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Lightspeed Magazine, June 2015 (Queers Destroy Science Fiction special issue) Paperback – May 10, 2015

by Lightspeed Magazine (Author), Seanan McGuire (Author), John Chu (Author),
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LIGHTSPEED is an online science fiction and fantasy magazine. In its pages, you will find science fiction: from near-future, sociological soft SF, to far-future, star-spanning hard SF--and fantasy: from epic fantasy, sword-and-sorcery, and contemporary urban tales, to magical realism, science-fantasy, and folktales. Even in science fiction, supposedly the genre of limitless possibility, where everyone is invited to the adventure, heterosexual, heteroromantic, and cisgendered are considered the default, to the extent that everything else is “deviation,” and must be eyed with suspicion. LIGHTSPEED was founded on the core idea that all science fiction is real science fiction. The whole point of this magazine is that science fiction is vast. It is inclusive. Science fiction is about people, and queer people, no matter how they identify [Gay, lesbian, bisexual, demisexual, asexual, pansexual, intersex, transgender, genderfluid, genderqueer--anyone who fits within the QUILTBAG], are a big part of that. They always have been. They’re just sometimes harder to see. So, in the interests of visibility and breaking stuff, Queers Destroy Science Fiction! will show you just how wide the spectrum of sexuality and gender identity can really be. This special all-queer issue features original science fiction short stories from John Chu, Kate M. Galey, Bonnie Jo Stufflebeam, Chaz Brenchley, Felicia Davin, Rose Lemberg, Jessica Yang, K.M. Szpara, Amal El-Mohtar, Tim Susman, and Susan Jane Bigelow. Plus, we have original flash fiction from E. Saxey, Charles Payseur, Claudine Griggs, Stephen Cox, Eliza Gauger, Erica L. Satifka, Gabrielle Friesen, Gabby Reed, Shannon Peavey, Sarah Pinsker, Bogi Takács, and JY Yang, and reprints by RJ Edwards, AMJ Hudson, Raven Kaldera, Rand B. Lee, and Geoff Ryman. All that, and we also have our usual assortment of author and artist spotlights, along with our latest book review column and an assortment of nonfiction features, plus more than twenty personal essays from writers about their experiences being queer reading and writing science fiction.
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  • Publisher ‏ : ‎ CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform (May 10, 2015)
  • Language ‏ : ‎ English
  • Paperback ‏ : ‎ 432 pages
  • ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 1512142301
  • ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-1512142303
  • Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 1.39 pounds
  • Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 6 x 1.08 x 9 inches
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Bonnie Jo Stufflebeam is the author of the horror novel Grim Root, the short story collection Where You Linger & Other Stories, and the horror novella Glorious Fiends. Her short fiction and poetry has appeared in over 90 publications such as Popular Science, Lightspeed, and LeVar Burton Reads, as well as in six languages. By night, she’s a two-time finalist for the Nebula Award. By day, she works as a Narrative Designer writing games for a mobile game. She lives in Texas with her partner and a mysterious number of cats.

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DeeDee
5.0 out of 5 stars So nice, I had to buy it twice.
Reviewed in the United States on December 29, 2018
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Once for Kindle, and once for a physical copy. Mostly because I kept forgetting I even had a Kindle. However, I don't regret giving Lightspeed my money, especially since they're also the ones behind "People of Colo(u)r and Women Destroy Science Fiction, and those two anthologies are just as amazing and diverse.

Like with all anthologies, you're going to get some hit or miss stories, but my favorite part was actually the nonfiction section. Author interviews, artist spotlight, and essays about the history of queerness in science fiction, were the highlights of the anthology, in my opinion. And to be honest, I love it when anyone trashes Heinlein.

If you're like me, and are pretty much starved for some good queer sci-fi, I highly suggest picking this one up.
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5.0 out of 5 stars Delightful discovery (for me) of a wealth of queer SF
Reviewed in the United States on October 4, 2015
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Excellent collection of short stories by solid writers. Wasn't aware a platform existed for queer SF of all kinds. I especially enjoyed the stories where lgbtq is the norm and attempts to exclude or segregate by M/F traditionalists is seen as perverse and dangerous.Some of the transgender speculations were awesome as well. Good selections, emotionally rich and diverse, funny, tragic, real.
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J Liles
5.0 out of 5 stars There are a couple others close to that good here. The perspective is refreshing and the stories ...
Reviewed in the United States on December 14, 2015
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Two by Two is, for me, a Hugo nominee choice. There are a couple others close to that good here. The perspective is refreshing and the stories are interesting and different and explore not only the physical science aspects of speculation, but also the social science aspects.
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Jill A. Tallman
5.0 out of 5 stars Lightspeed Does It Again
Reviewed in the United States on June 10, 2015
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Extremely well written and diverse selection of stories and art. Nice author and artist interviews. Highly recommended. Looking forward to upcoming special issues.
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partsmangler
5.0 out of 5 stars Great read!
Reviewed in the United States on August 22, 2015
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I've been reading SF a long time and I am really excited to find this publication. Good writers and editors. Well done.
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nooneyouwouldwanttoknow
3.0 out of 5 stars Some queers destroy science fiction; others destroy my patience.
Reviewed in the United States on January 25, 2021
As is often the nature of anthologies, the stories are all over the place. Some offer fresh insights; others rest on clichéd tropes. One dystopia is insightful in a way that is not at all woke or PC, while another is cartoonish but very woke and PC.
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podakayne
5.0 out of 5 stars Five Stars
Reviewed in the United States on November 17, 2015
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always a treat to get this issue. can't wait to finish it!
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Broody Hen
5.0 out of 5 stars Excellent collection of stories by talented writers of science/ speculative fiction.
Reviewed in the United States on June 10, 2015
Lightspeed continues to break down barriers and publish sci fi by the immense diversity of talented creators.
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Virginia Weir
3.0 out of 5 stars A bit of a duff volume
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on March 6, 2022
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I enjoyed the WDSF volume, so I got this one,being queer to boot. The stories are a bit lacking in a certain je ne sais quoi. I found several to be underdone but this is just my own personal opinion.
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Perceptive Reader
2.0 out of 5 stars Manifesto Bottled as Anthology
Reviewed in India on April 26, 2021
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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 Grigg's "Helping Hand" (made famous by 'Love, Death and Robots'), and RJ Edwards' "Black Holes", I couldn't find anything memorable here. It's a sad testament and proof in support of the accusation against speculative fiction in West that political correctness is being prioritised at the expense of story-telling.
Not recommended, unless your sole aim is to support the LGBTQ movement.
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