hey any trans sci fi writers I should be reading? This feels like a major deficiency in my life.
@nergdron @guerrillarain is already on my list. April Daniels should have been, too - I'll check those books out.
Mostly listening to a thing today about how the stories we tell about the future determine the future and realizing that I'm missing certain voices in the stories I listen to atm.
@Maenad @guerrillarain I also got this amazing collection of short stories for xmas. it's all trans authors and sci fi stores, it's called "Fitzpatrick and Plett's - Meanwhile, Elsewhere", by Topside Press. I'm only about halfway through, but every single story has hit me in my heart in one way or another. it's a truly special collection.
@Maenad Meanwhile, Elsewhere is a trans sci-fi anthology that came out recently. been wanting to read it.
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/34750876-meanwhile-elsewhere
@Maenad lookin' at the author list 4 were livejournal friends and one who i didn't know kindly gave me really good voice tips
the community is so tiny sometimes
@Maenad Charlie Jane Anders, although she's possibly more fantasy than SF.
@Maenad Is Storm Constantine old hat? I'm not very well-versed in the subject, so I don't know if that's like saying, "hey, have you heard of Metallica?" to a heavy metal fan.
@Maenad Also, I'm not even sure she's trans, but her writing certainly touches upon the topic.
@JordiGH not old news to me
@Maenad Yoon Ha Lee, I think.
@Maenad Yoon Ha Lee (Ninefox Gambit). Rose Lemberg (nonbinary, and fantasy). Rachel Pollack, with some reservations (too New Agey for me).
@Maenad it's not hard sci fi, it's superhero stories, but I'd highly recommend Dreadnought and Sovreign by April Daniels. it was a good story, made me feel a lot of feelings.
and while she's cis, there's also our very own @guerrillarain, who writes extremely gay sci fi and fantasy serials. she's so talented, and you'd be doing yourself a disservice by not reading her work.