Baroque, Bizarre, Brilliant: The Archive Undying by Emma Mieko Candon
A disaster!queer on the run from AI gods = a confusing but stunning sci fi fever dream.
Tag: queer lit
Get the Hell Into Dodge City: Lucky Red by Claudia Cravens
Listen: it’s not SFF. It is the Wild West.
But it’s so, SO great!
Soaring High: The Surviving Sky by Kritika H. Rao
Queernorm Desi solarpunk with flying plant cities – and a reveal you’ll never see coming.
Fun and Frustrating: The Splinter in the Sky by Kemi Ashing-Giwa
When your sibling is kidnapped by the Empire, obviously you go after them.
Even when the Empire’s capital is a giant flying black rhombus with way too many assholes in it.
A Letdown in the Last Quarter: Translation State by Ann Leckie
Translation State comes out of the gate swinging, but an otherwise excellent sci-fi is let down by a pretty lacklustre ending.
4th Blogiversary = Pride Flag Book Recs!
Happy 4th birthday to Every Book a Doorway!!!
Obviously the best way to celebrate is with queer SFF recs!
Utterly Enchanting: Ink Blood Sister Scribe by Emma Törzs
Don’t you want to read a magical book about magic books???
A Dragon-Rider Book Like No Other: To Shape a Dragon’s Breath by Moniquill Blackgoose
QUEER
NATIVE-AMERICAN
DRAGON-RIDERS!!!
April DNFs
Living stars, nonbinary assassins, and fairy-narrated sapphic romance – alas, these three didn’t work out for me.
A Mixed Bag, But Worth It: Transmogrify ed by G. Haron Davis
An anthology of trans and nonbinary fantasy stories?! *POUNCES!*