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New Release: Unity – Gina A. Pond

Cover - Unity by Gina Pond - a round, red alien monster that's all mouth, with four eyes spaced equally around its "lips" and sharp white teeth inside its huge mouth, standing on white tentacles, on a green alien ground.

QSFer Gina A. Pond has a new queer hard sci-fi book out, Survey book 2: Unity. Jack Kirby just wants peace. Deeply scarred from a failed mission and struggling with the loss of his lover, Jack takes a job as a Religious Program Specialist on a remote PreCol station. There, he finds what he never expected: a family. Marsha, a complicated woman with a deep connection to the spiritual world. Jenny, a cheerful ensign with a dangerous past. Mark, driven to demolish the atavistic cult he was born into. Can Jack protect them all as they become entangled in an … Read more

New Release: Survey – Gina A. Pond

Survey - Gina Pond

QSFer Gina A. Pond has a new queer hard sci fi book out book out, Survey series book 1: Survey. This is the start of something huge.Kiah Hasan, a young, talented computer scientist haunted by her war-torn past, is reaching for something just beyond the edge of theoretical possibility. Her best friend, physicist Nigel Evans, is obsessed with pushing the boundaries of space travel. And Captain Josh Walker? He’s just out here for the adventure – and Kiah. Together with the crew of Trinity station, they head toward the Kuiper Belt – just as simmering political tension on Earth erupts … Read more

“We’re Here” For a Best of the Year. New Yearly Anthology Series – Boogieman in Lavender

What would you have for your last meal? In Ann LeBlanc’s story “Twenty Thousand Last Meals on an Exploding Station,” an engineer on a doomed space station finds herself in a time loop and just has time to eat at a different one of the station’s thousands of restaurants before the end, an end which keeps repeating itself. This imaginative delicacy is just one of the delights in the 2021 edition of the new yearly anthology of Best Queer Speculative Fiction of the Year “We’re Here,” published by Neon Hemlock Press. The series stands as a fine replacement for Lethe … Read more

New Release: The Dalí Tamareia Missions (audio)

QSFer E.M. Hamill’s Dali Tamareia Series is now completely available in audiobook format. A diplomat turned galactic operative risks everything to bring in the terrorist who shattered their life. Dalí Dalí Tamareia has everything—a young family and a promising career as an ambassador in the Sol Fed Diplomatic Corps. Dalí’s path as a peacemaker seems clear, but when their loved ones are killed in a terrorist attack, grief sends the genderfluid changeling into a spiral of self-destruction. Fragile Sol Fed balances on the brink of war with a plundering alien race. Their skills with galactic relations are desperately needed to … Read more

Review: Alia Terra – Ava Kelly, Illustrated by Matthew Spencer

Alia Terra: Stories from the Dragon Realm

Genre: Fairy Tales LGBTQ+ Category: Multiple Reviewer: Jay Get It On Amazon About The Book Through three all-ages fairy tales of kindness and acceptance, presented in English and Romanian, Alia Terra: Stories from the Dragon Realm draws from personal experiences, Romanian folklore with Dacian roots, and our fundamental need—to believe in ourselves. Richly illustrated by Michigan artist Matthew Spencer in shades of color and gender, the words of Ava Kelly assure that we all belong. “From aromanticism to nonbinary gender, LGBTQIA+ themes in Alia Terra are always portrayed with a gentle kindness that we need in our lives, and an … Read more

TV: Last of Us Star Bella Ramsey Says Her Gender is “Fluid”

The Last of Us

Bella Ramsey opened up about their fluid gender identity while promoting the highly-anticipated TV adaptation of The Last of Us. Ramsey, one of the leads in the upcoming HBO video game adaptation, said she doesn’t have much of a preference when it comes to pronouns , and considers herself just “a person” “I guess my gender has always been very fluid,” Ramsey told The New York Times. “Someone would call me ‘she’ or ‘her’ and I wouldn’t think about it, but I knew that if someone called me ‘he’ it was a bit exciting.” Full Story from Pink News

Review: KYN – Laurence Ramsay

KYN - Laurence Ramsay

Genre: Sci-Fi, Cyberpunk, Hopepunk, Solarpunk LGBTQ+ Category: Bi, Gay, Gender Fluid, Lesbian, Non-Binary, Poly Reviewer: Beáta Get It On Amazon About The Book In a near post-dystopian future, an immortal assassin fights to defend civilization’s last city from the encroaching threat of mysterious invaders – all while struggling to protect those he loves from the twisted machinations of those he was bred to serve. Action-packed and dripping with slick style, KYN is a queer, hopepunk anthem set in a post-dystopian world of blazing colour and neon grit. Hyperkinetic and irreverent, it’s a f*ck you to the ‘Bury your Gays’ trope, … Read more

Review: Wolfpack – Rem Wigmore

Wolfpack - Rem Wigmore

Genre: Sci-Fi, Solarpunk LGBTQ+ Category: Bi, Gender Fluid, Non-Binary, Trans FTM, Trans MTF Reviewer: Maryann Get It On Amazon About The Book Orfeus the hunter is searching for redemption in the wake of destruction… Orfeus has always loved grand gestures. And what could be grander than risking her life to gain entry to the fabled Cloud Forest to find one of humanity’s greatest losses and make a gift of it to her beloved? But the cost proves higher than she could have ever imagined and now she is on the run, navigating a whole new world of danger with few … Read more

Review: Foxhunt – Rem Wigmore

Foxhunt - Rem Wigmore

Genre: Sci-Fi, Solarpunk LGBTQ+ Category: Bi, Gender Fluid, Non-Binary, Transgender Reviewer: Maryann Get It On Amazon About The Book In a lush solarpunk future, plants have stripped most of the poison from the air and bounty hunters keep resource hoarders in check. Orfeus only wants to be a travelling singer, famed and adored. She has her share of secrets, but she’s no energy criminal, so why does a bounty hunter want her dead? Not just any bounty hunter but the Wolf, most fearsome of all the Order of the Vengeful Wild. Orfeus will call in every favor she has to … Read more

New Release: Wolfpack – Rem Wigmore

Wolfpack - Rem Wigmore

QSFer Rem Wigmore has a new queer solarpunk book out (bi, nb, gender fluid, trans FM, trans MTF), Orfeus Tales book 2: Wolfpack. Orfeus the hunter is searching for redemption in the wake of destruction… Orfeus has always loved grand gestures. And what could be grander than risking her life to gain entry to the fabled Cloud Forest to find one of humanity’s greatest losses and make a gift of it to her beloved? But the cost proves higher than she could have ever imagined and now she is on the run, navigating a whole new world of danger with … Read more