claudia_is_reading's review
4.0
An excellent anthology in which is quite visible the effort that was put in making it as inclusive as possible.
There are happy stories and sad stories, angry stories and thoughtful ones, stories filled with hope and hopeless, but in all of them, the characters are brilliant and what shines at their heart.
Really worthy of your time.
The narrators vary in their effectivity, but they are en general very good.
There are happy stories and sad stories, angry stories and thoughtful ones, stories filled with hope and hopeless, but in all of them, the characters are brilliant and what shines at their heart.
Really worthy of your time.
The narrators vary in their effectivity, but they are en general very good.
jrug's review
4.0
3.5 stars
"Madeleine" didn't quite work for me, but it's well-crafted and evocative. YMMV.
"Madeleine" didn't quite work for me, but it's well-crafted and evocative. YMMV.
kristenwestfall's review
3.0
Some good stories, but not nearly as great as Women Destroy Science Fiction.
pnknrrd85's review
adventurous
dark
hopeful
medium-paced
3.0
So e of the short stories were wonderful, others were boring to me. But overall this was a decent collection of short stories.
audiobookabsorber's review
adventurous
emotional
reflective
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? N/A
4.25
havelock's review
adventurous
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
3.0
8bitlapras's review
3.0
Fiction
Influence Isolated, Make Peace by John Chu: 2.75/5
Emergency Repair by Kate M. Galey: 4/5
Trickier With Each Translation by Bonnie Jo Stufflebaum: 4.25/5
The Astrakhan, the Homburg, and the Red Red Coal by Chaz Brenchley: 1/5
The Tip of the Tongue by Felicia Davin: 4.5/5
How to Remember to Forget to Remember the Old War by Rose Lemberg: 3.5/5
Plant Children by Jessica Yang: 4.75/5
Nothing is Pixels Here by K. M. Szpara: 4.25/5
Madeleine by Amal El-Mohtar: 5/5
Two by Two by Tim Susman: 5/5
Die, Sophie, Die by Susan Jane Bigelow: 2/5
Black Holes by RJ Edwards: 3/5
Red Run by AMJ Hudson: 3.5/5
CyberFruit Swamp by Raven Kaldera: 3/5
The Sound of His Wings by Rand B. Lee: 5/5
O Happy Day! by Geoff Ryman: 1/5
Flash Fiction
Melioration by E. Saxey: 1/5
Rubbing is Racing by Charles Payseur: 2/5
Helping Hand by Claudine Griggs: 3/5
The Lamb Chops by Stephen Cox: 2.75/5
Mama by Eliza Gauger: 3/5
Bucket List Found in the Locker of Maddie Price, Age 14, Written Two Weeks Before the Great Uplifting of All Mankind by Erica L. Satifka: 5/5
A Brief History of Whaling with Remarks Upon Ancient Practices by Gabby Reed: 4/5
Nothing Goes to Waste by Shannon Peavey: 3/5
In the Dawns Between Hours by Sarah Pinsker: 5/5
Increasing Police Visibility by Bogi Takács: 3/5
Letter From an Artist to a Thousand Future Versions of Her Wife by JY Yang: 5/5
Non-fiction and Personal Essays
Too many and too much repeated discourse to give a rating to all of them, but the most memorable and affirming to me personally were Diversity in a Ghetto: The Marginalization of Modern Activism in Traditional Fandom by Pablo Miguel Alberto Vazquez, Science Fiction Failed Me by Cory Skerry, 1984 in 1980 by Lee Thomas, Spark by Mark Oshiro, All That Glitters by Jill Seidenstein, When We're Not There, We're Not Here by Jerome Stueart, Here's How It Goes by Alyssa Wong, and The First Rule I Learned About Writing Queer Characters in Science Fiction by Haralambi Markov.
Average rating: 3.45/5, rounded up to a 3.5/5.
Influence Isolated, Make Peace by John Chu: 2.75/5
Emergency Repair by Kate M. Galey: 4/5
Trickier With Each Translation by Bonnie Jo Stufflebaum: 4.25/5
The Astrakhan, the Homburg, and the Red Red Coal by Chaz Brenchley: 1/5
The Tip of the Tongue by Felicia Davin: 4.5/5
How to Remember to Forget to Remember the Old War by Rose Lemberg: 3.5/5
Plant Children by Jessica Yang: 4.75/5
Nothing is Pixels Here by K. M. Szpara: 4.25/5
Madeleine by Amal El-Mohtar: 5/5
Two by Two by Tim Susman: 5/5
Die, Sophie, Die by Susan Jane Bigelow: 2/5
Black Holes by RJ Edwards: 3/5
Red Run by AMJ Hudson: 3.5/5
CyberFruit Swamp by Raven Kaldera: 3/5
The Sound of His Wings by Rand B. Lee: 5/5
O Happy Day! by Geoff Ryman: 1/5
Flash Fiction
Melioration by E. Saxey: 1/5
Rubbing is Racing by Charles Payseur: 2/5
Helping Hand by Claudine Griggs: 3/5
The Lamb Chops by Stephen Cox: 2.75/5
Mama by Eliza Gauger: 3/5
Bucket List Found in the Locker of Maddie Price, Age 14, Written Two Weeks Before the Great Uplifting of All Mankind by Erica L. Satifka: 5/5
A Brief History of Whaling with Remarks Upon Ancient Practices by Gabby Reed: 4/5
Nothing Goes to Waste by Shannon Peavey: 3/5
In the Dawns Between Hours by Sarah Pinsker: 5/5
Increasing Police Visibility by Bogi Takács: 3/5
Letter From an Artist to a Thousand Future Versions of Her Wife by JY Yang: 5/5
Non-fiction and Personal Essays
Too many and too much repeated discourse to give a rating to all of them, but the most memorable and affirming to me personally were Diversity in a Ghetto: The Marginalization of Modern Activism in Traditional Fandom by Pablo Miguel Alberto Vazquez, Science Fiction Failed Me by Cory Skerry, 1984 in 1980 by Lee Thomas, Spark by Mark Oshiro, All That Glitters by Jill Seidenstein, When We're Not There, We're Not Here by Jerome Stueart, Here's How It Goes by Alyssa Wong, and The First Rule I Learned About Writing Queer Characters in Science Fiction by Haralambi Markov.
Average rating: 3.45/5, rounded up to a 3.5/5.
apocalyptus's review
5.0
A deliciously diverse collection of Queer science fiction. The editors did an amazing job, having collected a wonderful collection of high quality stories that at the same time as a whole confirm there is no single or 'correct' way to be queer.
Vive la difference!
Vive la difference!
crunden's review
4.0
I've just stumbled upon this collection of LGBT+ stories and I can't wait to dive into them all. It's 500+ pages too, like YAAAAS. But also, I do *not* have time for these wonderful distractions. THERE ARE SO MANY THINGS I WANT TO READ AND THE LIST IS ONLY GROWING GOOD GRIEF. (This is like the best problem to have, really, but still, the ever-growing TBR is ridic)
read in this collection so far:
Bucket List Found in the Locker of Maddie Price, Age 14, Written Two Weeks Before the Great Uplifting of All Mankind by Erica L. Satifka. This short was brief but hard hitting all the same. Available here.
read in this collection so far:
Bucket List Found in the Locker of Maddie Price, Age 14, Written Two Weeks Before the Great Uplifting of All Mankind by Erica L. Satifka. This short was brief but hard hitting all the same. Available here.
mburnamfink's review
3.0
I heard that Queers Destroy Science Fiction was super controversial, really good, really transgressive. As usual, the rumor mill was wrong. Not that this is bad, and I don't actually read a lot of contemporary short scifi so my comparisons might be off, but I found this collection surprisingly... "bland" is the best word. Little domestic problems that were not particularly science-fictiony, or particularly GLTBQ. The only new story that really stuck with me was one of the flash fictions, "Bucket List", by Erica L. Satifka.
I think the most pressing argument for this collection as average is that by far the best stories, the ones with the most edge and attitude and good ideas and writing, were the oldest; Raven Kaldera's "CyberFruit Swamp" from 1996 and Geoff Ryman's "O Happy Day!"
I think the most pressing argument for this collection as average is that by far the best stories, the ones with the most edge and attitude and good ideas and writing, were the oldest; Raven Kaldera's "CyberFruit Swamp" from 1996 and Geoff Ryman's "O Happy Day!"