[ SECRET POST #2659 ]

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⌈ Secret Post #2659 ⌋

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Comments

Re: Fantasy/sci-fi book recommendation?

[(Anonymous)]

I'll take on the gay characters stuff. Quality may vary, but I've at least enjoyed all of them, even if they're not Great Literature:

Fantasy:
The Stepsister Scheme and its sequels, by Jim C. Hines. YA fiction involving Cinderella, Sleeping Beauty, and Snow White as essentially elite spies in a fairy tale kingdom. Sleeping Beauty is re-imaged as a gay woman.

Swordspoint and its sequels/short stories, by Ellen Kushner. Political scheming in a renaissance-y world. Pretty much every major character is at least a bit queer.

The Last Herald-Mage trilogy (first book is Magic's Promise) by Mercedes Lackey. It's set in her Valdemar universe, which has something like 50 books at this point, but each trilogy is fairly standalone. I *loved* them when I was 13, and even now they're still fun, if a bit silly. I recommend this trilogy, since the main character is a gay man.

On the Sci-Fi front, I'm having trouble coming up with specifics. I do recommend Lois McMaster Bujold's Vorkosigan Saga books. I can't recall any explicitly gay characters, but there's a bisexual man who ends up in a relationship with a woman, but his past relationships with men are fully acknowledged, and a couple other queer-friendly relationships.

Re: Fantasy/sci-fi book recommendation?

[(Anonymous)]

Seconding Stepsister Scheme. One of Hines' more recent novels, Libriomancer, has a lesbian/bi pair as well. It's more urban fantasy, but a very tongue-in-cheek, lighthearted kind.

Re: Fantasy/sci-fi book recommendation?

[inevitableentresol]

I tried the Vorkosigan books and found them boring. However, I know others who loved them and they do have good gay representation in the character mix.

Re: Fantasy/sci-fi book recommendation?

[cakemage]

Seconding Stepsister Scheme and its sequels. Also, Hines' new series, Magic Ex Libris (starting with Libriomancer) is great, too. I'd also recommend his Jig the Goblin series, though none of the main characters have any sort of stated sexuality at all, if I'm remembering correctly. They're too busy trying not to die and/or trying to kill each other to have any sort of romantic thoughts. Also, there's a fire-spider named Smudge who is so cool and adorable that he's one of two fictional spiders that I would not smush on sight (the other, of course, being Charlotte).

Re: Fantasy/sci-fi book recommendation?

[cbrachyrhynchos]

I do recommend Lois McMaster Bujold's Vorkosigan Saga books. I can't recall any explicitly gay characters, ...

Ethan.