mark Z. Harrondale

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Symbiosis: Salvation - Mark Z. Harrondale

Genre: Sci-Fi, Dystopian, Romance LGBTQ+ Category: Gay Reviewer: Ulysses Get It On Amazon About The Book What am I? That’s the question Riel has been running from his entire life. T.A.D.—the corporation that became a totalitarian regime—dissolved Europe’s nations, erased its borders, and engineered a replacement. New Europa. One language. One order. Every mind connected to SOLACE, an artificial superintelligence that believes, with quiet certainty, it is keeping humanity safe. In Echelon, obedience has never felt so much like choice. T.A.D. calls itself progress. But progress has always had owners. Nineteen years old. Never Integrated. In a world where that … Read more

Review: The Shivering Ground – Sara Barkat

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The Shivering Ground - Sara Barkat

Genre: SF, Dystopian, Slipstream, Eco-Fiction, Gothic Horror LGBTQ+ Category: Ace, Gay, Non-Binary. No one in this collection identifies themselves to the reader as any specific identity. Two characters exclusively use they/them (one is a human character, one is a character from another species that transitions to human; that romantic relationship could be read as m/m or m/enby) & the ace character is not announced but there’s an ace/queerplatonic relationship that could be read as friendship or romance. Reviewer: Tony Get It On Amazon | Publisher | B&N | Kobo | Author Site About The Book The Shivering Ground blends future and … Read more

New Release: Aidan and the Alien Invasion – Damian Serbu

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Aidan and the Alien Invasion: Arrival - Damian Serbu

QSFer Damian Serbu has a new MM sci-fi romance out, Arrival, book one: Aidan and the Alien Invasion. Aliens seize control of Earth, descending without warning, cutting off communication systems and crushing military resistance. Aidan and his friends flee home from Chicago to rural Michigan, but learn the aliens control the entire planet. Their leaders have dark intentions that Aidan and his friends uncover when they fall in with a revolutionary faction of aliens who desperately seek to save humanity. Human aid to the revolutionaries’ cause is essential but dangerous. As secrets and surprising histories are revealed, Aidan adds to … Read more

New Release: Every Almost – Elizabeth Hale

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Every Almost - Elizabeth Hale

QSFer Elizabeth Hale has a new FF sci-fi romance out: Every Almost. What happens when a stranded engineer from 1990 gets six months of free passage on a starship full of rescued space animals? Charlie Wickett has a knack for fixing anything you put in front of her. She’s got the job she’s wanted since she was nine years old, her sister sharing her apartment, and a life in California she built herself, out of nothing, on purpose. It’s a good life. Captain Reyna Solas of the Emberkind CV-0417 is just trying to get through her day, thank you very … Read more

New Release: Bermondsey Girl – BJ Sikes

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Bermondsey Girl - BJ Sikes

QSFer BJ Sikes has a new queer dystopian cli-fi book out (non-binary; lesbian side characters): Bermondsey Girl. “I remember how things used to be. I had a garden with flowers in it. I’ve seen the ocean, I’ve eaten real food. Now all we’ve got is this.” Bermondsey’s inhabitants are shut in, all their needs met in automated tower blocks. No one goes outside because the streets regularly flood. Just to keep rich people on the other side of the river safe. Idonny’s days are spent answering pointless online surveys for luxury goods she’ll never see, her nights in the arms … Read more

Review: Bermondsey Girl – BJ Sikes

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Bermondsey Girl - BJ Sikes

Genre: Sci-Fi, Cli-Fi, Dystopian LGBTQ+ Category: Non-Binary Reviewer: Scott Get It On Amazon | Publisher/Universal Buy Link About The Book “I remember how things used to be. I had a garden with flowers in it. I’ve seen the ocean, I’ve eaten real food. Now all we’ve got is this.” Bermondsey’s inhabitants are shut in, all their needs met in automated tower blocks. No one goes outside because the streets regularly flood. Just to keep rich people on the other side of the river safe. Idonny’s days are spent answering pointless online surveys for luxury goods she’ll never see, her nights in the … Read more

Review: Invasive – Sheila Jenné

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Invasive - Sheila Jenné

Genre: Sci-Fi LGBTQ+ Category: Non-Binary Reviewer: Beáta Get It On Amazon | Apple | B&N | Kobo | Smashwords | Universal Buy Link About The Book Once a dedicated pilot, Robin has one final job: to land a ship of pilgrims on a new world. There her husband can work as a botanist among people who share his faith, her kids can grow up in open spaces, and she can settle down to life as a full-time mom. When she agreed to the idea, it didn’t sound so bad. But now that she’s pregnant with her third child and light years from home, things go sideways.  The colonists’ nature-worshipping religion … Read more

New Release – The Bleeding City – Chris Bannor

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The Bleeding City - Chris Bannor

QSFer Chris Bannor has a new MM cyberpunk book out (gay, bi): The Bleeding City. A cyberpunk story about lost love and longing in the city that bleeds. Chan Yi has been hiding in Dock City for seven years, always within sight of his makers at Mariner Tech. Always mourning the lover they took from him. Wu DaQi is a man struggling to move on after a botched augmentation took his memories. But the story he’s told doesn’t add up. There’s an emptiness, a longing in his life that doesn’t feel right. DaQi begins to question everything. But when reality … Read more

New Release: Valet to the Prince – Sheila Jenné

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Valet to the Prince - Sheila Jenné

QSFer Sheila Jenné has a new queer sci-fi romance out: Valet to the Prince. Prince George Konstantin, second son of the Martian Emprex, is in dire need of some trustworthy help. He’s the family failure, moving from scandal to scandal with the best of intentions. Sagan is a spy, but when they meet the prince on a mission, they decide to become his valet. Deep cover, or just the urge to fix his sloppy cravats—who can say? They have the prince’s life set to rights in the first week. But winning his heart will take more than a perfect shave. … Read more

Review: The Blossoming of the Big Tree – Dilman Dila

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The Blossoming of the Big Tree - Dilman Dila

Genre: Solarpunk, Afrofuturism, Sci-Fi LGBTQ+ Category: Intersex (side character) Reviewer: Beáta Kobo | Bookshop.org | Smashwords | Apple Books | B&N About The Book An autistic grandma struggles to fit in because her village has a very tight sense of community. To avoid being seen as anti-social, since its easier for her to interact with others over work, she accepts to chair the committee for national defense.  The job is simple, requiring her to coordinate responses to the climate crisis, until a colonizing superpower invades to capture the technology that makes her country a solarpunk utopia.  Her nation is a loose union of hundreds of thousands of self-sufficient … Read more