Sorry for the delay.  Here's the list.  This was compiled by
members of Lambda Sci Fi, the Washington D.C. area affiliate of
the Gaylactic network.

For more information on LSF or Gaylaxicon V (July 15-17th 1994),
write:

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P.O. Box 656
Washington, D.C. 20044

LAMBDA SCI-FI RECOMMENDS
(Recommendations by members of Lambda Sci-Fi of science fiction,
fantasy, and horror books that deal positively with themes of
alternative sexuality.)

Baudino, Gael.  Gossamer Axe.
If music is magic to you, then this book will be, too.  The main
character is a Celtic harpist whose lover is held captive by
faeries.  She has been unsuccessfully searching for centuries for
a way to get her lover back.  Finally, she finds heavy metal
rock---a power that just might work.  (Lesbian.  Some
bisexuality.)

Baudino, Gael.  Strands of Starlight.
This is NOT a lesbian book; but it has a lesbian tone to it,
because the main character is an extremely determined woman out
to avenge herself.  She is complex, contradictory, and
compelling.  The novel is set in a past where the line between
history and fantasy is vague.

Bradley, Marion Zimmer.  The Heritage of Hastur.
One of Ms. Bradley's "Darkover" novels, set on a lost Earth-
settled planet, where humans have interbred with an indigenous,
telepathic race and where the dominant culture is feudal, yet
psychically advanced.  This is the story of Regis Hastur, a
member of
Darkover's telepathic aristocracy who is awakening to his psychic
powers and his gayness, and his youthful love affair with one of
his subjects.  (This novel also includes a gay villain.)

Bradley, Marion Zimmer.  The Shattered Chain.  Thendara House.
City of Sorcery.
Three independent "Darkover" novels that all deal with the same
three characters:  Camilla (a voluntarily neutered Darkover
woman), Jaelle (a Free Amazon), and Magda Lorne (an Earthwoman).
Together, these three novels deal with various aspects of
lesbian, bisexual, and woman-to-woman relationships in a male-
dominated, feudal society.

Cooke, John Peyton.  Out for Blood.
A gay leukemia victim is on the verge of death when he gets an
offer he can't refuse:  become a vampire and enjoy perpetual
youth, health, and sexual encounters!  Only gradually does he
learn just how dangerous the life of a vampire can be!  (The sex
scenes in this book get pretty racy at times.)

Decarnin, Camilla; Garber, Eric; and Paleo, Lyn (ed.).  Worlds
Apart: An Anthology of Lesbian and Gay Science Fiction and
Fantasy. An anthology of 11 short stories with gay and lesbian
themes.

Delany, Samuel R.  Stars in My Pocket Like Grains of Sand.
A very highbrow intergalactic love story between the sole
survivor of a destroyed planet and an industrial diplomat.  This
is the first novel of a series of two.  (The second has not yet
been published.)

Dreher, Sarah.  Gray Magic: A Stoner McTavish Mystery.
Technically, a mystery novel; but it can be classified as
"fantasy" because it includes an extremely heavy dose of Native
American "mysticism."  Stoner tries hard to be a down-to-earth,
skeptical dyke who nevertheless keeps herself involved in
spiritual and magical mysteries.

Edelman, Scott.  The Gift.
A gay couple revive a vampire and must deal with both the "gift"
of immortality offered by the vampire and with the rampant
homophobia in the small town they recently moved into.
Interesting
comparisons are made between the oppression gays experience and
the hatred vampires have always evoked.

Edmonson, Roger.  Silverwolf.
Gay men are being brutally murdered in the nighttime streets of
Seattle.  Could there really be a gay werewolf on the prowl?

Elliot, Jeffrey M. (ed.).  Kindred Spirits.
An anthology of 12 short stories with gay and lesbian themes.
These stories portray same-sex love in all its richness and
diversity.  A good introduction to gay science fiction.

Forrest, Katherine V.  Daughters of a Coral Dawn.
A lesbian classic.  A race of women (founded by one woman and her
daughters) leaves its home to colonize a vacant planet.  Men show
up and have to be dealt with; but otherwise the story revolves
around the struggles of setting up a new world and dealing with
attraction and love.

Garber, Eric (ed.).  Embracing the Dark.
An anthology of 11 short stories of horror and dark fantasy, with
gay men and lesbians at the center of these tales of ghosts,
vampires, werewolves, and spirits.

Garber, Eric; and Paleo, Lyn (ed.).  Uranian Worlds: A Guide to
Alternative Sexuality in Science Fiction, Fantasy, and Horror
(2nd edition)
The annotated bibliography of variant sexuality (gay, lesbian,
bisexual, trans-sexual, etc.) in science fiction, fantasy, and
horror literature and film from A.D. 200 through 1989.  A window
to the changing popular attitudes toward sexual variance over
several centuries.

Gearhart, Sally Miller.  The Wanderground: Stories of the Hill.
The threat to a lesbian utopia is men.  This is a classic
exploration of how women, if left to their own devices, would
find a way to live in harmony with themselves and nature.

Gerrold, David.  The Man Who Folded Himself.
A man inherits a pocketwatch that allows him to travel through
time.  He soon discovers that the watch allows him to travel
through alternate realities, where he meets (and dates) male and
female versions of himself.  Things get complicated when he
decides to have a baby with himself.

Gomez, Jewelle.  The Gilda Stories.
This book chronicles the adventures of a Black lesbian vampire,
from her flight from Mississippi as a runaway slave child in 1850
through her flight to Peru as a hunted vampire in 2050.  Gilda
also serves as a witness to the changes in how Blacks and women
are viewed by the majority society.

Green Roland.  Squadron Alert.  Division of the Spoils.  The Sum
of Things.
These three books are exciting "combat SF" and space opera on the
grand scale.  The uneasy truce betwee two instellar
confederations is threatened by political unrest on the planet
Victoria; and the starcruiser "Shenandoah" is sent in to keep the
peace, if possible.  Feminist and alternative sexuality themes
and characters (gay, lesbian, bisexual) are handled well
throughout the series.

Johnson, Toby.  Strange Matter.
A coming-out story set in 1996, with friendly aliens in big
flying saucers.  Many comparisons have been made between this
story and such science fiction shows as "V" and "Star Trek."
This light-hearted love story doesn't take itself too seriously.

Kushner, Ellen.  Swordspoint.
A brilliant adult fairytale set in a fantasy Renaissance-like
world.  A fascinating story of political intrigue and the romance
between a swordsman-for-hire and his lover, a young scholar.  An
excellent read.  (Two other male characters are bisexual.)

Lackey, Mercedes.  Magic's Pawn.  Magic's Promise.  Magic's
Price. A trilogy set in a feudal world where magic and chivalry
exist side by side.  These books chronicle the romantic tale of a
young "herald-mage" who must come to accept his powers and his
gayness.  A good portrayal of the struggle of "coming out" and
accepting onesself as a good and decent person.

LeGuin, Ursula K.  The Left Hand of Darkness.
A fascinating exploration of an alien culture where a person's
sexual identity changes throughout her/his life.  The protagonist
is an Earthman who must learn to deal with people who can
literally seem male one day and become female the next.

McCaffrey, Anne.  Dragonflight.  Dragon Quest.  The White Dragon.
Dragon's Dawn.  Moreta.
Novels in the "Dragonriders of Pern" series.  Pern is a world
where human colonists from Earth live with genetically-engineered
dragons.  As the series progresses, homosexuality and bisexuality
are portrayed as an accepted part of the dragonrider way of life.
In the later books, Ms. McCaffrey makes very open references to
gay couples.  Very readable books.

McIntyre, Vonda N.  Starfarers.
Central to this book is an out-of-the-ordinary partnership
marriage of a Black woman, an Asian man, and a white man.  (Their
fourth partner has died.)  They're all on a "world-ship" on an
exploratory expedition into space.  The story includes government
spies and double-crossing, genetically-engineered humans, in-law
hassles within the partnership, and lots of bisexual attraction
(though not much sex).  Psychologically-based and very
interesting.

McMahan, Jeffrey N.  Vampires Anonymous.
A wry and witty vampire and his lover get mixed up in the
murderous in-fighting within the vampire community.  There are
gay vampire-hunters on the prowl, too!

Nader, George.  Chrome.
A gay love story between a human and an alien.  A young cadet is
charged with the care of a recuperating "robot" who is the
perfect specimen of manhood.  The cadet knows that falling in
love with the robot would condemn them both, but he simply can't
help himself.

Morrow, James.  Only Begotten Daughter.
This story of Jesus' half-sister takes on the so-called
"religious right" with a sense of humor and adventure.  The
heroine's best friend's mother is a wonderful woman who happens
to be a lesbian.  Fun, thought-provoking, and a good read.

Scott, Melissa.  Dreamships.
Interplanetary corporate intrigue and personal ambitions clash in
a brilliant novel which explores the nature of Artificial
Intelligence and Virtual Reality.  Many of the major characters
are lesbian or gay.

Scott, Melissa.  Mighty Good Road.
A lesbian couple operate a successful interplanetary salvage
operation; but their latest assignment is tougher than usual---
there seems to be sabotage and hijacking afoot.  Excellent, fast-
paced adventure.

Weathers, Brenda.  The House at Pelham Falls.
A supernatural "fantasy."  A woman on a retreat is trying to find
herself.  Instead, she becomes the lover of the ghost of a long-
dead lesbian.  The mystery is:  will she have to die to join this
new love?

Wittig, Monique.  Les Guerilleres.
A lesbian-feminist classic.  Written in an avant-garde style,
interspersed with litanies of women's names.  This is the story
of a society of women warriors fighting against men.  Angry,
powerful, hypnotic.

Wolfe, Chris Anne.  Shadows of Aggar.
Written very much in the style of M.Z. Bradley's "Darkover"
novels.  Interplanetary intrigue sparks adventure on a feudal
world, while two women (an Amazon and a Shadow guide) discover
their love for each other.º

Wayne Wilkening
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MNHEX005@SIVM.BITNET