Bending the Landscape
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Bending the Landscape is the title of an award-winning series of LGBT
-themed anthologies of short speculative fiction edited by Nicola Griffin and Stephen Pagel. Three books were produced, subtitled Science Fiction, Fantasy and Horror, between 1997 and 2002.
The editors asked contributors to "imagine a different landscape... some milieu that had not happened" and then address the theme of Alien or Other, with the Other being a lesbian or gay man.
Each of the volumes won LGBT (Lesbian
, Gay
, Bisexual and Transgender
) or genre awards, including winning a World Fantasy Award
, two Lambda Literary Awards and two Gaylactic Spectrum Awards
; some individual stories contained within were also recipients of awards and nominations.
, two Lambda Literary Awards and two Gaylactic Spectrum Awards
; some individual stories contained within were also recipients of awards and nominations.
Published in 1997.
Published in 2001.
LGBT
LGBT is an initialism that collectively refers to "lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender" people. In use since the 1990s, the term "LGBT" is an adaptation of the initialism "LGB", which itself started replacing the phrase "gay community" beginning in the mid-to-late 1980s, which many within the...
-themed anthologies of short speculative fiction edited by Nicola Griffin and Stephen Pagel. Three books were produced, subtitled Science Fiction, Fantasy and Horror, between 1997 and 2002.
The editors asked contributors to "imagine a different landscape... some milieu that had not happened" and then address the theme of Alien or Other, with the Other being a lesbian or gay man.
Each of the volumes won LGBT (Lesbian
Lesbian
Lesbian is a term most widely used in the English language to describe sexual and romantic desire between females. The word may be used as a noun, to refer to women who identify themselves or who are characterized by others as having the primary attribute of female homosexuality, or as an...
, Gay
Gay
Gay is a word that refers to a homosexual person, especially a homosexual male. For homosexual women the specific term is "lesbian"....
, Bisexual and Transgender
Transgender
Transgender is a general term applied to a variety of individuals, behaviors, and groups involving tendencies to vary from culturally conventional gender roles....
) or genre awards, including winning a World Fantasy Award
World Fantasy Award
The World Fantasy Awards are annual, international awards given to authors and artists who have demonstrated outstanding achievement in the field of fantasy...
, two Lambda Literary Awards and two Gaylactic Spectrum Awards
Gaylactic Spectrum Awards
The Gaylactic Spectrum Awards are given to works of science fiction, fantasy and horror that explore LGBT topics in a positive way. Established in 1998, the awards were initially presented by the Gaylactic Network, with awards first awarded in 1999. In 2002 the awards were given their own...
; some individual stories contained within were also recipients of awards and nominations.
Themes
The editors asked contributors to "imagine a different landscape... some milieu that had not happened" and then address the theme of Alien or Other, with the Other being a lesbian or gay man. However the stories were not specifically aimed at a gay readership. Mark R. Kelly's review in locus magazine bemoaned the anthologies lack of thematic breadth.Awards
Each of the volumes won LGBT or genre awards, including winning a World Fantasy AwardWorld Fantasy Award
The World Fantasy Awards are annual, international awards given to authors and artists who have demonstrated outstanding achievement in the field of fantasy...
, two Lambda Literary Awards and two Gaylactic Spectrum Awards
Gaylactic Spectrum Awards
The Gaylactic Spectrum Awards are given to works of science fiction, fantasy and horror that explore LGBT topics in a positive way. Established in 1998, the awards were initially presented by the Gaylactic Network, with awards first awarded in 1999. In 2002 the awards were given their own...
; some individual stories contained within were also recipients of awards and nominations.
Bending the Landscape: Fantasy
Awards
- Lambda Literary Award, Lesbian and Gay Science Fiction, Fantasy & Horror
- World Fantasy Award, Best Anthology
Contents
- Frost Painting - novelette by Carolyn Ives Gilman
- Gary, in the Shadows - shortstory by Mark ShepherdMark ShepherdMark Shepherd may refer to:*Mark Shepherd , chairman and CEO of Texas Instruments*Mark Allen Shepherd , actor best known for role as Morn on Deep Space Nine...
- Prince of the Dark Green Sea - shortstory by Mark McLaughlinMark McLaughlinMark McLaughlin is a Scottish footballer currently playing for Hamilton Academical.-Career:McLaughlin, a defender, began his career at junior club Arthurlie before moving to Clyde in 1999. After five years at Clyde, he joined Hamilton Academical in 2004...
- Water Snakes - shortstory by Holly Wade Matter
- Gestures Too Late on a Gravel Road - shortstory by Mark W. TiedemannMark W. TiedemannMark W. Tiedemann is an American science fiction and detective fiction author. He has written novels set in Isaac Asimov's Robot universe, and within his own original universe, known as the Secantis Sequence....
- The Fall of the Kings (The World of Riverside) - novelette by Ellen KushnerEllen KushnerEllen Kushner is an American writer of fantasy novels, who for many years was the host of the radio program Sound & Spirit, produced by WGBH in Boston and distributed by Public Radio International.- Background and personal life :...
and Delia ShermanDelia ShermanCordelia Caroline Sherman , known professionally as Delia Sherman, is a fantasy writer and editor. Her novel The Porcelain Dove won the Mythopoeic Fantasy Award... - Cloudmaker - shortstory by Charlee JacobCharlee JacobCharlee Jacob is an American author specializing in horror fiction, dark fantasy, and poetry. Her writing career began in 1981 with the publication of several poems under the name Charlee Carter Broach...
- Magicked Tricks - novelette by K. L. Berac
- The Sound of Angels - shortstory by Lisa S. Silverthorne
- The King's Folly - shortstory by James A. MooreJames A. MooreJames Arthur Moore is an American horror novelist and short story writer.In 2003, he was nominated for a Bram Stoker Award for "Best Novel" for his book Serenity Falls. In 2006, the novella Bloodstained Oz was nominated for a Bram Stoker Award for "Best Long Fiction"...
- Beside the Well - shortstory by Leslie WhatLeslie WhatLeslie What is a writer of fantasy and literary fiction and nonfiction. She grew up in Southern California and attended Santa Ana College, and earned a certificate in Vocational Nursing...
- The Home Town Boy - shortstory by B. J. Thrower
- Expression of Desire - shortstory by Dominick Cancilla
- There Are Things Which Are Hidden from the Eyes of the Everyday - shortstory by Simon SheppardSimon SheppardSimon Sheppard may refer to:* Simon Sheppard , American writer of gay erotica* Simon Sheppard , British far-right activist* Simon Sheppard , former goalkeeper for Reading F.C....
- Full Moon and Empty Arms - shortstory by M. W. Keiper
- Mahu - novelette by Jeff Verona
- The Stars Are Tears - shortstory by Robin Wayne BaileyRobin Wayne BaileyRobin Wayne Bailey is an American fantasy and science fiction author. He is a past president of SFWA, the Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America . He was South-Central Regional Director for SFWA nine years. He has also hosted three of SFWA's Nebula Awards weekends...
- Desire - shortstory by Kim AntieauKim AntieauKim Antieau is an American writer, the author of six novels and many short stories for adults and teenagers, including Mercy, Unbound', "Ruby's Imagine", "Coyote Cowgirl", "Jigsaw Woman", "The Gaia Websters"'....
- Young Lady Who Loved Caterpillars - shortstory by Jessica Amanda SalmonsonJessica Amanda SalmonsonJessica Amanda Salmonson, born January 6, 1950, is an author, editor and writer of fantasy and horror fiction.-Author:Salmonson is the author of the Tomoe Gozen trilogy, a fantasy version of the tale of the historical female samurai Tomoe Gozen...
- In Memory of - shortstory by Don BassingthwaiteDon BassingthwaiteDon Bassingthwaite was born in Meaford, Ontario, and now lives and works in Toronto. He has degrees in anthropology and museum studies and is the author of numerous fantasy and dark fantasy novels. Many of his works are set in the fictional universes of role-playing games...
- In Mysterious Ways - novelette by Tanya HuffTanya HuffTanya Sue Huff is a Canadian fantasy author. Her stories have been published since the late 1980s, including five fantasy series and one science-fiction series. One of these, her Blood Books series, featuring detective Vicki Nelson, was adapted for television under the title Blood...
- In the House of the Man in the Moon - shortstory by Richard BowesRichard BowesRichard Bowes is an American author of science fiction and fantasy.Richard Bowes was born in Boston in 1944. He attended school both in Boston and on Long Island, New York. In his third year, he took writing courses with Mark Eisenstein at Hofstra University...
Awards
- Lambda Literary Award, Lesbian and Gay Science Fiction, Fantasy & Horror
- Gaylactic Spectrum Award
- Stonewall Book AwardStonewall Book AwardSponsored by the Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual, and Transgender Round Table of the American Library Association , the Stonewall Book Award is for LGBT books...
: Literature (finalist)
Contents
- Sex, Guns, and Baptists - shortstory by Keith HartmanKeith HartmanKeith Hartman is an American author of speculative fiction and a "struggling film-maker". He has also written non-fiction books on gay and lesbian issues. He has been nominated a number of times for the Gaylactic Spectrum Awards and Lambda Literary Award for LGBT literature.-Biography:Hartman was...
- Half in Love With Easeful Rock and Roll - shortfiction by Rebecca OreRebecca OreRebecca Ore is the pseudonym of science fiction writer Rebecca B. Brown. She was born in Louisville, Kentucky in 1948. In 1968 she moved to New York and attended Columbia University. Rebecca Ore is known for the Becoming Alien series and her short stories.Her novel, Time's Child, was published by...
- Powertool - shortfiction by Mark McLaughlinMark McLaughlinMark McLaughlin is a Scottish footballer currently playing for Hamilton Academical.-Career:McLaughlin, a defender, began his career at junior club Arthurlie before moving to Clyde in 1999. After five years at Clyde, he joined Hamilton Academical in 2004...
- Time Gypsy - novelette by Ellen KlagesEllen KlagesEllen Klages is a science fiction writer who lives in San Francisco. Her novelette "Basement Magic" won the 2005 Nebula Award for Best Novelette. She had previously been nominated for Hugo, Nebula, and Campbell awards. Her first novel, The Green Glass Sea, was published by Viking Children's Books...
- Lonely Land - shortfiction by Denise Lopes Heald
- The Rendez-Vous - shortfiction by Nancy Johnston
- Silent Passion - shortfiction by Kathleen O'Malley
- Sun-Drenched - shortfiction by Stephen BaxterStephen BaxterStephen Baxter is a prolific British hard science fiction author. He has degrees in mathematics and engineering.- Writing style :...
- The Flying Triangle - [Near Space] - shortfiction by Allen SteeleAllen SteeleAllen Mulherin Steele, Jr. is an American science fiction author.Steele began publishing short stories in 1988. His early novels formed a future history beginning with Orbital Decay and continuing through Labyrinth of Night...
- Brooks Too Broad For Leaping - shortstory by Charles SheffieldCharles SheffieldCharles Sheffield , was an English-born mathematician, physicist and science fiction author. He had been a President of the Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America and of the American Astronautical Society....
- A Real Girl - shortfiction by Shariann LewittShariann LewittShariann Lewitt is an American author, specializing in science fiction. She is currently a lecturer at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.- Publications :* First and Final Rites...
- Dance at the Edge - novelette by L. Timmel DuchampL. Timmel DuchampL. Timmel Duchamp is an American author of science fiction. She is also an editor for Aqueduct Press.Duchamp is often grouped together with Kelly Link and other contemporary women authors who use genres like fantasy, horror, and science fiction to explore themes of feminism and gender politics...
- Love's Last Farewell - shortfiction by Richard A. Bamberg
- On Vacation - shortfiction by Ralph A. Sperry
- The City in Morning - shortstory by Carrie Richerson
- State of Nature - shortstory by Nancy KressNancy KressNancy Kress is an American science fiction writer. She began writing in 1976 but has achieved her greatest notice since the publication of her Hugo and Nebula-winning 1991 novella "Beggars in Spain" which was later expanded into a novel with the same title...
- The Beautiful People - shortfiction by Wendy Rathbone
- Who Plays With Sin - shortfiction by Don BassingthwaiteDon BassingthwaiteDon Bassingthwaite was born in Meaford, Ontario, and now lives and works in Toronto. He has degrees in anthropology and museum studies and is the author of numerous fantasy and dark fantasy novels. Many of his works are set in the fictional universes of role-playing games...
- Surfaces - shortfiction by Mark W. TiedemannMark W. TiedemannMark W. Tiedemann is an American science fiction and detective fiction author. He has written novels set in Isaac Asimov's Robot universe, and within his own original universe, known as the Secantis Sequence....
- Stay Thy Flight - shortfiction by Élisabeth VonarburgÉlisabeth VonarburgÉlisabeth Vonarburg is a science fiction writer. She was born in Paris and has lived in Chicoutimi , Quebec, Canada since 1973....
- Free in Asveroth - shortstory by Jim GrimsleyJim Grimsley-Biography:Born to a troubled rural family in Rocky Mount, North Carolina, Grimsley said of his childhood that "for us in the South, the family is a field where craziness grows like weeds"....
Bending the Landscape: Horror
Contents
- Coyote Love - shortstory by Kraig Blackwelder
- Explanations Are Clear - novelette by L. Timmel DuchampL. Timmel DuchampL. Timmel Duchamp is an American author of science fiction. She is also an editor for Aqueduct Press.Duchamp is often grouped together with Kelly Link and other contemporary women authors who use genres like fantasy, horror, and science fiction to explore themes of feminism and gender politics...
- What Are You Afraid Of? - shortstory by Simon SheppardSimon SheppardSimon Sheppard may refer to:* Simon Sheppard , American writer of gay erotica* Simon Sheppard , British far-right activist* Simon Sheppard , former goalkeeper for Reading F.C....
- The Lost Homeland - novelette by Cynthia Ward
- The Man Who Picks the Chamomile - shortstory by Mark McLaughlinMark McLaughlinMark McLaughlin is a Scottish footballer currently playing for Hamilton Academical.-Career:McLaughlin, a defender, began his career at junior club Arthurlie before moving to Clyde in 1999. After five years at Clyde, he joined Hamilton Academical in 2004...
- Love on a Stick - novelette by Carrie Richerson
- Triangle - shortstory by Ellen KlagesEllen KlagesEllen Klages is a science fiction writer who lives in San Francisco. Her novelette "Basement Magic" won the 2005 Nebula Award for Best Novelette. She had previously been nominated for Hugo, Nebula, and Campbell awards. Her first novel, The Green Glass Sea, was published by Viking Children's Books...
- Memorabilia - novelette by Holly Wade Matter
- Blood Requiem - shortstory by Gary Bowen
- In the Days Still Left - novelette by Brian A. Hopkins and James Van PeltJames Van PeltJames Van Pelt is an American science fiction author who began publishing in the mid-90s. He is also a teacher in the language arts department at Fruita Monument High School in Fruita, Colorado. He is also the former advisor of The Catalyst, the student-run monthly magazine of Fruita Monument High...
- Broken Canes - shortstory by Alexi Smart
- Keep the Faith - shortstory by A. J. PotterA. J. PotterArchibald James Potter was an Irish composer and teacher, who wrote hundreds of works including operas, a mass, and four ballets, as well as orchestral and chamber music.-Early years:...
- The WereSlut of Avenue A - shortstory by Leslie WhatLeslie WhatLeslie What is a writer of fantasy and literary fiction and nonfiction. She grew up in Southern California and attended Santa Ana College, and earned a certificate in Vocational Nursing...
- Kindred - novelette by Alexis Glynn Latner
- 'Til Death - shortstory by Barbara HamblyBarbara HamblyBarbara Hambly is an award-winning and prolific American novelist and screenwriter within the genres of fantasy, science fiction, mystery, and historical fiction...
- If I Could See Lazarus Rising - novelette by Kathleen O'Malley
- The Waltz of the Epileptic Penguins - shortstory by Keith HartmanKeith HartmanKeith Hartman is an American author of speculative fiction and a "struggling film-maker". He has also written non-fiction books on gay and lesbian issues. He has been nominated a number of times for the Gaylactic Spectrum Awards and Lambda Literary Award for LGBT literature.-Biography:Hartman was...
- Passing - novelette by Mark W. TiedemannMark W. TiedemannMark W. Tiedemann is an American science fiction and detective fiction author. He has written novels set in Isaac Asimov's Robot universe, and within his own original universe, known as the Secantis Sequence....
See also
- Homosexuality in speculative fiction
- List of LGBT-themed speculative fiction
External links
- In depth review in Science Fiction Studies
- Reviews of some individual science fiction stories