The game industry is making progress in trying to get away from the stereotype that the only people that play are straight white men in their 40s living in their mother’s basement. And that can be seen in The Technomancer, a science fiction action RPG set on Mars 200 years after colonization. Unlike the majority of games of this type, this one features something different: a gay sex scene. By Joe Morgan – Full Story at Gay Star News
QSFer Anna Butler has a new sci fi book out: Returning to duty following his long recovery from the injuries he sustained during the events recounted in Heart Scarab, Shield Captain Bennet accepts a tour of duty in Fleet as flight captain on a dreadnought. The one saving grace is that it isn’t his father’s ship—bad enough that he can’t yet return to the Shield Regiment, at least he doesn’t have the added stress of commanding former lover Fleet Lieutenant Flynn, knowing the fraternisation regulations will keep them apart. Working on the material he collected himself on T18 three years … Read more
New photos have been released from season 2 of Sense8 that hint at what viewers can expect when the show returns on Netflix for viewers to binge. The series was created by Lana and Lilly Wachowski, best known for The Matrix movies. They are also the creative minds behind the films Cloud Atlas and Jupiter Ascending. Full Story at Towleroad.com
When I started thinking of the topic of women only societies I quickly realized that I perceived of two separate types of story under the same label of ‘Lesbian Utopia’. While there is a LOT of overlap in the way people have written about societies where a group of women have separated from the mainstream mixed society, (Amazons,) and single-sex worlds I’ve decided to treat the two as separate topics. After all, it’s not as if we talk way too much about women. I’ll talk about Warrior Women in a later article dedicated to her history. There is enough information … Read more
There’s a new trailer for Star Trek Beyond out, and with it, Rihanna’s new single from the film’s soundtrack, titled “Sledgehammer.” And while there isn’t a lot of new information in the trailer itself (the Enterprise is still getting ripped to shreds; Idris Elba’s blue-faced reptilian villain is still representing the part of space where “the frontier pushes back”) you can at least listen to “Sledgehammer.” Beyond is scheduled for a US release on July 22nd and is directed by Justin Lin, a stalwart of the Fast & Furious franchise. As this heritage might suggest, the new film looks like … Read more
QSFer Theo Fenraven has a new sci fi/fantasy book out: Amateur ghost hunters Cy and Zelda are invited to the BWCA in Northern Minnesota to investigate an alleged haunting at Brighton Lake Lodge. Mac, the owner, has returned home from London with plans to restart the family business, but the ghosts have to be dealt with first. Interesting things happen the moment they arrive; it seems there isn’t one ghost, but many. One of them uses Zelda’s robot, Orwell, to communicate with them, and they find out the ghosts aren’t ghosts at all. Set in a time in the not-so-distant … Read more
Today’s writer topic comes from QSFer J. Scott Coatsworth: With the Fourth of July nearly upon us here in the United States, I’m in a holiday mood. So I got to wondering. In the future (let’s say 500 years from now), what will the holidays look like? Will Thanksgiving and Christmas survive? What would a Valentines’ Day on Mars look like? Propose a holiday (current or new) for the year 2516, and tell us all about it. :) Bonus points for queering the holiday. Join the chat
DC’s most iconic gay superhero couple Apollo and Midnighter are returning for a new joint series. Written by Steve Orlando and drawn by Fernando Blanco, the comic book will follow on from the Midnighter solo series which concluded last month. The solo series, which began with him finding himself single after splitting with husband of 13 years, Apollo, ended with the two reconciling. By Joe Morgan – Full Story at Gay Star News
QSFer Matt Buscemi’s Fuzzy Hedgehog Press has a new sci fi anthology book out: The debut volume of Fuzzy Hedgehog Press’s biannual anthology series features stories revolving around themes of good and evil and especially the gray areas in between. PHILOTET Piper Lewis’s protagonists must travel light years from home to fight an intergalactic war… or do they? RUINATION Matt Sayer takes us to a world where the technological artifacts of our day have become rare treasures. But some of them aren’t keen to be reclaimed. WELCOME TO ERTTH When it comes to drilling, Alissa Berger wonders who has the … Read more
QSFer Layla Dorine has a new MM sci fi book out: Born moments before his parents crashed landed on Earth, Jason was raised in foster care. As soon as he was old enough, he packed his backpack and hit the road. Just him and his bike. Now a jaded young man, living above a roadhouse diner and bar with several other misfits, he struggles to understand friendships, relationships, and the bonds of family. Unbeknownst to Jason, other refugees from the planet Altiss also made it safely to Earth. After discovering Jason living as a human, they seek to safeguard him … Read more