I've just stumbled upon this collection of LGBT+ stories and I can't wait to dive into them all. It's 500+ pages too, like YAAAAS. But also, I do *not* have time for these wonderful distractions. THERE ARE SO MANY THINGS I WANT TO READ AND THE LIST IS ONLY GROWING GOOD GRIEF. (This is like the best problem to have, really, but still, the ever-growing TBR is ridic)read in this collection so far:Bucket List Found in the Locker of Maddie Price, Age 14, Written Two Weeks Before the Great Uplifting o...

From the perspective of Americans fighting for and/or trying to assert LGBTQ rights, this is an important work. It ticks all the correct PC boxes in terms of interviews, artworks, essays etc. Even in terms of selection of authors it choses those who declare their sexual preferences as various sub-categories of 'Queer'.But what about the quality of fiction— which matters to us, the lesser mortal readers?It's hard to find a duller book.Except Sarah Pinsker's "In the Dawns between Hours", Claudine

there's something about the intersection between sci fi & lgbt anthologies that never lands properly. there's something wrong with the politics of it, the feel-good "we're all the same kind of q/eer" mentality that does a disservice to the complexity & variety of the lgbt community. invariably i find myself always wanting these sorts of anthologies to be very good and i end up disappointed because i have found that they never are as a whole, though some of the stories stand out. i don't have thi...

SO. FREAKING. GOOD. From the short fiction to the flash fiction to the reprints to the nonfiction to the essays, this is an exceptionally-well-curated collection that is worth every penny and every minute you spend on it.You can get all of the "___ Destroy" collections (or preorder unreleased ones) at http://www.destroysf.com/Once my reading queue shrinks a little bit, I'll definitely be picking all of the other collections up.

4.5 stars, not quite as amazing as Lightspeed's Women Destroy Science Fiction, but only by a hair. Some of my favorites of the original fiction: John Chu's "Influence Isolated, Make Peace" and Amal El-Mohtar's "Madeleine." From the Flash Fiction: "Rubbing is Racing" by Charles Payseur, "Helping Hand" by Claudine Griggs, and Sarah Pinsker's "In the Dawns Between Hours."

Read the original review at SF BluestockingLast year, Lightspeed invited women to destroy SF; this year the LGBTQ+ community gets their turn. It's glorious, and it kicked off this month with a massive special issue of Lightspeed.At over 500 pages (according to my epub of it), Queers Destroy Science Fiction! is a weighty piece of work, and it's clear that it's been conceived and crafted with deep caring and exquisite attention to its purpose. Most importantly, a real (and successful!) effort was

I'm kind of disappointed in this anthology actually, there were only two stories that stood out to me, and I skipped through a few others because I just couldn't get into them.The two stories I really liked were: - (Influenced Isolated, Make Peace) by John Chu; and - Trickier With Each Translation by Bonnie Jo Stufflebeam. Both were very early in the anthology, so maybe they raised my expectations and I'm being unfair on the rest? I don't know. The collection of essays were all worth a read.

A while back I ran across a Kickstarter campaign to record and distribute a bunch of stories as an audiobook, and the name of the collection was to be Queers Destroy Science Fiction! How could I not sign on?My reward, once the campaign was successful, was a download of the collection, which I just finished listening to. What a treat. Not every story is a gem, of course (never has there been an anthology that was genius from start to finish), but there are only one or two true clunkers. Most are

I can't recommend it enough. A great balance of SF exploring LGBT+ themes and issues, and cracking stories with characters who "just happen to be" queer. A great collection for any fans of genre fiction.

I definitely liked this anthology better than Queers Destroy Fantasy! . It felt more diverse and fleshed out.My notes as I read:~ Amal El-Mohtar's book reviews were passionate and compassionate: a winning mixture. They almost won me over to try Elizabeth Bear's Karen Memory. (Almost, because, well, I'm not adding anything to my To-read list before I bring it down to 90- entries. Ah, wish me luck.)~ Cedar Rae Duke's essay "Not Android, Not Alien, Not Accident: Asexual and Agender in Science Fi...

"She wonders at how change comes in like a thief in the night, dismantling our sense of self one bolt and screw at a time until all that’s left of the person we think we are is a broken door hanging off a rusty hinge, waiting for us to walk through." I can't help but nod at how true this statement is. Dealing with change is something we constantly battle with, all the while being perplexed each and every time. We never learn, do we?The narrative of story alternates between two different styl

Time to make some notes about this one, so I can let my mother borrow it!Original Shorts Sectionpg. 69 "We let a man name himself after his children, after a country not relevant to any of them, not true to any story of their lives. We assert that names are changeable, assignable at whim, and then we attach unalterable value to them."pg. 273 "The Tip of The Tongue" by Felicia Davin, reminds me of Fahrenheit 451pg. 86 Felicia Davin bisexual Western MA scifi writer (TBC?)pg. 87 "How to Remember to...

A grieving Madeleine volunteers for a clinical trial. But the drug has side effects - flashbacks at odd times, increasingly vivid and increasingly to unfamilar times. It is here that she meets Zeinab and finds companionship. But Zeinab claims it is Madeleine who is her imaginary friend rather than vice versa. SPOILER ALERT - at the end one is left wondering whether the two trial volunteers are experiencing reality together or not

I finally read the personal essays from the back of this special issue, which means I finished it! I've been reading this on and off ever since it was published, so I've forgotten a lot of the stories. I did prefer the Queers Destroy Fantasy! special issue, though (surprising no one).