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Bending the Landscape will be a series of anthologies focused on homosexual issues in genre fiction, but this one isn't so neatly pigeonholed as all that. Gayness, or someone's discovery of his or her gayness, is indeed a common motif to all the stories, but in some it is central; in others, it's just a quality a character has--they happen to be having or have had a relationship with someone of the same sex. It's generous in size, 22 stories, and generous in its embrace, ranging in tone from sitcom-like light entertainment ("In Mysterious Ways," by Tanya Huff, and "Magicked Tricks" by K. L Berac), to realism ("Gestures Too Late on a Gravel Road" by Mark W. Tiedemann, and "Full Moon and Empty Arms" by M. W. Keiper), to realistic horror ("The House of the Man in the Moon" by Richard Bowes). Mythic fantasy, fairy tales, and ghost stories are all here too, so this is more like reading a survey than a tightly thematic anthology. The variety is appropriate. Neither fantasy nor sex comes in just one flavor. If you're at all interested in anything besides vanilla, sample this. --This text refers to the hardcover edition of this title From Kirkus Reviews , August 1, 1998
A companion volume to 1997's gender-bending BTL: Fantasy with, this time, science fiction themes and ideas given a gay/lesbian perspectivethough the contributors include non-gay/lesbians and mainstream writers. As before, there's a welcome diversity of subjects and approaches in the 21 stories here, ranging from the destruction of an intelligent alien species and a disturbing modern ghetto to the military, time travel, space travel, virtual reality, surgery, and religious fundamentalism.... read more From Kirkus Reviews , January 1, 1997
From the Seattle-based Griffith (Slow River, 1995, etc.) and White Wolf publishing executive Pagel, the first of a gender- bending series of anthologies (a volume of sf stories and another of horror are projected) whose purpose is to have ``some queer writers write fantasy for the first time, and for some genre writers to explore queer characters,'' not to mention a table of contents set in a typeface so bizarre as to be almost indecipherable. Here, then, are 23 fantasies with gay/lesbian... read more Synopsis
They are extraordinary characters living outside the bounds of reality. But you will recognize them... It's about being gay, being straight, falling in love, sorrowful partings, death, and fantastic circumstances. Bending the Landscape stretches the standard fantasy genre. In the groundbreaking anthology, queer writers write fantasy for the first time, and genre writers explore queer characters. But don't expect the usual fantasy backdrops-these stories will give you a frisson, a thrill, as they... read more The publisher , January 9, 1998
They are extraordinary characters living outside the bounds of reality. But you will recognize them. It's about being gay,being straight, falling in love, sorrowful partings, death and fantastic circumstances. In this groundbreaking anthology, gay writers write fantasy for the first time, and genre writers explore gay characters. But don't expect the usual fantasy backdrops. read more
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November 11, 1999
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This book features some of the finest short fiction I've seen in fantasy literature. While sexuality is an important underlying theme, it does not overpower the force of most of these excellent stories. The characters are people, not political statements or stereotypes. I hope this book finds its way into the hands of many mainstream readers.
--This text refers to the Hardcover edition.
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Nebula-nominated story!
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Reviewer:
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February 23, 1999
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This is an overall great anthology, and one of its stories, "Time Gypsy" by Ellen Klages has just been nominated for a 1999 Nebula Award.
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Ugly cover; Great anthology
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Reviewer:
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from Port Angeles, WA
December 29, 1998
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I really enjoyed the first anthology in this series. After seeing the cover of this second book, I was afraid the series had taken a turn for the worse. The first volume was so expansive!and this cover seems so focused and limiting. I bought it anyways: everything Nicola Griffith has worked on has exceeded my expectations, and I decided to trust her. Boy was I justified. The cover of this book suggests that it's "gay fiction." It is, but more importantly it isn't. What it is is a series of remarkable stories that deal with queer themes, from the points of view of straights, queers, and all those real people who lie somewhere inbetween or beyond these labels. Regardless of the themes, you aren't going to be reading a better SF anthology this year. If you're at all interested in having your notions of gender and sexuality expanded, then READ THIS BOOK (and if SF isn't about the expansion of notions, then what is it?).
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Wow!
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from Port Angeles, WA
December 29, 1998
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We live in a word where definition delimits. How exciting to come across a collection of stories that expand, rather than confirm, my preconceptions. These stories all wrestle with queerness, granted, but from such a spectrum of perspectives. The pleasure of the anthology is, the stories are all enjoyable as story (many great; almost all good); and then so many of them are engagingly expansive around their gender themes. Go read this. It's the best fantasy anthology I've seen for years....
--This text refers to the Hardcover edition.
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