Reviews
Fantasy Magazine, December 2015: Queers Destroy Fantasy! Special Issue by Christopher Barzak
invisibleninjacat's review
5.0
An excellent collection that introduced me to a couple of authors I definitely, definitely want to read more from. And all the stories had queer themes! Fabulous in more ways than one.
8bitlapras's review
3.0
Fiction
The Lily and the Horn by Catherynne M. Valente: 4.5/5
Kaiju Maximus®: “So Various, So Beautiful, So New” by Kai Ashante Wilson: 3/5
The Lady's Maid by Carlea Holl-Jensen: 3/5
The Duchess & the Ghost by Richard Bowes: 4/5
The Padishah Begum's Reflections by Shweta Narayan: 3.5/5
Down the Path of the Sun by Nicola Griffith: 4/5
The Ledge by Austin Bunn: 3/5
The Sea Troll's Daughter by Caitlín R. Kiernan: 5/5
Non-fiction
The Sleepover Manifesto by merrit kopas: 5/5
False Starts by Keguro Macharia: 3/5
Retrofuturism and Agendered Fashion: What Will We Wear? by Ekaterina Sedia: 4/5
Eggplant and Unicorns by Mary Anne Mohanraj: 4/5
Girls on Boys on Boys by Ellen Kushner: 1.5/5
Average rating: 3.65/5. Bumping it down to an even 3/5 because the extremely liberal idea of "queer" littered throughout some of the non-fiction and interviews gave me acid reflux and a lot of the LGBTness in a lot of the stories was subtext which isn't what I'm looking for in an issue of something called "Queers Destroy Fantasy".
The Lily and the Horn by Catherynne M. Valente: 4.5/5
Kaiju Maximus®: “So Various, So Beautiful, So New” by Kai Ashante Wilson: 3/5
The Lady's Maid by Carlea Holl-Jensen: 3/5
The Duchess & the Ghost by Richard Bowes: 4/5
The Padishah Begum's Reflections by Shweta Narayan: 3.5/5
Down the Path of the Sun by Nicola Griffith: 4/5
The Ledge by Austin Bunn: 3/5
The Sea Troll's Daughter by Caitlín R. Kiernan: 5/5
Non-fiction
The Sleepover Manifesto by merrit kopas: 5/5
False Starts by Keguro Macharia: 3/5
Retrofuturism and Agendered Fashion: What Will We Wear? by Ekaterina Sedia: 4/5
Eggplant and Unicorns by Mary Anne Mohanraj: 4/5
Girls on Boys on Boys by Ellen Kushner: 1.5/5
Average rating: 3.65/5. Bumping it down to an even 3/5 because the extremely liberal idea of "queer" littered throughout some of the non-fiction and interviews gave me acid reflux and a lot of the LGBTness in a lot of the stories was subtext which isn't what I'm looking for in an issue of something called "Queers Destroy Fantasy".
undertheteacup's review
4.0
I wish there had been more stories and less nonfiction - but that's really more of a compliment than a criticism because of the handful of short stories/reprints there were only two I really did not enjoy. The rest were each phenomenal in their own way, and I think the magazine accomplished a two-fold purpose: not only did I get to read lovely queer fantasy, but now I am curious about all these different authors and am keeping an eye out for their other work.
In short, this issue was (very nearly) everything I could have wanted and looked forward to!
In short, this issue was (very nearly) everything I could have wanted and looked forward to!
youfelinedevil's review
5.0
Wow, this prose!! I have never read, seen, or heard of a superhero story quite like this.
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